papajohn97 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Ok, please bear with me, this is my first attempt at posting a build here so I'll try to make it brief and hopefully succeed at posting photos. This is the 1/25 AMT/ Round 2 kit, mostly OOB other than a Fireball resin Holley, a Detail Master pre-wired distributor and a few PE parts and wires and an enlarged oil pan. I masked and painted the roof stripes because I was painting a two-tone anyways. AMT/ Round 2 included fabulous looking decals with this kit (Cartograph quality) but, as with previous recent AMT kits, I seem to have a curse with them fracturing badly when exposed to water. I even applied two coats of Microset decal restoration fluid on this set and they still self-destructed. SLIXX came to my rescue on this build. I tried to build Bill "Grumpy" Jenkin's first Nova stock drag car to NHRA 1966 A/S rules (battery in stock location, stock exhaust in place but headers allowed), but it's hard to find good under hood and under carriage reference photos of any of Grump's race cars so I likely have some inaccuracies here. Also, I avoided the '666' numbering on this build to avoid that "Damien thing" that my wife would likely bring up....fun build, still not tired of building 60's SS'ers. Cheers, John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Stunning build! Your paintwork looks phenomenal as well as the decal work. Even without underhood reference I think you nailed that engine and compartment and I think the same thing regarding the chassis... nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afx Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magicmustang Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Outstanding build. Great paint work. I have one in my stash but I am going the easy way out and build the white car version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 3 hours ago, '70 Grande said: Stunning build! Your paintwork looks phenomenal as well as the decal work. Even without underhood reference I think you nailed that engine and compartment and I think the same thing regarding the chassis... nicely done! Agree! And congrats on painting the engine black. 44 minutes ago, magicmustang said: Outstanding build. Great paint work. I have one in my stash but I am going the easy way out and build the white car version. I'm gonna build this one, too--Toy II. But I might put the Super Stock class lettering on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larman Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Super work! Hard to believe it is a model! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Very nice1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Very well detailed build. The photos make it look 1:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Well John, I think you nailed it pretty good!! I too agree about '60's drag cars, it was a great time!!👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrobarry Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Great subject! Nicely done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espo Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Very realistic looking build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bills72sj Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Just found this build. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott8950 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Great job Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R. Thorne Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 I like it a lot. Just for your information, the stock exhaust would have started at the collector end (held on with 1 bolt and swung out of the way). It would have went to the rear axle only and consisted of fiberglass style mufflers for weight reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bainford Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Just found this one. Beautiful job. You nailed the look. Very well done, John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuces ll Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 🙂👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutalform Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Fantastic S/S Nova build. Everything looks in order. Really nice paintwork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geemoney Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 jus super!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticprime Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Top notch work! Excellent in every detail! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chevy II Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 This is my next build and I found your build while doing my research. Your detailing is incredible. Well done build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaldrumm Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Looks pretty good ,but i dont understand your exhaust set up ,overall nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaldrumm Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) On 5/17/2021 at 11:55 AM, R. Thorne said: Edited October 13, 2021 by Metaldrumm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Nicely done. Love the old drag cars. The good ol days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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