plasticprime Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 After watching it collect dust on the shelf at the local hobby store for several years, I finally bought the Hemicuda. The Dodge 426 I built a little while ago. (These are die-cast and plastic kits.) The fuel linkages from the fuel pump to the carbs required a lot of work. I used hot water baths and a hair dryer to bend them and shape them so they would fit around the other components and meet up properly. Each is a little different in that regard. The spark plug wiring on the Dodge 426 is correct, but I took some liberties on the Hemicuda as some of the wires were just not long enough to fit on the distributor properly. The Hemicuda’s power steering pump didn’t fit very snugly, so I glued a thin strip of sheet plastic around the mounting post and then sanded that down until the fit was snug. On the Dodge 426, I didn’t really get the angle and fit of the choke control body correct, as I had to fudge it in order to get the choke control tube to line up. I fixed that issue on the Hemicuda by extending the attachment post on the choke by gluing on a piece of styrene rod of the same diameter. There were four types of screws (which I believe were self-tapping) supplied to join the die-cast parts, and most of them proved very difficult to get in. Overall though, very neat looking (and heavy) kits when finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyD340 Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 AWESOME!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 Cool! I’ve thought about purchasing one of these kits from time to time. In the long run, other kits have attracted my money more. I probably will never buy one. But, sure is cool to see two of them built. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteski Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Nice! I built the Dodge Hemi kit few years ago (it was sold by itself). It was a fun build. I added several details to it. I don't recall mine having diecast parts. I think it was all plastic. It is featured on my club's website: http://classicplastic.org/pete-w-2.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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