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Bob, I know nothing about the kit. But a friend of mine restores wooden boats and I've seen a lot of Chris craft over the years with the original engines. I've seen small block Chevy engines, early hemis and even slant six engines used. Kind of like mercruiser, omc etc. They don't manufacture their own engines they use modified automotive engines. So, I'm not quite sure if it helped you, but any engine could really be a Chris craft. Ken

Sometimes I felt accelerator might have compromised a bond, but that was on one of my r/c planes. As far as my model car building I use it quite a lot, but there is no real stressing in my model car construction. So the way I look at it, it could weaken a bond on your model car but would it matter. It's a static model. Unless you intend to stand on it. Ken

My wife bought a new chair for our office room computer and I allocated the old one, which there was absolutely nothing wrong with. Adjustable in every angle and has arm rests. I really like that it has arm rests, and they are adjustable as well. Ken

When I was working for Chrysler I was at a dealer that also sold the entire GM line. I was in the service drive talking to the general manager when the GM rep drove up in a yellow Aztek. As he got out of the car one of the techs said "you know, that's the second ugliest car I've ever seen". The rep with a big grin on his face said, " really, whats the first one". Tech said, "the green one". We got a good laugh out of that. Ken

I'm curious about these 3d printed parts myself. I know that there are different qualities, almost as in pixels. Some can be very course and some fine when printed. A while back i was talking to a guy that had some wheels made that he designed on sketch up and sent to a company that printed them. They looked pretty good, but very delicate. I don't think a home printer, even a $500-600 one could print those wheels I saw. Ken

I've been using an airbrush for about 20 years now. I use it exclusively. If I see a color I want in a spray can I decant into a jar and use my airbrush. I like the control I get with an ab and the fact that I can mix and spray any color I want. But that's just me. I have some friends that do some spectacular work and use spray cans. Ken

I've never seen or tried that. It looks pretty much the same as alclad, or the same principle. I see they use a gloss black the same as alclad and they have pretty much the same colors. I'd be curious to know if it is any better, if possible. Ken

" funny car kits back then used stock bodies, with all the trim and panel lines". What he said, kits. I think he was referring to the model kits as well. Ken

I'm not to keen on that. I grew up with the original batmobile and all the others don't do much for me. One movie vehicle I did like was the car from The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. I think there was a model of it out there at one time. Ken

I don't keep any build records or anything like that. For me, this is a hobby, a stress reliever. If I have to run a stop watch and log the time and record everything I do it turns into more of a job than a hobby. I've had this other hobby restoring antique motorcycle for the last zillion years. Now I keep records, photos and time sheets for everything I do including cataloging and inventorying the parts . It's now turned into a job. I do keep the instructions for every kit I build. I can go through that pile and show you what I've built, but that's about it. Ken

I surely don't see $150,000 there. I don't mind an old primered car or a little bit of patina as they call it. But this car isn't a rat rod. He just ruined a new car in my opinion. Ken

I was thinking of converting a small benchtop bead blast cabinet that I have laying around into a closed spray booth with a filtered intake. I think it would work really well, if I could find some soft pliable gloves to fit the cabinet. Or just make latex grommets to put in the glove openings that would seal around your forearms when in use. Just a thought. Ken

I've never seen one, but then again I've never looked for one. You could just cut the Bell housing off a 727 and put a clutch hell housing (scatter shield) on there. Ken

I'm the same way. Been slowing down on my buying. Went to hobby lobby the other day, browsed the kits and almost bought another revell 29 modal A roadster. Havent built the first one yet. Bought a 1/4 ounce bottle of testors dark red for $1.79 instead. And yes I used the 40% off coupon, what the heck it was on my phone before I walked in the door there. I build armor and planes as well, so kit buying can get expensive. Have about 400 unbuilt kits now so no real need to buy more. Ken

Came out nice. I've got to get one of these. Ken

Real nice build. I also like the backdrop you used in the pictures. Tell us more about that. Ken

That woman is a lawyer, YES you heard me right! A lawyer. Just google her, Maria Cristerna. Someone was just recently showing me a picture of her. As far as the car goes, hell, I'd drive that thing. Looks like its made from junk and scrap parts, so nothing lost. Ken

Looking pretty good. Being an old model railroader I can relate to this. Ken

I build aircraft and ships as well. I work in wood and metal as well. some of my stash Ken

I have a room dedicated to the hobby. It's attached to the back of my garage where I work on my larger scale hobby things. I've been away from the bench for well over a year with some health issues, but I've cleaned up the room and started building about a month or so ago. Some of the pictures aren't too good because of the sunlight that had to be shaded when I took them. Ken

Google dragula engine. There are some good pictures there. YouTube has a few good videos on the dragula. It was a 302 with a 2 four barrel cross ram manifold. Ken

That's a really nice build. I was wondering, what are you going to do with it. Is it going behind a truck, or in a diorama. If so it would be nice to see those builds as well. Ken

The only car show I really watch is "chasing classic cars" with Wyne Carini. I dont see any BS, they never talk about money. They might say that they agreed on a price and that's about it. I might breeze through the other shows, but its kinda rare. Some of those shows could be really good if they weren't scripted so much. That bitchin rides show (which is a premier custom shop) was fairly good when it first came out, then it started getting goofy with that shop manager. As far as using a numbers matching car for that custom build, so what. It's their money. A friend of mine who is a true corvette nut and owner said they made about 30,000 corvettes in 68. Ken

Yes it was a great show. And there was absolutely over 700 models, maybe closer to 800. A lot of great builds on display there. Ken

I have a friend who had his glock pistol done in woodgrain. Gun looks just like it was made of wood. I didn't think it would hold up, but it isn't wearing off. You absolutely could do a model car body like that. There are a million different designs out there you could use. Ken