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6bblbird

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  1. Nothing wrong with a phantom build. Nice job!
  2. I’m gonna stick my 2cents in as to why S&M engines were painted with Ford paint (as were the race cars until 1970). The simple explanation is that S&M had a huge stockpile of Ford paint left over from their Mercury sponsorship. That said, I’m going to make it a priority to seek out Buddy and Herb at Carlisle this weekend and ask them!
  3. I really liked this car that I built over 12 years ago. After a few moves, it seems to have disappeared along with many of my FOTKI album photos ( where the heck do they go?) I don't think that I will ever be able to replicate this build but, who knows? All I have left are these photos.
  4. I built this car many years ago when the kit was first issued. I never was happy with the paint (too dark) . I must have used gold as a base coat. Not bad but it didn't match the real car and that bothered me. I decided that a repaint was in order! Tamiya clear red over a silver base coat along with some new Slixx decals. Nice color. Only took me about twenty years to correct it!šŸ˜€
  5. That is cool!
  6. Nah, I think that I've just become lazy or my skills have diminished . I don't care . I still have fun building models.
  7. Really, really nice! The interior tub should be a model all by itself!šŸ˜€
  8. Great job! You've taken an ancient ( below average ) kit and turned it into a masterpiece!
  9. Nice job on the car! Photos are also very well done.
  10. Well done! Interior looks great.
  11. You did a really nice job on this one!
  12. I also like the lowered look! Very nice.
  13. Very realistic and extremely well detailed! My favorite kind of build!
  14. I believe that main reason S&M engines and even the cars through ā€˜69 were painted with Ford paint is that they had so much of it. When the team requested paint from Ford back in 1964, they were sent a truckload from Michigan. It was part of their sponsorship agreement. They had enough paint to last for years even though the sponsorship was over a few months after it started. That is the story I got from a former S&M team member.
  15. Looks good! I built a bunch of those when first released
  16. I found that kit difficult to build due to a severely warped chassis. Yours turned out great!
  17. Sometimes you just need to build a slump buster. This kit was languishing in my stash for decades. I've used this kit in the past as a base for other cars but never built it as the Hemi Under Glass. Very simple (and inaccurate) kit but it was fun to build. Took less than a week. Not highly detailed at all but I did put an injected 426 in the back as the kit engine is completely wrong. Tamiya gold and gloss black along with Slixx decals completed the body. I think it will look good in the back of the showcase.šŸ˜› Someday I might put a 1/25 scale Bob Riggle in the seat and take some wheelie photos!As usual , the large pictures on the forum show all the flaws that my ancient eyes don't pick up!
  18. Thank you, everyone. Sadly, I lost this car in a recent move. Looks like I'll have to build another one.
  19. Super job! Love it!
  20. Pretty cool!
  21. I like it!šŸ˜€
  22. I REALLY appreciate accurate builds of historic drag race cars. You did a terrific job on this one! Thanks for sharing
  23. Sort of a "Day 2" race car. We would buy a car like this and immediately take it out to the track. Warranty? We don't need no stinkin' warranty Slicks on steelies! A bit of a custom hood treatment! Always loved the dust trails on the '70s A quick and fun build1
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