Jmaracing Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 Cool builds!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DumpyDan Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Sweet cars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The biggest goof with the Badman kit was the side graphic boldly claiming "396 cu.in.", while the kit contained the same old small-block chevy engine from previous versions of the kit, thus your perception that the engine looks "too small" is correct in one way. It is fairly accurately scaled for a small-block, however, and most engines look small in those old cavernous engine bays, even big-blocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
w451973 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I did mine this way, although I started with the street machine kit and not an original Badman. Still haven't finished the exhaust. oldscool Absolutely one of the best renditions of the monogram 55 that I have ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 The biggest goof with the Badman kit was the side graphic boldly claiming "396 cu.in.", while the kit contained the same old small-block chevy engine from previous versions of the kit, thus your perception that the engine looks "too small" is correct in one way. It is fairly accurately scaled for a small-block, however, and most engines look small in those old cavernous engine bays, even big-blocks! Or not, http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/engines-drivetrain/1102chp-396ci-small-block/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 For those who don't know, the Badman 396 graphic came from a Tom Daniel sketchbook article on the '62 Chevy in a mid-'60s Rod & Custom mag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Or not, http://www.superchevy.com/how-to/engines-drivetrain/1102chp-396ci-small-block/ Ha! These days, yep. Back in the days of this kit's first run - nope. Read the article, and it was the proliferation of 400 cranks with smaller main journals from the 80s that makes these strokers possible. C'mon man, Monogram just threw us an old 283 because it was already on the tool. Shoulda been a 265 (slightly different) for 1955 anyway. Snake, interesting note on that graphic. Would you happen to have a scan, or a link to share? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flatout Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Latest release built OTB with a couple of added decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 One of my all time favorite kits! nice job! Here is my build of one straight out of the box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Ha! These days, yep. Back in the days of this kit's first run - nope. Read the article, and it was the proliferation of 400 cranks with smaller main journals from the 80s that makes these strokers possible. C'mon man, Monogram just threw us an old 283 because it was already on the tool. Shoulda been a 265 (slightly different) for 1955 anyway. Snake, interesting note on that graphic. Would you happen to have a scan, or a link to share? "Back in the Day" ? We were swapping out 283 cranks with 327's an back and forth to get all sorts of different configurations. Nothing "New". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Flatout, that's a sweet build of this old favorite. Greg, I seem to have struck a nerve. That was unintentional. My point wasn't that you couldn't stroke and bore to your heart's content then or any other time, but you weren't going to land on 396 cubic inches with the available hardware from those days. Even the article that shows the 396ci engine doesn't explain how they got there, but talks about the typical 383 you get with a 400 crank in a 350 block. Back to modeling... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Numbers, they're all just numbers (#'s) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) "Deucebag" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA! (Even if he spelled it wrong.) I am AMAZED I didn't think of that myself for one of my builds! Thanks for brightening up a gloomy day! Edited June 13, 2015 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldscool Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 "Absolutely one of the best renditions of the monogram 55 that I have ever seen." Thanks very much Dennis. There is an old WIP thread on this if you want to check it out. I made more mods than the pics show. And I still haven't finished the exhausts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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