junkman1153

i plan on putting them back together as close to original as possible.the 49 mercury was never finished,the people that they came from called tonight and said they found a few more cars and parts I can have them if I want them.

i wonder what they were going to do on the 55 chevy the short black thing with no trunk

also got a box of tires and parts

found these at a yard sale 5.00 for the lot

GOOGLE IT you can still buy glass flake paint. if you had the money in the early 70's you could get diamond dust added to your paint.there were some really nice metalflake paint jobs back then and some really ugly ones too

you are kind of right all the cars were vw based with fiberglass bodies .on bad movies .com they mention that half the time the cars wouldn't run and often tow them to the top of a hill to shoot the scene

the original death race 2000 . i know one was a karman ghia, and there was a corvette,and a dune buggy i think. i know some guys thinking of doing these highly modified cars as a group build they are looking for pictures to base the build on.

Hi. I don't know if this was a reigonal thing ,but growing up in Reading pa. we had regular organized model car races in the cement alleys. most cars were based on the flathead AND MODIFIDes from the Reading Fairgronds. the cars were mostly 32 ,34,36,and 40 fords and 37 chevies. it started out pretty much stock models over the years the models like the real cars became more and more modified, we used brass tubing to run the axels through,the plastic stock axels would break.the hard tires gave way to soft slot car tires or the very much desired 58's the soft tires that came in the early 58 impalas. the big problem was the cars turning . since the alley center was dished or bowl shaped somebody came up with wobble wheels stock wheels drilled out just enough to let the wheel wobble so as a car would run high in the alley it would turn back to center. some very talented builders emerged out of this. Larry Baisch of big donkey resins was one of the kids who raced back then

i agree there are a lot of kits mentioned that i personally have not had trouble with and there are a few on here that are well known for poor fit. and as we all know the re re releases are being made with dated molds with wear problems, still like them. the technology that has developed has made for a much better kit. and as far as price goes , i can only imagine the expense in developing a new kit ,from concept,to production is long and expensive.

the point here is conversation just one builders opinion of a certain car or kit .no one bashing a certain company. i find it interesting that one persons experience with a kit can be so different from somebody else. could be level of experience or just the desire to add that car or truck to your collection. Don you just miss the point these are kits that what ever the problems we have had we still buy them ,buld them ,sometimes cussing all the way. but a bad kit is a bad kit and we all have built them. iam sure you have built some real gems. my problem has come from kits that have been re re released always glad to see them back ,it gives my son and grandson a shot at some of my favorite kits without breaking the bank. just a side note my grandson was glad to see that some problems he encountered on his 57 chevy were common not just him.

a friend of mine is wanting to build a 56 ford big back window pickup.he wants a resin or asked the opinion of trying to use the chevy cameo rear window and part of the back of the cab. this is way above my skill level any suggestions.

they have opened 3 within 20 miles of me in the last 2 months they have had some models trains ,planes railroad buildings. no cars.

2 ollies stores opened earlier this year they are similar to big lots. the local store had some nice train and military models around 9.00 duplicolor paint .69 lot of other paint. lot of ho scale buildings, hot wheels .69 picked up an ecto 1,and bat mobile.if there is one near you check it out.

the johan 69 rambler american

that is really cool. just needs a shovel and some tire chains on the bed

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i agree the model kit is a nice kit but i still think it is an ugly car. thank god we all have our own idea of ugly or there would be alot of lonely people

my niumber one for ugly kits is .....the chrysler atlantic just a plain ugly car.

the users name that uses a 40's /50's pinup with their id is ,JANTRIX really nice might could color copy and size it to your needs

thank you .Ralph

the 69 and70 should have the same basic interior tub.on the real car they only changed the interior upholstery slightly between those years

hi i have seen a lot of reference to using Future .first i read they changed the name,second i have read using it for a top coat . over clear coat or instead of clear? using it as a sealer here again ,over the bare plastic before primer, over the prime coat, over an old paint job to prevent bleed through or reaction between paints.any prep before painting over the Future? also read you can use it to make windows look good after you sand scratches out of them .what grit do you use to remove fine scratches from windows.

some pacer kits had a 258 inline 6

looks great you would never know about the paint problem