unclescott58

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.

Wow! This brace thing is that big a deal? Again, if no one said anything I probably would not even noticed it was wrong. And is it real wrong on the kit? I would need to see the actual kit, and the source material showing 1:1 factory setup. I'm amazed by this conversation. Again, go back to the old kits of the 60's and 70's and see how many minor things like this were wrong on those. And yet we happy, as look as looked like the real car. Moebuis' stuff is fantastic. They have offered us some of the best and most accurate model cars ever. Are they prefect? No. But they are really, really good. Despite the bad underhood bracing, I'll be buying, and building the kit. I will not be fixing the bracing. I'll build it as it comes in the box. And I bet no one, out side of people reading this thread, will ever know it's wrong. If it is.

Door frames around windows on a '53 Corvette, Snake? I'm a little disappointed. Normally you know your stuff. '53 Corvettes didn't have door frames around their windows. The car used removable side curtains. True they had a frame structure to hold them in place. But, it was nothing like window frames used on a coupe or sedan. And even though the '56 - '62 Corvette optional solid tops did have little quarter windows with frames. Most people, including Chevrolet referred to the top as a removable hardtop.

Another beautiful Porsche 904.

Beautiful model. Sounds like a bit of a pain to build. Too bad. A very nice looking car.

A little follow up to my recent purchase of the old Aurora, now Revell/Monogram Ford GT. I've started doing some basic sub assemblies. And so far I'm very impressed with what I'm seeing. I've already got the engine assembled. Everything fit well and is looking pretty good. So far I'm not see any major problems coming up with this kit. Considering how old it is. The amount of detail, which is a lot for the mid-60's. And the tooling being originally done by Aurora. I'm very impressed. Unlike the IMC Ford GT kits, this kit looks like it's actually buildable. I like it!

Or as my friends and I will joke. A Mustang is really nothing but a Falcon dressed in drag. And we're not saying that as an insult. Falcon was a good car.

So am I understanding this correctly. This kit can be built as "stock" '79 Nova? I mean as stock as one can get with a Pontiac motor and interior?

Weird that it would be under the dash or on the firewall? And if nobody said anything, I wound have never known Moebius got it wrong. Or really cared.

Sorry but I've heard R&R refurred to as R&R Vacuum "BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH" (rhymes with cap and rap). And from what I've seen, it's hard for me to disagree.