I just picked up the new model kit from Revell of the 57 Ford custom. This is a very nice kit and can be built stock or as a 50's drag car. Good detail and a E code 312 motor.
Custom or Custom 300?
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It's a Custom Tudor Sedan.
I ordered one as well.
I love the black example on the front of the box in the "JR Stocker" trim.
Thank you Santa! I believe!
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cool. I gotta get down to the local hobby shop.
Quote from: suede57ford on 2012-11-30 23:42I love the black example on the front of the box in the "JR Stocker" trim.
http://www.modelroundup.com/model-car-news-a/135.htm
http://www.spotlighthobbies.com/re19focu2dos.html
(http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-41037708895877_2239_566241)
I ordered several and havent seen them yet...I have aggravated the hobby shops here to death, every day for 2 weeks...no luck. Getting anxious, everyone has theirs but me, lol..
I lucked out...a local shop here had one left yesterday. On my way home I was thinking the last time I paid in the high twenties for a car model kit, it was a 5-pack of 50's kits! Awesome detail as Tom said. kits have come a long way..I was shocked to see stuff like seperate control arms.
While browsing at the hobby shop, I noticed they carried sheets of real metal foil, including what they called chrome (not too shiney though) similar to leafing foil, but this stuff was self adhesive. I was wondering if anyone had tried using anything like this to replate plastic dash trim components.
ordered one on ebay. still waiting!!!
i ordered 2 cases of them about a week ago
I thought I was hardcore, I only ordered 1 case, lol. I have been waiting on this kit since I first heard rumors of it 3 years ago...
Just how many in a case ?
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Not released over here yet & no-one can tell me when it will be. :angry5: :angry5:
Spent 35 bucks for a resin 300 body 5 years back.You needed to supply the rest to make the model.Its been in capable hands for the build as I got rid of all my old(plastic bone yard)model parts.
http://www.modelcarsonline.com/Galleries/FoMoCo/1957%20Ford%20Custom%20300%20Sedan/Construction.htm
i picked up 4 of mine today there were 10 in the case so i orderd a couple more for an even dozen .... for now :003:
i thought there were 6 to a case
i opened one of mine to check it out theres a few minor inaccuractcies (sp?) but overall its a great looking long awaited kit
This guy in France built a nice Country Sedan model...and other models of classic cars and such...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGC3FGLzwKI
He seems to really like wagons...as do I!
Rob
Just stopped at my local shop. will be in by the weekend!!!! I know what Im doing saturday! Now only if they would build a 4 door version....
it shouldnt be hard to covert this kit to a 4 door just move the B pillar and carve a few new door lines
Finally got my first one in the mail today!!!!
WOO! HOO! Have you guys seen the "Fireball" Roberts 57 Ford Model, New version of last years 57 only NASCAR styled. Its a must have guys.
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Quote from: Zapato on 2013-10-19 16:51
WOO! HOO! Have you guys seen the "Fireball" Roberts 57 Ford Model, New version of last years 57 only NASCAR styled. Its a must have guys.
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Need to get that... just picked up the Revell version of the 57 Tudor...
A friend of mine here in Ontario sells models, diecast and hotwheels, sold me a kit a few months ago still sitting on the shelf, maybe I'll take it to my body guy see what he'll charge me to paint her up!
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-10-19 18:44
A friend of mine here in Ontario sells models, diecast and hotwheels, sold me a kit a few months ago still sitting on the shelf, maybe I'll take it to my body guy see what he'll charge me to paint her up!
Ha ha ...Donnie.... I have about 10 airbrushes.... you can borrow one and slather on that gold dust!
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-10-19 18:44
A friend of mine here in Ontario sells models, diecast and hotwheels, sold me a kit a few months ago still sitting on the shelf, maybe I'll take it to my body guy see what he'll charge me to paint her up!
hotroddonnie...Are you going to put a straight front axle in it?
Well I think it would be cool to have a model built to match. Probably be more work then building the real thing, and my body guy would need 3 years to paint it! Sorry Barry.
Guys:
A couple of years ago at the Knott's show we had a tribute car {Fireball Roberts F-code NASCAR 57 Custom} built by or for his daughter. The car was amazing. I sure wish I knew who owns it now as it really looked like a piece of history.
Bob
57 AGIN
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z9136/Ford-Custom-Fireball-Roberts.aspx
I guess there has been more then a few replicas built over the years. I remember seeing one at California Raceway a few years ago
These are the 3 kits I have built so far. The tan one is built just like mine (other than being a 2 door). The Blue/turquoise is a prostreet version with a sohc 427, tubbed, fat tires and wheelie bars, and the orange is for Donnie, Straight axle front, hilborn fuel injected y block and blue tinted glass.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-10-19 20:46
Well I think it would be cool to have a model built to match. Probably be more work then building the real thing, and my body guy would need 3 years to paint it! Sorry Barry.
There's no doubt in my mind that it could take that long to do the model.
I'm willing to bet that Jeff can get that painted in less than 3 years though. Don't forget , he did offer you an airbrush.
4thgen57 That orange one looks cool, like to see more of that one if possible.
here ya go. still have things to finish, looking for a set of fender well exit headers that will fit and moon tank.
That is cool! Thanks for that. Well one thing Jeff Norwell who for the most part is everyone's friend told me that the guys on this site are a great bunch, so far I can see that.
Hey 4thGen...if you dont mind, send me the full size photos to my email JPotter at speedmaven dot com...Those are cool, but the pics are a bit small...I'd love to get a better look at those..I currently have a version of my two Customs, as well as Richard Stuck's very cool F code Custom. This is one of the best kits to come out in years...Love it.
Quote from: hotroddonnie on 2013-10-20 20:11
That is cool! Thanks for that. Well one thing Jeff Norwell who for the most part is everyone's friend told me that the guys on this site are a great bunch, so far I can see that.
Hotroddonnie
Did you notice that one of those models had what looks like a straight front axle?
Yes I did, I haven't put a model together in years but I think I may take sometime to put this one together. I think you could probably fine a model kit club that may have extra parts, like an axle, maybe headers, and a moon tank. One thing for sure, I'm not gonna wimp out and not cut out the wheel wells like someone else here! :001:
See what you gone and done 4thgen57, I'm already planning my game, I will take the left over paint from my 57 put it into an aerosol can and cut the 3 year painting down to 3 minutes, what a great start!
Hotroddonnie, you have just inspired me to build another gasser! I buy donor kits and use the parts I need, I have boxes of unsued parts. I thought about radiusing the wheel wells on that one but was going for a low budget build! Don't worry my next one will be.
Quote from: 57AGIN on 2013-10-19 23:33
Guys:
A couple of years ago at the Knott's show we had a tribute car {Fireball Roberts F-code NASCAR 57 Custom} built by or for his daughter. The car was amazing. I sure wish I knew who owns it now as it really looked like a piece of history.
Bob
57 AGIN
Was this the car Bob?
was on ebay and see that Revell is now offering a 57 Ford police car.
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Jeff:
Yes, I believe that is the car. I thought it was a very good tribute/replica car. I wish that NASCAR would establish a true door slammer series that actually is for "stock" cars right off the showroom floor, with only a minimum of safety equipment. Return "stock car" racing to where it started.
Bob
57 AGIN
Amen to that idea!
ahhhh .... the glue.... oh sorry :burnout:
thanks for the heads up
Quote from: 57AGIN on 2013-12-05 18:25
Jeff:
Yes, I believe that is the car. I thought it was a very good tribute/replica car. I wish that NASCAR would establish a true door slammer series that actually is for "stock" cars right off the showroom floor, with only a minimum of safety equipment. Return "stock car" racing to where it started.
Bob
57 AGIN
Totally agree Bob.
I have absolutely ZERO interest in Present day Nascar,NHRA or any other main stream motorsports.
I could care less if the Allstate insurance ran against a Battery company.I realize of course the INSANE cost of professional racing is the reason....But the sport also has little or no personality to attract myself.F-1 racing had this factor in the early sixties and is about a fun as watching paint dry.
Heck...at a Nascar event...I can't tell the cars apart..and there is nothing "stock" about them.
I guess I am just lost in yesterday because of the great personalities of each different section of car racing.
Agreed, Jeff. I haven't watched a NASCAR race since 85. Haven't followed Pro Stock, which was the only pro category I was ever interested in, since Glidden retired. Who wants to watch a field of GM cars? NHRA claims it tried to create parity in the sport, but it did so by eliminating everyone but GM. They kept penalizing Glidden, every week, and it seems he got faster. Poor Mopar had the Hemi cars saddled with basically the same penalties because of cylinder head design, and ran nowhere near as good as the Boss 9 cars of Glidden. Then the Dodge boys get busted for Nitrous.. Funny, because it was one of Glidden's sons that kept insisting that NO2 use was rampant in the class. They didnt listen so Rusty Glidden did it himself to prove the point, was caught and in the investigation found that a significant number of competitors were doing it. Glad Bob was found to not be, he just had a lot of know how to make power, and he made a lot of it, in spite of NHRA's foolish punishment of the only competitive Ford team. But it was done in the name of parity. Used to be, the best running car won. You ran what you brung and hope you brung enough. Now, you run well more than a race or two in a row, and they add a bunch of weight, or limit you in other ways. Sad really, that the only way the bowtie boys could compete was having the rules changed. It was like that in the Cleveland days when the Fords were on a tear, and it's like that now. I believe now, the Fords have to compete with a regular 460 style head, though much improved. Not a Boss head though. Chev cried to ol` Wally when he was still kicking, and got the rules changed again. Chevy..what a bunch of whiny losers. Always have been, always will be. Sorry for the rant, but Jeff Norwell, I am totally with you. If I am not participating in drag racing, or watching local drags, I am prob not watching it or any other kind of racing, because it is just watching a bunch of millionaires who still get paid if they lose.
Exactly James.. exactly .............
I'm with you guys on that as well. I've long held that every car on the track (NASCAR) should have OEM sheet metal minus the nose and rear spoiler. NASCAR can provide those to the teams.
I admit I do listen on the radio in the shop, but mostly it is back ground noise. I did send an email to them recommending that a way to increase viewers and attendance would be to have more comercials, raise the hotel rates to three times insted of just double and raise the ticket prices to over 100 each for the cheap seats instead of the 35 they are now. Never got an answer back.....
C'mon guys...it aint all bad.......They DO have Danica
Ford actually does really well at NHRA stock/super stock racing with their Cobra-jet racing program.
Although John Force and the rest of the Ford funny car teams may not have the support they did the
stock/super stock teams will. There is a 2014 factory race car and probably will be a 2015 and on...
Nascar just doesn't get it, they are destroying the sport. I'd rather see 150mph stock cars and more independent teams then these high $$$, high tech, totally regulated 200mph pieces of junk that have driven the cost to both teams. sponsors and fans over the wall. There's no room for ingenuity any more it's just become a high $$ IROC series and that was a failure and they didn't learn. It will soon become a sport where only three teams will own all the cars if they can even find enough sponsorship which is also being driven away.
Rant over, back to my coffee :006:
A few of my friends have dirt Modifieds and some still race... the cost in that arena is just as heavy,,,, and laden with horrific rules.
I prefer grass roots style racing on any level.... a lot more fun.
On a different note about models..... ever wonder why you always see photographs on "new" kits?.... cause a years back... some whiner took one of the companies to court professing his model did not turn out like the box art.
he won the case.
He must have been related to the women who sued Scrawny Ronnies for spilling hot coffee all over herself.
Model box art created fantasy and made you want the kit...... now it's some over photoshopped photo .....
anyhow..... my rant is over too....hahahahah
Quote from: RICH MUISE on 2013-12-06 08:16
C'mon guys...it aint all bad.......They DO have Danica
Danica who :003:
Danica is from my home town, went to school with my girls, if you want her you can have her!
Thinking about Danica reminded me of the last race I went to. We were walking through the trailers were they sell all the team garb and most were almost void of fans except Danicas which had a huge crowd standing in line. What does that tell you about the sport :005:.
Sorry I didn't see a barf smiley.
Rmk..I love sportsman racing. When all the other clowns go to the concession stands when the last pro car goes down the track, that's when I want to go to the starting line and watch some real drag racing. Back when I was young, my absolute favorite classes to watch were Modified Production and Super Stock. THAT, my friend, was innovation and racing.
here is an idea to make the roundy round interesting (to me anyway)
is one of two ways.
1. have them race in a figure 8.
or
2. at the 1/2 point in the race have them go the other direction.
I started a project a while back, some of you older guys may be interested in it. I am planning to build, eventually anyway, most of my favorite 57 Fords in scale form. I have a pretty good sized stash, and am already started on several. I have the Hoosier Hurricane car about halfway done, just finished the decals for it and another pet project tonight. That pet is the hard one. I had an old AMT Fairlane kit that wasnt in great shape. I bought it off ebay a while back when you could still get deals. Shipped to me, around 2 bucks. Anyway, it was mostly complete, molded in that old blue plastic, brush painted flames on the front fenders only. I stripped the paint, and proceeded to convert the two door hardtop into a four door hardtop. Scribing the doors wasnt too hard, just took a little while. A lot of priming and sanding later, it got a bright shiny coat of yellow paint. The decals I made for it, I either used custom fonts in photoshop, or drew it by hand, scanned and colored it in. I am pretty proud of the decals, as they look like they are supposed to. I will take a pic and post here if anyone is interested. Anyway, the Parham and Payne 57 Ford 4 door ht Fairlane will be done shortly. Still have to do the chrome foil and the black stripes on the roof, but it is looking like it was made that way. I plan to hit ebay soon for a resin copy of the station wagon, and also a ranchero kit so I can convert and do Bob Bayles car also...It is fun to mess with this stuff when it's either too cold or wety to be outside. Any other modelers with 57 Ford stuff, please, post pics. I would like to do a 57's in scale section in the photo gallery, if I can get enough pictures. I have about 40 or 50 pics now, from the HAMB, and a couple other model sites I visit. Yes, I also have a scale version of my last 57, about half done, complete with that ugly friggin hood I put on it. But it was on it, and I wanted it to look like it, so I made it. Looks pretty cool too. I have a resin 300 body, and it will eventually get done, debating on either Steve Peasleys or Frank Rices 300. I love both of those cars. Stay tuned for some pictures of my mini-57 projects..
a couple pics..
This is the look I am going for...In retrospect, I wish I had a little more orangy yellow than what I have, but it has 2 coats yellow and three clears on it now, and I was afraid it would be a bit much...So, what do you think fellas?
Looking very nice. Where did you get the decals?
I spent about 5 to 6 hours making them in photoshop. I sat down with photos of both cars, and sorted through fonts until I found what I wanted. Some of the stuff, like the "FOOORD", I had to hand draw, then scan and color in photoshop. I got some decal paper from the hobby shop, after I printed them, shot them with clear urethane to seal them. Now, they will go on just like kit decals. Still have to paint the black stripes on the roof, make side windows for the fordor, then foil all the chrome trim. I am using the supercharged 312 from the Fireball Roberts stockcar in it...Have plans for that car too. Gunfighter anyone?
This is the one I had to draw..the trunklid lettering.
Awesome job making the back doors! Those decals look great also. LOL...with all the cats we have in the house, building models ain't hapening. I do like them though....started a '55 C...y about 10 years ago..never finished, still in the box. I do buy the '57 Fords when I see them though.
Check this out...starting to look pretty cool...Changed my mind about the roof stripes. I found an earlier photo of the car without the stripes, so I am building that version instead.