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I get the impression that Chinese courts might be a little biased...

Interesting. At any rate, I know that 6 rotor wouldn't fit...!

Man, grooming machines are high-tech. Its a good thing drillers don't have carries like that, they'd never drill!

A rotary engine wouldn't fit/wasn't designed for a FWD car. The FE3 is pretty much the best bang for your buck for engine swaps into an early MX-6.

That makes sense. I've worked around all manner of tracked carries and nowadays the cabs are pretty much just boxes with no amenities at all. I can see how an enclosed cabs with heat would be useful for a snow vehicle. Standard controls for a tracked carry would be as pictured above: brake/clutch, lever for each track and the gearshift. Unless its hydrostatic like a Morooka, in which case you just have a single t-bar stick for steering and forward/reverse.

Its a Mazda engine. Called the FE3, its a 2.0L DOHC that can make gobs of power when turbocharged.

One of these days I'm going to put one of these engines in my car... Kudos to those that can identify them.

I build just about anything. The majority of my builds cover '50s-'90s, but I do have some older and some newer. I go through cycles sometimes where I'll focus on a couple builds from a certain time period and then I'll move on to another. I also swing back and forth between cars and pickups. And then once in a while I dabble in the Star Trek kits...

a/gass: here's the corrected link: http://www.arrowheadcomponentsinc.com/aciproducts/resinhobbyitems.html Arrowhead has just the grille, tail panel, and door emblems and it looks like Shawn Carpenter has those plus body, door panels, seats, console and 8-lug wheels. I didn't realize the Grand Prix's body was that different from the Catalina?

Its actually a no-name red from a local department store, I think. Can't remember what paint I used, TBH.

1970 Mustang.

How about the '67 Mustang? Beauty of a kit.

Is there anyone other than Dencon that makes Grand Prix pieces to convert a '62 Catalina? I found reference on this board of Dencon producing the grille, but there was some argument about it in the thread and he mentioned discontinuing it... at any rate, the website is down and his Twitter account hasn't seen activity in almost a year... I found a conversion kit on eBay ONCE and I'm kicking myself for not snagging it. I think it had both the grille and taillight trim pieces. I figure if anyone knows where to find this, this board will!

Thanks for the compliments.

The Revell Chevy is about a '75 or so, judging by the grille. The cab is close, but the rear wall is a separate piece and the chassis is absolutely horrible. The bed isn't even GM; its a California Stepside unit. The MPC kits start in at least '75 and were updated continuously up to at least '82; the Mule Skinner is an '80. Almost all the MPC pickups were 4x4 and stepside beds; the only 2WD release I've seen is the 1978 Chevy Stepside. The last issue that I can find of the MPC pickup is the Sodbuster, which is the '81-'82 style. The Monogram pickup was reissued a few times and depicts an '80. They're 1:24 scale and don't match up with any MPC or Revell offerings. Unfortunately there were no '84-'87 offerings, as mentioned above. Should you want to go newer, I have actually seen someone take the MPC '88 Chevy grille and flatten it out to create the '88-'94 grille used on crew cabs, Blazers and Suburbans. You'd need the '84 GMC's cab to have the proper front fenders.

The wheels are Pegasus #1277 Chrome Hellas. I also did the opposite... That one didn't turn out as great. I honestly think it has about 95% to do with the colour... blah.

Judging by the dovetail, the fenders and the ramps I'd say its the Revell race car trailer. I have one on my shelf and I must say, I like the look of the wood deck better than the untextured strips that come with it...

The Penske set was AMT, I believe. The van would've been the LWB version and AMT trailer is slightly different, IIRC. This is the Revell set and hasn't been out for as long as the Penske set.

I used to alternate between Testor's glues in the orange and blue tubes, but one day I stumbled across Tamiya Cement (in the white labelled bottle) and haven't turned back. When I go through this bottle I'll probably end up switching to Ultra Thin. For clear parts I use Testor's Clear Parts Cement but I think I might try something else as I'm not that satisfied with it at times...

:lol: If I'm not mistaken (having seen many of these things on the road) that bright yellow sign on the back proclaims a student driver...

My good buddy Steve Milberry suggested I post this to show it to you folk. I built this back in 2008, which considering my modelling skill development is pretty early on. It still holds up well, I think, but there are a few things I'd change if I was building this now. As it is, the body work was too extensive for me to strip it down and re-do so it'll stay as is. The underhood detail isn't the best. The engine is a 428 from a '69 Shelby GT500. I started with a '60 Cougar Eliminator and grafted the roof from the Shelby. And yes, I did build the Shelby as a notchback. The Cougar was a side project and turned out much better than the Shelby...! I find that the body line from the Cougar fits better with a fastback roof, myself. I think I might end up redoing the Shelby; I can post that one too if y'all like.

I recently was in a quick need for flat black and the hardware store closest to me only had Krylon's Ultra Flat Black in their Camo line... looks pretty good! I usually stay away from all-black interiors, but I think my next one will use some of the paints/methods mentioned here.

Today was club meeting/LHS visit for me. I picked up this... To go with this... And when I came home I saw that my fiancée brought me home this... (she's a dental assistant)

Could be one of those cases of the Mrs said to sell it and he said 'I'll only sell it for what I think its worth.' This way he'll get to keep it.

Discounting all the other usual distractions in life (computer, wife, TV, 1:1 vehicles) I'd say my biggest distraction in model building is my own imagination. I'll get working on something and then have a random idea for something else and I keep jumping around. At the moment I have 9 projects on the go and whaddya know I have an idea for something else! It never ends.