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OPERATIONAL V-12 DIESEL ENGINE THAT FITS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND. This is not CNC technology; this guy made everything at home on his lathe and drill press. Took 1220 hours (a year and a half?) to make the 261 pieces. Note the end-loaded crankshaft into the block (like an Offy), 12 individual cylinder heads, TINY rods and pistons, dual "underhead" cams with pushrods to rockers in the heads. And, he did break-in using an electric drill driving the crankshaft! <http://www.wimp.com/tiniestengine/>

this is a Lindberg 1948 Lincoln that was in my "get to it later pile" but shows the start of my button tufted interior. I glued the cosmetic pads and painted them, just had not put in the buttons as of yet Hope this may help you.

I have used the cosmetic pads that have the diamond shape on them, glued them to the seats, painted them the color I wanted and then painted pins with the flat head"like sewing pins" and drilled small holes in the creases of the diamonds for the buttons. I will try to find the seats that I did and post a pic

In 1978 both Petty and Bonnet ran Dodge Magnums

Yes this is the Polar Lights kit, and you are correct that the decals say it has the 429, but I decaled the body then found that the 429 did not fit, so it has the 427 in it. If you are going to build this with the 429, you will have to relocate and/or fabricate the shock mount bars, so the 429 will fit. This was one of those "should have tested fit" type cars. But other than that, make sure the front of the car slopes down. Some of these Polar Lights cars had some issues from the cowl forward that the nose was up from the stock position, but some hot water and bending"ever so easily" got the nose of the car down. Thank-you all for the kind words also

Thank-you Bruce...I always root for the underdogs

This is the Mercury Cyclone that won the Daytona 500. The monday following the event, Ford pulled their sponsorship from the Mercury team. Ford felt that the "b" team should never have beaten their Torino Talladega "a" team

I believe that it was Harry Gant that had the number 88

Cork tile and tee pins are another cheap and easily obtained at hardware, big box home improvement stores, craft stores and even at "wally world"

The pins with the round head on them also make great shifter handles and you can paint the pin head any color you want. they can be bent easily for the shape of shifter arm you want.

I saw a chart that had the decimal sizes for all the wiring and detailing components modelers use. Can't seem to find it now. Any help out there?? Thanks in advance

you can also find these steel balls at your local hobby shop that sell R/C cars, they are called "diff balls" and go form 5/32" to 1/8 inch sizes.

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North Coast Auto Modelers, meet every 1st and 3rd tuesday of each month. We meet at the Garfield Hts civic center. for details or more info, send email to vypurr59@hotmail.com