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  1. If that New Hampshire photo is indeed 1990, take a look at the dump in resale that someone took on that Renault Alliance! Serves him/her right though, as by 1987 the word was out on what a disaster those things were...
  2. Besides the Torino kits, the Revell '71 Mustang (007 version only) has a 429 engine. Neither the Mustang nor the '70 Torino Cobra kit has optional engine parts like the Torino GT kit however.
  3. Looks like it has different wheels, possibly those from the highboy roadster (the late Nineties one, not the Stacey David Rat Roaster)...
  4. I wonder if the Tri-Power intake, with the two outer carb mounting pads removed, might end up looking like a two-barrel unit.
  5. I'd look at other Monogram kits from that era, that have similar front wheels. Revell and Monogram were separate companies at that time, if parts interchange between kits from that time frame it would be strictly a coincidence.
  6. Both are correct: Hippie Hemi uses the 1964 Garlits chassis, Digger 'Cuda uses the 1970 Ivo car's chassis (probably a Woody Gilmore piece). Neither existed in 1:1, these kits were developed out of a need to get multiple kits off of one main tool. The Garlits rail was also used for a sand dragster (with the chassis inverted and driver positioned in front of the engine!). The Ivo dragster saw one more use, the Too Much dual engine dragster. The original issue included two entire plated trees. AMT essentially molded two kits and dropped the engine parts and plated tree from every second kit into the "other" one.
  7. When radio stations change format, they'll usually play something that will annoy the old listeners until they switch away, often for a couple of days straight in order to get the point across. The choice that station made was genius...
  8. With the '57 Buick, Modelhaus supposedly unearthed a couple of AMT promo bodies molded in styrene. AMT is said to still have had possession of some early promo tools back in the late Sixties, and (then) in a search for "new" items to produce on the cheap, shot some of them in styrene to evaluate them. The '57 Ford two-door sedan promo was one of the others. No word on whether or not the Buick got any consideration, but supposedly the Ford was looked at, only to discover that the 1:1 sedan is on a different wheelbase from the existing hardtop kit. That would prove an obstacle to combining parts from the hardtop kit with the sedan body. Somehow the Modelhaus sedan body got cheated a bit in order to make the hardtop chassis fit. That must have been done along with incorporating the hardtop kit's engine compartment detail into the sedan body.
  9. As often as we've seen them, the engines are great too; the only nitpick being the magneto location on the supercharged Ford. The dragster spoke wheels are among the best ever done in plastic. The other wheels are pretty decent too, though some sandpaper work is needed to knock the ejector pin marks off of the exposed areas. I do wish they'd run the suspension pack through the metallizing chamber though.
  10. When it comes to photoetch emblems and scripts, there's MCG, and then there's one-off items that are here today, gone tomorrow...IF you can even find them.
  11. The body, being a copy of the AMT piece except for the 1950 front fender trim, is as good. It doesn't have an opening hood or trunk, or engine compartment detail though. I haven’t looked at one in awhile but I remember the skirts being molded as part of the body also. It also lacks the '49 rear window dividing straps as the '50 had one-piece rear glass as opposed to the '49 three-piece. With the "police" version you also have the accessory holes to deal with. But overall body shape compares well with AMT's body, the AMT chassis ought to swap in easily, and you also get bumpers without molded-in guards.
  12. I don't think many people here are refusing to buy the parts pack-based kits just because of the box art. The point is that Atlantis could do a better job of promoting them by using box art for these, and a few other kits that more closely resembles the original Revell box art. That's to get the point across regarding the origins of what these kits are, to potential buyers who might be looking for these items but aren't convinced that what Atlantis is selling are the real thing. The funny car kits will sell regardless of box art, as long as the chosen subjects are good ones. The Tom Daniel and Ed Roth stuff will sell because they have a built-in following of builders and collectors. The parts packs have to find the builders who remember them. The box art would help in that regard.
  13. I too picked up two cans. The "high build" is useful for bodywork areas, you don't want too much of it around detail areas. What has worked (for me) is: "filler primer" or "high build", with a light blast of "sealer primer" on top of that. The "sealer" seems to prevent the color coats from burning through and raising scratches in the bodywork areas. I still go light on the initial color coats though.
  14. How old are the single moms? If they are anywhere near 40, tell them to enjoy their box of wine and their cat(s)...
  15. When any of these paint makers change the formula, like most other things, it's to trim the cost of the product. With primer, it's more solvent and less "solids". What was once "primer" is now "filler primer", what used to be "filler primer" is now "high build primer". Pre-Covid, but it has changed in the last ten or fifteen years.
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