'70 Grande

I wonder if the front and rear bumpers from this Modified Stocker Chevelle would also be a clean replacement for the Revell's Z-16 bumpers with the ugly bumper guards mounted to them?

Thanks for making this reissue happen Snake45! I'm seriously thinking about giving you my Holy Grail list and seeing if I can get you to buy 'em all so I can look forward to them being reissued!?

Thanks for making this reissue happen Snake45!

Looks just like I remember the 1:1's! Great paintwork and detailing on that interior! Put a license plate on it and we should take her out for a spin!

Like this one alot; looking forward to seeing it all finished up! Your paintwork really plays-off the car's name well.

Wow! This is one of the finest early-Ford customs that I have ever seen. The multiple alterations that you did to that body make it sing... awesome build!

Beautiful build! Get some license plates on her so we can take it out for a drive!

Lovely. If I could have my choice of any 1:1 Mustang parked in my own garage, this would be the one!

Randy, I'd sure like to see an underneath-pic of Mustang Sally, (that sounds borderline weird!). I'm still working on an improved chassis under the '66 Mustang project that I'm in the middle of, and would like to see a pic of your '67 Mustang chassis underneath her.

That is a stunning build... simply stunning!

I'm in-the-middle of a '66 AMT Mustang chassis-swap project right now, and I can tell you that I originally thought the AMT/Ertl/Round-2 1968 Shelby Mustang GT500 kit's chassis would be a quick-n-easy drop-in replacement, but it's more challenging than I originally thought. Had to add rear wheel wells, cut-out a section of the center of the chassis and replace it, fabricate-in the rear portion of the driveshaft tunnel, add a new transmission-mount brace and I'm still in the process of getting the firewall and chassis to mate to each other properly. I expected a few hours of work, but that's increased to 20+ hours and I'm not done yet.

Really, really like this build! You sure hit your goal of replicating the 1:1 found in that magazine article! I'm curious what you did to adjust the position of the front wheels to get 'em under the fenders?

Love this build! Any idea if this Tamiya kit is still available out there anywhere?

Lovely... simply lovely!

Really like this build! The first thing I truly noticed was that the cab fits-right on the frame, (not reaching for the sky like most builds of these kits look like). What did you do to modify the cab's fit and drop it down so well?

Espo- I think you might be right!

My first thought was that it has the cab-roofline and front fender lines of a mid-1960's International Harvestor pickup, but my memory tells me that those IH's were much larger in overall size than the truck in your pic appears to be. Maybe some forum members will be able to identify it!

What is that multi-colored pickup, (next to the 1962 Red Corvette), in the 3rd-to-last pic?

Stunning... simply stunning!

That Revell 1970 kit is another of my Holy Grail kits as I owned a 1:1 '70 Grande, (hence, my forum ID). Thank's for adding those pics!

Fantastic build; looking forward to seeing the finished build! Really appreciate all the pointers you provided in this post; very helpful!

Post some more pics of that built-up Red convertible! That is a rarely seen kit and I don't think I've EVER seen a built one and I've been in this hobby over 50 years!

Looks really, really good! The hood scoop change is very well done! Looks like you got all the stray grass and weeds pulled outta those sidewalk cracks and now your pics could easily be mistaken for a 1:1! To my eye, that is the ultimate compliment for any model car build and you've accomplished that!

This has been my #1 Holy Grail kit since the mid-1990's. Prices are just plain out of my budget. The story that I heard in the early-2000's was that AMT/Ertl was evaluating all of their model car kit tooling buried in a warehouse somewhere in the US, and knowing that there was consumer-interest in this kit being reissued in its stock form, they were pleasantly surprised to find tooling with "71 Cyclone Spoiler" lettering handwritten on the outer-surfaces of the tooling they found. The tooling looked to be in good condition and ready-to-go, so they ran a test-shot and poured some liquid-styrene into that mold. Problem was, what came out of that mold was the MPC Hemi Dart! Well, that kit was also on the "consumer-wants" list, so that's what got reissued! I don't know if that story is true or not; I just remember that it dashed my hopes!

X2!