Mark Brown Posted February 28, 2011 Posted February 28, 2011 man im really bummed out now. my last lead for pictures of this cAr just burned up. i dont think i'll be able to get decals made for it. Did you try Byron Stack's Gasser Madness site? I'd be amazed if someone there didn't have photos of the car. The knowledge about vintage gassers in that group is off the charts. http://gassermadness.com/Gas-FX/index.php
Speedster Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 I'm enjoying your build. Just got to love gassers!
71drolds Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 Did you try Byron Stack's Gasser Madness site? I'd be amazed if someone there didn't have photos of the car. The knowledge about vintage gassers in that group is off the charts. http://gassermadness.com/Gas-FX/index.php i registered on that site and im trying to get new leads. thanks for the info!
71drolds Posted March 12, 2011 Author Posted March 12, 2011 w'll unfortunatley this is going on the back burner. work has picked up finally and i'll be going through a divorce. so until i get a new house, i wont be getting any work done on the chevy. thanks for all your interest.
Greg Pugh Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Happy to hear about work picking up, sorry to hear about the divorce. Look forward to seeing more progress when you get back to it. I'll still be here! This is another website to check out when you get around to it: http://straightlinemodeler.org/members.html
Greg Myers Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 I was really looking forward to putting that one together too. Don't let all these expert opinions keep you from having fun building kits you've looked forward to. Remember they're just opinions, everyones got 'em.It's all in the eye of the beholder.
Mark Brown Posted March 18, 2011 Posted March 18, 2011 (edited) The stance is right on and those transplanted wheel openings look great. Excellent progress. If I can offer a bit of advice: those look like "wrinkled" slicks - am I right? It's hard to tell for sure in the photo. If I'm seeing it right, it looks like you've got that tire backward. And something to be aware of is that the only time you'll see a tire wrinkled like that is on the launch.....it wouldn't be wrinkled in one direction when it was sitting still. It's something most modelers overlook when they're using those wrinkle wall slicks. Keep up the great work! Edited March 18, 2011 by Mark Brown
71drolds Posted March 19, 2011 Author Posted March 19, 2011 The stance is right on and those transplanted wheel openings look great. Excellent progress. If I can offer a bit of advice: those look like "wrinkled" slicks - am I right? It's hard to tell for sure in the photo. If I'm seeing it right, it looks like you've got that tire backward. And something to be aware of is that the only time you'll see a tire wrinkled like that is on the launch.....it wouldn't be wrinkled in one direction when it was sitting still. It's something most modelers overlook when they're using those wrinkle wall slicks. Keep up the great work! your right. they are backwards. opps! the slicks do wrinkle excessively when a car takes off, but under that very low tire pressure, after time they start to wrinkle sitting still. maybe not to the point that these tires are molded, but oh well. i like the way they look squated down like they have low pressure instead of looking like a over inflated slick. offer any advice you guy want to. im open to opinions and any comments.
Terry Sumner Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 your right. they are backwards. opps! the slicks do wrinkle excessively when a car takes off, but under that very low tire pressure, after time they start to wrinkle sitting still. maybe not to the point that these tires are molded, but oh well. i like the way they look squated down like they have low pressure instead of looking like a over inflated slick. offer any advice you guy want to. im open to opinions and any comments. Mark is correct...the tires like you have there are wrinkled in one direction only...indicating the car under launch but not sitting still. While wrinkle wall tires do wrinkle at rest, they do so in both directions at the same time. To help you out here is a photo of a car under hard launch. Note the way the wrinkles always point to the front...I hope this helps you out.. Hosted on Fotki And here is a photo of a car equipped with wrinkle walled slicks at rest. Notice how the wrinkles are much less pronounced and they extend away from the center in both directions. Hosted on Fotki
Dragracer Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Nice pic's Terry, I myself never noticed the difference in the shape/angles of winklewalls at motion or rest, I'll have to remember this if I put together a car with winklewalls. Thanks again.
W-409 Posted March 19, 2011 Posted March 19, 2011 Keep up the good work with this one! I like the modifications, you have done so far. I like the flip nose and that rear fender from MPC kit, it fits fine to this body. I can't wait to see this Gasser finished, Gassers are my favorites!
Terry Sumner Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 Nice pic's Terry, I myself never noticed the difference in the shape/angles of winklewalls at motion or rest, I'll have to remember this if I put together a car with winklewalls. Thanks again. My pleasure. I like to help guys out to get things correct...if that's what they like to do.
gasser59 Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 Man is this ever nice. Glad to see another gasser build and am excited to see the progress on this one. I'm sitting in the front row. Gassers ROCK!!
Mooneyzs Posted March 20, 2011 Posted March 20, 2011 This is going to be a very cool model. Build is looking great.
Greg Myers Posted March 21, 2011 Posted March 21, 2011 Great idea, tucking that MPC body in there to build up the fire wall. Here's a pic of a friend of mine's car.
71drolds Posted March 22, 2011 Author Posted March 22, 2011 Great idea, tucking that MPC body in there to build up the fire wall. Here's a pic of a friend of mine's car. i love the orange glass. anybody know how to do that on a model?
Tedly Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 i love the orange glass. anybody know how to do that on a model? You could either use plastic notebook dividers(they come in an assorted color package)available at wal-mart in the school supply section I think. Or maybe you could spray tamiya clear orange #500 on clear "glass". Never tried the paint idea but it should work if you spray lightly.
crowe-t Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) Matt, This is a great build so far! Using the front fenders from the MPC kit to build the firewall is genius! I'll be following this one till the end. Edited March 22, 2011 by crowe-t
Mooneyzs Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 You could either use plastic notebook dividers(they come in an assorted color package)available at wal-mart in the school supply section I think. Or maybe you could spray tamiya clear orange #500 on clear "glass". Never tried the paint idea but it should work if you spray lightly. I have tinted windows using the tamiya clear smoke. Works pretty good just gotta spray light and do multiple coats to your liking
wreckless666 Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) i love the orange glass. anybody know how to do that on a model? you can buy colored acetate at the dollar store. its like cellophane from cigarette pack. i have some that i plan on using for a model but its red but when using it you can either cut it out and apply it directly to the windows or use t it instead of the windows Edited March 22, 2011 by wreckless666
paul alflen Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I BUILT THAT KIT WHEN MPC FIRST BROUGHT IT OUT IN 1974??? THE CHASSIS WAS FIRST RELEASED ON A 75-76? DATSUN FLIP-NOSE PICK UP. THEN THE 57 CHEVY CAME OUT ON THE SAME CHASSIS. THAT MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE BODY BEING SMALLER "IN SCALE" TO FIT ON THE CHASSIS. I BELIEVE THE 53 FORD PU FLIP NOSE TRUCK (AGAIN MPC) WAS ALSO THE SAME CHASSIS.37 YEARS AGO IS A LONG TIME TO REMEMBER, SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG GUYS! JUST REMEMBER TO COMPARE THE CHASSIS FROM ALL OF THOSE MPC FLIP NOSE KITS, I THINK ITS THE SAME ONE!!!!!
Greg Myers Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 That sounds like the answer. I think you've got it.
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