Fat Brian

Youre not wrong, those might be the most versatile wheel ever.

I bought a cheap pack of a dozen from Amazon. They're not the best quality but I don't have to care about them if I get paint or glue on them. They're made out of thin T shirt material.

Whether to clear or not depends on the type of finish you're going for. It doesn't look quite right on period 40s, 50s, or 60s cars, especially for stock paint. Letting the paint get good and cured helps and I have started wearing a thin cotton glove on one hand when I'm foiling and detail paining. I don't know which type of foil you've got but Bare Metal Foil sticks far better to glossy surfaces than flat.

I'm calling this one done. It's an early T1 van with a 74 Carrera RS engine. I stole as many parts as I could from the Revell van kit. It's built in the spirit of the Transcon Medivac van, a coast to coast bratwurst delivery service.

The funnest part for me is coming up with the initial idea and parts acquisition. Over half of my few hundred kits have all the parts I want to use in the box waiting on me to find the time to actually assemble it. If I could ever find a way to decrease my build time without sacrificing quality I could really make a dent in the stash. Another part is enjoy is building the bare plastic and scratch building. Really, everything up to paint is fun for me. Once it's painted the slog of actually finishing it starts.

I bought a sealed Street Fighter 2 and the body is pretty warped. I've got plenty to trade or we can work something out.

The hard top was just out three or four years ago, I built one from the then current issue.

Fujimi and Aoshima offer a lot of tuner cars and wild body kits. There are also 3d printed body kits available to fit some American cars. Ebay is a great place see whats available and spend a lot of money.

The Fujimi Enthusiast Coutach kits are like that. They're very intimidating when you see all the details and tiny parts

That kit has been out recently under the Lindberg brand so replacements shouldn't be hard to find. I don't know of any other tires that will for hose rims though.

I agree, the only kit that really gets the profile on the sides of the body on this generation right is the AMT kit of the 92 body style. I was someone would do a good kit of a bullnose, especially with the later grille.

FYI, the snap 63 and full detail 67 don't exactly fit together either. The snap kits wheelbase is about 2mm longer than than the 67 so fitting them to8will take some tweaking.

The tires are pretty close to the size of the big hollow AMT slicks. Tires from a stock car kit are a bit smaller in height and width.

Tamiya makes an RAF green that's pretty close to that. It would do in a pinch anyway.

I put mine in the regular truck section.

I agree about the Monogram kits, I love them and think they're great for beginners. For Ford or Dodge I would go with the 65, 66, or 70 Mustangs, 69 Talladega, 69 Super Bee, 70 Roadrunner, 71 GTX, and 70 Challenger. The brick nose Ford pickups are nice too.

Check out USCP, they do a lot of modern styles and have something close to both of those sets.

If something is wrong with a common kit like this I will usually just get another one. I'd rather spend my time building than trying to fix something that won't be an issue with a different kit. That being said, there is an issue with the divers side quarter window on these kits that need some attention.

So, the roof from the Firebird kit about 2mm wider than the Camaro roof. For the amount of effort it would take to make it fit you could fix the kit roof.

Probably yes, I will get my calipers out and measure them tomorrow if I can remember.

Fixing the window shape isn't too bad, it's the low spots that will be difficult.

The new roof on this thing is pretty rough and will take to some work to get looking right. There seems to be enough meat in the edge of the window opening to sand a bit of an arch in it to lessen the too flat look. Unfortunately, there are some saggy areas where the t tops were. Here is the window opening after a bit of sanding. You can also see the dip over the window. I highlighted where the low spots are in the roof. The side profile still follows the old line but the areas for the top openings are low somehow.

For what you're looking for I would look outside of a kit. Texas 3d Customs does a modified big block that would do the job nicely.

I work in the natural gas industry and the consensus around the office is carbon monoxide. You've got to really hate someone to murder them and their dog, it just doesn't seem likely.

Are you trying to go period correct or building something like the modern recreations done today?