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Lovely birds.

The model looks great. I sure miss those big old Cadillacs. They sure had style.

If the photo above is what the kit looks like when done. I personally would not be pleased. The thing looks awful. The proportions are way off. I hope yours looks better than that when you get it Mike.

The only Entex kits I’ve built so are their clear Mazda Wankel and Ford truck Turbine engines. The Wankel did not impress me. I found that I could not get it to work. The Ford Turbine was better. But, the way it was designed, I didn’t even try to get it to operated. I also have their 1/16 scale 1937 Packard Twelve coupe-roadster. It seems like a nice overall. What little work I’ve done on it so far. Which is build engine, and assemble part of the chassis. No electric motors to move things. Or light bulbs that need to light up in that one. But there are things like opening doors, which can or can not be tricky, depending on the kit. So how is the Entex ‘68 Corvette? Who knows? I’m looking forward to hearing from others who know about the kit. And your experience as you build the kit. As Alan above stated “It does look cool!”

The more I look at, and start test fitting parts. The more impressed I am with the MPC/Airfix 917. It’s not up to the quality or level of detail of my 1/24th scale Fujimi Porsche 917K kit. But, it’s not that bad. Nor is it as complicated as the Fujimi kit. The body especially, looks better than the box art would lead one to believe. I really am liking what I’m seeing in the MPC/Airfix 917.

All right! My MPC (Airfix) Porsche 917 arrived in today’s mail. I ordered it on Friday. It’s here on Monday. Can’t ask for quicker service than that. The kit came new, still wrapped in it’s original plastic. (I was so excited to see what was inside. I didn’t think of taking a picture before taking the plastic off.) Because of this everything in the box was pristine. Even after sitting in the box for nearly 50 years, the decals look okay. As you can see from the photos below. I’m pleased. Two other things. One photo shows a comparison with my almost finished AMT/Matchbox Porsche 917/10. Another photo shows another Porsche 917 I got in todays mail. Enjoy! (Though sorry about the poor quality for photos. I did the best I could with what I have.)

The Matchbox Tyrell, is that a Formula 1 car? And is that one with six wheels?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Stunning build.

Pretty kool.

Wow! A great review. And a great build. I had not run across this video in my search for info on this kit. I’m pleased to see what to look out for when building the kit. Hopefully helping me avoid pitfalls when I get around to building mine. And its nice to see it can be build into a fairly nice looking representation of a 917. Thank you for the link to that one Bill. A good… no a great find.

Tom Maruska (the owner of website above) is who invited me to see the car at his shop. A very nice guy, who does beautiful work on every car he touches.

Wow! Thank you for your kind words guys.

As I write this I’m finishing up my 1/32 scale AMT 917/10 kit. And your right, it is a very good kit. I’m applying Indycal decals to make in to George Follmer’s, Porsche 917/10-003. The RC Cola version. Great decals by the way. They are going down great. Giving me no troubles so far. I bring this up because you question the difference in quality of the two 1/32 Porsches? MPC’s 917K vs AMT’s 917/10. It’s my understanding they are from two totally different sources. MPC’s was a re-boxed Airfix kit. AMT’s is a kit was tooled up by Matchbox. If I’m wrong on this, somebody needs to correct me.

I did not try watching it with subtitles. I didn’t even think of that. An interesting video. Again not a great one. But, the only one out there, that I’ve found, looking at this kit.

Thank you, gentlemen.

‘70 Chevys had their factory antennas built into the windshield. The first year for that feature on Chevrolets.

Very nice. You know Chevrolet almost offered a Monte Carlo convertible in 1970. In fact, Chevrolet showed a drawing/painting of the Monte convertible in one their 1970 accessory brochures.

Very, very nice. In fact, beautiful.

A great model, with a fun story to go with it.

This my Revell ‘64 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt. The reason I posted it here instead with the drag racers, is this car is really not intended to be use on the drag strip. It’s a sleeper/street racer. And sometimes grocery getter. A “plane Jane” car that most people would notice until it was too late. The only clue is the 427 Thunderbird engine badges on the front fenders.

Yea, I saw the video you linked to, earlier today. Not bad. But, I had a bit of a hard time understanding what the presenter was saying. Other than that, it was an okay review of the kit’s history and contents. Not great. But, one of the few reviews out there that I too can find on the kit. I’d love to see more reviews. And perhaps a build up or two.

As a follow up to seeing the car above. That afternoon, I got curious and started doing more research on the XM Turnpike Cruiser. I discovered there was a pamphlet that Mercury made out on the car. I assume to be given out where ever the car might appear. I have several pamphlets on other show cars from the period. So I than went on eBay to see if I could find one. And there were several available, so I bought one. It came in today’s mail, and I thought I would share it with you.

I suspect your correct. And I think the folks at AMT were right for doing it that way. It looks great, and different from Cal Drag Combo. Plus when this kit came out, I knew nothing about towing trailers with cars on them or not. It looked good to me then. And from an “art” perspective, still looks good now.