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I did manage to tinker with it a bit last week . I finally added , and long overdue crank dampner, fuel pump and lines and a tank. I am almost positive the tank is 100% wrong but it was all I had in the parts box. It's done and back in the case till I decide to finally take it apart to make it a bit more correct. ( someday)

Back when I bought it ( over 10 , probably closer to 15 years ago ) all I got was the loosely assembled chassis , what was left of the int tins, body and rear bumper. I used the glass and ft grille/bumper from the old mpc 67 charger kit ( the one molded in black ) I didn't get any paint, box or instructions You would probably hate me if I said how much I paid for it back then ( it was WAAAAAAAY less then $150 )

I want to say it was late teens or very early 20's all tires were black

All this work an no actual aluminum tin work,,,,,,,, I am so dis-appointed I am kidding btw

Oh yes, I am definitly going to be following this one

Sweet, nice looking build. I love seeing vintage kits done up nice

My comment had nothing to do with what or how much either drove. Both acheived a level that very few ever attain in there careers. Dale Earnhardt was not 'the person' Aarton Senna was prior to his death and never will be.

Great looking build. I did one of these a few months back. and it instantly became one of my favorite kits / cars . Isn't painting the 3 tone interior fun ? You did well grasshopper, take a bow.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MPC-resin-Vega-funny-car-with-Flash-Gordon-Mineo-decals-and-extras-/181134657231?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2a2c7786cf

Comparing Senna to Earnhardt is apples to oranges just my 2cents

Sleep is over rated ,,,finish that puppy

I agree,,,, The MPC body is by far the most accurate, I have several old builtups for future projects. It's a shame most of the aftermkt decal suppliers scale there sheets to the revell body. I already have a couple of Chucks sheets for future projects.

A picture of the interior tin itself work ?,,,, I don't have a engine cover at all. Only thing I have are the later versions and such as the 1968 Color Me Gone tin shown on the top in this picture

I did some tinkering with it last night and added a fuel tank and pump , and ran some fuel lines , it looked kind of nakid without it. I thought about taking it apart to spray the chassis black like the 1/1, but decided to just leave it as is till I no longer have any projects to do ( that'll be a while ) It's basically just open windows office and using return address labels ( pick your size using test prints) and print them out on Avery clear address labels . Are they perfect? absolutely not. but at the time it was all I could do to replicate this car. The name on the ft fender and the dealership lettering on the quarter panel was done this way well over 10 years ago. Name on the door and the smaller sponser decals are fred cady i think. The body was cleared with testors enamel so the white is beginning to show signs of yellowing My plan in the near future is to redo the body and use modern decals . There is no clear over the decals . I am actually missing the engine cover portion of the interior tin in case anyone has an extra they want to part with

Pyscho ?

Not sure if I should post this or not. I happend to stumble onto this a few days ago , then I seen this thread last last night( I don't get to this section that much ) But it might be of interest before another manufactuer gets to invested Not mine nor do I know the seller - just passing along info http://www.ebay.com/itm/Resin-Pro-Charger-Supercharger-with-pulley-and-belt-kit-Street-or-Drag-/181133765080?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item2a2c69e9d8

Anyone got any body up pics.? All I can find are the 68 CMG Charger shots The blue tube I have on it I think was just a ballast weight and I want to see if or how a fuel tank was mounted I decided to go ahead and add some details to the ft of the engine ( LONG overdue ) while it's out of the case for a dusting

Here is one you don't see much. Original issue MPC kit I bought this many years ago as an old builtup from a friend of mine. All I did was strip and repaint the body, made some of the side lettering using an ink jet printer and clear address labels ( decals to redo it weren't avail back then ) and put it in the case and called it done. The chassis was unpainted, so I left it that way, nothing added but plug wires to give it some bling looking thru the window openings . To this day this is one of my favorite kits and cars.

Looks good. I did one a few years ago. always bother me it has complete engines in it, yet the hood is molded shut . I don't remember having any decal issues back when I did mine. Are they kit decals ?

Besides models, I also collect dealership promotionals ( Mopar only btw ) I own my own shop to repair cars - restore vintage cars . So I get to work on toy cars as well as the big ones. Best part is I get to spend other peoples money for the big ones. The little ones sadly it comes out of my pocket.

I started a 1/32nd scale Chrysler a few years ago and didn't get very far before I lost interest in it ( had nothing to do with the multi-piece body though ) Otherwise I don't think I ever attempted one I do have a couple multi-piece body kits on the shelf for future projects but only one of them is subject in the near future. ps, I haven't been able to upload pictures to the board in some time..

Although I've never been a fan of open wheel car type racing. But I am a fan of Senna, the man had style , grace and huge talent. The racing commnnity lost a force to be reckoned with and the world lost someone actually worthy of being idolized. I've seen parts of the documentary but at some point will get it and watch the whole thing.

I'm not a guitar player so I can't say what sizes. But I bought a pack of different sizes and best I can remember they were less than $10 . but to be honest that was over 15 years ago

I have 2 of the original stock issues and 3 of the pro street versions . Plus I just picked up a set of aftermkt decals to do this very car. So about the only thing I would buy any more of them for would be the neat box art and / OR a non SS grille. I can't think of any other popular drag version back then , although I'm sure there were some.

Now ya got me thinking. I have an old AMT 1968 kit around here that was planned for a Dave Strickler car, now I think I need to come up with a chassis from the revell kit and get going here soon