I remember when I was a kid, the model kits came with real rubber tires. Auto world in Pennsylvania was the big catalog retailer of model car kits. Those were the days. 2 or 3 bucks for a model car kit and waiting 4 to 6 weeks for it to get to you.

YEEE HAAA - That, Sir, is a Cyclone. Dyno Don himself would be impressed. Yet, look close enough or long enough and each of us will say "...but that spot, or I would have done it this way." And that's the fun of modeling. Done your way, every time - the FUN way! Thank you for sharing... P.S. You know, I might have

Beautiful, actually got this one under construction:))

She"s a beaut! You've inspired me to build one! It's been over 50 years since I've built a dragster. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daryl. No time like the present to crack a kit open!

Dude that looks awesome! Love the paint! Great job!

The infant stages of the funny car era!

Old School Rules Again !! Awesome EVERYTHING Chris, God Bless All.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary!

That molding is really clean

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Looked good to me!

A/FX was beginning of the Funny Car class. These were "Altered Wheelbase", with all lightweight components. Sometimes running on Nitro Methane. This kit turned out great!

You do great work & I have learned so much by watching your videos. Thanks so much!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Eric! Enjoy your hobby!

Hi Chris, I always love the older dragsters kits as a kid, it's great to see them coming back out, I guess I will have to relive my teen years and get this kit. As always a great build.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charles!

Outstanding build Chris, that color choice sets it off. Keep them rolling out, really enjoy seeing what you do.

My man! I have learned a lot of new techniques while watching this AWB Cyclone! These are some of my favorite kits! While watching certain parts of the video it took me back to age 11 in grade school. I like some of the paint choices and detail tools like the Rustoleum chrome paint and the gauge detailing silver pencil. You have really inspired me, sir! I can't wait to try these neat detailing tools and techniques. Thank you very much.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, and enjoy your hobby!

Super sweet. Love the era. You are one active modeler. Always quite a nice job too.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Daniel! I try to do two kits per week, that's a lot!

.kool , thanx...sahweet , jus like my 67 Comet AWB....inna kit...We love AMT....Rock onnn , Keep building Robert

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert!

Nice job well done sir I love old school drag cars.

Another super build, thanks for sharing.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Looks awesome! Thanks for sharing

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Charles!

Awesome build kit and review as always bro, Thank you much! 🏁🏁👍

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Whitey!

another good review and build I remember building this way back

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Craig!

Another great build now i have to find it thank you!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

As the video says, links in the description. Enjoy your model!

Hi mate, just subscribed, kit builder since the late 1960,s, Tks Sydney Australia 🇦🇺

@hpiguy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks and keep having FUN!

You really know your metal paints and techniques. I had a 67 Mercury Comet.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Absolutely beautiful Build,, you nailed it

Great memories Chris I use to see him at my local Drag Strip.(Irwindale) back in the day. Would love to see a Gas Ronda drag car build. He was a local boy .His sponsor was Russ Davis Ford in Covina .( Calif.) He owned a bar in the next city.(Azusa Ca.).Great stuff man.👍

@hpiguy

Жыл бұрын

That would be cool!

Great build! Now I've got another project!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, have fun!

One awesome excellent build love it. Keep on keeping on...

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great job!

Great detail as always

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ralph!

Another cool build

Beautiful as usual,great job and great attitude

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Sometimes on the casters of the wheelie bars I take a white pencil and color just a little. Some times guys will chalk up them to see if the car is leaving off the line true.they can look at the Mark's on the track.

great job , love the build

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cliff!

Beautiful job! Makes me want to get my original out and repaint it!

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! And thanks for spending some time on the channel!

Thanks to you for this build and Round2 Models for sending it to build & review! !! I have never purchased or built this kit before, but not that will change!! I have got buy & build it now!!! See how nice marketing works fellows!!! LOL!! Excellent build Chris!!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Ron!

Great video ! Thanks

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank You!

For tires with raised letters you could take white paint and spray on a peice of cardboard and then just press the letters gently on the paint and you have white letters

Again love the dragsters, very nice and looks fun.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

Looking good... love the old altered wheel base cars

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Doozer!

Awesome job Chris. Love that bodystyle

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!

Nice looking build! I have been hesitant to build a kit, as I haven’t done any building since I was a kid, and back then I got frustrated when the kit wasn’t perfect... it was good to hear you say build for fun, not for perfection!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

I say that every video. Grab a kit and get to building. The more you build, the better you get. Enjoy yourself and don't sweat the small stuff. Just get kits done and it starts to flow pretty nicely.

@gravel86

5 жыл бұрын

I used to think like that too but at the end of the day it took the fun out of building models. Who wants models that look machine made anyway?

That one is amazing! I like the bright red and the flip-up body.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Connor!

@shromp_

5 жыл бұрын

hpiguys Workshop No problem! Your models are amazing. In fact, your videos got me into plastic modeling myself! I just ordered one of those Revell Mini Coopers that you did a while ago as Mr. Bean’s car.

Another Nice one. This os really a must have kit.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jefferson!

Awesome build Chris. I used a misting spray bottle to apply the pledge floor shine worked great.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, cool, never tried that.

Great job, it looks awesome!

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Something a little different - good to see. Thanks

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Good choice on the colors, that steel look tub really comes out good! I have to say I like this kind of white lettering on tires better than most decals would. Awesome build review again!

@TimShredder

5 жыл бұрын

Also, On Lindberg kits I also use Revell Matt no 9 for tires. Comes out great.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Tim!

Such a cool engine the 427 ohc....the king engine of the musclecar era.nothing topped it.

@FMChimera

5 жыл бұрын

If you say so. In reality it was a needlessly complex and delicate engine as are all OHC designs.

Awesome build, dude. I dig it!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dirk!

I've bought it ,and put it on my shelf.

Ladies and Gents, i follow this guy a ton and he has schooled me on alot of tips and tricks and hell ive been doing this for over 30 years!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jeremy!

Another very nice build.. These older kits are really not too bad. I want to thank you for your tip to use gel pens... I mainly build military vehicles, and I found those gel pens to be very useful in many different ways :)

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Hisham, there are very few 'bad' kits. Most times it's just the attitude of the builder. I love me some military kits, enjoy your models of any type!

It came out really nice looks sweet

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I enjoyed it!

Another excellent video.! Dave

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave!

Another great looking kit. Love all the little tips and tricks. You are absolutely right, this is a hobby. It should be fun. If you are not having fun, try something else. So many of mine have some imperfections. Most people that see them don't notice. So are they really there?

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Donald! I agree, too many people let the little things get to them and it ruins all the fun.

So when you say silver pencil you mean...lol. Just playing! Yet another great great build review. Looks like it was a fun build.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

LOL, thanks Clifton!

Great video 👍 must get one

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Links in the description to get it on order!

I am currently building the dyno don Nicholson eleminator cougar it's a nice looking model in the kit but has lots of small parts I would not recommend it to anyone who has never built a kit before

Please more vintage funny cars, how about one in 1/16 scale!....... yay!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

If they get sent in, they get built. Thanks!

another awesome build!! I do wish, however, AMT and MPC could add some better details to these kits. To me, it seems they are pretty cheap, but understanding their position they have fared well with me. Thanx chris !!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Mouse!

Great model, fun to build with wheelie bars and body features. Thanks Round2 for giving Chris the opportunity to keep building and inspiring us, the amateurs. Chris, my friend Bill Mancini had a drag 88 Mustang LX convertible. Seeing the skinnies in your hands with those bright chrome wheels reminded me of the skinnies and wheels he had on his car. The chrome wheels are perfect. He used to put aviation (av) fuel in his car and drove it as a daily driver. Lol

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Stu!

awesome as always !!!! :))

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve!

Hi there just want to say I really enjoy watching your videos. You cover all the good details, I have learned a lot from you. There are other web sites that talk about model building but they are not as interesting as your site. Can you send me info on where you get your spray painted and your model paints. I usually order most of my stuff from model roundup and shore line hobbies. Keep up the great videos I'm so glad AMT is bringing back some of the kits I built as a kid in the 60s and 70s. Thank you so much, modeling is such a great hobby, I'm getting my granddaughter into modeling so far she loves it too.

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

I get Rustoleums from the hardware store, Menards. Model paints I get from Model Roundup.

Chris, you continue to outdo yourself. Enjoy all your builds very much including this build which looks fantastic. I have taken many of your techniques and applied them to my own building. Is the future brushed on the body and how do you eliminate brush marks, Thanks again

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul. It's brushed on, it levels itself if you brush it on and walk away for a couple hours.

Very cool!!!

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bryan!

Love me a big block Ford!

Sweetest ride real nice job u and muscle cars make a good team lol

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Glenn!

Nice build, im waiting on the 71 Joey Saldana Sprint car.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

That's coming of course. :)

I love to watch my favorite KZread channel

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking time out of your day to watch the channel!

Totally posting this before the video is over... Not sure if you already know this. You can remove the stock chrome with oven cleaner.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

I've done that before but find it to only be necessary if the chrome is on too thick.

@phatkatracing

5 жыл бұрын

@@hpiguy Fair enough. I like to remove it just to be sure the paint sticks. 🙂

I ordered mine thru AMAZON.It's on it's way what are you waiting for.Listen to the workshop guy people. Hpi video thanks

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! facebook.com/hpiguysworkshop

First one arrives

Sweet

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

One of my favorites ... beautifully done. Do you recall the A/FX class ( Factory Experimental) ? I think that was early days pre Funny Car.

Way cool

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

I enjoyed the build very much and your car looks great. The Bright Chrome paint, what brand is it. I agree it looks fantastic. BTW this car was built at the very beginning of the evolution of the funny cars as they came out of the altered and gasser classes and formed the funny car category. Which was named that because of the funny look of the cars with the rear wheels moved so far forward and their stance because of it.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

All paints are Rustoleum unless noted. Thanks!

👌👍

As always, great job showing what you can get with cheap rattle can paint and craft paints and not having to spend a fortune on the fancy hobby paints. How long do you let the first coats (primer and black that you use) dry before adding color? It says on the cans 24+ hours to fully dry.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

30-60 minutes. 24 hours is for a rock hard full cure in the worst circumstances. By 30 minutes on most days you can handle the part and it's bone dry. Primer can be painted over while a bit wet too, I do it all the time.

@bambutu

5 жыл бұрын

@@hpiguy Thanks! That will make things easier and quicker for me. I have been waiting for a full dry between coats before I moved on, things should move along better now.

Another great build Chris. AMT could have made a battery box. I don't think I could ride next to a battery. J.S.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bob!

U should build the 1978 Ford Firestone 4x4 pickup its awesome

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe some day Kari!

Very nice build only one problem the model has a rad support and rad which the real car did not have (think about it you flip up the body and the rad would be connect to the engine by hoses)

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great looking kit and a nice job! The only question I have is this... if the radiator is mounted to, thus raised with with the body, how would the radiator connect to the engine? They would have to disconnect it every time they flipped open the bodywork

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

I placed it where the directions said but never painted it up. I'll just call it a body brace.

@davidjohnmiller4849

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly . The chassis would say funny car ( body flips up ) the body on the other hand , with its altered wheel base says A/FX ( Altered , factory experimental ) . Two different classes . The A/FX car’s body would not flip up , but the funny part of the thing is , when first Chrysler came out with the altered wheel based cars , people called them “funny” cars !

Thanks . Nice build. How about a 36 Ford?

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks GD! No 36 Ford on the bench, but if they reissue one it will get built.

That's a sweet gasser

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks William!

that fords susspention is called twin i beam

I never liked plastic tires. That was usually an MPC thing, back in the late 60's, and early 70's. I stopped building models in 72.

I've always wondered why so few car models include seatbelts. Being a plane model builder I tend to be nitpicky about those kind of details.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Same as older plane molds left lots of stuff out. Some had/have it, some don't.

@gregoblv5561

5 жыл бұрын

There is the simplistic delete, but also there is the fact that many cars did not have seat belts in them and therefore they were not modeled. Race cars mostly had them, but not all types of racing required them. F1 for example did not require seat belts until sometime in the 70's.

what color did you spray on the tires (rubber)?

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Black primer

Neat, as always. Tho, why the silver pen instead of a white one? The white one wouldn't show well for the gauge numbers?

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Personal choice is all.

sir I really like your builds. but I have a question, why is it when I use future floor polish my finish has a scalie look to it,it looks like small cracks all through the paint. thanks ken

@hpiguy

4 жыл бұрын

If the paint under it is still a bit wet it will move and crack the floor polish.

Nice work as usual. I have great doubts that this is faithful replica of a Nicholson car. That wide 427 is a Single Overhead Cam motor. Big deal stuff.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I’m new to your channel and was wondering if you have made any videos specifically on your paints. The ones you like the best or have had the best results. I saw that you mentioned Krylon as one of the brands. I know certain types of paint will eat the plastic A list of your paints and where to get them would be great video . Anyway, was just wondering if you had made a video like that.

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Each video has the paints I've used listed by name brand and color.

Whats the name of the Chrome paint

Early funnycar.

I understand they are retooling old molds,but I wish they would put better tires. Just saying,I'd still buy this! The carburator is missing! No fuel injected 427 sohc, so where's the fuel go in? Did you brain fart or was there none in the kit? I couldn't see on the chrome tree. Well I'll be damned! I read the history in the description again,he put fuel injection on the 427 ! Never heard of that before. Cool man, never mind.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Yup, pretty cool design.

@crazytrain7114

5 жыл бұрын

All the nitro cars had Enderle or Hilborn fuel injection. A carb wouldnt flow enough fuel to keep the engine alive on the top end.

@crazytrain7114

5 жыл бұрын

also, none of them had radiators, the fuel itself cooled the engine. This has a few exceptions as a kit.

All of the Round2 kits with " padprinted tires" and this comes with styrene drag slicks?? Wow... other than that its right nice.

@hpiguy

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it works out well though, the tires look good on this one.

@davidd.jastrzenskijastrzen1177

5 жыл бұрын

Personally, I believe that there's an advantage to solid plastic tires. First of all they won't melt your mag wheels over time like vinyl tires do. Secondly, you can put decal lettering or redline decals on them after you sand the lettering off, paint them, add gloss clearcoat, and over coat the decals with dull clearcoat.

Ive buy pontiac catalina 1962

Like to find the 1965 chevelle Time Machine.

@joeparson5531

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see AMT re-issue that kit, maybe one day? They pop up on E-bay once in a while but the price is usually a second mortgage on the house. Lol.

Have you ever built Ohio George Willy's I would like to see that video

@hpiguy

3 жыл бұрын

Not yet, if they reissue it I will.

@rayst.pierre4499

3 жыл бұрын

@@hpiguy I built the last re issue and found out they need to make new molds! I have my eye on a complete original kit on eBay for 70

AFX,altered factory experimental the radiator and core support have no reason to be on there,, don't know why it's included in the kit