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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

The body for the Dodge Boys car is also painted and cleared and ready to move forward

Got a chance to do some work on the Iron Butterfly car this weekend. Grille is detailed and assembled. and I painted the interior to do a mockup and ck how the colors look inside the body. I haven't been able to come up with anything to show if this car used the simple non patterned door panels like real 1964 Superstock Hemi cars, or if it just used the more common Dodge 440 interior . I don't need it to be 100% accuarate , but I want it to represent the actual car reasonably well for my shelf. So I decided to just wing it and just use the stock lindberg interior panels painted in a color scheme typical for model year.,....which was a medium tan with medium brown accents. From some reason the picture makes the interior it look considerably darker than it is in natural light. But I'm happy with it and once the floorpan is painted flat black like the originals,, I'll add a roll bar , glue it together and call it done....then concentrate on the drivetrain.

www.prostockhemi.com Fred ( the owner) has turbo'd 1969 roadruuner

I can relate

really looks good.

It represents the time frame of my primary subject matter. Then again ,,,,,whats not to like about a Hilborn injected cammer ford . This is the undershot it's cropped from.

thanks to all, and that Duesy looks REALLY nice. And I just might have to add one of them to the wish list. I've got the Testors 1933 Imperial coming and would like to get a few more , A 1932 Packard is at the top of the list with a Cadillac right behind that

Not that I am aware of - BUT there was a 6 slot wheel used on Aspen/Volare Super coupes and the 1978-79 Dodge Magnums

This is the kit I already own. I may build it, I may not as I think I like the long low rooflines of the touring cars better

Many Many thanks for the list. I never realized how many kits were avail for these cars over the years. My interest 'for now' are the big road cars, something with the long roof lines , long flowing fenders and such. The ones that when seen would have instantly told the world the owners had money. The odd part is I mainly do race car builds for the 1962-1973 time frames,with hardly any interest in building replica stocks. Yet, on these older cars all I have an interest in are the stock replica builds with zero interest to do race cars of that period . I already have an MPC 1932 Chrysler (shown) but it's a 2 seater / rumble seat roadster. although I will probably build it at some point It just doesn't really have that 'POP' that the big long roof road cars have that I really enjoy looking at do. This all started when I attended a local concourse show here in Cincinnatti 2 weeks ago. Even though I had been to this show multiple times in years past , this year the big cars just screamed at me to do a few for my model room shelf. This is the show I was at that really peaked my interest this year. CCCA cars were well represented this year for some reason. http://www.ohioconcours.com/

This one the paint laid down just to nice to just let it sit till fall. I am going to have to finish this asap. Lindberg body with nothing but mold lines sanded down . Cheap primer called 'brite touch'. I use it becase A- I've never had a problem with it attacking the plastic , plus it's cheap, then Duplicolor white with U-POL clear . The rest will be pretty much out of the box with maybe fuel lines and plug wires added. Decals came from Bruce at Decals by Lucas...... and a BIG thumbs up the decals btw. So far I've found out the car was tan interior, pretty sure it was bucket seats. and an auto. Just need to find out if it retained the dash mounted push button shifter or if an aftermkt floor shift was used. The original car was built in the 1968-69 time frame so I know it wasn't one of the original factory Hemi super stockers.

My hats off to you. And here I thought I was obsessed . I might have between 40 and 50 if I count unbuilt and builders alike. Most of what interests me are muscle car era subjects, and IMO, Johan was at the top of the game then. Even today when you compare them to modern tooled kits they are still at the the top for the most part. As an example the look at the AMT 1969 GTX versus Johans 1969 GTX kit , there is no comparison

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Thanks for the notes. I've always been facinated by and have always enjoyed seeing the Big touring cars of the late 20's to early 30's . And I bought a sealed MPC 1932 Chrysler a few years ago. But I would like to get several more while the mood strikes me for future builds someday. The 1/24th - 1/25th scales are a must. Something like these have caught my attention, especially the Imperial. being a Mopar fan might have something to do with that To be honest, I don't need high end detailed kits, but I want something that if it's supposed to be a 1933 Imperial kit, it darn well better look like that once assembled and on the shelf. So I'm not after the 'having wire your own wheels' kits, just something nice without taking out a second mortage

I am having an interest in some of the early 30s kits to build somewhere down the road if for nothing but a change of pace. Such as Cadillacs, Packards, Duesenbergs etc. Is there any particular version to avoid or that would be the 1st choice to build. ?

I'm still trying to determine 100% of the interior colors of the 2 cars. I think the Strickler/Dodge Boys car was red interior and 4 spd and the Oldfield / Iron Butterfly car was tan interior and auto Anyone able to confirm one way or the other ?

The intended subjects.

With my renewed interest in building agian, I decided to tackle 2 at once. Both basically the exact same kit, just different decals and One an automatic and the 2nd a 4 speed car. I got them sanded and in primer yesterday, then painted and cleared this morning. Duplicolor white with U-POL clear on top.

Cool, it just screams late 50s backyard drag car