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https://www.thelastdetail.com/1960-chevrolet-nomad-wagon-c-1352.htm This one is a Brookwood, not a Nomad but it would be the same. And I suspect Rick is right about the tire being on the side in the 3 seat cars. https://www.legendarymotorsllc.com/vehicles/291/1960-chevrolet-brookwood-station-wagon

Steve, if you wonder why the grille doesn't line up with the hood later, it's probably not the grille. Looks like you have the AMT kit there and I suspect the parts were designed to work with the Revell kits. The AMT kit's front end is way off compared to the Revell. And not a comment on you but I wish people would stop calling Beaumonts Pontiacs. I know they were sold at Pontiac dealers and everyone always called them Pontiacs but it's like calling an Edsel a "Ford Edsel". GM never called them Pontiacs in any literature and never had any Pontiac script or emblems on them. Sorry for the rant but it's just a pet peeve of mine. Pay no attention to the man behind the keyboard. 🤪

Humm, sedan chassis and a red gumball on the tail light tree , , Police car in the future?? [ just speculation, I know nothing]

Don't know what you think the age of the viewers is Luc, but this is DEFINITLY NOT a kids show. It's even too gory for my wife to watch with me, and she's a "farm girl" so definitely not a wimp.

This is a kinda kitbash of the new extended cab dooly, an old stepside box and a junk chassis from an older generation Chevy pickup. I'm using the modified old chassis as it's gonna be a simple curbside and I wanted it lower then I could easily get it with the dooly's chassis. The chassis had to be lengthened about 12 scale inches even though it was already from a long box truck. Had to trim off the mounting tabs from the box and fill some holes on the back of the cab that would otherwise show with the stepside box. Did a rolled pan in place of the back bumper. , , Stripped the grille and front bumper, removed the rub strip from the bumper and it's now all in primer Bonus shot of the wheels I'll be using on this one. Still have to add some dark grey detailing to the spoked yet.

Maybe he means he's looking for someone to do them for him as a favor? Personally, I'd rather have them done well then done cheap. , , but that's just me. 😉

I agree. How could they have pulled such a bonehead move. This makes the kit totally unbuildable. BTW, I just can't stand the fact that me feet get wet when I take a shower. I'm never gonna do that again until we have waterless sonic showers like on Star trek !! 🙄😉 , , ,OK, 12 hours later I think my little joke probably went a bit far, unfair to Chris. It's just that it looks to be such a nice kit for what it is. The number of ridges on a hubcap seems a bit trivial. I hope there's no hard feelings, none were meant.

A lot of the current Ford kits have hood lettering decals. The AMT '66 Mustang GT had 2 sets on the sheet. IIRC, all the Moebius Ford pickups have hood lettering decals etc. Also there are a lot of Model Car Garage PE sheets with the hood lettering. Doesn't have to be specifically for the '49 to have lettering that would work for that lettering.

Can anyone please explain to me what the big deal about the tires is? The kit isn't supposed to represent a factory stock truck so I'd imagine there's be thousands of Blazers equipped with tires that look very very similar to those kit tires. Just do what you'd do with a real truck if you didn't like the tires, get a different set. After all, it's a automotive model kit, not a jigsaw puzzle. You don't have to build it exactly like the picture on the box. 😉

Michael, you should keep in mind that Pontiac used several blues on their engines over the years and that may not be factory correct for whatever you're building. That Testors paint is only correct for '66 to '70. http://www.pontiacpower.org/enginecolor.htm

The current AMT 1/25 '66 Mustang GT also has a set. That kit actually comes with 4 different wheel options so you wouldn't have to worry about having a kit with no wheels.😉

I'm certainly no expert on those cars but it does look like the Fujimi kit has the longer wheelbase. incorrect for an R. I doubt anyone but true Porsche-files would be able to tell the difference. I didn't know there were two wheelbases until I read this thread.

Grade 7? We had to learn them in grade 5.

I think what they're talking about, Jeff, is for a time they had every back issue of the magazine right back to the first issue on the site and you could go through then page by page. That was taken down a while ago.

https://stsdecals.com/

Might be helpful to know exactly which kits you're talking about here.

Mark, do you know if the hood parts in the last reissue are the same as the original or the 5 window kits? I'm working on a sedan right now with the Jimmy Flintstone body. It's designed to use the older 3 window hood but I started with the 5 window kit. I was going to just modify the 5W hood but I do have an old re-builder roadster kit molded in yellow I could cannibalize for the hood. But it's already painted and I didn't want to go to the extra work of stripping it right now. I guess what it comes down to is which hood is in the current kits will determine how I proceed.

Hi Keith. I'd suggest copying this pic, shrink it down and print it on waterslide decal paper. Then you can print as many as you need and trim them to fit your seats. You just need to get the decal paper compatible with your printer, ink jet or laser.

So, the only thing changing is the name and web address? Everything will be exactly the same except for that for now? If so, would have been easier to just say that. 🤔

Those were in the '49 Ford coupe, Misha, not the Merc. The Merc had Caddy caps in it. T think they were only in the first issue of the Ford.

Some f those 1/32 MPC snap kits go way back. Here's a couple pages from the '78 catalogue,, The ones on the bottom page were released earlier. They're in the '77 catalogue also. , , , and a few pages from the '82 catalogue,, and a couple more from '84. I don't remember ever seeing the 4 door Monaco police car on the shelves, possibly a "phantom kit"

Just airbrushed, nothing fancy.

Kurt, the one Jesse posted has the Syclone AWD running gear and turbo V6, the one in the original pic should have the regular front suspension, if that matters to you.