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I'd buy all three, if they brought them back. Have the last reissue of the '36. It's a very nice kit. But, it would be nice if the stock and vintage custom parts were restored to each kit. Scott Aho

Mr. Geiger - Chevettes a good car everybody likes to put down. Everybody I know who had one, got great service out them. Boring and unsafictcated, but reliable cheap little cars. Had a buddy who bought a fairly new Pontiac T-1000 in the early 1980's. Had a lot of fun teasing him about his Chevette. He kept on insisting it was not a Chevette. Yeh, right. One fun fact about Chevettes, is that Pontiac sold a version in Canada before US dealers got the T-1000. Starting in 1976 they sold a Chevette called the Acadian. And their version of the Chevette Scooter was the Acadian 1 + 1. Someone at Pontiac of Canada had a great sense of humour. Back to models. The only Chevette I own is a '79 promo. You mentioned the only changes required in different year MPC Chevette models would be the hood and grille. Did MPC ever offer a 1980 or later Chevette? If so, there was a change made to the rear of real Chevettes. The easily noticeable change was the new wrap around tail lights. But also notice the small aerodynamic spoiler lip on the rear. A major change if MPC offered an accurate Chevette model. One last thing. Converting a Chevette into a '76 and later Acadian is easier than converting it into a T-1000. The difference between an Acadian and a Chevette is only nameplates and emblems. The T-1000 was trimmed out a little bit better than the Chevette. The Acadian wasn't. Scott Aho

Time for me to put my two cents in on Pacers. First I love just about any car that is perceived as loser. I love cars like Edsels, Corvairs, and Marlins. Vegas and Mustang IIs. You get the idea. Second, though I've never own a Pacer. I remember when the real car came out. And I loved it. Third, I have a bachelor of science degree in automotive history. So I sometimes know what I'm talking about when it come to cars. I want to address the redesign of the front end on the 1978 Pacers. It's a myth that AMC did that hood and grille to accommodate the V8. As noted by John Shoe (1972coronet), Randall AMC in Arizona was putting 401s in Pacers with the original nose on them. How could a dealer do it, but the factory could not? I've heard people say the bigger grille was need to accommodate the radiator to cool the V8. Again, how was Randall AMC doing it with the small grille? In Arizona no less. The real reason for the redesign? Poor sales. Pacer sales dropped like a stone after the first year. A big reason for lack of sales? One word, Styling! Look at what was selling. Cars with formal standup grilles and hood ornaments on top of that. Two things Pacer didn't have. People who liked Pacer's quirky styling bought them the first year out. Most others were buy things like Ford Granadas, which also appeared for the '75 model year (6 months ahead of Pacer), and sold well for several years after. The trouble is the more formal grille on the Pacer did not make it look any better. On to the MPC model of the '78 Pacer. Take a look at the grille in that kit. Then take a look at the grille on a real '78 Pacer. The grilles texture is all wrong. Makes one wonder if they designed the kit's front end on some fuzzy photos they had of upcoming Pacer redesign. Also it's promoted as a "Pacer X". AMC dropped the "X" package for the '78 Pacer. At the time I'm sure MPC was aiming their kits at the youth market, and they felt the details of the grille and Pacer X would not be noticed by those building these kits. As you can see, I've noticed. Do I really care? Yes and no. It would have been nice to have those details right. But at the same time I've picked up the reissue. And I am delighted to have a model of a Pacer. I would like it if they back dated the Pacer back to the '75 through '77 front end. And I would like a kit of a '77 Pacer station wagon that could be built showroom stock. Last, the guy who did the Pacer model marriage proposal shown on the uTube link in an earlier post. Did it work? And if it did, you need to hang on to that girl. Scott Aho

Yesterday, I got the kit itself to start my Hang 10 Dart. A couple of comments are needed. First, the body and chassis has a bit of flash. Second, I was surprised to see that there were enough parts in the kit to build two complete figures. One driving. One standing. From reading the side of box, I though I could only build one or the other. Normally I could care less about these figures in model car kits. But, right away I like the looks of this guy. He looks correct for a guy who would be driving a new '75 Dart Sport. The clothes, the hair, the shoes all look right. I'm so impressed with this figure, I do plan on for sure using the seated figure in this build. I like that his lower torso and legs seated fit against the firewall perfectly. I have to use him. What to do with the standing figure? From the waist up, he is exactly the same as the seated figure. Reminds me of the Wrigley's Double Mint gum commercials from the same time period. You know the ones with different Double Mint Twins? Most had cute twin girls. But, I believe there were one or two commercials with male twins in them? So I need build them exactly the same. The second one standing, basically looking in. A pretty nice kit overall. Other than the figures, it's exactly what I expect from a MPC kit from this time period. I kind of wish it came with a correct time period set of female Double Mint twins. But, the guys are OK. Maybe I set the standing character fondly looking at the MPC Pacer. Rather than with his brother, looking at the Dodge. Scott Aho

To quote o-man, "WOW"! I'm blown away. Very nice! Scott Aho

Like everybody else has said, nice work Tulio. I too like seeing these cars built stock. I like street rods. For modified '32s one can not beat Revell's kits. But, for stock. Give me an old AMT kit. Despite their age, you have proven how nice they can be built up. The one AMT '32 I don't have is the Vicky. I hope Round 2 considers reissuing that kit sometime in the near future. Scott Aho

I too have had the fun of having to steer a '67 Toronado without the assist of the power steering pump. On my way to the 100 Anniversary Olds meet in Lansing a few years back. Those big front wheel drive E-bodies are a handful (or is that armful?) without assist. Scott Aho

Very nice job Steve. And welcome. I hope to see more of your work. Scott Aho

If it was a snap kit. Which it does not look like it is me. The snap kit is the Ford truck next to it. But, if it was. With the state of technology today in snap kits, I'd still buy one. Looking at photos of the kit under the the "Revell 3rd Quarter Release" postings. The kit looks great! Scott Aho

Guess what guys!? Revell has just announced that in 3rd quarter of 2014 they will be releasing a newly tooled 1967 Camaro SS hardtop 1/25 scale model. An SS. Not another Z/28. Sorry Round 2 I love most of your reissues. But, I want a '67 Camaro rather than a '68. And I want an SS, not a Z/28. Revell has listened! The only thing I'm not happy with, is Revell is showing an SS without the RS package. I hope they include a way of building an SS/RS version. If not now. Sometime in the near future. Scott Aho

Ordered my Hang 10 decals from Keith Marks yesterday. Wasn't interested in this kit, until I saw the info on the Hang 10 decals. Thanks to Dave and the others. I'm now looking forward to building one of these. Even if we can not really surf anywhere here in Miinnesnowta. I've always liked the Hang 10 Dart. Scott Aho

I'm glad, it sounds like the Demon is for sure coming. I've now seen the guys taking pre-orders for kit. But, still nothing on Round 2's web site. And no true art work for the new kit with those already offering the kit on pre-order. Just pictures of the old '71 box. But I'm now conviced it's for sure going to happen! Still unclear from what everybody is posting on this kit. Is it back dated from the Dart Sport kit? Or is going to be based on the 1990's Duster? This may sound strange, but I hope it's back dated, so it's more like the original MPC kit. No matter what form it's in, if it can be built as a stock '71 Demon, I'll be buying one. Round 2 keeps on finding more great ways to take my money! Scott Aho

I was reading another "brand" model magazine from 2001. In there, they mentioned Polar Lights canceling their announced plans to offer a model of the 1954 Corvette "Waldorf" Nomad. As I mentioned in another posting on early Corvette models, that and the '54 Corvette Corvair fastback coupe, are two kits I would love to see. What a shame to know we came so close to the Nomad at least. I wonder why it got canceled? And is there any chance we could get Round 2 to revive the idea? Scott Aho

I've got a couple of these laying around. One built. One not. But, for some reason. And I don't know why? I'll be adding a third one to my collection when this one comes out. Still one of my all time favorite kits. But, it's the old box art that will be getting me to part with my hard earned money for another one. I love these AMT reissues with old box art and restored parts. As I've said before, "we're living in the golden age of modeling," right now! Scott Aho

Tom your right on everything your saying. But, why are you saying it? I know that odds of Revell ever reissuing these kits are nil. And your right, they may lose money if they chose to. But I would still love to see them do it! I'm not holding my breath. But, I'm amazed at the kits that reappeared on the market in the last ten years that I thought I would never be seen again. And I'm thankful, and have bought several of those kits. And some may not have been wise for the model companies to reissue. What I don't understand is the negative opinions of several people on web sites like this, when people express an idea like mine. Which may or may not be practical. Or what they want! Don't worry Tom, I'm not in charge of what model companies release or do not. I'm not going to say they don't listen to me. I've gotten several nice replies from Revell on things I'd like to see. The reissue of the '58 Corvette is one. The old Space Station released only once in 1959. I've been told not to expect. The tooling is gone for that. Now I know Revell is not just reissuing their '58 Corvette because I wanted one. But, I thank them for listening and telling of their plans to reissue it. So Revell, if you can. Please reissue the old Renwal Revival kits. If you don't, I understand. But, I still think it would be cool. One last thing Tom. You are right. I was born in 1958. Scott Aho

Nick - Tell us more. Will it be like their great Chevy kits? Where they can be built stock, or with cool vintage speed equipment? And why are they doing this car? It seems a little too close to what has been offered by Revell in recent years, and IMC/Testors in the past. Where no one had done the '48 Chevys before. I'm also a touch worried. They have reissued several old kits, like Monogram's Long John Dragster. Which I like. I hope they are not planning on dusting off and reissuing the old IMC kits. If they are, I'll be avoiding those like the plague. If they are all new kits, like their Chevys, even though I'm not overly interested in the subject, I'll consider buy at least one. Scott Aho

Maybe. But, I for one would buy at least one of each. Plus we can dream, can't we Tom? Scott Aho

Yuri, you nailed this one! It looks great. I like the use of the 442 striping on a non-hood scoop Cutlass. Have avoided buying the 442 because I'm not a big fan of the optional style scooped hood included in that kit. But, after seeing yours, I may now to buy the Supreme and the 442 to build the car I want. Scott Aho

Scott - From one Scott to another, It turned out great. I'm impressed. Very nice. Scott Aho

Ah... Builder above me stole my "Holy Smokes" quote before I could use it. So now what do I say? Other than steal his other quote, and say "Wow." Scott

Very nice. Is this the Heller kit, as Erik Smith suggested? And if not, what what scale is it? Again, you did a very nice job. Unusual model, one that in the US at least, is not see very often. I like it. Scott

Joe your latest posting has got me curious. I've build a couple of JoHan/AMT '70 Toronados over the years. Plus I have a JoHan '72 awaiting restoration. All of my Toronado kits came with Oldsmobile engines and there was no need to modify or source one from other kit. Why Ray's came with Cadillac valve covers, I don't quite understand? And why you had to modify an engine for your '67, also mystifies me? Now, JoHan was known to use parts from other kits if they fit. I remember owning a '62 JoHan Plymouth with '62 JoHan Dodge interior (or it may have been the other way around). This was fairly late in life of these kits, as tools were getting a little worn out. A reissue from sometime in the 1980's. So I could see Ray's Toronado getting an Eldorado drive train if his came from a later reissue. But, your '67 Toronado, as far as I know was only offered in '67. And the tooling for that was modified from the '66 Toronado kit. That tooling was then modified to produce the '68. Then the '69 and '70. So your '67 was made from a pretty fresh tool at the time. The Toronado in real life, and as a kit appeared for the first time as a 1966 model. The front wheel drive version of the Eldorado appeared a year later, for the 1967 model year. So JoHan's Toronado would have been tooled up first. I doubt they knew of Cadillac's plan to move the Eldorado a year later to GM's shared E body, as they were tooling up the '66 Toronado model kit and decided to give it a Cadillac motor. So why your '67 would not have had an Olds engine baffles me? Scott Aho

Sorry to say, I need to amend my latest posting here. Right away looking at photos of Renwal's Visible chassis I made one big mistake in my above comments. The Renwal chassis has no "X" member to the frame. Shows how poorly ones memory can can be. A quick look at photos, I can not tell what the chassis is based on. But, my memory of the leaf springs are correct. So it is not Buick. Scott Aho

The Renwal Visible V8 chassis is definetly not Buick. It's been a long time since I've last seen the Visible V8 chassis, and I've never owned one. But, from what I remember that chassis had leaf springs in the rear. Starting in 1938, until Buick introduced their Nova clone the Apollo in the spring of '73, all Buicks had coil springs in the rear. For that reason alone it can't be Buick. The Renwal chassis may be based on Studebaker also. The "X" frame set up looks similar to what's found on both the Lark convertibles and the Avantis. The leaf springs would match Studebaker's set up also. From having the original Renwal Visible V8 engine, I'm sure that other than the location of the generator, it's based on the Studebaker V8. I'd need to see the Renwal chassis in real life to see what how it compears to Studebaker's or others chassis. Scott Aho

I don't know if this exactly fits with topic be discussed here or not? But, does anybody know if anybody has made a model of the 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback coupe show car? Or is there a conversion kit for either the AMT or Monogram kits to convert them into the Corvair? Also how about the '54 Corvette "Waldorf" Nomad? Scott Aho