Dave42 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 2 hours ago, Sledsel said: Looks cool. Trim that left header flange to... LOL Thank you much and will do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 A few thoughts. Paint looks killer. I've seen the kit but never expected the decals to look as good. The filling the hole really helps this kit. You've done a really nice job so far. Do what Revell should of done and dump the engine. That motor is an artistic license motor. I challenge anyone to tell me what kind it's supposed to be. The valve covers look like a Chevy 409 but the same basic block was used by Revell for a Ford SOHC. The chassis has always given me fits in this series, the Willys PU, Austin and Henry J all use a lot of the same part for the chassis and engine. NHRA rules dictated a production chassis or a rectangular reproduction. The front suspension is very well molded and the rear suspension is pretty good but it hangs on an illegal chassis. Yours looks nice but is not technically legal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, iBorg said: A few thoughts. Paint looks killer. I've seen the kit but never expected the decals to look as good. The filling the hole really helps this kit. You've done a really nice job so far. Do what Revell should of done and dump the engine. That motor is an artistic license motor. I challenge anyone to tell me what kind it's supposed to be. The valve covers look like a Chevy 409 but the same basic block was used by Revell for a Ford SOHC. The chassis has always given me fits in this series, the Willys PU, Austin and Henry J all use a lot of the same part for the chassis and engine. NHRA rules dictated a production chassis or a rectangular reproduction. The front suspension is very well molded and the rear suspension is pretty good but it hangs on an illegal chassis. Yours looks nice but is not technically legal. That chassis has given me fits also. As for the engine it is supposed to be a ford 427 SOHC but the timing cover, intake and valve covers are wrong. Kind of a caricature of an SOHC to avoid licencing. The only thing wrong up-top of the valve covers is the plug locations are in the wrong locations, the bottom of them are just bit of a mess. That being said, Dave is doing a really nice job of getting this thing looking good and my comments do not reflect on anything he has done. Edited February 26 by Sledsel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Exactly when I first saw this in the parts bin I said "What engine is this thing supposed to be?". I was so confused but after doing some research I found out it's a sohc. HOW, WHAT? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 10 hours ago, iBorg said: A few thoughts. Paint looks killer. I've seen the kit but never expected the decals to look as good. The filling the hole really helps this kit. You've done a really nice job so far. Do what Revell should of done and dump the engine. That motor is an artistic license motor. I challenge anyone to tell me what kind it's supposed to be. The valve covers look like a Chevy 409 but the same basic block was used by Revell for a Ford SOHC. The chassis has always given me fits in this series, the Willys PU, Austin and Henry J all use a lot of the same part for the chassis and engine. NHRA rules dictated a production chassis or a rectangular reproduction. The front suspension is very well molded and the rear suspension is pretty good but it hangs on an illegal chassis. Yours looks nice but is not technically legal. Thank you sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 9 hours ago, Sledsel said: That chassis has given me fits also. As for the engine it is supposed to be a ford 427 SOHC but the timing cover, intake and valve covers are wrong. Kind of a caricature of an SOHC to avoid licencing. The only thing wrong up-top of the valve covers is the plug locations are in the wrong locations, the bottom of them are just bit of a mess. That being said, Dave is doing a really nice job of getting this thing looking good and my comments do not reflect on anything he has done. Thank you much sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 3 hours ago, FoMoCo66 said: Exactly when I first saw this in the parts bin I said "What engine is this thing supposed to be?". I was so confused but after doing some research I found out it's a sohc. HOW, WHAT? The blue can looking thing on front is supposed to be a distributor. Common placement on a supercharged Cammer. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 I think I have this one wrapped up. I had fun with it. Some things seemed ill fitting toward the end but may have been me. I muddled through. Anyway, thanks for looking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 I think I have this one wrapped up. I had fun with it. Some things seemed ill fitting toward the end but may have been me. I muddled through. Anyway, thanks for looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Sweet. Nice looking build. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, Rattlecan Dan said: Sweet. Nice looking build. Thank you much sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moparman18064 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 That turned out great👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledsel Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Great job on it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Man...I'm really diggin this Gasser build. Great color choice. Nicely done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, Moparman18064 said: That turned out great👍 Thank you much sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 4 hours ago, Moparman18064 said: That turned out great👍 Thank you much sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Sledsel said: Great job on it! Thank you much sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave42 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 2 hours ago, Zippi said: Man...I'm really diggin this Gasser build. Great color choice. Nicely done. Thank you much sir. I like the color even more than I thought now that it's finished. I don't do many in Purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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