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I have the sixpack duster hood and the 1969 Six pack Roadrunner hoods, both are decent,,, not perfect,,, but workable The 71 challenger conversion on the other hand , IMO, needs serious work to make it usuable

Got the crossram Hemi primered and painted in the correct race Hemi orange color, which is a lighter orange with a lot of yellow in it compared to normal strret hemi orange. And with the black valve covers it should look pretty good in the white engine bay. But after looking at the dinky little dist and cap from the kit. So I decided not to use it. And I decided to go aftermkt and not to keep it a 100% out of the box build. Just yesterday I got in some of the prewired dists from MAD. But Those little black dist cap boots install was kinda tough to put on. So I think maybe a lighted magnifying glass is in my future. The spark plug wiring tubes are just crimp tubes from the Michaels. I might crimp them down so they're more oval than round, and maybe paint them black I've decided the Dodge boys car will be a finish it build for later this fall after 1/1 car show season dies down. I've been swamped the past few weeks. I sell restoration parts and supplies for Mopar muscle cars and show / swap meet season is in full swing right now. In addition to working on full size cars in my own shop. So bench time is imited.

1969 up thru approx 1972 or 73 Plymouth only cap had the PLYMOUTH lettering along the outer perimeter of the cap and 1969 up thru approx 1974 Dodge only caps shown , dodge cap has the 'fratzog in the center And After approx 1973 or 74 the caps became kinda generick with no lettering, And after approx 1974 or 1975 then later model caps it has a series of holes along the outer perirmiter of the cap

Actually, the ones shown are 1967 1968

Pretty much anything before mid 1970's especially mid 60's to mid 70's drag cars with a growing interest in the classic big touring cars of the 30's

for $14 and up, i'll pass

The times I did buy from Modelhause, it was at a show. Every item I've bought from them has been top shelf quality. But I prefer to put my hands on something made via the aftermkt if at all possibile. If the reputation is good ( Holthause is one of them ) . I will make exceptions to this,,,,within limits . I've bought several resin items from Missing link and have each and every piece in my hand under a week ( usually 2 or 3 days) they are also in that 'no worries 'catagory . I ordered a body from Competition Resin a few months ago, day of order to day of delivery was about 2 1/2 weeks. Same deal, no worries. Recently received a Flintstone body and had I seen it in person first I would not have bought it. I sell parts for vintage muscle car restoration supplies/parts. and if I took nearly 2 months to complete said sale. I would get burned at the stake.

I like it. I can only imagine the obstacles and conditions of driving back then

Nope, your not alone.

Arrived this afternoon via priorty mail Original 1968 Cheverolet pickup builder for a future project with a Grumpys Camaro And sealed monogran 1932 Cadillac And Yes, I have a pretty diverse taste

Aren't these same tires in the pro street versions of the 1968 Roadrunner and the 1970 Coronet

Can you tell I like old drag cars AMT Rat Packer Nova Old Resin bodied Johan 1964 Dodge , I built this A LOONG time before the Lindberg kit came out , this car the cleared white is yellowing pretty bad so it's showing it's age And The Revell 1967 Coronet done as the Shirley Shahan superstocker. I had the chance meeting to talk to Shirley about the same time this kit came out and asked about the color and she told me it was a pearl white

More of my own builds The Gas Ronda and Hubert Platt's Thunderbolts - both built box stock

A couple I bought several years ago as already done off Ebay and no idea who built them - Both resin body kits. I think the Landy 1965 AFX is a Good Stuff kit . Dutchman Dart is resin body on a Polar lights chassis

A couple from the built many years ago files. I built them at least 15, probably closer to 20 years ago Johan 1969 Road Runner kit Along with an old MPC original 1967 Color Me Gone Charger funny car. The Charger has mix of Fred Cady and homemade decals .

Lookin pretty good so far. I have one in the re-do pile for a someday project, always seems to be something ahead of it

What work bench, I have a 6 ft long by 2 ft deep L shaped wood area covered with various model pieces parts paints and tools , I haven't seen this thing called a 'work bench' in years. Although I do occasionaly get to see an area that resembles wood about 18" by 18" from time to time .

Anyone used the model masters foil sheets ?????? compariable to BMF better than or stay away from it ? my local hobby shop stocks it and not BMF brand.

I learned a long long long time ago, none are ever going to be that perfect build. Or as detailed as some of the great builders on here as an example. Although I would love to be at that level,,,,,I simply don't have the patiance or the time to do it. Not to mention my eyes or my fingers want to work as well as they did 25 years ago so thats a factor as well. Realizing before hand that mistakes ARE going to be made makes it an easier decision to live ' with ' them or ' fix ' them . Just last week I painted 4 Lindberg 1964 Dodge bodies, 2 went in the to be stripped pile ( but to be honest they probably just become parts kits for other projects) ,, , the other 2 came out pretty decent. Add in I lost interest to compete in model contests. So I build them to the level where I think I will be happy with them. Making them as accurate as I can,,,,, 'within a reasonable effort'. Put them on the shelf and move on to the next one. I restore the full size cars so model bench time is limited to maybe an hour or two during the week and maybe a couple hours on the weekends , maybe more during winter months when Car show / swap meet season dies down Plus, My daughter has taken an interest in building so I want to mentor that as well.( she's 12 )

Looking REAL good. Do my eyes decive me, does the chassis has a 4 speed but the cockpit has the shifter for an automatic ?

Roger, I looked into just using the Reliable resin / scoop pkg. Actually I saw one at a show this past winter and it appeared to be the scoop was just glued down on top of the hood instead sunk into / molded in to the hood ,which ( again IMO ) makes it look to tall. And the 2 piece design makes , for me , is too much work. had the scoop been molded into the hood like the master I have done , IMO . I think it would make for a much better finished product. I have my master packed up and will ship it of tomorrow morning. so I should know something in the next few weeks how this is going to work out

2 more of my favorites. Although these are dealer promotionals ( another one of my vices ) I've always wondered how the Johan 1969 GTX box was so similar to the MPC 1969 Barracuda box and yet be from 2 completely different companies.

I'm currently talking to a caster about the possibility so we'll see where this goes . On an application note though . Don Grotheer , John Hagen and John Petrie all used the same hood in 1970 ,,,,, some even modified in a similar way as the Sox and Martin car with an enlarged opening. Decals are avail for the S+M car as well as the Grotheer car. I'm not aware of decals to do the John Hagen or the John Petrie cars( sure wish they were though,,,hint hint ) The Petrie car might not be to bad to replicate in paint but the Hagen car would be a bit tough

I have an extra I can loan out( rather not give it up for the time being ) I also have an extra Landy Challenger hood to loan if someone wants to cast it

I've been using Duplicolor spray cans on the last dozen or so cars I've painted, And I've used the Duplicolor clear and had mixed results , so I tried and use this on 90% of want I want to clear now. It's urethane