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How close did anyone look at the brake set up on that specimen with the propeller? I can see the tech sheet now: Final Drive: Propeller Brakes: Dual Acting Plank-Type

Welcome to the Forum...I also have to add that "Still Game" is one of my favourite television shows and an episode is usually playing on the computer as I build...I laugh like a fool at episodes I have seen dozens of times. Looking forward to seeing your projects!

...wow. Just wow. The replica is excellent, James. The weathering and execution are also excellent...one of the best I have seen on the subject. As a scale replica builder, I appreciate the time and talent required to pull off a quality job like that. I was formerly an active member of another forum which shall remain nameless in a vain attempt at playing the duck. There were more than a few DoH cars displayed by builders both new/young and seasoned/adult. The one constant was that there was ALWAYS someone willing to call the builder out for their choice of subject--using ALL CAPITALS IN ORDER TO GET THEIR POINT ACROSS or even name calling, insults and thinly veiled threats that, honestly, they would never use when speaking to someone in person. The behaviour got--in my opinion--way out of hand and I got to thinking; "Why am I even here? Is this a model car forum where people can show and discuss their hobby to be enjoyed by many or is it a place where a simple thread can be transformed into a political soap box by a few at the expense of someone who worked hard to complete a killer replica?" Should we turn this place into one where the moderators are more like hall monitors who shut everything down at the 1st sign of differing opinion or have to resort to outright banning of anything more controversial than a glass of milk? Great job, James. I would have liked to have seen more pictures before the thread got the axe, I really like it here, but I think I may take a few days off to consider my choices. As an adult, if there's something I don't like, I have the choice to shut it off; switch channels; change lanes; etc and move on with my life. I shouldn't resort to interrupting someone else's presentation in order to make myself heard because my perspective differs I try to move on. THAT being said, I do have to agree about life being full of disappointments--but not in a cynical manner. When the radio plays Nickelback (Yech!) instead of Led Zeppelin, the TV is showing The kardashians instead of a documentary or the driver in front of me is texting; I don't take personal issue with the program director, the Teleguide or the driver in front of me. I try to move on and do what I can to get past it. And Ron Hamilton---Great Comments! Now: why don't we ALL just build something and post pictures to show off our work and prove that we use this resource for more than the kind of attitude and comments that would result in our wife banishing us to the couch if we tried them on her...

Looks like the 15x7 Police wheels from the Revell Superbird or Roadrunner.

Have you considered obtaining a paint code and having an automotive paint supply place make you a rattle can of your favourite colours? I use a supply house locally that mixes me whatever I want in full size cans for about 25 bucks. A little pricey, yes, but considering how much paint I get compared to the contents of a Tamiya can--and the colour is either computer matched or mixed by code and 100% what I am looking for--and the fact that I reserve this expenditure for special projects only; it makes sense for me.

That's what I thought! I found more pictures of solenoid switching valves on top of what appeared to be cartridge style filter housings. There was a component that I thought was a governor at the back of the engine, but looked for any fuel system connections regardless. Thanks for posting this...it may sound like over analyzing, but I too went through countless web forums and tech articles in search of this answer because it got to a point where I no HAD to know the answer! Thanks a bunch for the info. I hope it helps others as well.

Nice display bases, Clayton! I'm building the Ford Drag Team truck and trailer and display everything I build in cases for dust reasons and was stumped about a case for something so big. Now that I have inspiration for the display case, I guess I'll have to head to the lumber yard and the glass shop.

Sorry for what may be a stupid question. I've been searching for a proper image of the mechanical fuel pump for a 534 SD engine on gasoline, something found in the AMT C Series kit. I'm running the kit air compressor and am ASSUMING that there should be a mechanical fuel pump on the left side of the timing cover behind it. All of the Holley carbs I have seen on this engine have a bowl feed on the left. I have yet to find a picture that shows either a pump or even a hole in the cover where it would bolt on. I realize that it would be hidden by the compressor, but I have yet to see an actual fuel pump on the 534 SD engine. Sooooo...where's the fuel pump SUPPOSED to be located? Did I just spend a bunch of time searching for a mechanical pump when the truck actually used an electric unit paired with tank switching valves? I add ridiculous detail, so this is kind of important to completing the engine for me. Thanks for looking...(Despite spending my career as a Tech on cars and light trucks, I'm embarassed to be asking a question like this...but I'm sure there will be more!)

Thanks for the answer. Being a former auto tech, I was wondering if the heat from an auto trans with a load like that would cause meltdown. AT540 it is...

Would the Allison AT540, as supplied in the AMT LN race car hauler and the C series Tractor, survive in a truck like this with a load like this? I'm building this very setup and these kits are my only source for parts, since I build 1/25 cars only--this is my 1st big truck. I can scratchbuild a 5 speed if I have to due to the automatic not being up to the job, but would rather not. I'm about to fabricate linkages and plumbing on the truck--this would be the time to get things right, As an aside, I was also wondering if a 2 speed rear axle would be run in conjunction with an automatic. The pictures are of the truck and trailer outfit I'm building...would the AT 540 cut it or not?

Anyone who can't sell 1/25 display cases at 3.99 should call me. Since the Colossal Mart Of Wal stopped selling them (along with models...) display cases are retailing for well over 20 bucks a hit here in Canada--and not even fancy ones with the chrome base like the one pictured.

I'm pleased because the incident I posted about in "What Irked Me..." and the resulting investigation proved me innocent of any wrong doing or unnecessary force (Whatever THAT is...) in the performance of my duties while fending off an attack. It's good to know that I won't lose my job or be criminally charged for my attempt at returning home safely to my family. Now--back to models.

..It was the kind of stuff you see on TV: A "Customer" at the facility I work at decided that since there was NO way he could get a transfer to another Facility because he was in The Hole (Nobody would take him) and he would have to commit the desperate act of attacking the next person he saw in order to get out the hard way. Guess who it was? It came out of nowhere and, honestly, took me by surprise. I am OK. He never got his transfer out. He never had a chance because Blue Always Wins. However, I will be investigated to ensure that no rights were violated while I was being attacked. Ain't life grand?

Everyone is entitled to a retirement. My best wishes to Don and Carol in theirs. This does lead me to ask the inevitable since the days of fine resin from The Modelhaus are numbered: Who makes the second best resin model parts out there?

Great job! I really like the colour choice, and the interior is spot-on.

Great Job! I really like this. BTW--Modelhaus does a 1959 Olds 88 2 door and if it's anything close to the 59 Olds 98 I ordered years ago, it's fantastic.

Thanks for the link, Casey (as well as moving this to where I SHOULD have posted it!) If that was one of the Ford Drag Haulers, it sure got cut up and altered later in life. It looks like the Haulers used by the Ford factory/Holman Moody Grand National teams in the 60s now, where before it was exactly the same as the AMT re-release of the LN Hauler. I think I got tetanus from the picture! Someone may have saved it from the shredder, but they have their work laid before them in its restoration.

Reliability> It seems that this word is sometimes misunderstood in rodding circles. My 1949 Mercury M-47 pickup has been around--in stone stock form--for 66 years with most of its life spent doing farm work as a farm truck. Anything that can survive a 40+ year work life like that is, in my opinion, reliable. My parents and grandparents travelled cross country in those old crates...with no cel phones.They made it home alive. While I have always preferred originality of old vehicles (the people who designed them went to college), a 49 Ford sedan with modern underpinnings, a newer engine ( not necessarily EFI), AC and radials is pretty nice to operate for hours on end during a highway excursion. I spent my youth hunting the low spots of highway ruts with Bias Ply tires and worn steering gears and while it may be a trip to the past, as I age I am finding that I prefer to do less work and enjoy the scenery, not the temperature gauge. (Disclosure: My M-47 is apart completely, right down to ziplocs full of valve keepers, but it will go back together stock. My wide whites are NOS Bias ply and the steering gear is the OEM impaler-style. It rides like a manure spreader...shifting the old floor shift 3 speed is like stirring a wheelbarrow full of rocks...it steers like a fine Russian tractor... but there will be no LS engine, overdrive or AC--don't need it since the college graduates designed a cowl vent that not only looks cool, but it works.The only major change will be a 12 v conversion and I built my own converters for the stock gauges and fuel sending unit.) But that's me. Tastes and opinions may vary and that's what makes going to a car show interesting. If everyone liked the same things, car shows could be condensed to a trip through a mall parking lot on a Saturday where we could all look at beige and silver cars with no soul or character that are all shaped the same. This is an interesting discussion...

This is kind of an obscure request...I was wondering, as the heading suggests, if anyone here had seen the Ford Drag Team in all of its glory in 1969. Ya see, I have decided to undertake the construction of the East coast version of the team: C series hauler, open trailer and the 2 cars--the 428 Torino and the 427 SOHC Mustang. I have thoroughly researched this build and believe that I have found every "Official" photo out there. This is an inquiry regarding private photos--specifically REFERENCE-type shots of what's behind the doors of the hauler and---if I'm extremely lucky---what's inside the box on the trailer. I have seen the shot of the WEST coast truck and the display boards of parts for the performance clinics, as well as the Onan generator and large tool box for hand tools (Both are already built and ready for paint). I've opened all of the compartments on the hauler and have built the trailer box with opening doors, so I would like to fill it with appropriate materials such as spare parts, jacks, stands, lubricants, etc, etc. I am aware of the basics needed to travel and race, but this team was factory supported and held performance clinics at dealerships, so the contents were not just the run-of-the-mill carb strip kits, spare slicks, valve cover gaskets and cans of oil. This is for a contest, so I would like for this to be as comprehensive a build as possible. I am into superdetailing, so I can build whatever I see or is described to me in text.... Sooo..has anyone taken any pictures of this outfit during a trip to the strip in the late 60's? Seeing as Ford yanked the plug on racing in 70-71, the time frame is narrow. Thanks for reading this random request, even though the chances are slim...

...My problem is that after spending my entire life working on and building 1:1 vehicles and stock cars, I keep going until every detail is in place. For example: a carburetor is just a plastic lump until it has linkage and fuel line, but since I don't secure my air breathers, the throttle bores get drilled out and booster venturis are added, along with choke diaphragms and linkages. A hot air choke requires a choke heater well and rod to the choke plate...you see where I'm going with this? I know it's my decision to take detailing that far, but as a former technician it doesn't look right to me until everything is in place. Not everyone is as picky,and I figure that extensive details are what cause my builds to number no more than a couple per year. BUT--I am personally pleased with every one of my builds that were constructed not for contests or the approval of others, but to look good on my shelves and represent an inspired idea converted to something you can hold in your hand (With cotton gloves, please.).

...I learned (The Hard Way) a few years ago that Slixx decals, despite how great they are otherwise, tend to run when there is a silver pigment on them and you shoot clear over top. One small decal out of the bunch (It was a GN stock car) of contingencies ran under the clear, and it was mostly silver. The other decals were fine. I later tested 2 scrap Slixx decals again with the same clear and had the same result with the silver one while the other was fine. Coincidence? I don't know----just sharing my findings.

I'm not sure if this has been posted before, but during another sleepless night transitioning between night and day shifts I found this and thought I'd share the link. It's the home made result of teenage boys, a Brownie camera and model collections combining over 2 months in 1971. I thought it was pretty cool...

I really like the colour choice. Great job so far...looking forward to some more of this.

Great Job! I've done the Starliner/Galaxie conversion myself to create Fred Lorenzen's 63, so I understand the work that went into this gem. Fantastic!

As someone who has just finished one of those, I can agree completely about foiling it...I have a Hudson that is still in the box and unstarted due to my dislike of the process. You did an excellent job on this one.