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  1. Revell STILL missed the boat with the corrected body. As with all of their B-body Mopars, the sides are slabby, the rear quarters are too pointy, and the rear wheel arch is wrong. It’s like the tooling designer has a lazy eye or something.
  2. http://www.whoopiekatdecals.com/HTML/SuperStock/ss000009.html
  3. http://www.whoopiekatdecals.com/HTML/SuperStock/ss000009.html
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  5. Side window shape looks dang close, but the entire roof and side window are proportionally too big by just a smidge. I haven’t done the math, but I spent some time with a caliper. It’s off. Typical Revell though....killer detail, and interesting subject matter, but just a hint of that old 1/24 Monogram wacky proportion jagger still lingers. ...oh, and there’s not enough ‘hump’ in the front fender profile either. Needs just a little more ‘haunch’.
  6. Old thread, I know, but no way the '68 is better looking. '66/'67 Coronets were great looking cars....even Revell thought so. .....opinions. Mike
  7. Oh, and Bill....note that the AMT 68's trunk lid/taillight panel doesn't have the proper peak on the rear. That's a whole 'nother task! Comparison pics of one of my unbuilt Jo-Hans and a recent AMT release... Mike F.
  8. Very nice work Bill. I am currently performing a similar rework of the AMT kit in order to add a '68 RR to my collection. I have been a '68/9 Road Runner fan since the early '70s, and man was I disappointed when I first laid eyes on AMT's horrible body proportions when the kit first hit the shelves. I have owned and built quite a few of the Jo-Han '69s, and I still have a healthy stash of unbuilts on my rack. That said, I have longed for a legit '68, and I'm setting out to make that happen as we speak. Thank you for the added inspiration! Oh, and I have already built a kitbash of the Jo-Han body and trim fitted to the modded AMT interior and chassis. It was a lot of work, and I'm (mostly) happy with how it turned out. Still, I won't be happy until I conquer that horrendous AMT body! Mike F.
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