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Post by Art on Apr 19, 2020 23:48:22 GMT -8
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Post by afx on Apr 20, 2020 6:37:09 GMT -8
Looks great Art. For comparison here is the sloped nose Buick (effectively the twin to the Monte Carlo) that Monogram released a kit of many years back.
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Post by 2whl on Apr 20, 2020 8:12:51 GMT -8
Nice choice of kit, Art. From the real NASCAR era. I like the way you got the seam in the exhaust headers underneath the engine to disappear.
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Post by tatocorvette on Apr 20, 2020 13:53:34 GMT -8
Never heard of Salvinos models before. I guess I'm getting way behind in the industry. That engine looks really good!
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 20, 2020 16:32:57 GMT -8
Nice work. Interesting thought processes on that exhaust crossover, I'd hate to be the poor bugger who had to fabricate the original (I do custom exhaust work, well not so much any more).
Love that body style, we had an 80 Cutlass version of that, one of the nicest cars I've owned next to my Mustang.
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Post by Art on Apr 21, 2020 7:22:21 GMT -8
Looks great Art. For comparison here is the sloped nose Buick that Monogram released a kit of many years back. Thanks, JC! I was surprised how few references are available of this era car under the hood and the interiors, etc. to get the details. Being an out of the box build on this, there's not too much to be concerned with, but these kits do leave a lot to do if you wanted to go wild.
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Post by mustang1989 on Apr 21, 2020 7:25:37 GMT -8
This looks like a fun build to watch Art. Never heard of this manufacturer before but by the looks of that OOB engine it looks like it should be a good kit if the rest of it is like this.
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Post by Art on Apr 21, 2020 7:26:00 GMT -8
Nice choice of kit, Art. From the real NASCAR era. I like the way you got the seam in the exhaust headers underneath the engine to disappear. Thanks, Paul! I like this era too. My dad would take me out to Riverside to see them at the first of the year most years. It was cool to see all the brand-new paint schemes for the first time. Yeah, I worked out on the headers to get that, but the funny thing is, they actually do have a seam (so I made a weld mark, of sorts), because they are really two parts. If I wasn't building it out of the box I would have made it look like one tube is slipping into the other and added tabs where they are bolted together. On the next one...
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Post by Art on Apr 21, 2020 8:09:13 GMT -8
Never heard of Salvinos models before. I guess I'm getting way behind in the industry. That engine looks really good! Ismael, keep an eye on them. They started with NASCAR but plan to branch in to other arenas. They are local to me here in So Cal, so I have supported them from the beginning. I carry most of their kits at ScaleProShop.com. Thanks for the comment!
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Post by Art on Apr 21, 2020 8:34:53 GMT -8
Nice work. Interesting thought processes on that exhaust crossover, I'd hate to be the poor bugger who had to fabricate the original (I do custom exhaust work, well not so much any more). Love that body style, we had an 80 Cutlass version of that, one of the nicest cars I've owned next to my Mustang.
Thanks! It actuall wasn't used very much, but it was on the Junior Johnson car Monogram used as their reference and it ended up on all of their kits. If this was not an out-of-the-box build I probably would have cut it off entirely for this particular car.
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Post by Art on Apr 21, 2020 8:37:23 GMT -8
This looks like a fun build to watch Art. Never heard of this manufacturer before but by the looks of that OOB engine it looks like it should be a good kit if the rest of it is like this. Not a bad kit, Joe. This is a Monogram mold, and it is pretty good. Thanks for looking! More pictures very soon.
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Post by afx on Apr 21, 2020 9:07:48 GMT -8
Lowering the stance improves the look but not sure if that is allowed in "Box Stock". Anxious to see the new body.
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Post by afx on Apr 21, 2020 9:15:55 GMT -8
This looks like a fun build to watch Art. Never heard of this manufacturer before but by the looks of that OOB engine it looks like it should be a good kit if the rest of it is like this. Not a bad kit, Joe. This is a Monogram mold, and it is pretty good. Thanks for looking! More pictures very soon. I really like the Monogram kit. Here is my build of the Buick release. race-car-models.proboards.com/thread/1978/82-buick-joe-ruttman
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Post by Art on Apr 21, 2020 10:18:05 GMT -8
JC, lowering may be allowed, but I went with the stock ride height. We'll see how it turns out... Your build looks great! I love all the details you added. My next one will definitely be in line with that. The chassis came together easily. All the pieces ready to go in the chassis... The dash had great molded in gauge detail, so I thought I would take a crack at painting it instead of using the decals.
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Post by arcticwolf on Apr 21, 2020 10:34:23 GMT -8
Nice detail painting, Art. That does look like a decent kit, sometimes Monogram can surprise you, lol.
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