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Post by stevet on Jan 28, 2017 9:34:50 GMT -7
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Post by stevet on Jan 28, 2017 9:44:37 GMT -7
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Post by Big D on Jan 28, 2017 11:45:42 GMT -7
Yup, that body's primed alright. Must be a hinged front end. Good choice.
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Post by stevet on Jan 29, 2017 3:20:00 GMT -7
Yep "molded in color" that was the worst thing Revell-Monogram ever did....molded in all black thinking-hard-smiley-emoticon Yep it's a front flip...  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 29, 2017 3:30:54 GMT -7
Cool project Steve. I never really minded the kits that were molded in a certain color but it's all about what color I'll be winding up with in the end I guess. I've found that the worst thing "Revellogram" ever did was the fit quality of these old kits. Good grief they take a lot of work to whip into shape!! Between the fit and all the hideous looking / half a$$ blobs they call parts (carburetors, seats, foot pedals and shifter levers and such) it's a wonder any of these get built by many of the more advanced modelers at all. They are cool subjects though and IMO that's what keeps us coming back to them. lol
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Post by stitchdup on Jan 29, 2017 3:51:59 GMT -7
Cool kit, you can see it was a 70's design, but that's not a bad thing. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it
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Post by DeeCee on Jan 29, 2017 4:25:56 GMT -7
Man!! 8 foot of daylight under neath it!!!! i just don't understand.......  |
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Post by mustang1989 on Jan 29, 2017 4:33:57 GMT -7
Man!! 8 foot of daylight under neath it!!!! i just don't understand....... Easily changed. lol. It was the hot thang to do in the 70s & 80s though
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Post by coyotecrunch on Jan 29, 2017 7:01:52 GMT -7
Daylight good! Miss hitting road objects! rolling
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Post by Big D on Jan 29, 2017 11:06:51 GMT -7
Man!! 8 foot of daylight under neath it!!!! i just don't understand....... |
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Post by stevet on Feb 5, 2017 14:03:22 GMT -7
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Post by stitchdup on Feb 5, 2017 14:12:29 GMT -7
Nice clean job mate, looking forward to more
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 5, 2017 14:45:56 GMT -7
Looks good so far. Did you cut the front subframe out or is that a two piece chassis on that one?
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Post by stevet on Feb 5, 2017 15:23:23 GMT -7
Looks good so far. Did you cut the front subframe out or is that a two piece chassis on that one? It's a two piece chassis, the front chassis holds the engine and front suspension.... |
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Post by Big D on Feb 5, 2017 17:43:50 GMT -7
Nice clean work there Steve. Very nice engine.
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Post by stevet on Feb 13, 2017 17:02:19 GMT -7
Thanks All.. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2017 17:50:35 GMT -7
I have built this kit it's pretty neat, I really like the detail on the valve covers
Keep posting pics of your progress it's looking good
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Post by stevet on Feb 17, 2017 21:51:26 GMT -7
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Post by DeeCee on Feb 17, 2017 23:26:20 GMT -7
NICE !!! Good to see a flip front that actually works and lines up. icon_shoutout_zpsg7nrfmdc
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Post by mustang1989 on Feb 18, 2017 3:49:29 GMT -7
Steve that does look pretty dang good there buddy. Like you, I'm surprised the decals held up after all this time. I've heard gloss coating the decal sheet to help out with the fragil nature of old decals. The last two 80's models that I built I had to get the decal sheets completely replaced through out sourcing to a decal vendor. There are some folks that can make a replacement decal sheet in the community here and abroad though. As a side note and I'll mention it purely to help you out, you can take a little sand paper to those tire tread areas to give the tires that street worn appearance and it really adds another "level up" to a build. You did a great job on this kit and Dale's right, I've seen flip nose after flip nose built and I've seen a lot of folks have problems with the fit and appearance of them. It looks like you, however, got it right.  |
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Post by Big D on Feb 18, 2017 8:27:55 GMT -7
You really did a good job on this build Steve.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 11:07:54 GMT -7
Yeah, . . . . . it looks great! I'm a bit surprised that
you went through all the trouble to prime and then just paint
it black anyway.
I love those old Monogram kits!! I think maybe it's a
"trying to recapture my youth thing." Nice work!!!
David S.
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Post by stevet on Feb 18, 2017 14:58:58 GMT -7
Yeah, . . . . . it looks great! I'm a bit surprised that you went through all the trouble to prime and then just paint it black anyway. I love those old Monogram kits!! I think maybe it's a "trying to recapture my youth thing." Nice work!!! David S. I hate "molded color" kits they just look fake to me....I've even tried in the past to spray clear gloss over molded color to help, but its still looks toyish to me so I go the extra mile... |
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