'70 Grande

Good to know; thanks Can-Con! My memory was telling me that there was also a resin-cast roof-piece to add to the kit's convertible body converting it to a hardtop. Does anybody remember a resin roof-piece like that ever being available?

In the distant-past, wasn't there a resin caster who also sold a factory-stock resin hardtop for the '50 Ford convertible kit so it was possible to build a factory-stock model? And if anyone remembers that to be the case, any idea who it was that offered that resin hardtop?

I can't wait for this one to become available; thanks for the pics Bill! First time I've seen any images of this upcoming kit, and so far they look great!

Sure would like to see some more pics of this little monster! A shot of the bottom-side especially just to see how you crammed all of that underneath that tiny body! Looks great!

We haven't heard much lately about this upcoming release from the good people at Moebius; has anyone heard any new developments?

There are alot of things to like about this kit, and a few to be aware of when building it. Others have previously-posted/discussed their thoughts that the overall engine is scaled alittle bit too small for being a 355-CI Mopar "R" small block, but in my opinion, once it's built-up, it looks pretty good. My biggest concern with this kit is the track of the front wheels if built using all of the kit's front suspension and wheel pieces. Using the kit's pieces, the 2 front tires will stick-out a long, long ways from underneath the front fenders; unrealistically wide in my opinion. Correcting this wide-track condition by modifying the kit pieces looks to me like an extensive undertaking, so my plan was to swap-out the 2 front inner wheel pieces with 2 from a mid-1990's AMT/Ertl Nascar kit as these inner wheel piece's mounting-point is much deeper inside the wheel, thus, pulling-in the width of the 2 front tires once finally assembled. The original release of this kit was heavily-based on an actual, 1:1 Chrysler Kit Car and does a really good job of looking like the real thing once completed.

I wonder if Round-2 will be pushing to get 1 or both of those big Poncho reissues into the retail stores before the newly-tooled Moebius '61 Pontiac Ventura lands on the store shelves!

So after doing a little research, I can see that both of those Pontiac kits, (AMT '65 Grand Prix and MPC '70 Bonneville), look like highly-potential future purchases. One question tho; I have never really cared for most of the suspension components molded directly into the main chassis piece as it looks like both of these kits have. Any suggestions for more-detailed 1/25 replacement chassis pieces, (and the kits they'd come from), that would be appropriate to go underneath either one of these big Ponchos?

Beautiful build! Your paint and detailing work looks excellent! I really like the windshield washer fluid in the clear tank; how'd you get that to look so realistic?

I seem to remember that the AMT '65 Pontiac Grand Prix kit had some issues, (like it was originally-based off of another AMT Pontiac kit meaning the overall size of the kit's body was too long), or something like that. Does the MPC '70 Pontiac Bonneville kit have any know "issues" or is it a pretty good overall representation of the 1:1?

Ace, I'll be watching this build as it progresses! It looks like that old AMT chassis fit underneath the Revell body pretty well; were there any complications? Also, do you have a body color(s) paint plan yet... and where did those rear tires come from?

Brian, It was supposedly going to be reissued in early-November of this year, but it now looks as though that reissue date has been moved back to January, 2016.

Myself, (plus another 100 or so forum members), will be watching your build as it progresses! So far, your paint and foil work look excellent!

Great looking combo; they both look very "era-correct". Your paint and foil work are excellent too! Looks to me like if the sedan dropped a valve on its 1st run of the day, those rear slicks could be loaded onto that Nomad and it could win a few runs down the 1320 on its own!

Copperhead... that's a winner! Casey, thanks so much for triggering my memory!

No, it wasn't the Groovy Grader as I remember that kit as well. It looked very much like the Sand Dragon; just no paddle-tires and no rear fender piece.

Regarding that Sand Dragon kit; I seem to remember building a 1/25 kit back-in-the-day that was very similar, and was molded in Yellow styrene. But, I think it had smooth, Goodyear (regular, drag-strip-style) rear slicks in it instead of the paddle-wheel style of rear tires shown on this Sand Dragon's box art. Am I confused? Was there a kit like this issued, (early-to-mid-1970's), that was more like a drag car instead of a sand/off-road car?

Both builds look excellent! What kit did you use for the race car and other than your excellent paint scheme, what modifications did you make to the race car?

If it were me, I'd try to build this kit by adding a factory-stock 390 V8 underneath that hood.

Looks like a really interesting kit that could be built into a really unique model! I wonder why they chose to mold 5 hubcaps on that chrome tree!

Excellent build! Looks like that 356 motor was a tight-fit into the VW's engine space. I really like the details and "character" that you added to this build!

Wow! That is a beautiful build! Your images could easily be mistaken for a 1:1! Your paint and detail work is outstanding!

Really like this build! Your engine work and added details look good. Sure would like to see a pic or two with the flip-front closed, too!

I'd hafta agree with Snake; the 3 best years for Impalas, and all of these builds look outstanding, but that '66 stands-out from the rest! Wow!

All I can say is, "Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful and finally, beautiful!