Ace-Garageguy

Thanks for the heads-up on the engine, etc. I have a couple of the Merit kits I want to go whole hog on. Interesting side note: not many years back, Revell made what should have been two identical engines, the 6.0 Hemi in the '09 Challenger and the Magnum kits, quite a bit different in overall length...and I guess no one complained.

They're plumbing for an external oil pump, allowing pressure lubrication...like this setup: http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/80257/87949.html?1239556854

I've used strips of upholstery foam like you can get at fabric stores on some large-scale models with similar tire problems, much like the RC-car guys use. Other possible materials would include polyester fiberfill, like's in pillows and quilted jackets etc., or even rolled fabrics like discarded pantyhose.

Thank you, sir.

As above, they're from Tichy Train Group. They can often be found on eBay, and Tichy also sells direct. https://www.tichytraingroup.com/Shop.aspx?SearchValue=bolt+heads NOTE: You'll have to do a little figgerin' to get the right size for your application. The packages are marked with the scale sizes represented for HO, O, S, etc., so you'll need to do the arithmetic to determine what's what in 1/24, 1/25, etc. Just for reference, HO scale is 1/87. O is 1/48 (or so). S scale is 1/64.

Spot, Not Spot, Smoke, Smudge, Smoggy, and Mrs. Cat all send their best wishes.

Nice lines and proportions. Much more attractive restyle than most customizers achieve, whether on models or real cars. If that was a body kit for 1:1 Corvettes, I'm certain they'd sell well.

Exactly.

Beautiful.

The Revell front end (I'm assuming you used the Revell front) is much more accurate than AMT's offering I used, and would be much better for doing a street car. My rationale for using the not-very-good AMT front clip is twofold: 1) The model is being built predominantly with parts that were available a long time ago (mostly 50 years +) even though some of the kits used are fairly recent re-releases. Part of the project involves proving the point that a very good model can be built using ancient parts and kits. 2) The model depicts a fiberglass clone of a Corvette body, which would have captured the corvette "look" but not necessarily accurate dimensions. This was a necessary departure in the backstory away from scale-correct, brought about by the poorly-scaled and sculpted AMT parts. M/SP cars had all manner of fiberglass and metal bodies, some derived from glass kit-cars, and warped out of all proportion and virtually unrecognizable, so a not-accurate clone body is in keeping with a believable premise for the build. FYI: I made the body cuts where I did in part because, if you were doing a front clip swap or replacement on a real car, one available option is a skin that extends from the nose all the way back through the door openings. Grafting the new skins at the cove lines (again, on a real car) would allow for precise alignment of the new parts with existing material, and the resulting seam is easily disguised / hidden under the chrome trim that surrounds the coves on many of these cars.

Glad to hear you sounding like you're feeling better, Joe.

Some great material here, gennelmen. I'll save a lot of this, and save a lot of double-checking research time in the process.

That's a big model. Looks to be about the right scale for cats.

I'd recommend you start with these sites for an overview, and then research specific cars mentioned therein. https://www.nhra.com/news/2016/early-funny-car-history-101 http://www.60sfunnycars.com/ https://theshopmag.com/features/brief-history-funny-cars

Ain't that the truth. But I've kicked most of my other vices, so I figure it's pretty harmless. I have all my kits marked with realistic prices, so in the event of my sudden demise, my executor won't have to do hours of mind-numbing research...or just toss the stuff, which would be kinda sad. I've also left a list of people to offer a lot of stuff to for free, so it's pretty well covered.

That side view is definitely the meat. Stance is perfect. Nice work, really looking forward to seeing this progress.

That's a lot of work. Very interesting to watch your approach to merging parts from two wildly dissimilar cars into a believable whole.

Great driver, good man. Thanks for the post. I didn't know.

Yes, there was some great stuff built in the '70s (well, before the gas thing pretty much emasculated all the engines), but in '69, I got interested in European cars and kinda lost interest in US iron. Now I find myself really noticing a lot of American cars I overlooked years ago.

Scary stuff when the symptoms are heart-related. Wishing you well.

An old friend who decided he'd probably never get around to building his 1/8 Jag figgered I'd like to have it. Now I do. 100% complete...

Yup. You deserve it.

Found this stream a coulpa days ago.