Thanks Skip,appreciate it buddy.
I used everything from the kit except for the motor.I know those axles are crap I wish i would have thought about using
aluminum tubing too,that's a great idea. Using a 3D printed big block motor would definitely be the way to go. I can't
wait to see you get started on your build. Will this be the first build when you get back to the bench?
Yes, I'm hoping that it is going to be the first Car build. I have the paint for it, probably use either decanted Dupllicolor White,
some enamel utility white, or Scale Finishes Fleet White (I think that's what it's called), but it will definitely be
white that's for
sure! I agree with using the Speed City Resins Big Block Chevy, right out of the baggie it just looks a whole lot more period
correct and better than all those "slightly undersized" Big Block Chevy in all the GM based AWB kits.
The other planned modification to the front axle will be to cut the styrene stub spindles, drill and set a 2-56 threaded metal rod
for a replacement spindle. I think that should be more robust and stable than the tiny plastic spindle on the kit supplied axle.
That would address the last finicky part or the kit axle. I got the idea from Speed City Resin, who had axle stubs to be mated
to metal tubing for a replacement axle. If I remember right, there was a blurb about the AMT supplied axles in these kits...
I also have a Leaky Boat Louie stalled for the 'Toon board as well, with lots of mods on it already, like making the boat motor look
a little more like a boat motor, the boat is getting finished a bit more "Cracker-Box" style, Lake "Outboard" Speed Boat. Louie
is probably a different story, there is only so much you can do with a lot of those Wierd-Oh characters to make them look good
outside of blending, paint and detailing, kind of like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear so to speak!
Leaky Boat Louie was intended to be a slump buster, that quickly got out of hand slump buster wise, it was supposed to be an
exercise in laying down some nice paint and a little detailing,,, I think we all know how that works with the detailing of any sort
of model be it a TRACKable hot rod, the latest greatest Funny Car, or a space widget. Things just escalate out of hand quickly
once you begin detailing or modifying one area to look better, it snowballs to the rest of the subject taking a backseat to the
detailed stuff so you decide the next part needs a little going over... Now, this ideology in and of itself isn't such a bad thing,
it's what sets a decent model (you name the subject) apart from a well planned and executed either contest or approaching
contest quality build, versus a slump buster! LoL!
As far as TRACKable, everything we build is all relative, the techniques you learn from one model all add up to the execution
of the next. After all isn't building models (overall) a learning experience, especially learning not to be satisfied with everything
supplied in any given kit. It's all a part of our journey as maturing modelers. Especially TRAK modelers where often we have
to be a whole lot less satisfied, replacing parts that aren't so period correct with stuff that fits our style and period.
Build on and have a great day!!
