SPA Modeler

mustang1989 wrote:Oh no it aint! It's more like "Here hold my BEER and watch this!" lol

Beer, Pepsi, Coke, lemonade, iced tea, makes no difference. LOL!

Noticed I didn't mention water? LOLOLOL!!!

BlackSheep214 wrote:

mustang1989 wrote:Oh no it aint! It's more like "Here hold my BEER and watch this!" lol

Beer, Pepsi, Coke, lemonade, iced tea, makes no difference. LOL!

Noticed I didn't mention water? LOLOLOL!!!

Water's for the Radiator...

Who drinks water while driving?!?! Not me. LOL!

LOLOLOL! Thanks for the laughs fellas!

I started out with the engine build like I always do on an automotive build. I primed with black on this one and shot the coat of paint like always but this time instead of adding a light wash I shot it with a gloss coat. To compliment the shiny paint job I thought I'd depart from the norm again and dress this one up with some chrome. I'm giving thought to dunking the chrome rocker covers in a dip of future and Tamiya smoke mixed together to give it that extra shine as well as to preserve the chrome. It's a big block and doesn't say which one it is so I'll assume this is a 396.


Here's the mock up:

Ok folks. I didn't end up liking the chrome intake and plenum as it was just too much chrome and to me too much chrome just looks cheap. I stripped the chrome from the intake and plenum using Easy Off. You gotta soak this stuff for around 30-45 minutes but it works. Then I washed it in warm soapy water, dried and primed it in black. After that I shot a coat of aluminum on it and after that I applied a light coat of dark wash on it to add a little more convincing finish. Additionally the oil fill cap is supposed to go on the drivers side. Oops! Here's the results:



There............that's better.

I agree - that looks much better!

Thanks Stuart! Hopefully I can get underway with this motor by this weekend.

Looking ahead as to what to use for carburetors........ .......

Well I can tell you for dang sure that I sure as Hell aint gonna use the OOB carbs that came with the 427. I don't know what these are but they are anything but a well represented carb.



I thought about using some Dominator carburetors that came with my Motorcraft Thunderbird but in real life it would be too much for a street engine.....



that leads me to my third option which is probably the best all around from the Revell 1970 Boss 429 kit. I haven't found an OOB Holley 4150 series carburetor that's been more well represented than these in terms of detail and accuracy. Only the AM stuff has them beat but I aint payin' $12 for two carburetors so we'll stick with the OOB offerings from Revell:



This is where I'm at so far on the bottom side. Oil filter was painted and installed yesterday and I just finished up installing the starter today. I've got the fuel pump painted up and the inlet and outlet holes already drilled in it for the fuel lines. And of course ....................the PE oil pan drain plug.

Glad you didnt use that quadra junk. Looks good so far

Man, those carbs are too shiny.