unclescott58

I wish there was a reasonably priced 1/25th scale styrene kit of the the above Cobra coupes. I wonder why one is not be offered.

Very nice job on your first build of this kit, Dr. Cranky. I'm impressed.

Decided to go ahead and cut the rear wheel wells from the interior trim/door panels. I then glued the the wheel wells into the body. That takes care of the only thing I really disliked in the kit. The more I work on it, the more impressed I am.

For some reason I can not edit the lower paragraphs on my above posting. The story about the Mustang II, the way it's written sounds like the car was my personal car. It was not. It was my dad's. Now you know why breaking a cam shaft was a big deal. It was my dad's car, not mine. By the way it should also read that Ford had not drilled the oil galleries correctly.

Lots of good memories of cars. At the same time some of them didn't seem that good at the time. - We had 13 people in a '69 Cadillac Calais. 3 in the front seat. 10 in the back. And I was on a lower layer in the back. - Driving back into town on a date with a young lady. I had a very nice '79 Firebird with a 350. Two-lane highway requiring one to slow down through towns. I slowed down all right. I was doing 90 or so between towns. And about 60 in towns. Coming out of one town, I look over to my left, there is a cop car pacing me on a side street. He pulls out on to the highway were the speed limited goes up to 55. So I slowed down to 55 and set the cruise control. The cop followed me all the way the next county line, but didn't pull me. Why? I don't know? He had me, dead to rights. - Had a buddy with a very nice '67 Firebird convertible. 326 car, automatic. And no working fuel gauge. Somehow I got stuck pushing the car to the nearest gas station when ever we'd run out of gas. He'd sit behind the wheel steering. This happen several times! In retrospect, I should have steering while he pushed the car! - The same friend had a four-speed Pinto. He could pull the shift lever out the gearbox as he drove. Then when he wanted to shift, he just put the stick back in the box. - The same friend bought a Pontiac T-1000 back in the early 80's. We loved to tease him about him owning a "Chevette". He hated that even though he knew we were right. - in the late 1970's my parent went on a trip someplace, and while they were gone I drove around in my '77 Mutt II (Mustang II). One day the car starts running real rough, so I pull it into the local Ford dealer. They tell me right away I broke a cam shaft. A cam shaft? I was not beating car, and how was going to explain this when my folks got back? They then told me Ford had drill all the oil galleries correctly on there Mutt II 4-cylinders, so this would covered under warranty. It took them only one day to fix the problem. I could have not told my folks a thing and they would have never known about it. I did tell them has soon as they got home, though. - One last one. Driving to my folks cabin with their '75 Mercury Monach. Got hit by a drunk driver on the way up. Totaled the car and put me the hospital. Well, my folks knew what time I got off work and how it should take me to drive up there. When I didn't show up on time, my mother was mad. She told my dad, "that's the last time he ever drives that car!" Guess what? She was right! But not because she was still mad me when she found. She wasn't. But because the Monarch was so far gone, nobody ever drove it again. Sometime in the future, I'll have to tell the story about wrecking a brand new car on a test drive. When I was only 19.

See my latest posting above.

Sure we have the right to make any type of statement we like. But, what is the point?

The '65 and '66 Buick GS 400 engine was really a 401. But, GM had a rule at the time that no GM A-body car could have an engine larger than 400 cu.in. So Buick lied the other way.

Doing farther research on line, I was wrong and Dan was right. The 427 Ford is only a true 425 cu.in. The Z11 is a special Chevy W block engine of 427 cu. in. used for racing in 1963. This is not the same as the Chevy Mk II "mystery motor" that was also seen in limited use in racing that year, and led to the Chevy Mk IV 427 in 1966.

The first production 427 from Chevrolet was in 1966. I still don't understand why Ford would call 425 cu.in. engine a 427? Why lie over 2 cu.in.? And wouldn't the press at the time point out Ford's lie? Is there anybody else out there than can confirm this information, or not?

The fishbowl rear window was only offered on the '77 through '79 Caprices and Impalas. '80 had the flat rear window.

This needs to be explained. I though the Chevy Z-11 427 came out several years after the Ford FE 427. So could this be Dan?

Sorry. Didn't mean to bring up any bad old memories.

Wasn't the 430 also offered as a option in the '59 and '60 Thunderbirds too? Somehow I think may have even been offered in Thunderbird in late half of '58.

A great question. I've always been confused by the difference between those two engine. Are they not related? I it interesting, within about a 10 year period, ford offered a 427, 428, 429, and a 430. I know the 429 and 430 are from different Ford engine families than the 427 and 428. But, why 4 different engines of the same basic displacement? i hope I'm not stealing your thread by asking these additional questions, Matt.

Another one I don't get. Why does one go on thread about models they don't like, just to tell us they don't like them? Again it okay that you don't like them. That's fine. But why go on a thread with those who do like them, to tell them that you don't? How is this constructive or fun. I come to these sites to learn about models, share pleasant memories, and have fun. The Poison Pinto and Rat Vega may not be the most sophisticated car designs ever done. Or others of Tom Daniel's designs. But, I sure had fun building them. When other cars were too hard for this 10 to 12 year kid at the time, to get right. You could almost always guarantee they would turn out looking okay. That parts would fit. And they wouldn't easily come apart. Plus, I had many fantasies, right up a 10 to 12 year olds alley, picturing myself driving these cars in real life. Would I want them now as real cars in real life? For the most part no. Though, one of two of them would still be cool. So okay, you don't like these kits. Why tell me about it? I don't care. They are still cool to me and others posting here.

Very nice find. You can't beat the price.

Very interesting article. Thanks.

What is the point of the above comment? How is it a waste of styrene if it brings pleasure to someone? Okay, you don't like these kits. That's fine. But, why bad mouth something that others do like? It just seems mean, a comment like the above.

I've just abused myself by reading all 9 page and 225 posts on this subject. And I have come to the conclusion that Ford did not design their firewall correctly back in 1930-'31, and Revell is just correcting that long past due mistake. Actually it's been fun reading this thread. I don't know where I stand on the mistakes/or accuracy of this potential upcoming kit. Being a test shot, if there are mistakes, I'm hoping Revell will fix them before the kit arrives. At the same time, I like what I'm seeing, and I'm sure I'll buy one if it looks basically like the test shot. I'm not as picky as some of the others out there. I just like the looks of the with the 3 deuce set up.

Box art can induce to buy a kit. In Greg's first posting on this subject, the sixth box down, with the AMT 25 Annivesary logo, somehow appeals to me. That version came out in 1973. They reissued several old kits with new box art for their 25th Anniversary. And because of that box art, I wanted to buy them all. But, at 15 I didn't have the money to run out and buy them all. I bought a few, and other models, but I the missed the A. Not being a big Model A fan and few others of the boxes the kit came in over the years has appealed me. So, I've never owned the kit. The right box art could get me to part with my money.

I still think the Poison Pinto only looks right in green. Despite the great job Tye did on his red one. Green to me is the color of poison. A somewhat sickly green. Even the Mr. Yuck stickers parents use to on containers to keep their kids from consuming products with poison, showed Mr. Yuck with a green face. The Poison Pinto should be in its original green. The Rat Vega looks good in its original black version, or its later yellow one.

I've been accused of building model kits that look like promos when they are done. Other than paint and glue, I don't add much more to my models. I don't foil the trim or wire the engines. I've done both before, and even more. But, I basically enjoy just building what is in box. My model building tends to be simple and fun. Other modelers may not be impressed. But then again, I'm not trying to impress them. Sometimes the simpler the model, the better I like it. I was very happy with the level of detail with AMT's '64 Comet, right out of the box. Mine does not have the chrome trim on the side foiled out. I heard of other members of the local model car club that that was a very though kit to foil that side trim correctly and make it look good. I just gave my Comet a very nice paint job, and assembled it. I had fun building mine. And I think it looks great. I'm in this hobby for fun and the love of cars. I'm not the best modeler. But, to the adverage, non model builder on the street my models look pretty good. And I'm happy with that.

Holy cow! Picked mine up last night. Been fooling around, doing some test fitting of pieces and minor sub-assembly. Is this a nice kit! I am going to do a channeled rat rod. I am really glad for the warning about the part #13, interior floor and not using it. That part #62, interior floor is the correct part for both variations of this kit. Again test fitting bares this out. I only have one minor complaint. And this has been brought up by others. I feel it's very minor. That is the molding of inner fender wells with the interior. Again, very minor. It will just require a little tape in painting the two different colors on those parts. I think I can handle than. Over all I'm not a big Model A fan. But this kit one of the nicest kits I've seen. Being a big Buick fan, I'm very excited by the Nailhead. By the way, the exhaust port spacing looks okay to me. Nailheads have weird exhaust port spacing that doesn't look right even on the real thing. That and valve cover setup are part of their charm.