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Thanks! I could have used this site when I was researching. I used cars sold on Bring A Trailer, knowing they have flaws, but lots of pictures. I'll use it for the next build. Way off in the future.

Thanks! Thank you! Good luck with your build! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Get 'er done! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! I hope it helps. Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Time to get building! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Great! Hope to see yours finished!

My son gave this to me to build a while ago. I knew it was not going to be an easy kit and I wasn't disappointed. A lot of detail and features in this ancient model, but obvious items are missing. There is no interior mirror and a master cylinder with brake booster should be under the hood. I had nothing in my spares, so I went without. Paint is Tamiya gloss aluminum, metallic red, and light sand. Not exactly factory correct, but close enough for me. I have another one that I plan to build in the future as a 1964 version. Thanks for looking! I'm so happy they tooled up factory mags. The old deep dish slots that are still included, never looked good to me. For those that might be building this, the vents on the left side cowl on the raised bump, should not be there. I didn't realize it until I started detailing and foiling. Other than some slight flash, a few sink holes, and the parting lines, the clean up and mock up went well. It was the engine that eventually threw a wrench in the works. The oil pan or something makes it sit way too high.

Wow! That's an eyeful!

Not my build, it's one of the late Harry Pristovnik's, but I'm the caretaker and it's red plastic is polished.

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing yours finished! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! It was only a few of the decals I had problems with cracking, those that I had cut the carrier film close to the color seemed to be the most affected. It took a lot of decal solution to get them to snuggle down and silvering was a problem with a few. Thanks! Thank you! I'm happy Polar Lights created drag cars and NASCARs, but man I wish if they had sent test shots to builders, they would have found all the deficiencies in their kits, because they fill some empty voids. I know Round2 has the molds, but they usually don't reengineer existing kits, just repop them or add new parts and decals. Thanks! I wasn't aware of a Don Nicholson Cuda FC, I thought his FCs were Comets and Cougars before switching to Pro Stock. Maybe Don Schumacher?

If you don't mind a change of wheel, the Monogram/Revell 70 Boss 429 Mustang Magnum 500s work great

Second Polar Lights race car I've built. Started it years ago like so many others. I'm glad it's finished. Not a fun build. Many parts do not fit without massage, so be warned. I shortened the chassis 3/16" to get the front wheels closer to the center of the opening. See last two photos. The Slixx decals were brittle as usual, but only a few were affected. Also, several decals were out of scale. Color is poppy red that I mixed myself with Testors bottles. One thing I wish had been done, was a better decals guide. There were none, and the Net wasn't the greatest for the 1969 version.

Ding ding ding! That's my selection too. To be a relatively "modern" kit from the end of AMTs Dyersville new kits, this thing's got some great detail and once finished it looks awesome, but the execution is abysmal. It's like whoever did the original test shot build for this kit must have been used to building the old sixties kits with worn out molds and felt it was close enough to just send it. The only other model I've been nearly as flustered with is the Monogram sprint cars. I bought two when they were released in the eighties. One developed wings when I was building it and was never heard from again, except for a few found pieces and I finished the second one last year with the wheels and tires from the first one.

Looks terrific! My stepfather had one of these back in the nineties. I always thought the name was ironic even if it wasn't spelled the same because it couldn't accel at all. Scarry car in traffic with a top speed of about seventy on a good day.

I guess I'll add my Rancheros. Cheap diecast I made some slight detailing to Recently finished this

One day, someday! Thanks for all the compliments!

In 1960, "Ohio" George Montgomery won the Big Go at the U.S. Nationals in Detroit with his Cadillac powered '33 Willys Gasser as Little Eliminator for the second year in a row. The prize was a new Ranchero sponsored by Autolite. This became his exclusive push vehicle for the rest of his career. This kit is not accurate for a '60 Ranchero. It started as a '61 promo with the addition of Styline custom parts. Then in the seventies they added a big block Chevy, wider tires, and baby moons. In the nineties new wheels and decals. Somewhere the clear red taillights disappeared. In 2013, they decided to backdate it with a new grill and wheels, but left everything else the same. So, the interior, engine and chassis are incorrect. This is typical 1960 AMT sloppy molds, which means scrape, fill, sand. I'm OK with it. Colors are Tamiya racing white and twenty something year old duplicolor Toyota cashmere beige. I modified the molded in tailpipes for straight out exhaust. Seeing as the Chevy engine is incorrect anyway. I also added a Hurst shifter and scribed a few missing panel lines. Fun build, and I have the Willys and Mustang Gasser models for future builds. Thanks for looking.

My last subscription (one of the Hemmings, I had all three) ran out several of years ago. Those were the last subs I had. I used to have so many subs, but with the internet and me reading more books, I just found the magazines piling up and not getting read. In fact, it took almost a year and a half to finish my final Hemmings mags. When they canceled my SAE subscription what, four years ago, that was truly the end. I just had to let my others run out.

I built them all when they were released and then added a "custom" Firebird for my son who's a big Mark Martin fan and wanted a replica of a childhood diecast.

Cool! I keep hoping these old Revell ASA kits will show up somewhere and get reproduced. They were pretty good kits.

Thanks for all the positive thoughts!

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Well, here's another one completed. Like so many others, it was started a few decades ago. I'm not thrilled with how the Tamiya pearl yellow paint turned out and it's my fault. I should have used white primer, but none was available and I was impatient to wait for it to ship. I used the weird one off DOHC Hemi that never went beyond testing as well. Barely fits and I took liberties with the induction by using a 426 Hemi dual four barrel system. The rest is right out of the box. All the chrome had become splotchy on the parts. I ordered a sprue of bumpers off of eBay for replacements, and painted the rest. That's about it. Thanks for looking! Out of the box after three decades...

1962 Fairlane promo

Looks great! I have this kit and those decals too. I will get to it one of these years.

Well, currently my choice is limited to models I started the last thirty plus years and failed to finish or the gifted models I've received over the years. Started at about fifty plus. I have thirty some odd left. I alternate each build. I've been sort of scan and whatever lights my fire each time. That's my method.

Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Thank you! Thanks! Yes, it came with the mirrors, although I had to drill and pin the side mirrors because the attachment was so tiny, I knew they wouldn't stay. I built a few of those simple Monogram kits like the TR7 too when I was a kid. Lacked details, but looked good on display. The Datsun road racer, Porsche 911 Carrera, and 911 Rally. I wonder what ever happened to the molds?

Another gift model from my son. This release is from 1985. The original dates to 1978. Like most Japanese kits from the seventies, it's more toy than model. Sparse interior (no door panels), battery power and motor chassis, so that's compromised. However, the body looks the part. The decals worried me. They didn't fall apart, but they didn't respond well to the softeners. The only mod was adding a tail pipe. This is only the second Gunze kit I've ever completed. The first was in 1980, it was the the Cobra II race car offered by US Airfix without racing decals. It was meant to have a battery powered motor as well. Anyway, it's finished and I only have one other Japanese model toy to finish in the future. It's an MPC Ferrari that I believe was ESCI before.

Looks good! That's the Garlits Wynns Jammer chassis right?