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Another important part of this will be V2V communication, where your self-driving car communicates with other nearby vehicles.

Yes, in the case of my '69 I wanted to replicate an L78/L89, so I assembled the block, pan, and front cover and used 1:1 engine paint over Tamiya pink primer. The heads, intake, and transmission were later painted aluminum. I actually used three types of aluminum paint, but it all kind of wound up the same color. The carburetor is a mixture to try to replicate a Holley. Exhaust manifolds are painted steel, but aren't installed yet. I need to drill the heads for plug wires.

We haven't received a newspaper for many years. Finally figured out that we were paying ~$700/year to read news that had been available on the internet days before, comics we could read online for free, and a ton of ads. That said, my mom's youngest brother tried to train his dog to bring in the newspaper, but there was a problem. He lived in So Cal at the time and his dog was a miniature shorthaired Dachshund. Most days, the newspaper outweighed her by two or three times. It was funny to see. The daily ritual was going outside with a pocket full of rubber bands. Newspaper was broken down into sections and each was rolled up with a rubber band. Front door was left open. Bianca would grab each section and take it inside. Each section was worth a treat. She rolled over on her back and got a belly rub when the entire paper was inside. She was very tired and full of treats by the time her work was done on Sundays. Made my smile to think of her, my departed uncle, and the two months I spent there when I was 13.

Looks nice Mike. Also on my to-do list is to paint the wheels like yours are.

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We have a huge game room at work. I want to build something like this when we return to the office. It would be huge fun since we are a group of over aged children working for an automotive company.

I am here all week. Don't forget to tip your server.

Build it the way that you want to, then glue a dusty car cover over it. ?

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OK, so I built mine in 1975 or so. I am going to have to dig it out. I was planning on a redo anyway.

That doesn't look right. Something is broken or cut out. I don't have my built one at hand right now to look at.

This actually came yesterday from Burbank's House of Hobbies. Haven't built a NASCAR for 45 years.

Got mine today and it has the small sink marks on the trunk lid. Better than I expected, but not something I want to spend even 10 minutes on with a "new" tool. Still haven't decided on a color or build style.

Thanks Dans. Yes, I have a few nearby stores that sell g-strings. What size is the one in the pic? ? Dan C's example that would look pretty good mounted on a round bead on top of a flat round base for my use. The coil isn't quite long enough, but I think it would look better than plastic. I built MPC and AMT kits in the 80s, so I probably have some "baseball bat" CB antennas somewhere, but I wasn't able to find any that had a decent base. Second issue is making a gutter clip so that the car will fit in its case. And drilling/pinning to a diecast.

Anyone know where I could get an old school 1/24-25 whip antenna like this, or at least a decent base that I can drill and use a piece of wire for the mast? TIA

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It will be nice when you get to the point where you are able to offer ads to the folks that advertise in the magazine (and others) and dispense with the Google ad thing altogether.

I have seen the black kits at HL. For some reason, I like the Competition Orange more and for $9.99 I couldn't pass it up. I will blow it apart one of these days and add some detail to it, especially the exhaust system. The tips need to be drilled out or replaced with tubing.

While in the rabbit hole that is this thread, I discovered that they were modified Amphicats and Aurora sold them in 1/25. I never built a Monkeemobile or a Beverly Hillbillies truck either.

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Used to be a huge NASCAR fan as a kid, thanks to ABC's Wide World of Sports. Dad grew up in northern Alabama and we went back in summer 1974 for a huge family reunion. Dad's brother Joe approached my parents and asked them to let me fly back a couple weeks later so he could take me to the Talladega 500 on August 11 and they agreed (I was an early teenager). Petty won with this paint scheme, to much booing from the Hueyville crowd. Joe got amazing tickets about ten rows back, just past the finish line. It was hot and humid (duh, August in Alabama), so Joe, my cousin, and I all removed our shirts in true redneck fashion. After 500 miles our legs and upper bodies were quite black with tire dust except for where the sunglasses were. I blew out Goodyear boogers for several days, but it was an amazing experience. Not to thread hijack, but I just ordered this kit for old times sake. Haven't built a NASCAR kit since the original MPC kits, but I just ordered this one. If Salvino's decides to market any other ~1962-1975 cars, I am there. Watching this build and any others that I see. I love Tim's NASCAR builds.

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