Chris in Berwyn

The decals are not available, but I have the artwork done. It looks like someone is going to produce them. I can let you know about that - give me about two more weeks. Looking forward to seeing your R&W engine when I get hom - photos are blocke at work for some reason.

OK, so not quite the same caliber as the other engines posted, but these two are on my workbench now. Both are Revell 1/25 hemis. One is in the Johan Mickey Thompson Pinto - it ran with a Chrysler engine its second year, and the other is going in a stretched Johan chassis that will go under a Revell Charger body. I am in the midst of replicating Phil Castronovo's 1971 NHRA World Final winning car. The second engine will go in the replica I am building of this.... Chris

Sweet!!!

Really, really nice!

Very sorry to hear about your Mom. Nice paint on the Hawaiian!!

The AW site mentions pad printed slicks. I hope they use the original PL slicks tooled up for these cars. I think they are among the most accurate slicks of that era in 1/25 scale.

So I just checked my Blue Max, Kalitta and Challenger/Soapy Sales MPC kits. All three have similar but different chrome trees. Even tho the Kalitta has the same width axle as in the Challenger, they are two different axles! Unfortunately they must hav put the tree from another car in the Kalitta kit I am in the same boat as you Not sure what i am going to do, but thanks for finding this error before i did! Chris

I have only found round ones. They look fine, but now I will look for hex ones. The round ones fly all over the place too!!!

Brett, are you using beads (meant for beading projects) for your anodized fittings? I have just started using them and am pleased withthe results. About $3.00 US for a lifetime supply!

I hope they re-release it, but supposedly sales of the recent Chi-town, '69 Hawaiian were dissappointing, so I wonder how many more nitro burners we are going to see from them. The "NHRA Assortment" at Michael's is on sale at "closeout" pricng, and the remaining McEwen Duster has been on the shelf at my usual Michaels for the past 2 weeks.

Wow! Would never guess that started life as a snap. Looks great!

Really nice!!

It looks really good. I do wish they had made the wheel wells make more sense and given the car a front bumper (I know the Soapy Sales car did not have a bumper, but still.) Nice job!!

Quarter Panel L also has Al Anabi racing hidden in it in two parts. I knew there was stuff hidden in these but I had never actually noticed them.

Wow wow wow!!

The wiring will look more prototypically correct if you route the driver side wires under the upper blower pulley The wires should not be in front of the scoop.

Nice! And I like how you went with the pressurized fuel tank. I did that on two of my vintage drag builds. Great job!!

Very, very cool! Is that an MPC chassis? Chris

I don't see why with a regulator you can't get the pressure as low as you like. I have a non-hobby compressor, and I will fill the tank at 125 lbs, then dial my regulator down to 12-15 lbs for painting. Is everything hooked up right? BTW, I like your build and color. My life got better when I figured out how to use my A/B. Takes some experimentation, but i have found thinning it a bit thinner than milk and 12-15 lbs works well.

Right now yours looks better than the real one!

That really is pretty incredible!!

Great paint, and a nice choice of front wheels. Like!!

The paint looks pretty good. Do you have a polishing kit? That will help you take the paint from its current condition to potential show quality.

So it looks like the Bounty Hunter is the Blue Max reisssue from a few years back with Kalitta decals? That seems good. Glad to see the Tommy Grove kit is still coming - I had not heard anything about it in 2 years I bet. I'd like another Charger f/c for all the extra parts it had, but now that Revell's Chargers have massively trumped T/Ls, I doubt we will ever see those P/L Chargers again. Chris

Can't wait to see this in paint. I am going to be working on a funny car project and I will need to make interior tin also. How do you get the right amount of curve in the tins so that it nestles properly against the inside of the body? BTW, I think my favorite detail on this so far is the little spark plug wire holddown on top of the valve cover! Chris