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So the tin can version had the proper decals with the cartoon Road Runners on them? The Daisy Duke version had all the proper striping, but with out the cartoon birds. Because of that I had to order correct decals from Keith Marks when I build mine a few years back. The other question is, do the decals in the tin box version also have the correct GTX markings on the hood stripe with the 440 engine call outs? The GTX name on the hood stripe was only correct when the 440 engine was under the hood on the '73 and '74 Road Runners. The other engines only include the displacement numbers. 318, 340/360, or 400.

Round 2 is talking about bring back an old MPC Stroker McGurk model kit. From from the photo they've shown so far, it looks like it will be the Hot Rod Surf Board Boat. These were long gone before I really got big into modeling in the mid-60's. There is one for sure build up if you do a Google search. Looks pretty cool. I plan on getting one when they come back. Since they still have McGurk, I wonder if they still have the Hot Curl surfer model kits tooling laying around? I love this old stuff Round 2 keeps on digger up. It's fun to get a chance to buy models I missed the first time around. Thank you Round 2.

Despite all the complaining, again, on how Revell screwed up another one. I have just gone ahead and ordered one off of eBay. From looking at Chuck's photos posted here, I'm look forward to this one. So the wheels maybe a little small. And the grille to flat. I don't care. It all looks good to me.

? I've always heard the kit was a pain in the you know what to build. Still it is cool. And I'd be tempted to build it if it was mine.

Again, the above tells me nothing. What am I looking for?

A fun and nice kit. The last one I built was with the bass boat. Still very cool.

You summed it perfectly, Ace.

The links you gave above, what am I suppose to looking for when I click on them dealing with '71 Road Runners? I didn't see any mention of the '71 Road Runner in any of those links.

I like the stock version better. Clunky it maybe. But, that's what appeals to me. A lot of people like to strip these of their bumpers. For me the bumpers finish off the car. As I said, I have a sickness of some sort when it comes to these ugly AMCs. Big bumpers, bucket seats, and X package, yes. Vinyl roofs and Barcelona packages, No.

From what I heard and seen the Revell is the better of the two. It's made from a modern tool. You'll hear a lot bad things here about AMT's old '62. I still like the kit. It looks fine to me (even the headlamps). It's just such a simple kit with less detail than the Revell kit. I don't mind that simplicity. I have an AMT kit. But, not Revell. The AMT kit is good enough for me. Now comes the basing of AMT's '62.

I like the bug-eyed '74 -on up Matator coupes, has long as you kept them clean. And in clean, I talking mainly about staying away from any form of vinyl roof on the car. The '74 and '75 Matador Xs were the best looks wise. I'm happy to say that I have a '75 AMT Matador X that I built a couple of years ago. It looks great with my built original '75 Gremlin and my built recently released '78 Pacer coupe. You can tell how sick I am. Not only do have the '77 Pacer wagon in waiting, but I also have the re-popped '76 Gremlin in waiting too. I love those quirky looking 70's AMCs.

The '74s with the round front turn signals in the even odder looking grille was a lot worst. The '74 Ambassador with the 4 headlights look okay to me though.

I some how missed this review when it was posted 3 years ago. I'm not a big '69 - '70 Shelby fan, which is probably why I missed it. I doubt I'll be adding this one to my collection, but I always appreciate Tim's reviews.

Thank you. Your view on this issue is right on Michael. My earlier post on this subject is totally wrong. And I'm a bit ashamed of it.

Thank you Snake for including with the likes of Tim Boyd, Mark, and Art. Even though I can't help you with still one, I'm flattered you thought I could.

I loved Shawn Carpenter's resin. And love GMCs. So when I could, years ago, I bought his kit for converting the '55 Chevy Cameo into a '55 GMC Suburban pickup truck. By the way, up through the 1950's, and into the 60's, regular "Suburbans" as we know them, were call Suburban Carryalls. Many people back then referred to them simply as Carryalls rather than Suburbans. The mid-50's GMC Suburban pickup truck is not the same the GMC Suburban Carryall of the time. It is their version of the Chevy Cameo. Confusing? Maybe, but being that the "regular" Suburbans were better known as Carryalls at the time, I don't think GMC thought there customers would be confused by a Suburban pickup truck.

Back to Motor Trend's Car of the Year Award. They've picked almost as many loser for Car of the Year, as picking good ones like the '77 Caprice. Car of Year Winner/losers include the '60 Chevy Corvair, the '71 Chevy Vega, the '74 Ford Mustang II (though I would debate this one), the '76 Volare/Aspen twins, and the '80 Chevy Citation. All innovative designs for their times. I think Motor Trend did the right thing at the time by awarding them all Car of the Year. I like all of the cars on above list. I would love to get a model of the '60 Corvair and '71 Vega. I have the Mutt II, the Volare, and a Citation. I love them all.

Oh, and the '89 Escort? Other than the pre-80's Escorts from Britain, I've never liked Escorts. The '81 and later Escorts may have been good cars. But they're styling was just boring, like most other front-wheel drive sub-compacts and compacts of time. Though I got to admit, if Round 2 even reissued MPC's Escort EXP model kit, I'd buy one. The EXP was plain ugly. But, it wasn't trying to look like any other car on road at the time. Kudos to Ford for trying something diffent at the time. It may have not been a big seller because of it styling, and ability to seat only two people. But, like many other loser cars, I have a soft spot for it.

Jesse, the '77 Caprice deserved Motor Trend's Car of the Award. It was a heck of nice car right off the bat. Though I do like the Impala a little bit better. Especially the '77 - '79 Impala coupe. The '77 Chevys were the right car for the times. And unlike the down-sized full-size cars that followed from Ford and Chrysler, GM's B and C have always looked good to me. And Adam, I think you basically hit the nail right on the head with the Pacer. I also think they're a bit like old Beetles, they're so ugly they are now kind of cute. I have only one bone to pick with analysis of the Pacer's styling. I do not see the present day cars being either as cute or ugly as the Pacer. And comparing modern cars to the Pacer is an insult to the Pacer.

Okay, I just got done watching "A Week With Fergie." And I've got to say I like it. Monday was a little lame. But, things got more interesting after that. I especially like the Scrap Dealer and his sidekick. Cute show. A perfect show for young kids. I'm now a bit of a fan.

Why is this car looking better, and better every time I look at them. I liked them when they first came out. But, for many years I was lukewarm on them. Now.... They starting to look pretty cool again.

Boy.... Even as a young kid I could build better than that. I'd be embarrassed to put that on YouTube. Yuck! ?

Okay.... I tapped on the picture of Fergie above, wondering if maybe it was a link to a video. Sure enough it is. And I watched my first episode of Fergie. Hmmm. Charming and stupid at the same time. Why does Fergie hide from the people seeing him moving around by himself? If they except that Scarcrow is alive, they should have no trouble with accepting Fergie. And boy was that episode short. Not long enough to really develop a decent story. The beginning and end credits told more of a story. I'm assuming Fergie episodes are normally longer then that. I'd love to live on farm like the one that Fergie lives at. And maybe take a roll in the hay with Daisy from time to time (if you know what I mean). I assume since this is a kids show (right?), the closest we get to that is Daisy cuddling the baby sheep. Still it's a wonderful fantasy. And I can see why kids would like it.

What's a "Fergie"?

Looking forward to seeing you and your model(s),