Revell Dodge 426 & Plymouth Hemicuda engines

[plasticprime]

After watching it collect dust on the shelf at the local hobby store for several years, I finally bought the Hemicuda. The Dodge 426 I built a little while ago. (These are die-cast and plastic kits.) The fuel linkages from the fuel pump to the carbs required a lot of work. I used hot water baths and a hair dryer to bend them and shape them so they would fit around the other components and meet up properly. Each is a little different in that regard. The spark plug wiring on the Dodge 426 is correct, but I took some liberties on the Hemicuda as some of the wires were just not long enough to fit on the distributor properly. The Hemicuda’s power steering pump didn’t fit very snugly, so I glued a thin strip of sheet plastic around the mounting post and then sanded that down until the fit was snug. On the Dodge 426, I didn’t really get the angle and fit of the choke control body correct, as I had to fudge it in order to get the choke control tube to line up. I fixed that issue on the Hemicuda by extending the attachment post on the choke by gluing on a piece of styrene rod of the same diameter. There were four types of screws (which I believe were self-tapping) supplied to join the die-cast parts, and most of them proved very difficult to get in. Overall though, very neat looking (and heavy) kits when finished!

[PappyD340]

AWESOME!!

[unclescott58]

Cool! I’ve thought about purchasing one of these kits from time to time. In the long run, other kits have attracted my money more. I probably will never buy one. But, sure is cool to see two of them built. 

[peteski]

Nice!  I built the Dodge Hemi kit few years ago (it was sold by itself).  It was a fun build.  I added several details to it.  I don't  recall mine having diecast parts.  I think it was all plastic.

It is featured on my club's website: http://classicplastic.org/pete-w-2.html