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[VW Dave]

In the 'Cuda kit I see two K members, is the second one lowered for racing or rased for a "donk"?

LOL Craig! I was thinking one for the Hemi, and one for a small block....but the chassis has the 'Hemi only' torque boxes.

I'm really looking forward to this one hitting the shelves, after buying one of each of Revell's prior attempts

[topher5150]

I've never seen a kit with separate trim for the vinyl top (or second color roof paint) border, and it would have to be very thin to be in scale.

It's not hard at all to add the trim to a body, though. Here's a '70 'cuda with the yellow floral top option. You can see the location of one of the top seams more clearly on the car to the left:

Why does the roof of this car remind me of my Grand mother's cupboards?

[gtx6970]

LOL Craig! I was thinking one for the Hemi, and one for a small block....but the chassis has the 'Hemi only' torque boxes.

Although torque boxes 'are supposed to be ' A hemi only thing, it's been well documented they showed up and numerous drivetrain options . So technically they are correct on at least some cars, including 340 cars

[mopar01lee]

Anyone heard of a release date on that beautiful cuda ...

[Casey]

Anyone heard of a release date on that beautiful cuda ...

Late March 2013

[Rob Hall]

Those mod tops are wild..never seen one in person. My MPC '70 Cuda was builtup in orange w/ a well done black vinyl top when I got it.

[thatz4u]

at least Revell had the good sense to make it a 1/25th, anyhow I can bookend it with the Challenger

Edited by thatz4u, 20 October 2012 - 06:02 AM.

[Fat Brian]

Why does the roof of this car remind me of my Grand mother's cupboards?

Probably because they were done around the same time.

[Casey]

Whats with the holes in the dash? Are the gauges a seperate piece?

I suspect a decal printed with the gauge faces will be included, which you will apply to this clear piece...:

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...then attach the clear piece to the backside of the instrument cluster.

[Rob Hall]

I suspect a decal printed with the gauge faces will be included, which you will apply to this clear piece...:


...then attach the clear piece to the backside of the instrument cluster.

Nice detail...

[Deano]

Why does the roof of this car remind me of my Grand mother's cupboards?

I'm probably alone in this but I was 10 years old when I first saw one of those tops. A cousin bought a Challenger with the Mod Top. Being 10, and an honest, outspoken child, I hurt my cousin's feelings by telling her that it was hideous. My opinion hasn't changed.

[jaydar]

at least Revell had the good sense to make it a 1/25th, anyhow I can bookend it with the Challenger

Are you sure? I thought the Challenger is a 1/24th???

[Nate]

Are you sure? I thought the Challenger is a 1/24th???

This is an all-new kit replacing the old out of proportion 1/24th scale kits...

[Casey]

Are you sure? I thought the Challenger is a 1/24th???

There are two Revell branded '70 Dodge Challenger kits: a 1/24 scale '70 T/A, originally a Monogram kit; and a 1/25 scale '70 T/A and/or R/T, which was based on the 1/25 Revell die-cast model.

[Fat Brian]

There is also the 1/25 AMT Challenger.

[jaydar]

There are two Revell branded '70 Dodge Challenger kits: a 1/24 scale '70 T/A, originally a Monogram kit; and a 1/25 scale '70 T/A and/or R/T, which was based on the 1/25 Revell die-cast model.

Thanks I did not know this. I have the 1/24 T/A.
Regards,

joe.

[1972coronet]

I was 10 years old when I first saw one of those tops. A cousin bought a Challenger with the Mod Top.

Not to say that it's not possible , but I've never seen nor heard of Dodge continuing their "Floral Pattern" for 1970 . Who knows ? Anything's possible !

First time I can remember seeing a Mod Top was in ca.1972 or so (when I was 2 years old) . The car was a 1970 Barracuda . I'd see it frequently at the local mall , in the parking lot by Hinshaw's .
I'd asked my mother , "Why did someone put wallpaper on their car ?".

I'd not seen the Dodge "Floral Top" until sometime in the 90's ...
... at a self-serve salvage yard , on a '69 Dart . I saw remnents of it wedged in the driptrough moulding and thought , "What the heck is this ?!?".
I've long preferred the Dodge pattern , as it looks more like a Peter Max illustration .

[Craig Irwin]

I built a Meyers Manx dune buggy back in 1970, and floral pattern tops were right in the Meyers parts catalog, so it was just part of the times. As far as a 2 and 10 year old saying that they looked bad? Well, it was a child who had the guts to say the Emperior had no clothes.

[1972coronet]

I built a Meyers Manx dune buggy back in 1970, and floral pattern tops were right in the Meyers parts catalog, so it was just part of the times. As far as a 2 and 10 year old saying that they looked bad? Well, it was a child who had the guts to say the Emperior had no clothes.

Ha ha ha ! I never said that the Mod Top / Floral Pattern looked bad !
Perhaps my choice of words implied that I believed it to be odd ; but I truly LOVE these tops !
I was the one whom suggested that Revell add a Mod Top decal to the sheet of this kit

[MachinistMark]

I'm probably alone in this but I was 10 years old when I first saw one of those tops. A cousin bought a Challenger with the Mod Top. Being 10, and an honest, outspoken child, I hurt my cousin's feelings by telling her that it was hideous. My opinion hasn't changed.

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You are not alone. I think they're awful too.