RickRollerLT1

Here's my '55 chebe trucks I built a while back with better pics... You'll probably remember these from the other site. First off: The Cameo Mopar suspension up front, stock in the rear. Lowered with X-mods wheels 'n' tires and disc brakes, ans an LS7 mated to an automatic 5 speed with a reworked side exhaust system from a F-150 Lightning. The tan interior has racing buckets and an S10 console... Body mods are minimal such as some smoothing ans shaveing of some spots. Also added a girtar because I was building this one for last years Cannonbal Run for that site. Paint is Colorplace Fire Red, polished and cleared with future: For the other Cameo that was turned into a custom Stepside using the bed and such from the Monogram '55 ford pick-up. This one was in a ###### pile from my early days. Luckly it wasn't painted and I had almost all the parts to revive it except for the BED which held this one back for many months, untill I got a Monogram F-100 that would serve the base for my wedge hauler, and it's bed would possibly be used for my Cameo Resurrection project. After taking measurements the bed fit perfictly on the Cameo and I decided to go with that. I monochromed the bumpers, smoothed out some stuff, and as usial, did my famous custom treatment. For the Engine I used what I beleve was a 454 from an AMT '70 Chevelle SS with different heads Paint is Valspar Sky Blue polshed and futured.

Might as well make some small updates since this thread has been dead for a while. My store has some airplane/miltary stuff and some diecast cars along with the now absent Revell-o-gram Viper GTS @ $4.99 ea. No paints on clearence though... I'll check the other stores this weekend to see what they have marked down or newly added.

That looks really cool!! I love the paint ans everything about it (being the kits custom wheels look pretty decent over all). Not to hijack this thread here, but I jus wanted to show off mine that I did a while back on here. Built box stock like yours except I used different flame decals and itsa bad ina black! (Sorry for the blurry pics, these were taken a few months ago before I discovered the Marcro setting on mah camera Might not be as good as yours, but it's soemthing. Again, very nice mah man!!!

Is it me, or the roof of that Monogram '69 Camaro looks like a Covairs roof ()

Rob... I give 'ya losta credit for doing a very nice job on such a horrible kit that RC-screwup churned out during the F ans F craze. Luv the color too!!

This the recently issued Revell-o-gram HEMI Dart kit don up ala Pro-Touring/Motorcross beast. Used the kits optional Hemi motor with a single carb intake manifold and air cleaner, and routed the headers to go through the stock exhaust. I lowered the front suspension a little (about "1) and for the back, combined the kits dana 40 rear axle and some Firebrid rear suspension parts to make a custom 4-link unit that will handle all the abuseing no prob. Wheels are X-Mods on low-pro rubber from Revell's motor city muscle kits, and dics brakes from some '80s Corvette kit. If you notice, I didn't used the side windows because the left side came cracked and the right had what's called a "Short shot". I was kinda ticked off about that (coulda make one out of clear styrene, but don't got it on me right now), but realzied it not too big ofa deal. I used the kits gutted interior with the rollcage and added racing seats from an Acura/Honda Integra, along with a spare sparco steering wheel from an Fujumi kit. I used the racing hood and painted it flat black to go with the stripe in the back (ans of course the theme). Paint is Krylon Sun Yellow polished ans cleared with future.

I have to admit... that Austin Martin Smartcar variant looks kinda cool becuase it go's with teh flow well, not like slaping cartoony Shelby Mustang parts on that poor thang (the smart car)

If this helps ya out any, my November & December '10 issues of MCM I got a month ago came all in one piece. Yeah, they took a while to get, but at least they had no damage to them whatsoever. All those horror stories I hear about ppl getting their mags shredded up when they get 'em in the mail dosen't sound like the work of the printing company itsself, but most likely the barbaric postal workers/drivers in the aera just trying to blast through the day slopply delivering mail. For example: a member of our club said he suscribed to the "Other" mag and got his issue all riped-up, and torn in pieces! I just got my April issue of that mag and it came fully intact. He thought the printing press that had a bad day at the plant or they all came like that, but then I mentioned to him it probably went through the horrible wrath of the mailing crew in Southampton.

Don't remember that one; could that've been the '70s Testors release?

Allright, here we go for a quickie review of what I remember of the tokyo drift 'Stang (built it along time ago, but it later got scavenged for parts) Like the stock '67 Gt kit, it's pretty nice and goes together well (except for the headlights and final assembly). This kit is a 2-in-1 so the stock parts (even the 289) are included also. I'm going over the F&F parts because most know what the rest of the stock kit is like. The motor was OK (some parts such as the intakes and header needs 'atona work), but the transmission is TOTALY WRONG as it's a 4 speed from the 289 RC2 just slaped on, wereas the 1:1 car had a custom built 5 or 6 speed (don't remember which) for RB26 or whatever it's called. The suspension has lowered spindels for the front ans a droped axle for the rear, but is inacurate for the movie car. The exhaust system uses the stock mustangs dual exhaust, which is HORRIBLY wrong (exhaust pipe going to the intake manifold!?) If you want to replicate the custom built single exhaust "Beer can" unit, yer on your own... and for the wheels: the biggest dissapointment of horse shlock ever made!! (they look more like a donk on the car) I reccomend using some kind of aftermarket wheels that are close to the real car if you want accuratecy. On the box car, the interior has the wrong racing seats and the hood is the GT's twin scoop unit (1:1 car had the flat hood), but thankfully the stock pieces are provided in the kit. Pros: it has nice racing seats and brakes that you could use on a tuner or pro-touring. The RB26 motor will pop out if done right with alot of work, and it's a good source for a skyline motor if you don't feel like paying for the nicer one found in the tamiya kits and etc. It has the the stock parts and the 289. Cons: if you want an accurate representation of the car, your on yer own with scratchbuilding, partsbox scavenging, and aftermarket parts. If you want to use the tamyia motor to be really accurate, it may NOT fit because that motor is 1/24th weras the Mustang is 1/25th, unless you can manage the work that needs to be done to get it to fit.

Yup, that's right. Itsa straight 6 that makes decent power ans torque but is very, VERY expensive to mantain and obtain parts (stock or aftermarket) for. BTW, the TD Mustang was partialy my infliunce in this build. Actualy, I built that kit along time ago (it didn't come out great ans later got scavenged for parts, so I don't gots on me anymore) .

TNX for all yer comments guys!! they're really appreaciated! I use this paint all the time ans never had that issue... Though sometimes if you apply it too soon over the gloss white, it will cause blotches and parts of the white will show through. Are you using the wal-mart paints under it, or yer most likely using somehting else? I (well nowadays) use sears "Quick 'n easy" gray primer, folowed by colorplace flat and then gloss white, and then I apply the Fire red which go's on very smoothly I must say. hope this helps,

If you don't want a pro-street style chassis on a stock barracuda, I hear the frame from the AMT/Ertl '70 Challeneger RT kits (Which ARE STOCK) that are plenty availible will work under any MPC/Johan and lindberger cuda/challenger.

I did this one in 2009, ans I'm surprised it held up long... if 'ya notice the paints not too great as my newer stuff, as I just started to get the grip of using future and was also about to make the switch to sears primer. Dispite all those falts, I think it came out great for what I did then. Lowered the suspension and used the brakes, wheels & tires from an Revell Mistu Eclipse kit. I had a spare supra motor from a F&F supra that had a bad kracked roof mishap, so I decided to use that as it was an easy drop-in... except coverin' up the hole that the V8's air cleaner went and extending one of the motor mounts. Also used the Firebird's exhaust system with metal tips, the only mod to do was remove the right exhaust pipe and slightly rework the left to mate up to the 2JZ's header. Interior has the seats and tach from the said supra kit, and the NOS bottle is from a Import Tuner diecat car ( Doh!! what am I saying!). The paint... Oh boy! It's wal-mart fire red over their primer which crazed and about 25 coats of future on top to cover it up. (egadds, what a nightmare that was). Plz don't ha8 me ( )

This has NEVER happened to me, ans I got an AOL email account. Oops... shouldn't junx my self. BTW, nice to see u on here Highway!!

So, the scratches can be polished out with toothpaste and/or applied with future to cover it up and enhance the shine.

Coulda swore it was called Black Knight, but I might be wrong............................ Oh, Now I remembee, It was called "Royal Knight". Thanks for pointing that out for me Whale.

If itsa complete, it definitely worth the $5 buck ya paid!! Better than $60 'buy it now' for a started one on ebay a few years ago (Yikes! who could want that much for a ultra rare gluebomb, nor less buy it!!)

Thanks Mark! I was aware of the "New" 2-in-1 issues of the Starliner and Catalina (probably wrong spellin'). What I was trying to say was that it might be difficult for R2 to combine the parts BM onto teh current Z-28 because of both kits high parts count (BM and Z28 have diffrernt engines, hoods, wheels/tires, other bits and etc.), and packaging them together would mean a bigger box and a bigger price tag for them to produce and for the consumers.... along with the fact that if they'll sell in enough numbers to justify the cost. ...Which is why they keep doing many variants of the horrid General Lee kits because there's a HUGE market for them out there not just for modelers, but fans of the TV show/films and nostalga COLLECTORS who will buy ANYTHING! - even an unopened moldy box of Star Wars cereal with a Luke Skywalker figure for god-only-knows how much it costs!! End of rant.

That Looks AWESOME!!! Love everything about it even the DOHC LT5 motor which looks real Bad@##! You do really nice work Marc, I mean REALLY nice!! Saw all your other builds too and even they came out reeeeeeeeely good! I like the color ya used. Is pactra enamal (same fourmla as testors) or is it lacquer? Does it dry flat or under a stays glossy under a gloss coat? I have a good primer that I use so crazing may not be a problem, but if it's flat and i went to apply it over a gloss base (say the wal-mart paints) it would mess the whole thing up, ans I don't want that happening... Again, very nice job on yours and seeing it makes me want to pick up a Revell '69 camaro from michaels with mah coupons, use the hidden headlight grille on it, do the my pro-touring magick on 'er, and possibly shove an LT5 in it (if I gots one). Hope to see it finished soon! seeing your work and builds make me come back 4 more!!

This one's stock only, as per the previous releases... Of course there was the Baldwin Motion version, but don't expect Round 2 to combine it with future releases of this stock Z28 kit anytime soon . Unless they make jillions of dollars from impulse buyers purchasing their horrid General Cereal Lee kits! ( ) and yes crazyjim, it molded in orange. Though some have them marked "molded in white", NEVER believe what they say on the box unless u wanna get skrewed by them saying its molded in that color, but itsa not!! And It's REALLY ANOYING!!!!!

Thanks guys! My real insperation for this one was the '70s "Black Knight" issue my Dad had (don't know if you guys remember this one). It's sorta like that with some hurst styleing cues.

Saw this one at my LHS on monday, $17.99 isn't bad... Two other ones had it for $22.95 and $19.99 Was going to pick it up, but they all had plenty of them. So they shouldn't dissapear that soon.

I saw this one at Michaels Arts and Crafts last I waz there... Good thing I read this before buying it. Though this one dosen't sound too bad even with the wear on its bottum aera. Oh well, at least I would be paying $7 with mah coupons rather than hackin' up $17+ that some "been through the eco slump" retailers charge for it... (though $13 at my LHS would've been OK if I didn't think far into the future on how BAD it would be )

Can you use parts and/or some elements from say... the AMT '33 Ford coupe kit that was reissued not too long ago? (the one in the '90s style box art crica 2006)