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All the more reason I want the original Astro I model then. I wonder if they ruined the dies by converting it to the Scorpion? Scott

Looks great. But, I have to ask. What color is it? And what paint was used? Scott

On second thought let's not go there. Let's get back to the '63 Corvette. In particular the 1/16th scale MPC kit. Which is a cool kit. Sorry to say, as this discussion has been going on, I've been trying to get one on eBay. The bidding has gone too high for for me. Hopefully Round 2 will consider reissuing the kit sometime in the near future. Scott

Why?

Back to this one. What is a cured vehicle? Scott

The man lived a good life. I always enjoyed his work. Thanks Mr. Garner for your years of great entertainment. Scott

Really? That seems like a mean shot! I think there are a lot of good people trying to pass on accurate information on these blogs. Are they prefect and correct all of the time? No. But, they and myself are only human. We try our best. And I know I'm OK with people correcting me if mistakingly give out wrong information. Scott

I think there are a lot of us who are interested in their models be fairly accurate compared to the real vehicle they represent. Now this can be taken too far. But, it's nice to have accurate information on what your building. What you do with that info is up to you. Scott

The Astro I kit was also first offered under that name, Astro I. Scorpion name came later. I really wish AMT would reissue the Astro I in its original form. Scott

That is long and low! Pretty cool. Scott

Very, very nice! Scott

Very nice. I like the Rebel The Machine in the single (other than black on the hood) color scheme, like you did on your model. Scott

Somebody needs to put out a nice 1/25th scale '57 Nomad. What would be cool is a pre-painted kit of the Hollingsworth Nomad. Even with decals that paint job would be beyond my skills. Scott

No, it just proves experts are human. Scott

What Lee says. Scott

Very cool! I have all ways loved that photo on the box of first release of Revell's '57 Nomad. Just a shame that you will never be building it. This is just my opinion. I've always believed that like old cars that should be driven, because that's what they were designed to do. I believe all models kits should be built. At the same time I do understand why you don't want to in this case. I will be interested in hearing how the '73 version of this kit goes together. It's been years since I built my last one. More than forty! Last night I purchased Rommel's Rod off of eBay. Have been thinking about buying this kit for years. I thought I better buy one now before the PC police influence Revell into never allow it to be reissued again. (See blog on this site about "real" Rommel's Rod selling for over a million dollars.) At leased in its original form. Scott

Back on subject. Just tonight I purchased a copy of Tom Daniel's Rommel's Rod model kit on eBay. Never owned one in the past. Been kind of wishy washy over the last couple of years about buying one. But now with the PC police types out there, who knows? If I don't buy one now, will they be available in the future? Thanks guys. Your conversations about what's politically correct or not, has scared me into purchasing the kit. Scott

It may not be perfect, but it looks pretty good to me. Besides what's prefect? And you say this is only your second build? For a second build, I'd say it is prefect. Scott

The '64 (1964 not 1664) Chevelle wagon tooling was upgraded to make the '65. So the '64 was only available in 1964. This was a very commom thing done with most toolings where the real car had a minor facelift using the last year's body. The '65 Buick Wildcat was converted into the '66 with the incorrect for '66, '65 dashboard and interior trim. The '63 Buick Riviera was upgraded to the '64, and then to the '65, where it remains. This was a cost effective way for model companies back to offer the latest model car every year. Scott

I've built both the "good" and the "bad" versions of AMT's '70 1/2 Camaros within the last year. The early 90's release, the bad one, is really bad. Besides the front end being wrong, it's obvious the kit was based on a older non Z/28 mold. The air cleaner and I believe the valve covers are totally wrong for a kit of a Z/28. And overall the kit is just a typical 70's kit in detail. Not good compare to the newer kits. As noted, you could use a lot of the parts for restoring old 1970 - 1974 AMT Camaros. Except for one thing. The seats are the low back buckets that were only used on the 70.5 Camaros. The later AMT 70.5 Camaro Z/28 is a great kit. I had no problems what so ever with mine. Everything looked good and fit fine. I'll have to dig out the two kits and photograph them together so people can see the difference. The front end is the real problem with the earlier kit. Who they came up with that and allowed it into production I'll never understand? The rest of it I can forgive being that it was made from a revised old tool. But, that front end! How could they design something that was that far off? As others have advised. Forget the earlier 70.5 Camaro, and look for the newer tooling. It is a 100% improvement over the other. Scott P.S. The decals on the earlier kit were also goofy. I'm not sure what Ertl was think when they designed that kit?

Saw the above Leno' Garage when it came out couple of weeks ago. I also recently pickup AMT's reissue of their 1/25th scale '63 Corvette coupe. Because of Leno's Vette I'm building mine in the same color scheme. Silver with a black interior. Found it interesting that Jay's expert Corvette guy, Mike, gave some wrong information on two things I caught. They talked about the pull out parking brake. Mike said that feature was used only one year, and then they went to center brake lever. Not true. Corvette did not get the center mounted parking brake until 1967. The other wrong info he gave was on the Corvettes used in the TV show Route 66. He claim they used a 1960 Corvette the first three years. Sorry, they drove a 1960 Vette only in the pilot episode. After that they drove a new Corvette, updating every year. In the final season they did drive the new Sting Ray. A roadster. I do think Jay's friend Mike is still a very knowledgeable Corvette expert. Even experts can make mistakes. I can easily forgive him for the Route 66 comment. I have a little more trouble with parking brake comment. But then again, I've made bone head comments that right after I said them, I knew I was wrong. So I can still respect that this Mike guy is the Corvette expert Jay says he is. After all, as far as I know, all the other info he gave seem correct. (Though I do also questioned his comment on '62 vs. '63 production figures. He may be right? But, I thought Chevrolet built and sold more Corvettes for '63 than in '62. I'd have to look that up.) Scott

Very cool videos. Never owner a Matchbox until I was an adult. Tootsie Toys were cheaper, so that what most of kits in neighborhood played with. That or bigger Tonka trucks. Was 40 years old before I bought my first Hot Wheel. In the last 16 years I've made up for what I missed. Now I own hundreds of Hot Wheels and Matchbox vehicles. Includes some vintage ones, like a Lincoln sedan like they showed getting painted in the first posted video (and shown in Chris' picture above). Scott

Plus the '66 had a center console that was a full length, one long console spitting both the front and rear seats. The '67 console stopped where the front seat ended. Leaving a carpeted floor space between the two rear seats. The '66 could only be had with buckets and console. The front console could be replaced with a fold down arm rest and seat cushion in the '67. The '66 was also available with wheel covers with three blade spinners. Spinners were no longer legally allowed by federal law on the new cars for 1967. Scott

Looks great. Nice job on the little details. Scott

??? It's a model! The chrome hood inserts work for me. As far the wheels, some experts claim they did not make on to the 63's. Other say they did. Then there are the '63 only two blade knock offs that many claim came on early 63's. They claim later '63 Vettes came with the three blade knock offs. So, were the '63 Vettes available with the aluminum knock offs or not. It seems to depend on which Corvette expert you talk to. Or book you read. Right or wrong, I still like them. And they could have been added later. Scott