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Thank you guys.

Great job on both the go kart and the two pickup trucks.

I bought the above at a swap meet a couple of years ago. I would never have pickup it up off a shelf in the past (in fear I’d then have to buy it). But, the price at swap meet was so good, I decided it was worth picking up off of a table.

Buffets are a problem for me too. That’s why I generally try to avoid them. I admit I have little to no discipline when it comes to food or model kits. But…. At the same time I was joking when I made the comment about not knowing that one could put model kits back on the shelve.

Thanks Carl.

Darn. It looks right to me. I was hoping it was something you found in a rattlecan that someone could easily buy for the shelf.

Thank you Tim. It’s always interesting to hear your perspective on things.

Ah. Your taste in Mustangs runs similar to mine. 1967 has been, and always will be my favorite. And I also agree with you on the ‘71s and ‘72s. I don’t why the ‘73 just never felt right compared to the two previous years? Same way with those year’s of Cougar. The slightly larger bumpers some how ruin the look of both cars. Even though they were not as large as on some other ‘73 cars. In the small sporty/pony car class of cars, only Camaro and Firebird looked as good as they did the year before. And Javelin/AMX I felt looked okay too. I was also wondering about your thoughts on the Mustang IIs. A car I like. Especially the clean Mach 1s, and the early Shelby GT350 looking Cobra II versions. The only real mistake I felt that Ford made with the car, was not offering a V8 in 1974s. I think it hurt the reputation of that generation of Mustang with true car guys from that point on. Other than that, it was the right car at right time. And I thought pretty well styled for time, with still being able meeting the bumper and other safety requirements of the time. Popular cars, that sold very well at the time. And deserve more respect than they get.

You can put model kits back on the shelves at stores after you’ve looked at them? I didn’t know that!

Good news. Thank you. By the way, since your time at Ford, what’s your thoughts in general on the ‘71-‘73 generation Mustang? And how was it looked upon by others you worked with? Those Mustangs and the ‘74-‘78 Mutt IIs that followed, which I like, seem to get very little respect from car guys in general.

Resuscitate the whole Imperial. I wonder where the tooling is for AMT’s old ‘66 Imperial? Can the convertible version be restored back to stock from the “Hero” TV version? And would it sell? Making it worth bringing back? And again. Does anybody know anything about the Schumacher 1990’s Batmobile kits shown in the video? Where did these come from? Is where enough demand for them, that Round 2 would tooled up new dies for them? Or are they, as I’m guessing, made from the Revell dies, and now in AMT boxes?

I’m sorry, I really do not like some of stuff Barris did back in the day. In my opinion the Sonny and Cher Mustangs are just awful. There are other things he did do which i love. The Munsters Coach, the ‘66 Batmobile, Fireball 500, and more. But the Sonny and Cher Mustangs? Uhg!

If I haven’t mentioned this before? I’ll mention it now. I like this review a lot. A nice quick look what’s in the box.

Man, I’m really love the way these old kits are being brought back from the dead. Thank you Round 2. I know Round 2 is tooling up new factory 5 spoke wheels for this kit. But, I’m kind of hoping they give us the original wheel covers too. Wheel covers or not, I am just so happy to see this one come back. And thanks Casey for showing us the original. I love it when people here show us the contents of these original unbuilt kits.

Thank you guys.

I love it. Very cool.

Looks great! I like it.

Very nice. I love the detail work you put in this one. Good work.

Nice job. It looks great.

What paint was use on body, by the way? That’s one thing that’s stopped me from starting mine, is trying figure the right yellow color for that car.

Wow! That looks great. I need to get to work on mine one of these days.

Thank you, guys. I’m glad you like it.

Thank you guys for the kind words. It turned out okay. But, it was a pain to get it that way. In the end I’m happy with it.

I used Tamiya rattle can, PS61, Metallic Orange. And Future floor polish over that and the decals.

I too, despite my negative comments above, hope Atlantis keeps these kits coming. I’ll keep buying them. But, as note elsewhere, I have been accused of being a masochist.