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Cool. Any of those old drawings still around that you can show us?

Somebody said at our model car club meeting last night, that Round 2 was planning on reissuing the old AMT ‘64 Comet Caliente kit again in the near future. Any body know if there is any truth to this? And who then will be the first one to make a replica of the Comet from this video? ?

The more I think about it, I’m not impressed with Shawn either, after watching this video closer a second time. Plus, so many flags went up before they went off on the drive. The owner was an idiot in so many ways. Over $200,000 and 2 marriages? Boy is he a good catch to all the gals out there. (Yet a guy like that will probably get someone to be his next wife. There are women who fall for guys like that all the time. I don’t get it.)

There was talk about this video last night before our MCCM (Model Car Club of Minnesota). After just now seeing this video, I’m not impressed with the owner of this Comet in more ways than one. It’s a shame a guy like that owns and drives a beautiful car like that.

Thank you, for your kind words gentlemen.

Very cool. I love those true “classic cars”. Ive got the exact same model I need to finish, one of these days.

I agree with everything you said, but one thing. My Camaro model is painted with Tamiya TS-31 “Bright Orange”. Not Red. Not a big deal. Looking at the photos, maybe it with the lighting that under which the photos were taken, to make you think it was painted red?

Thank you. And your right. One should have fun building models. Which I did with this kit.

Thank you for kind words.

Thank you. I like that the MPC gave you the choice of the regular standard SS hood, or the optional cowl induction hood. I personally like the the standard hood with its fake velocity stacks better than the smoother, cleaner cowl induction hood. Only the MPC gives you option of building you model with the standard hood. And the standard exhaust system, for that matter. The Revell kit requires you to build their car with the optional cowl induction hood and chambered exhaust system. That said, the Revell kit really is superior kit compared to the MPC kit.

I’ve got mixed feelings on this one. I never liked the looks of the original Troublemaker. The overall design was okay. But, the graphics I found blah, and boring. But the “new” Son of Troublemaker I like the looks of it. Tom Daniel’s son Keith did a good livening up the vehicle with more interesting graphics. Now as for kit itself? I was a little disappointed. Despite looking fine on the sprue, the main frame rails were warped. Its not really noticeable until one starts assembling the frame. Normally Tom Daniel kits are fairly easy to assemble. This design required you build it in a different way from any funny car frame I’ve built before. You have a lot of little parts in assembling the frame. And, you have to build it around the rear axle at one point. The axle is molded on to back of engine/transmission. So basically you have to build the frame around this whole separate assembly. Rather than adding it after the frames been assembled. It would be okay if your planning on painting the engine and chassis the same color before adding paint. I found a separate color for the frame and engine became a bit of a problem with building this kit. I’m sure Tom Daniel himself did not design the parts and assembly layout for this kit. I’m wondering what the Monogram engineers were thinking in designing this one. It works. But, is a bit of a headache compared to other funny cars kits I’ve built in the past. Including Monogram funny cars. The colored plastic this kit is molded in, is a mixed bag also. On one hand it looks so good, I decided not to paint the body overall. Just leave it as it is. But, on what I did paint, the plastic was not happy with taking paint. And using Tamiya primer first didn’t help. Any glue point on the chassis/frame required touch up later on. The blue bled through. Things like painting the bumpers were a problem too. The plastic just did not like paint. Despite how good the colored plastic looked in this case, i would have preferred if the kit was molded in plain white plastic. I can lay down a fairly good blue paint job my self. In general, I like the way the kit ended up. It looks pretty good overall. Most people won’t notice the flaws, problems, or mistakes I made, in looking at the results. In general, it’s an okay kit.

I first learned about these kits back in the early 70’s. Too late to easily find and buy them. I’ve been lusting for all 7 ever since. Maybe I’ll see them and get them in the afterlife?

This one comes up again. Ive been lusting for the Renwal Revival kits even since I found out about them in the early 70’s. Too late to easily fine them anyplace I had access to. In fact, I’ve never seen one is the flesh, as they say. I’d love to see these kits come back some day. I’d buy all seven if they were available. But I’m not holding my breath on that ever happening. Some of Virgil Exner best designs IMO.

Kool, old skool.

Good link above. I liked it.

Very nice. Very kool.

Very nice. Very clean. Old style Kustom. Kool.

Very cool. The color looks is right to me, after growing up with, and reading the comic books of that era.

I like it. It looks great.

Here’s MPC’s ‘69 Camaro SS Convertible. It may not be up to the standards of Revell’s ‘69 Camaro kits. But its a easy built, and I think turns out looking pretty good. I like it.

Makes me wonder why they got rid of “the tin work”? And will it reappear in the reissues put out by Atlantis? It seems like a natural part of every funny car, real or model, that I remember.

What do you mean, “the tin work”? What is that?

Very cool! Looks like they are ready fly.

Did they appear on the cars up near the “C” pillar as seen on Monogram’s 1/32 scale funny car models? Just today I got Lou Hart’s new book in the mail, Early Funny Cars 1964-1975. I can see no photos of cars with that type of wing.

Thank you for the info. What year was this? And how long did it last?