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NASCAR Asphalt Modified Racer Woody Pitkat - FINISHED - by CDW - SalvinosJR - 1:25 Scale


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Ouch!!!! Which part is the malfunctioning one? the Hood or the Distributor?

I know HEI distributors set a bit high when mounted..... but even with the carb top flange is a bit much....

 

Is there a shave in the offing? A bit off the hood and a bit off the distributor? 

 

Or is it a bit too much to take off.....

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12 minutes ago, Egilman said:

Ouch!!!! Which part is the malfunctioning one? the Hood or the Distributor?

I know HEI distributors set a bit high when mounted..... but even with the carb top flange is a bit much....

 

Is there a shave in the offing? A bit off the hood and a bit off the distributor? 

 

Or is it a bit too much to take off.....

The kit offers two distinct hood types. One for a front mounted distributor and the other for a rear mounted one as mine is. Whether you choose one hood or the other and/or the appropriate intake manifold depends on which particular car is being modeled. It could be that one hood fits whereas one doesn't but I'm not sure because I didn't try the other hood or manifold. I suspect the problem is one I created myself by not drilling down a bit and making the distributor fit further down, flush with the manifold. I am going to remount the distributor to its lowest position then try the hood fit again.

 

I have found building this first kit, it needs a little tweaking here and there to fit properly in a number of places. It's not a Tamiya shake-and-bake kit by any means. It prefers modelers rather than assemblers. 

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Beautiful job!

 

I tried to find one of these models and all I could come up with was a supplemental 12 buck(?) on sale chrome detail kit from Hobby, Inc. Looks like Salvinos has discontinued selling this model - even none on eBay as of last week.

 

Did you do a Google of "asphalt modifieds"? I just looked and there appear to be some cars with the distributor open air while others are covered with an extension of what I call the hood scoop. There are some MSD distributors or magnetos that are very high though they do make one that's pretty low as well - have a low one on my Ford street rod engine in my '31. Of course you could just show your model with a Ford engine instead of the lChebbie. This begs the question of which brand engine does the actual supposed car owner use?

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2 hours ago, David W said:

Beautiful job!

 

I tried to find one of these models and all I could come up with was a supplemental 12 buck(?) on sale chrome detail kit from Hobby, Inc. Looks like Salvinos has discontinued selling this model - even none on eBay as of last week.

 

Did you do a Google of "asphalt modifieds"? I just looked and there appear to be some cars with the distributor open air while others are covered with an extension of what I call the hood scoop. There are some MSD distributors or magnetos that are very high though they do make one that's pretty low as well - have a low one on my Ford street rod engine in my '31. Of course you could just show your model with a Ford engine instead of the lChebbie. This begs the question of which brand engine does the actual supposed car owner use?

Thanks for the kudos. I found my first 3 kits at a local hobby shop but since that time looked for them on Salvinos website and found none. Then I found out the kits were produced by Salvinos as an exclusive for a company called Wes's Model Car Corner. Here is a link to what they have on hand at the moment: Search results: 10 results for “asphalt modified” – WesModelCarCorner

It seems as though each particular kit was produced as a limited run and once sold, they are gone. It looks to me they have produced the kits as generic as possible, then each one has its own unique set of decals. I think the only way you will find the first releases will be either on Ebay or maybe some random hobby shops who ordered some for their shelves. 

As to whether the real car has/had a Ford or Chevy engine, I don't know. From what limited photos I found of the Woody Pitkat car, there are quite a few minor details that would need to be scratch built to get it right and that will depend on the quality of quantity of reference photos you can scavenge up. Someone suggested to me I try Facebook for each particular race team/car. According to my source, he says there is a plethora of photo reference to be found that way. 

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OK thank you with that source. It appears that the Wes model car site is the only seller currently. Those models may be made just for his sale. Got it bookmarked for now but I will probably order the Stafford version in June or July for a fall build as I am a past regular attendee of that track plus have participated in their huge 2X yearly swap meets.

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This will wrap it up...calling this one finished. With several more of these to do in my stash, it been a learning experience getting this first one together and learning the little idiosyncrasies of the best way to get it together and where attention needs to be focused on future efforts. it will be good to display several of these posed together in a pit arrangement as might be seen at a local race track.

Thanks to all for following along, for your likes and comments, and generally speaking for your comradery. See you soon with another new project and/or finishing up one of several already started. 

 

 

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That looks great Craig. I think the pits idea is brilliant. Or maybe on the grid ready to go, go, go (As Murray Walker would say!)

 

 

Cheers,

James.

 

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Nice result Craig and thanks for showing another, at least to me, unfamiliar vehicle, which looked great in the end.

Cheers Rob

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Another beautiful model 👍

Regards, Patrick

 

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Really  Impressive  work  Craig   -  lovely job.

 

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