Ragtop Man

Make sure that dump valve works - revenue man gets a sniff of it and it's seven years in the federal pen.

They look all the business! Great job by MW for the master, and MLRC for the casting.

As a kid who grew up in a house with TWO 1:1 '72 Torinos at the same time, including a FB coupe, get the JoHan stock car, not the ex-MPC. They are out there in the usual sources, and considering modern pricing, not super expensive. The JoHan body was clearly intended to be a traditional annual kit, with all street trim, bumper/grille, open hood, etc. the best proportion and engraving in the business, even to their last work. It will be another full generation of 3D before anything off a printer bed will match it. At some point, though, the concept broke down and their '72 became race-only (this narrative also applied to the S&M '71 Barracuda.) Add in the curbside interior (might be spendy) and bash the rest with the Starsky + Hutch '76. It's been done by a few modelers with some very credible skills and looks fantastic.

100% understand the desire not to have an orphan kit laying around. But, if you are really looking at the $$$, a kit is usually cheaper than the enhancement parts for a quality, detailed engine. Not bashing 3D at all, they get my nod when there's nothing even close, or not reasonably available.

I'd say that's just about right for keeping a fella out of Chillicothe.

Have both in queue, I hope they turn out half as nice as these. Great work. Any watchouts in either build?

Thank you for posting this - solutions rule.

(Drops mic) Tom, I remember when you showed me this a while back - absolutely staggering work.

Boom goes the Dynamite, great attitude on the build.

Five stars, as always Mikey. How much did you adjust the body fit and stance on this? Looks very tailored compared to some out of the box buildups that I've seen in fleabay ads, etc.

I still have (weathered and tattered) shirt identical to this one, an artifact from my New Wave daze. Probably an embarassing pic of it online somewhere.

Must have been dozing the the back of class, never saw one of these up close that is actually finished. Looks really good! But... are those the kit slicks and wheels?

[ SFX: SOUND OF SMACKING FOREHEAD WITH PALM ] Great build as we have come to expect, but the setup with the Drag Accessories is the most obvious, yet unexplored way to set it off. Keep killin' it!

Bravo, fantastic build looks and sits exactly right.

Literally, the first time I have seen this kit built and completed. Really nice. The Japanese kits of the time had an unfortunate tendency to be kind of ... off ... in places. This one is cool. Would also like to see the Entex 1/16 convertible... the 1/20 scale Mach 1... the Imai Cougar completed as well. Inndaay they were too rich for me, or, I had lingering suspicions about their scale fidelity.