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My first completed model in over 18 months,,maybe even closer to 2 years. This is a replica of a 1/1 car I am restoring for a customer.. Real RT Charger 440 spd Dana. EEL Dark Blue metallic with white interior. Model is painted in nason single stage enamel using my airbrush ,, with a Upol urethane clear topcoat right out of the rattle can. Rubbed out by hand. I tried to do the model to replicate the vision of how I think the car is going to be. BUT, Things like tires and wheels are still undecided,,,, and we might go with headers on the real car. But I like the redlines look on stock chrome magnum rims,so thats the way I finished it . Its pretty much box stock with exception to a MAD prewired dist. and I ran battery cables and fuel lines .The redline tires are from the parts box,,no idea what they're out of . Interior is sprayed in a duplicolor white that dried to a nice vinyl like sheen to it . Embossing powder for carpeting( even thoough you cant see it once all asembled. ) For whats essemtially an afterthought quickie type build. I like it . I'll call it done till I find my decal sheet to get the sidemarker decals for it and a rearview mirror from the parts box. And, yes. I know its missing the windshield wipers.. I broke one when removing it from the chrome tree , so I gotta dig in the parts box and hope I find a set that match . I am meeting the cars owner next weekend and will present it to him then . So all this is just to give it away,,,thats gonna be tough. Comments of all kinds wlecome.

I assume this is going to be all black,,,,,that will look so sinister its sickening. I like it so far

Here is what I have so far. My interests lean torwards the big open cars from the era,,,,,,. But I am not against the oddball stuff not avail anywhere else either. And heller seams to cover that quite well. My main concern is are they buildable with moderate talent. I am not a big fan of having to re-engineer the entire kit to build it,,I'll loose interest if I have to do that .

Never even heard of this thing before today . Just different enough I like it

I have a couple Heller kits on hand. and have been thinking of picking up a few more. Primarily the cars of the 20's or 30's . Not neccesarly any particular brand or model in particular. But I like the big open cars from the period Is there any particular kit to look out for and/or to avoid

WOW.........

I cant ofer any insights on which airbrush,,But WOW . this image is killer

Doubtfull any single one person is gonna be abla to answer this one . Far to many manufactures covering a wide array of subjects to pin this one down. For me I think it has to be Mobieus ,,although the current revell stuff is right behind them in quality,,,just not accuracy. But then again, I dont build anything subject wise that either Tamiya , Aoshima or any of the other pacific rim companies produce. And I only build cars,,so my opinion is limited as such .

Lets be honest,this is one massive automobile

If the hood is indeed stryene. And you want to get rid of it,,I would be interested . It looks like the right hood to do the Bill Bagshaw 1971 Pro Stock ,,or at least pretty close to it. EDIT, I just measured originals I have. measuring along the side from rear corner to ft corner MPC pro stock challenger / Dick Landy hood = 2-9/16" MPC pro stock cuda / Don Carlton hood = 2-5/16"

Casey, I think the hood is challenger,,,,just cant remember or find out which issue it came from. Time Machine resin lists a copy of it. at http://www.timemachineresin.bravehost.com/draghoods.html The only plastic Cuda pro stock cuda hood I know of is the Don Carlton car ( and its subsequent issues )

So far I am seriously impressed with it. Its a very nice kit The Body lines, engraving . the drivetrain and chassis details and such are top notch

#6. Is the air cleaner 2 piece? If so it's most likely johan . As i don't think any other are 2 piece assemblies

How many spark plugs that thing have? I know it's not uncommon for emergency equipment engines from that era to have multiple ignition systems....but I've never seen 3 per cylinder if this is in fact a 6 cylinder

#2 tail lights is mpc 1972 Duster Hard to tell the rest on my phone. I would like more info on the white hood though. Does the bottom side look like raw fiberglass?

Car looks killer..... sorry...just not a fan of the wheels.

Same here. But I have actually tried to get a couple early wagon annuals lately. .only to get blown out at the end

While doing some digging for parts for another almost finished porject. I came across this one. I started it maybe 2 years ago . Chassis + Interior were almost done, But when I painted the body I wasnt happy with it at all. And I got disgusted with it and boxed it back up . So, I dug it out , sanded the body down and reshot the black and 3 coats of Upol urethane clear.. This time it came out fantastic . I can almost read the lettering on the bulb above it for lighting in the roofs reflection. I'm not even going to polish it . A light wax will be all it gets. This is another replica of a friends 1/1 car and once completed I'll give it to him. I already replicated 2 of his other ccars,,,,a 69 Dart 383 a few years back, his 68 Coronet RT convertible was finished up a few weeks ago. Also, I've attached a picture of the actual car Comments of all kinds welcome , especially hints of any assembly issues this kit has

Some great ideas being tossed around here. Donating them to a local ( or even a non local ) model club would be my 1st choice once my decendants pick what they wish to keep ,if any . I wondered about cash value of my stash,,,,and I think maybe 90% would have very little cashout value. BUT,,, I tend to think the other 10% is quite high and I would value as much if not more then the other 90% . .I'll have to let my wife know which is which . Hopefully my family doesnt have to deal with it anytime soon And to those here dealing with health issues today. ,,keep your chin up and fight . Additude makes world of difference ...... I will keep you all in my thoughts .

I have several of the items , Its very nice stuff,especially when you consider the price point. I"ve only had one issue where it took me a few weeks to get my item,,,but I got it. With the multiple users ID that the same stuff seems to get sold under and the on again and off again it seems of the seller to be on actually shipping product keeps me away

And thats what bothers me about A - taking 2 or 3 years to design and release a kit in todays enviroment . B - Even when taking multiple years to do a kit and its still wrong, Sorry for the rant. It tripped a trigger for me Back to this amazing 1958 Ford build.

with this thread over 200 pages now,and rapidly approaching 4 years since it began ? ,,just by chance have you been keeping track or have any idea of the hours you have in this . ? Just curious because it looks amazing and can only imagine what its gonna look like once completed.

A 1959 Edsel convertible, for $54. Oh the pain ,,you should save yourself the agony of how to build this one and just send it to me . I'll 'take one for the stryene team' on this one .............. lol I've been trying to get a 59 Edsel for a while now. Theres is one on the 'Bay now,,but the seller wants paypal only,,,and I dont do paypal ( long story )

Just ckd.. .I got it. Pm me an address and it's yours

models probably no problem,,paint , But,,paint , glue and supplies I bet would be an issue getting thru TSA , especially exacto knives