Fat Brian

That part of this kit could have been done much better, if I ever build another one in going to cut the painted parts off the grille piece and strip them and put them on the body before painting so it's a lot cleaner then foil the headlight bezels.

They're dragster parts but I'm not sure which kit, the long piece is the steering linkage and you've got a gear shift and some radius rods. They might be from one of the Garlits kits like the Wynns Jammer, they're not modern.

Yep, there is a ton of foil work in this car. What made it worse was that the paint is flat so it didn't stick very well but once you rubbed it down really good to cut it the adhesive stayed on the body so I had to rub it down with alcohol pads. I think I'm done with white paint jobs for a while. The interior is just a dead stock Cadillac pattern you could order from the factory, it fit the white and flames so we'll there wasn't any point in changing it.

This build was inspired by the steel wheels from the last issue of the Monogram 32 Ford roadster. I started figuring out what a Eldorado with steelies woukd look like, the lake pipes are from the 60 Starliner, the air cleaner is an old AMT part, and the flame decals are from the Revell 49 Mercury. Otherwise the build is stock out if the box, I lowered the car front and rear but left the rear up enough to get a nice rake. I didn't think I would ever get all the parts on this thing, the front bumper is 9 pieces, the rear bumper and tail lights total 17 pieces, the box just never seemed to get empty.

That looks a lot like the body to the MPC Dukes if Hazard Jeep.

The 60-66 Suburbans ran a Dana 44 in the front, you can get one in the new Bronco kits. You might gave to flip it over for the Chevy, Ford ran their front axles reverse rotation sometimes. Check out BNL Resin, they do a lot of 4x4 stuff. Here is a link to great article on 60-66 Subs. http://www.fourwheeler.com/features/1603-last-of-the-chevy-highboys-1960-66

They're either at least 10" wide or have a crazy offset and they where white. You're close on the timeframe, this is my parents in 1978. In the larger picture you can see the Superdome in the background.

Okay, just let know what you come up with.

Has anyone seen wheels like these in a kit or from an aftermarket place? The spokes aren't pointed at the end like normal but look like four pairs of two that flare toward where they connect to the barrel of the wheel.

This was a interesting video about the bridge collapse, it shows one of the post tensioning rods half shot out of its bore like it snapped while they were tightening it. Warning for adult manly language.

Great, thanks.

Casey posted something about it so I imagine it's true.

Would the AMT/MPC CJ-5 be correct for a 1974 model?

The street tires, Fireball has the decals and I have tires that look pretty close so I think I've got what I need.

I watch buy it now items so I remember what I want when I go on there with some money.

Thank you.

Thank you, that's what I needed to know.

I'm trying to find tires called Formula 1's and Google is no help because it thinks I want F1 tyres. Who made these tires and are there any in 1/25 scale?

Thanks guys, l really appreciate it.

Even if the actual kits aren't redone 3d printing will make it possible to have kits of these vehicles again period.

This is really cool, there are a few Transformers builds I want to do too. I'm looking at doing a Prime like the one above and using the Revell K100 to do a Motormaster like this show truck.

Our water heater burst yesterday, it looks like it threw itself on a grenade to save it's buddies. It's going to be Friday before I can buy another one and Monday before it can be installed so it's going to get a bit funky around here for a few days.

This isn't the first time Lowe's has lowered it's presence in NASCAR. They used to have their name on the track in Charlotte but didn't renew the deal when it expired a few years back.

The gap around the hood should be around enough to slide a playing card or two on each side of it. When your working through the primer coats take a few seconds to knock down the build up around the edge of the hood to help eliminate this issue.

A recent favorite of mine are from the last reissue of the Monogram 32 Ford with the blue car on the box. I dont know how accurate they are but they've got a nice look to them and the they're big and little which is really important to me. I've got two sets and would love several more, they pretty much inspired this whole build.