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Awesome paint work and the LED lighting along with the operable wheels make it seem like the actual car. Always liked the mid 70's versions in orange.

Well the tread of the tires are wrong. I’m going to have the tread going the wrong direction. On one side. The tires are off. The inside of the tire is very different than the raised letter side. So I cannot switch them around. Bummer. Oh well another imperfect model.

I've been using the Novus fine scratch remover for years (and I'm slow to change) but would appreciate some info on final rub-out products. Something to remove the ones that the Novus leaves behind.

I spotted this '39 Plymouth coupe while at the grocery store.

Thanks Bob. And much appreciation again for all of the kind replies.

Apart from the front suspension this is the part I was most concerned about making, the headers. They're making good progress as you can see. Dave B

I picked up two NASCAR bodies on Etsy. A Granada and Fairmont......lots of clean up....but nice

Since it's taken me 40+ years Mark you'd better start now!!!! Dave B

I've purchased from JackModeling several times - top notch guy.

Like my UPS packages that leave Charleston WV, come within a few miles of my house, go PAST the local UPS office (within 50 yards) to Roanoke VA, only to turn right around BACK to the local UPS depot. Logistics is the modern day 'Emperor has no clothes'.

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I don't know which one of those wiley little bastards did it, but one of them knocked a Flintstone Rambler off the shelf. It's currently in the body shop getting mended. 🤣

Thanks for the heads-up...especially for JackModeling.

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So I got an hour, mounted a few bits and bobs, have things mounted and will paint tomorrow. Will mount the bed and cab, and then do door handles and license plates. Plus I got a ton better shot of the interior too! Will dust things before I take final pics for Completed post! Here is some more progress:

A while back I stumbled across Etsy while looking for some 3D parts. I usually go through eBay, but Etsy seemed to offer several things I'd been searching for. The site is easy to use and I mostly just search 1/24 and whatever I'm looking for. Here are some vendors I've had good luck with. https://www.etsy.com/shop/MeanMachineModels https://www.etsy.com/shop/HooliganScaleModels?ref=nla_listing_details https://www.etsy.com/shop/JackModelling

Very nice work, well thought out.

Remember, too, that the quarter windows are different from the '71 / '72 - the '73 / '74 quarter windows are the "same" as the '71-'74 Road Runner ( Satellite, et alia ). Seems like a fairly monumental undertaking to update the AMT '71 to 1973/74 cosmetics. I have a beat-up '72 Rallye Charger ( MPC annual ) which I was thinking of bashing with the AMT '71. My plan is to splice the doors' "dents" from the '72 into the doors of the '71 . I haven't actually compared proportions ( i.e., will it be a simple grafting or more involved ).

We've been lectured here before about being too stoopid to grasp the fine subtleties and complexity of "logistics".

Thanks everyone!

Congrats. It's still a kinda shame when people just doing their jobs is news though...

There is always a pet needing a home and love. In Tennessee it open season on coyotes all year I would thin them out…

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Texas floodwaters rose over 30 feet in one hour, and the National Weather Service (which was fully staffed, contrary to many media reports) was sending out evacuation messages the whole time...but unfortunately, it happened in the middle of the night when most people were asleep.

I haven't found them yet, but for stock appearing fenders for the Fiat body I'd start looking at 1/32 scale kits. The Fiat is small compared to virtually every other car out there. I thought the Revell Anglia front fenders would be a good starting point, but even they are too big.