Fat Brian

Try Chris Drysdale with Maple Leaf Modelworks. He makes nailhead stuff and does large scales. I didn't see anything exactly like that in his Shapeways page but based on his other stuff it's something he could do.

I don't know of anyone that makes big gas straight sixes but Texas_3D_Customs just did the GMC twin six.that and the Super Duty v8 from the C600 are about the only ones available of the shelf.

Here's an automotive offering from them. https://youtu.be/qW9mZLnQ7Yc?si=uB6OZlcB__-Uam2D

I've gotten a few kits with spotted chrome like that, it tends to be the old Lindberg kits mostly. Before you strip the whole thing you might want to try just touching up the spots with Molotow. Patching spots on chrome tends to blend better that trying rechrome the entire part sometimes, especially if the patch is on the bottom where the light doesn't directly hit it.

On Every Street might be may favorite Dire Straits album.

The Revell 40 Ford kits have a nice one that can be had with speed parts. The Revell 32 Tudor that has just been brought back had a neat one with a C4 automatic. The AMT 41 Ford Woody custom has one with modern efi. Texas_3D_Customs has a good selection of flathead stuff too.

Tamiya and Duplicolor are my go to gloss blacks and you can't go wrong with either one, it's really whichever one you're the most comfortable using.

If you wanted to get super ambitious there's the 1/20 Lindberg Explorer that could serve as a decent base for a Bronco II.

And on the topic of ZZ Top, how has La Grange not been mentioned yet? That's basically a solo in three acts.

I wholeheartedly agree with all the Mark Knophler love but his greatest riff has to be Money for Nothing. While not a Pantera fan generally. Walk has got to be in the discussion. You'll break your neck headbanging to that litte ditty. Harvester of Sorrow is a person favorite of mine.

I've been buying from him or a long time, always a great product for a good price. I'm glad he's safe with all the trouble over there.

I swear by Mr Super Clear on tires, its never dried sticky on any tire or rubber tank track material.

The Revell 71 Olds kits have a very similar AC compressor and I believe the AMT 72 chevy trucks have a belt arrangement that would work.

They certainly wouldn't be called transitional during their time period, only when looking back can we see the evolution of a design.

Thank you both, I will take a look at these.

This is definitely one of those transitional cars before what would become a funny car was standardized. Is it a funny car by modern design elements? Not really. Is this car part of funny car DNA? Absolutely. To bring it to another subject, are Cream and Led Zeppelin heavy metal? Going back from today now that the form has been solidified they sound like blues rock bands but put on Sunshine of You're Love and you can hear the foundation heavy metal being laid.

Is there a non toxic resin that works pretty well? Does it really decrease the smell when printing? I can't use my printer with the supplied Phrozen resin because the smell makes my mother in law sick and it might be easier to switch resin than install a ventilation system.

To answer your question, yes, this fits the MPC/AMT fleetside bed like it was made for it.

The Revell Thunderbolt kit has tubular headers as does the Moebius 65 Comet but those will take a bit of work to fit to a standard FE. I believe the AMT 69 Torino had some headers, I don't remember them being great but you don't see much of them either.

Knowing what engine you're using would help. But, the 66 Galaxie kit has some tight fitting headers that might help with an FE install.

I did a hopped up 4 banger a while back and made a ohv conversion head and made a intake from some scraps. I did a Rajo head because it's a super simple shape, just a rectangle with sheet plastic cut into the shapes of the intake and exhaust flanges. The valve cover is for a Ford 2.3, it just happened to be the right size and shapes. I looked a bunch of early speed parts until found a few things simple enough I could reproduce them.

I've been looking into building a P bass myself. I want one of the 51 P basses with the single coil pickup but with the standard pickup in the rear position.

Yeah, I need to go back and label everything while I remember what it does. I tried to get the treble boost down to one switch but I couldn't figure out how to make it work and be true bypass, maybe I needed an on/on/on switch instead of on/off/on but wiring isn't my specialty.

Charles, you continue to raise the bar for 3d printed items. That is truly impressive, the engine and your dedication to getting it right.

Evidently I've decided this is going to be a guitar building year. Once I finished the tele I started on a Jazzmaster/Jaguar thing. It's a Jazzmaster body but I used a Jaguar pickguard with all of the control plates. Pickups are P90s and it's wired like a 50s Les Paul but under those plates is where things get weird. The small lower front plate has an active treble boost that can also act as a cocked wah. Under the upper plate is an onboard fuzz pedal that lives between the pickups. The body has a Strat style route so I bolted a Strat sustain block to the bottom of the bridge and the spring cavity holds two 9v batteries to power the boost/wah circuit and fuzz. I also threw in a kill switch just because.