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What year Datsun does this kit represent? Scott

I'm all for this version being reissued too. I would like to it be a '65 or '66 Corsa rather than a '69 (or '68 depending how you look at) Monza. Scott

Very, very nice. The Mustang taillights threw me at first. Odd, but they look OK. Scott

Flathead and wire wheels in red. What can be more classic hot rod than that? I like it. Scott

1967. Left outside mirror. Dual master brake cylinder. Collapsable steering column. Seat belts front and rear for outside passengers. And backup lights. Before '67 some cars had some of these features as standard equipment. Others had some of them as options. But, they were required on all cars starting with 1967 model year. Scott

They may. But, is economically practical? Scott

Thanks, I never noticed this before. Despite this, the old 60's Trophy kit still looks OK to me. I like the one in the photo you enclosed. Looking forward to seeing Revell's new convertible built. Again, I'm non sure if it's 100% right. But what is? It does look pretty good from what I'm seeing. Scott

After reading the posts from both Mike Cassidy and Danno. I would like everybody to ignore my first posting on this topic. It really does not belong here. And I apologize, I tend to forget that just because I don't enjoy detailing, that others do. Enough said. Back to the subject at hand. Scott

Mr. Goschke you mentioned problems with AMT's kit. First which '57? The one from the 1960's? Or from the 1990's? I've built the one from the 60's several times and never noticed a problem in the belt line at the dip. I have the 1990's version, I never built. But, I noticed no problem there either. Am I missing something? The dip on Revell's convertible and two-door sedan looks good to me. Maybe I'm not picky enough? Scott

And how about this build up Casey showed us a few months later. Looks all right too me. Scott

No photos as of yet? So I went back and started looking old postings on this kit. And here's what Casey had to show us a little better than a year ago. Not the best pictures of the body. But, from what I see the belt line window dip is there. Look at the rear seat side bolster/panel part. It looks like the dip is there for sure. By the way, people talk about this being based on the 150 sedan body. If it's from that, doesn't that include the belt line rear side window dip too? I need to see more clear pictures of this kit. But, I'm beginning to think this kit may not be as bad as everybody seems to think it is? Those who claim to have the actual kit. Please check it out, and post photos. Scott

This type of info drives me nuts. Mr. Burmeister beat me to the punch on this one. Everything he said about the GMC motor is correct. By the way, look at were the spark plugs are on the GMC V6s. This is no Chevy W-Motor. Not even close. Scott

Other than the Nomad, I've never been a big '57 Chevy fan. Of the tri-five Chevs, '56 has always been my favorite. Despite that, I've built my share of '57 Chevys over the years, and I like convertibles. I still may buy this one if it doesn't look too bad. Will somebody please post some pictures when this kit comes out, so we can judge for ourselves how good or bad it looks. I'm still surprise that this is the first '57 Chev convertible, other than the promo back in '57, to ever be offered in this scale. Being how the '57 Chev is one of the Holy Glails of both the 1950's and Chevrolet lovers a like. Scott

I love it! Scott

Styling was always good on those first Vettes. But, chassis and engines could always have been more. Your Vette solves that problem. Scott

By the way. I'm still a nerd. Here I am on a Saturday night blogging on a model car web site. Scott

I second this. I work in schools. Most things have not changed that much since I went through high school in the mid-70's. Technology has changed. But, kids and teens, good, bad, or ugly, are still pretty much the same. Most are still decent and polite. But there were cliques, trouble makers, and bullies now and back in my day too. Back then, like now, you were looked at as a nerd if you weren't outstanding at sports, academics, or social situations. You know what? That's the way it's been for a long time. As we get older, most people grow up. Some do not. But, the farther I get away from my own high school years, the better it is. And in my present job, I try to help kids get though school, and hopefully know they are OK no matter what their interests are. Cool or not. And even if I may be interested in it or not. By the way, I have a cute story I need to share. A couple of years ago I was working at my old high school. Some kids wanted to see a picture of me in an old yearbook. So we went to the library (or media center as they now call it) and found an old yearbook. I open to my picture and show the kids. One young lady looks at it and says, "That's not you." I said, "Of course it is. She said, "No, it's not." I said, "Look here is name and everything." She still insisted that could not be me. Finally I asked her why she thought that it was not me? She pointed to the picture and said, "That guy is hot!" I still don't know if I should take that as compliment or an insult? And why didn't the girls forty years ago see it that way? Scott

Have fun building. I'm not a big detail guy. My models may look like toys to a lot of you. But, I'm mainly into modeling for the fun of it. I use to try building to others levels. I went nuts trying to build as well others within my model car club for example. But, I either don't have the patience or skills, or sometimes the combination of both. There have been times when I have liked a model less after I tried to add a certain detail. One detail item I avoid like the plague is bare metal foil. I hate that stuff. Mainly it's the lack of patience and the slipping of the knife at critical moment that drives me nuts. I use a sharp knife and it still rips or gives me a wavy line. And it doesn't always stick! I will sometimes use it on bigger chrome parts on a car. For example the hood vents and rocker panels on a past build of AMT's '63 Corvette. I recently built Revell's 1/32 scale '56 Ford convertible in two tone. There I used foil on the molding separating the two colors. But, I will not do window frames, wheel lip moldings, whatever, to make my model look less "toy" like. I really hate bare metal foil, over all. My models will never match up to most of the guys posting on web sites like this. Or other members of my local model car club. I will never win a model contest. But, our local model car club, the Model Car Club of Minnesota has a saying we print on a lot of club related items. "Build it, Bring it, Have Fun Doing Both!" This does mean I don't look for ways improve my models. I do. Over all most lay people (none or casual model builders) think my models look great. And in general they do. The club members sometimes give me a little BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH for building models that a lot of times look like promos. But, I'm OK with that, and the other model car club members respect me for other reasons. (I'm known more for knowledge of both real and model car history for example.) And I respect others who have the patience that I don't. I just not going to beat myself up trying to meet or match their standards. Scott

I don't drink, use drugs, chase women, or do anything illegal. I take care of my adult responsibilities. Who am I hurting by building model cars? Plus now as I tell people, I now have the money to be the kid I wanted to be when I was a kid. I'm as happy as most people I know. My life today is pretty darn good. And I have lots of good friends. Many who build model cars like I do. So again, the heck with what anybody else thinks, if they think what I do is childish. How happy are they in their so call "adult" life? Scott

There are cars in one form or another in every room in my house. And I do mean every room! Does that count? Scott

Yes! We got that the first time!

Looks cool to me! I like the stretched front rails. Scott

Very nice. And the dog dishes were a great choice. They work on this car. Scott

Looks pretty good to me. I like it. Scott

Not bad. But no Bullitt. It would be fun to see the rest of the movie. Was "Robbery" it's name? I'm guessing the year was about 1966, '67, or '68? Scott