Some projects I now can get back to.

[84vanagon]

AMT 72 Ventura II.
I built this way back then (note the hi-tech thread plug wires).
This is the only kit I have from my childhood.


Revell Triumph TR8.
Probably my second oldest build. From the late 70's. Not sure if it's going to go tuner or drifter.


AMT 63 T-Bird annual.
This kit was my first glue kit. Some years ago I bought a mint
un-built kit. Over the years I was tempted to wack the w/s off
to build my bubble top, but fortunately didn't. E-bay came to my
rescue.


Thanks for looking. God bless!
Don.

[demonhunterfan]

Hey Don, always liked the looks of them Venturas-- you didn't say what you're gonna do with it. Maybe you gonna leave it as is? That'd be cool.

Like the color on the Tbird too.

About the TR8.......I know what a tuner is, never bothered to find out what a 'drifter' is-- can you explain?

Thanks fer postin' these cool pics up. Later and God bless

[84vanagon]

Hi John.

Well after several moves the Ventura reverted
back to kit form. One of the bucket seats and
side pipe went AWOL. Fortunately AMT Old Pro
Nova has the parts I need. I was 12 or 13 when I
built it. I decided I wanted to do a real clean model
and concentrate on the details. I didn't paint the
body except for very carefully picking out the chrome
trim and marker lights. All was brush painted with
Testors lil bottle enamel. The interior is shinier than
the body. When I re-do it, it will be much the same
as it is now.

The T-bird is pictured as bought. I like the color too
but who ever painted it (very good job too!) didn't
paint the hood . I'm sure a color match is out of
the question.

If I remember you're on dial-up, so Youtube is
probably out of the question. But if you get a
chance go there and search drifter. It's some
fun to watch.
Drifters are kind of like functional tuners on
steroids. Contests are held on closed courses
where controlled 4 wheel drifts (power slides),
are the norm.
IIRC the sport began in Japan. The best cars
are fairly light weight rear wheel drivers. There
have been some successful WRX drifters, and I
think Ford sponsors a 09 Mustang drifter.

God Bless.
Don.

[davewahl]

I like the looks of those three cars. I'm not sure about the TR-8 but the others are really cool. I have a Ventura that I am re-doing. A friend from the Kitbashers club gave me a body with the interior shell, glass, and chassis. I need to replace the rest. I'm thinking the new repoped 76 Nova. I think it has the right stuff to do a Ventura. I love the looks of that 63 T-Bird. Do you have all the custom goodies that was with the kit, or did you get it without the goodies?? That looks good so far.

Dave Wahl
Kitbashers Model Car Club
Wellsville, N.Y.

[84vanagon]

Thanks Dave!

Unfortunately the repopped 76 Nova is the old Pro Stock kit, EVEN
the one with the "stock" Nova on the box. The original Ventura kit
wasn't 100% stock as it had the Nova interior. To get these bits
you need to find the 72 "Old Pro" Nova kit. The Revell Nova might
be a better bet.

The T-bird had all of the custom "goodies" with it. I'm glad I resisted wacking off the pillars of my mint kit. I was tempted to
many times over the years, and was tickled pink when I found the
started green kit on evil-bay.

[sigmaman]

Drifting is an awesome sport. Spectacular to watch. Cars are very much"run what you brung" Judging is completely subjective,based on things such as angle,speed,your closeness to the apex of the corner and other stuff. Rhys Millen used to run a Pontiac GTO,now he's in a Subaru Imprezza.Samuel Hubinette used to run a Doge Viper but now has an 08 Challenger and a Dodge Charger. www.d1gp.co.jp/index_top.html This is a link to the official Japanese website.The US one doesn't appear to be up at the moment. Just move the mouse around and click and you'll find plenty of stuff even if you can't read Japanese. I can't.

images.google.com/images?hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&q=samuel%20hubinette&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi

www.rhysmillen.com/