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Looking forward to this one. I'm glad the tonneau bed cover is back, so I can build one that looks close to the original, real truck.

I'm with you on this. I'd love to see a 1/25th scale GM EMD E or F diesel of late 30's - 1950's. The General looks like a cool kit. But, nothing I want to add to me collection.

I just got my Trail 70 kit today. A couple of questions. One. What kind of glue or cement does one use to glue the tires together and the seat to its frame? Second. Are the routing of wires, hoses, and cables correct as shown in the instructions? For example, where does the one end of the spark plus wire attach, opposite of the spark plug? Or is this clear when I start building the kit? And, what is the best cement to attach that vinyl hosing?

Overall I liked the one I built a couple of years ago. The kit take a little extra effort, but turns out okay in the end.

What color blue did you use?

Another great video review Chris. I'm sure I saw one of these MPC Trail 70 kits builtup back in the day. And again, I had neighbors across the street who owned a real one. But, your review is the first time I've ever seen what the kit looks like unassembled, in the box. As noted in my last posting on this thread, I just ordered this kit myself this morning. I wonder if I bought from the same online vender. For I paid about the same price. Anyhow, it was great to see your review. I now looking forward to getting the kit even more. Thanks.

Just ordered the new/reissued MPC Honda Trail 70 on eBay. Priced well under $30.00 with shipping. Looking forward to this one.

The first factory V8s in Chrysler products was the 331 Hemi in 1951.

Thanks guys. I'll be building mine with the ability for Curly to give Moe or Larry a quick ride.

Do you have a linkage to it?

A question. Does anybody know, will the slicks fit on the rear of this kit without any modifications to the chassis or body? Will they fit within the rear wheel wells of the car?

I'm wondering, does it come with the shield? I've got one of the early ones I built back in the day. I also have the Ertl Blueprinter vacuum form shield that they once made available for the kit. The shield was not very accurate. But, it was still cool.

Picked up AMT's new (old) Curly's Gasser '40 Willys coupe. I've built variations of this kit in the past. I've always built it as a street rod. Now I going to build it as a gasser, and this brings up a question. How many seats are normally in a gasser? The instructions only show putting in one seat. The driver's seat. Yet the kit also comes with a second seat for a passenger. I know one would never need the passenger seat for racing. But, I think I once read a passenger seat was still required in certain cases. What is the deal on this? Do I just put in one seat? Or two?

Bronze. Block and air cleaner.

Model car club meeting tonight. Picked up both AMT's Curly's Gasser '40 Willys coupe and Bird of Paradise '71 Thunderbird.

Got mine tonight. I wanted this exact kit when I saw it in my first Autoworld catalog back in 1971. A cool trip back in time. Even if I never really get around to building it, I'm glad to have it in its original style 1971 box art.

Did did some checking. The vinyl roof was optional on the 1970 LTD Broughams. Not standard equipment like I thought.

Yes. I too think the Police Car kit's roof never looked quite right. I'm pretty sure the four-door hardtops and the four-door sedans on the real cars were slightly different. And I know that all AMT did back in the day to convert their LTD hardtop kit, body wise, into a Galaxie sedan was add door window frames. They did not mess with the roof on the kit beyond that. They didn't even change the glass to add the vent window glass. Only the frames. So yes, I've always thought the roof didn't look right in the Interceptor Police version. Still I was happy that they release a fairly accurate police car kit at the time. Even though it was a Galiaxie 500 with an LTD interior and no vent glass. When it really should have been a Custom or Custom 500 to be a true police car. But, back then we were happy to get something as close to the real thing as AMT was offering us.

1970 LTDs came with a steel roof unless an optional vinyl roof was ordered. I'm not 100% sure, but I think the LTD Broughams may have come with the vinyl roof as standard equipment. AMT's kit interior represents the non Brougham version. So the car can be correctly built without a vinyl roof.

The bookmobile in the suburb of Minneapolis I grew in, Fridley, MN, was about the size of a city bus. I loved the bookmobile. It's a shame they don't have bookmobiles today.

Very nice build.

Wow! Very nice.

Two very nice models. Chevy vs. Ford is always a fun subject.

Beautiful.

Looks very nice.