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.... for full size car kits.

Except for scarse examples like the 1970 Impala & Bonneville, and the 1976 Caprice, which does not even belong to the mentioned period, there is nothing in the full size. And when it comes to four door models, lower trim levels or station wagons the picture is even more dramatic..... I am curious how many of you share the interest in this segment? Are we strong enough for our voice to be heard?

... if there will be a 2014 Stingray and Viper in 1/25? Plastic kits I mean not diecast

From time to time my a certain project idea dominstes my thoughts for a while, then fades away before the work starts mostly due to excessive complexity and/or lack of refrence materials. One of these ideas has been revived by an ongoing review of Revell new 1962 Corvette kit. I have a pile of AMT 1962 Corvettes in my stash, an old kit that never has been praised by anyone, and I was always wondering if it suffice to cut the back of that AMT and glue it to 1959 AMT (which is actually an 1960 car) and replace the grill by the 1962 grill to get an 1961.... I know the interior needs modification and probably an after market engine, but is that is all for the body?

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Sorry for the disappointment is not Britney Spears posting here, just a poor modeler.... I did it again and ordered R&R kits. As far as Steve at Star Kohler is concerned I can only say five stars service, but Steve is not the problem, rather his supplier..... I always thought about combining Modelhaus '57 Ford custom 300 and the Country Squire Wagon conversion kit to make a Tudor Ranch Wagon Del Rio, but when I saw the pictures of the R&R model (http://resinrealm.ne...Ford/index.html) I thought why the hassle? It was clear from the pictures that the Del Rio was based on the ancient Revell Ranchero. This did not annoy me because what can go wrong during converting a Ranchero to a Del Rio by a professional caster? What I received was a clean but poorly cast model blown in the middle like a melon with a hanging down roof. While this may be (hopefully) corrected with some hot water and a bit of pressure, the second kit is, to me at least, a total fiasco.... The second kit is an '58 Edsel Roundup (http://resinrealm.ne...dsel/Edsel.html). Again, blown in the middle like the Ford. While both cars shared the 116 inch wheel base, preliminary inspection revealed they did not in model. The Edsel is apparently mastered from a larger model. Door grooves are not there and front fender recess is too shallow. The major disaster is the side trim. It goes too deep down to the vent window, and is too faint to apply bare metal foil. It seems I will have to sand the side trim, glue a front from an AMT body, and finally apply new side trim to get this model done. But if we take the useless interior into account, which I was going to redo anyway, I keep asking myself why the hell did I buy these kits if I am going to re-engineer them from the bottom up??

Frustrating frustrating frustrating.....

The 1957 Ford came in four main types, Custom, Custom 300, Fairlane and Fairlane 500, with numerous derivatives thereoff. Besides a longer wheelbase, the Fairlane and Fairlane 500 series were distinguished by the hardtop body style in two and four door designated repsectively Club and Town Victoria. In addition, there were the Sedan type in two and four doors similar to the Custom and Custom 300. Now my question: Did the Customs share the same roof with the Fairlane (B-Pillar) sedans? Or to put it simple: Can I fit the new Revell '57 Ford Custom on an AMT Fairlane 500 Club Victoria to get a Fairlane Club Sedan?