Fat Brian

$6.50+$2.20 shipping http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bare-Metal-Foil-Chrome-foil-sheet-/350572940548?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item519fc68d04

Your watch kit was scheduled for release this month but it has now been pushed back to the second quarter of 2014.

That doesn't look too bad, it should buff right out.

That is some good positive progress. The paint looks good, the decals are straight, the wheels are lined up with the wheels wells better. When you are a young builder you want to see yourself improving with each build and so far you seem to be doing that. Good job.

You're going to, it goes for about mid forties money.

I'm working on Bobby's 88 Buick and need some advice on paint colors. What color is correct for the body, it's not quite gold but it doesn't really seem to be anything else either. Also, what is the correct engine color? The chassis seems to be a red thats just a touch on the dark side so that shouldn't be much of a problem.

Sliding the trailer wheels forward can somewhat reduce the turning radius of the trailer.

I think the wheels in the yellow kit are supposed to be like 68 GT mustang wheels.

One of the easiest ways to lift a kit is to put spacers where the springs mount to the frame. If the axles are seperate from the springs you can also put spacers between the axle and spring but that is only correct for the rear. If you can post a pic of the kit suspension parts it would be easier to explain.

Are you kidding, that thing is awesome. The resin kit looks like poo poo though.

The kit does get a few things wrong in each version. If you are looking to build a super accurate replica of a specific version I would definitely use outside references to correct the kit mistakes.

Everett made a deal with a promoter last year to bring USA-1 back out and is even building a new, modern, race truck. Maybe the promoter allowed the graphics to be used to further spread the USA-1 name. http://themonsterblog.us/2011/04/22/old-skool-motorsports-making-big-news-usa-1-new-events-daytona/

Here is the Wiki for styrene, it's safe to say there isn't anything good for you in there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styrene

That looks great, I've been trying to get my hands on one for a while.

I have to agree with Harry and Mike, I saved these pics and opened them up in Photoshop and the tell tale blurriness just isn't there. The areas where the two different bodies touch are sharp and the details are clear. If these are shopped they are the best ever and for something like this it just isn't worth it.

While not a cinema classic the first ten minutes or so of the first Transformers movie is just about the most fun you can have in a movie theatre with your clothes on.

If you can get a Monogram 69 Torino Talladega it has a correct 428 in it. The 428 was the top dog Mach 1 engine but could be had without the Mach 1 package also. It really just depends on what you want to do, either engine is correct for the car. Just decide how modififed you want the car to be.

The 351 Cleveland was available as part of the Mach 1 package for '70. In '71 the 429 was dropped from availability in the Mustang and the 351 Cleveland became the Boss 351. The engine from the Citgo Tbird would be a good choice for a restomod Mustang.

The NASCAR engine might be interesting. You can pick up an older Monogram Tbird stock car for really cheap on ebay, you might could even trade for the engine here and it would be the same scale as the car so it won't look too small. The 80s and early 90s Ford stock car engines were also based on the 351 Cleveland which was an optional engine for this car.

I have a Nikon Coolpix too and I hate it, mine doesn't handle red very well either. Dark red is too light and oranges are too dark, I don't know what is wrong with it but if I had paid for it myself I would have taken it back.

This is great advice, please do this or the silver will run in the clear and it's off to the purple pond.

Your turbine monster truck reminded me of this, one of three trucks powered by a Lycoming T-53.

According to Smoky he never violated the rule book, he found omissions in the book and exploited them.

If a 78/79 body has a flip hood it was done by the builder, no kit with that body style had a flip hood from the factory.

Another Smoky story is that when NASCAR mandated running a certain size of fuel cell they also mandated it have a 2" filler neck. In a stroke of genius of playing in the gray areas of the rule book Smoky ran the 2" filler neck up into the passenger floor board before returning it to the tank. The total length of the hose was ten or fifteen feet and it held about another five gallons of gas. The rule book now states that the filler neck must go directly to the fuel cell.