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Post by topside on Jan 21, 2024 18:34:18 GMT -5
Yeah, the desk is a mess, but I promise to get it cleaned up 
This is the Revell '69 Yenko Nova kit, and it'll be a bit of a Day 2 build: Rat motor, smog pump & brake booster deleted, headers & traction bars added, likely a different exhaust system. Oddly there are no headers in the kit, but found a set on Feebay. Probably gonna get Cragars, and as much rear tire as I can stuff in there. Bucket seats dictated a blue/blue color scheme; I wanted dark (Fathom ?) green with green, but no green buckets that year. |
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Post by topside on Jan 31, 2024 15:31:57 GMT -5
Made some progress on the Nova, gotta figure out the exhaust. Dusk Blue (the darker blue) exterior, obviously blue interior. |
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Post by Jcon on Jan 31, 2024 18:57:38 GMT -5
Nice color choice!
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Post by topside on Feb 1, 2024 13:49:43 GMT -5
Thanks - driven by bucket-seat-interior color choices, but I like the colors.
Bought some Fathom Green paint when I bought the blues, so I guess there's yet another GM model in my future.
There was a time about 12 years ago when I had 4 blue Plymouths.
A couple friends joked about never telling me about another blue Plymouth for sale...
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Post by topside on Feb 3, 2024 12:53:09 GMT -5
Basecoat - next up, the dreaded foil wrangling, decals, and clear coat...
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Post by Jcon on Feb 3, 2024 12:59:50 GMT -5
Oh boy!!!
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 9, 2024 10:41:19 GMT -5
Looking good.
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Post by topside on Feb 9, 2024 14:01:01 GMT -5
Thanks, guys. I'm not sure how old this kit is - instructions are from 2019, but I doubt they copyright them every year - but a heads-up for anyone building this kit:
While the decals are nice, and pretty thorough, some - front side markers with engine designation in particular - don't adhere very well.
Those came off a day later during handling. Reinforces my habit of clearing over them.
Also, to get big tires in the back (315 drag radials from Fireball), I narrowed the rear axle at its outer flanges and enlarged the backing plate holes to .125.
Today it'll get clear coat and I'll ponder the exhaust system...
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Post by topside on Feb 18, 2024 17:22:32 GMT -5
Coming along - built an exhaust system, which was pretty simple & easy, and today it's getting the exterior details. It's a pretty nice kit.
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 18, 2024 19:57:31 GMT -5
Now that’s the kind of gloss I like. 😁
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Post by topside on Feb 20, 2024 20:08:09 GMT -5
Funny how dust shows up in photos, but not by eye... |
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Post by Jcon on Feb 20, 2024 23:28:02 GMT -5
Looks good to me!!!
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Post by DusterEd on Feb 21, 2024 10:15:04 GMT -5
Very nice I like it. Great paint job.
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Post by topside on Feb 21, 2024 11:01:45 GMT -5
Thanks, guys - it's a far, far cry from a Goofy62 build, but I had it in my head.
Now back to mangling a Mopar kit !
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Post by tubbs on Mar 13, 2024 14:15:39 GMT -5
very nice build. great paint!! even though they didn't have green interior back then, i still would of went with green if thats what you wanted. you could of said it was 1975 and you switched out the interior. i never knew there were not headers in that kit.? then again, it builds as a "stock" Yenko. don't really know if they came with headers or not. how do you like the fireball drag radials?
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