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Interesting. As noted in another posting here in Model Building Questions and Answers, I'll be using the Testors clear gloss lacquer over decals in the next day or two. I'll be post my results there. I too, like Jesse and Tulio above, prefer Tamiya lacquer over all others. But, since this will be going over Testors Plum Crazy lacquer, I decided to stick with the same brand.

Thanks guys. I'll give it a try. I will post results soon. Hoping to have this kit done by the next Model Car Club of Minnesota meeting next Wendsday, in 7 days. Some decals are already placed. I'll do the rest tonight. Apply the lacquer either Thursday or Friday night. Finish assembly Monday or Tuesday. The engine, chassis, and interior are all ready done. The decals, gloss coat, and body is all that's left. And since I've previously built AMT's '40 Willys in the past, finial assembly should not present any real problems.

I'm building AMT's Curly's Gasser '40 Willys. I've painted the car using Testors Plum Crazy lacquer paint. I plan on using Testors clear lacquer over it. Can I first apply AMT's decals before I spray the clear? How long should I wait, from applying the decals to applying the clear? Anything I need to watch out for?

Okay. I finally took the plunge and bought one of my "holy grails". Found on eBay what looks to be a complete, unbuilt, IMC 1/25 Avenger GT-12 kit. As far as seller can tell, and looking at the pictures they posted, there seems to be nothing missing. They had it on a "buy it now" for $44.99, plus $10.99 shipping. So not a bad price. The box looks to be in pretty good shape. Better than the other one that has been showing up on eBay lately. Some may know, even though I'm not a big Ford guy, I love Ford GTs and GT-40s. The 1/1 Avenger GT-12 was a kit car made by Fiberfab back in the late 60's that looked a lot like a GT-40. Most were on a VW Beetle chassis with VW power. They were also commonly powered be Corvair engines. Fiberfab also made a tube frame version, powered by a V-8. But, from what reasearch I've done, most felt the VW and Corvair engined ones were fast enough. And the V-8 was over kill. The IMC kit can be built as either as a "stock" VW powered street car. Or a Hemi powered racer car. Unlike other IMC kits, this kit looks like it should not be too hard to put together. And unlike IMC's GT-40s, this kit comes with a one piece body. No opening front and rear decks or doors. The only change I'm considering, is maybe slipping a AMT parts pack Corvair motor into it. Other than that, I plan on building as a street stock version. Just ordered it today. I hope it looks as good as it did in the photos. If so, another one I can knock off my list of must haves.

Actually I'd really just like to get my hands on a nose and grille, and see if it would fit onto Revell's Beetle convertible kit. Or Polar Lights' coupe. Does anybody know if any resin caster offers something like this hood set up for any of the 1/25 Beetles?

Another one I'd like to see Round 2 reissue.

Some pretty good stuff there, beside the old 1/4 scale Revell slant six model kit. Speaking of that kit. I wonder how it sold back in the day? I'm guessing not well. For unlike the Visible V-8, where you see a lot of, I've only seen the slant six kit once, that I can remember. I wonder if Revell still has the dies for the kit? Even if it was a poor seller in the past, I have a feeling it might do well on the market today. When the kit was first out, anything other than a V-8 was not cool. Now with history of the Chrysler slant six, I think it would sell better today.

Part of the Johnny Lightning Classic Plastic series. There were several 1/64 die casts with miniture representations of old model car boxes. The die cast cars were done up to look something like the vehicles on the original boxes. The trouble is, this did not always work out perfectly. Note that Boonedocker Blazer. That's depicting a '69 or '70 Chevy Blazer. But the original AMT kit with that box art was a '72 Blazer. The Feathers decal package was only offered on real Brazer in 1972. But, Johnny Lightning's die cast Blazer is a '69 or '70. So they modified the box art on their miniture box to match their Blazer. It was still cool. I bought it and several others in the same series. Most of the series represented AMT and MPC kits. There were a few JoHans also. Plus one Aurora. And even one Pyro! Fun series. Now that Round 2 has regained the rights to Johnny Lightning, it would be fun to see them do more of them.

Seeing the Datsun above, another one that if it can't be built stock, it's another one I will not being buying. A shame. But, it saves me some money!

As always, I love your reviews Chris.

Are you sure Rob, about the tooling for the '70 Grand Prix? The '71 and '72 Grand Prixs are very closely related to the '69 and '70s, true. But there are enough changes to '71, in both the front and rear ends, that I could see a all new body at least being tooled up. There were no real changes to the chassis, engine, or interior. The main roof panel would have stayed the same. But, look how sculptured the rear deck is on the '71s and '72s. With that and the completely different front end, It leaves me hope that the '69, '70 body tooling may have been left unmolested. Allowing the '70 to maybe come back some day. Now, I don't know where I got the idea it was to be happening soon. But, I thought I saw something pop up on an ad on another website about this. I was clicking through what ever I was looking at very quickly. And when I tried to click back to see the ad again, it was gone. So I'm not 100% sure what I saw. Other that the box art for the MPC 1970 Grand Prix kit.

Boy, I hope your right. I have little to no interest in the Pacer wagon, unless it can be built stock.

Again, anybody know anything about an MPC '70 Grand Prix?

Are they releasing a 1970 Grand Prix in the near future. Anybody know anything about this?

They probably $2.00 or less in 1962.

Okay #1. What should be a no brainier for Revell. A '57 Nomad. I'm not a big fan of the '57 Chevy. I like them okay enough. But I like '56s and '55s better. And I have enough '57s in my collection. With one big exception. A nicely proportioned stock '57 Nomad. 2. Somebody needs to do a nice '70 Mercury Cyclone. Shouldn't be to hard for Revell. They have most of what they need in their very nice '70 Torino kit. (Another Mercury that needs to be done is a '67 Cougar.) 3. A stock '70 Charger R/T. 4. What should be another no brainier. A '57 Ford Ranchero. 5. A stock version. Molded in white of their Starsky and Hutch Torino. With a single 4 barrel carb set up. The carburation set up on this kit is my main reason for me not buying it. (And yes I know I could dig through my parts box and fix it myself. But why should I?) That and the colored plastic. There are many, many more I could wish for. This list could go on forever. But, there you got my top 5.

Oh, sorry! I forgot that Corvair was also exempt from the no multi carb policy. But, by that point Corvair really didn't matter in grand scheme of things at GM.

GM ordered all divisions to stop offering multi carb setups starting on their '67 models. The only factory allowed exception was for Corvettes. But, plastic model kits? Multi carb set ups were cool. A several model car kits came with them, even if the real cars did not. MPC's fullsize Pontiacs come to mind. I believe they were all tri power cars. And they could not really be built stock, other than the '66. Which was still available with tri power. And your right Pete. Chevrolet did not offer a Impala Super Sport after 1969. Does mean the model kit followed suit. Why should they? SS's were cool. Kits were mainly sold to kids. And we kids were not likely to know that there was no Impala SS for 1970? There was in the previous 8 years.

In someways this is like asking me which is my favorite child. It's almost impossible to say. If I do need to be pinned down, it may be AMT's '57 Thunderbird. Not the greatest kit in the world. But one that had a major impact on me as a kid.

Looks great.

Very nice! Am I understanding correctly, that the above model was not painted (other than details)? And that's the plastic it was molded in?

Well beyond what I can afford. Or if I could, I still wouldn't at that price.

I do wish I could get a model of the above car. I have the 1/64 scale Jonny Lightning version. But, I really want to built a 1/25 scale one.

Okay, I got one tonight at my local Hobby Lobby using a 40% off coupon. The more I look at what's inside the box. Especially the cool decals for both the inside and outside of the Surf Woody. I'm thinking I'll be building the Surf Woody version of this kit. Cool kit. Not cool enough for me to have paid full price for it. But for 40% off its well worth it.

If that's what Snake was talking about, I am wrong and I apologize. He is right the '63 - '67 Corvettes with the permanently attached roof are coupes. Not hardtops.