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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 7:14 pm Post subject: 72 Bobby Allison |
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Started this about 2 months ago and wanted to get photos posted before now but just never got around to it. I only get a few hours on the weekends to work on it so that's why its slow going. Everyone who has built the old AMT kits knows certain areas leave a little to be desired. Some areas have decent detail where others have none. Fit is also not the best in places but overall it's not too bad to build. I will be using PPP tires and wheels because the kits are just too skinny looking and the wheels are way too deep. Hopefully next week I can start on the body. Hope you enjoy!
Before cutting off the front fender wells
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"Fireball"
Joined: 09 Feb 2018 Posts: 202
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Posted: Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Really nice start to an old kit, like the way you are picking out the molded in details. Thanks for sharing. |
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2018 7:37 pm Post subject: |
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Red layed down using Tamiya TS-49 rattle can.
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sentsat71
Joined: 03 Feb 2018 Posts: 1237 Location: Fenton, IA
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:36 am Post subject: |
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Looking good.....
Remember building this one when it 1st came out in the '70's......
And no.....it did not survive one of the purges of builds and kits after the moves started in 1981.....
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Dennis O Board Moderator
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 886 Location: Louisville, Ky.
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Nice work..... |
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2018 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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Man Murphy...your detail painting is great. Especially when those HUGE pictures show every detail. I've got a few of those and that car is on my build list. _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:05 am Post subject: |
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Yeah I got to figure out why it’s posting the images so large |
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Murphy...what image host are you using? The pics look like they're full size. _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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I’m using Imgur.. It doesn’t do this on other forums I have posted on, only this one. Not sure what’s going on. I may try a different host and try again when I post another update. |
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DaveVan
Joined: 27 Jan 2018 Posts: 1586
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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This forum does not resize photos like many do. |
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Wow that’s a bit of a pain in the rear. So Dave I have to resize before I upload to the imagine host? also what is a good size to resize them to? Thanks |
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Murphy...I use Fotki. I also pay for it. But...you can down load a re-sizer for windows for free... I have that also and I'll try to see if I can give the link... here's the link.... http://www.bricelam.net/ImageResizer/ There are a few more out there..(you can do a google search for "IMAGE RESIZER") and see if there's any thing else that you can use.
I have(and still do ) use this resizer on all my pics that I have loaded into my folders. It's easy and you can keep the original pic too. Plus...it loads into FOTKI a lot faster when it's the smaller size.
A good size to resize to is 640x480. ALL the forums that I go to take(or want) that size. Hope this helps you Murphy... _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:22 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Gary, I’ll try that next time. |
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help guys, I edited my post with resized images. |
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Mack
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 732 Location: deep south
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 10:48 pm Post subject: |
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That's much better!!! You're build is coming along nicely. I'm betting Dave Vann is interested in viewing the completed work. I think he was instrumental in the decal design. _________________ life is hard, it's harder when you're stupid. John Wayne |
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Irish Murphy wrote: | Thanks for the help guys, I edited my post with resized images. | That looks good...You sure do clean work Murphy... That red sure looks smooth. _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
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Irish Murphy
Joined: 28 Jan 2018 Posts: 47 Location: Upstate SC
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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Got the Tamiya TS-21 Gold on, also some alclad aluminum on the radiator shroud area and the rear bumper corner covers. Still got to get the window trim and door handle covers.
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yes sir...this is going to be a real looker when you get it finished. That gold looks GREAT. _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
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Bobby The Cabdriver
Joined: 19 Oct 2018 Posts: 388 Location: " Keep Austin Weird?"ugh...
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Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2018 4:53 pm Post subject: Allison Monte Carlo |
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Beautiful work and beautiful pictures! Brings back a lot of memories for me. This was the first NASCAR kit I built as a child. I'm hoping that round 2 does another run of the Malibu and Laguna soon. _________________ "And on the 8th day God created the Hemi!" |
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Gary Davis
Joined: 02 Feb 2018 Posts: 242 Location: Tacoma,Washington
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Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2018 2:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Murphy...how's this build going? Looking forward to an update on your very cool build... _________________ Short Track racing....Ya gotta love it.
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DustyMojave
Joined: 12 May 2018 Posts: 8
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Wow. I see what people have been talking about on the roll cages for these. Fatter than the exhaust pipes when they SHOULD BE 1/2 the size. I've had thoughts of getting this kit. My Fords and Mopars need competition. I would be looking into a replacement cage, even if it was fabricated from rod.
But this is a very nice job of putting this thing together and beautiful paint work. Don't take my roll cage comments above personal, only whoever at AMT designed the cage that way should do that. I expect this to be quite a nice model soon. |
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