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Falcon? I have a couple I can share. Beside the four shown here, I also have a '60 promo I rescued and restored, hidden away where it's not all that accessible.

A lovely T. I did one similar a few years back, only using the stuff that came in the box, and painted flat black. A fun and classic old kit, that like yours, builds beautifully. Very nice Tim.

It obviously stirs excitement for me. I love the common cars. The type regular people bought more of in real life. The kits you listed above Steve, are on my "want" list too. But, so was the early, 1st gen Chevy II wagon. I'm delighted to see a new version of this car in kit form. I've already ordered a curbside. And when the more detailed comes out, I'll be ordering one of those too.

I just clicked into your link above Tim. And I've even more excited by this kit than I was before. In my opinion, Round 2 has done this one right. I hope this kit is a big success, so we can see more like it in the future. If this was just a minor revamp on the old kit, I would be happy with just the one I have on order. But, after seeing the detail in the new kit, two things come to mind. It's going to be a shame building the kit as curbside. Hiding all of that great new under hood detail. Second, I'll be buying the more detailed version of the kit, when it too comes out. Normally I'm happy with just a curbside kit. But looking at what seeing of this curbside kit, I'm looking forward to seeing and building the more detailed version too. I love the UFO decals and New Mexico plates. I will be using those on my curbside build. I also like the squirrel. I have no idea of how I would use it in any of my builds. I've never found a use for any of the past animals from early 60's AMT kits. Yet I like little trinkets like that where almost always in those old kits. So I'm glad Round 2 is giving us a squirrel with this kit.

It would look pretty good stuck on runway here at the Minneapolis... I mean Lincoln airport.

Where did you get a Forbidden Planet blaster?

Thank you, gentleman.

Recently Round 2/Polar Lights brought an all new model of the Galileo Shuttlecraft from Star Trek TOS. Naturally, I had to pick one up. But, I had never built the original TOS Galileo that AMT came out with back in 1975. So I decided I wanted to build the old kit, before tackling the new one. Now, I knew ahead of time, everything that was wrong about AMT's old shuttlecraft kit. And for those reasons Round 2 has never reissued it, and instead tooled up a new one. But still it's part of Star Trek and modeling history, and I've wanting to build one since it first came out back in '75. A local St. Paul hobby shop, Scale Model Supplies, still had a couple of AMT/Ertl's last reissue in stock. Last released back in 1991. For this, the TOS 25th Anniversary, Ertl reissued the original AMT shuttle as the Galileo II and opened up the front windows. So I bought one and built it. Before anybody brings up any criticism that the colors I choose to paint this kit are all wrong. I what you to know that I know that. The kit was painted according to recommendations in the instruction sheet. Not what is prototypical, or correct for a TOS shuttlecraft. But since this kit is off in other ways, and I will be building a "correct" Polar Lights version in the future, I decided to stick with the instructions recommendations. In for a penny, in for a pound. The kit is a piece of poop. Glueing seats in, getting landing legs to stay on were a pain. But a nice coat of paint and the decals put on, it doesn't look too bad. I'm happy with the end results.

Great info on the Bond movie cars. Thanks Rex. And no need to apologize for the "information overload." I for one, love thrive this type of stuff, and find it fascinating. How this will effect my build of the new AMT kit, I'm not sure? I'll plan on building mine straight out of the box. Painting most of the chrome grille corral (frame) flat black, other than the outer edge. By the way, I'm mot seeing the point in the grille frame as shown in the instructions. It looks better than that. Again, thanks for the info Rex.

You asked for a look at the decal from this kit? Here they are below. The more I look at the way they redid the front end on this car, the better I like it. I especially like the chrome corral/board/grille surround. This should be a big improvement over any other previous '71 - '72 Mustang kit, with their the old completely chrome grille inserts.

I hope they plan on selling them over here, in the U.S. As noted before, I love air cooled Vee Dubs. And I like the early Bay Windows.

Whoops! Yeah, of course I meant March of 2021. ? But, you never know. We have seen some long delays from model manufacturers in the past. I'm still waiting for that '71 Demon 340 Round 2 claimed was on it's way. And the '50 Studebaker Ertl promised us long ago. Thankfully, I didn't have to put any money down on those two. But, Model Roundup did take my money for F-85 Cutlass. So assuming that one is really happening. And before March of 2121. I hope it's coming this March. I'm not sure I'll be around in 2121!

I just placed my preorder for the 1964 F-85 Cutlass convertible kit through Model Round-Up. They are indicating a March 2121 release. I sure hope so. I'm really looking forward to this one.

Okay, I got my AMT 007 1971 Mustang in today's mail. And I'm a little disappointed. Round 2 did very little to improve this kit over previous releases. It's still the same old MPC '71 - '73 Mustang kit we've seen many times over the years. Hood cowl vents, bad mufflers, and all. The front end has been fixed, to look more correct for a '71. Smaller front bumper and all. Though I really had to look close at that front bumper to see if it really had been changed from the bigger '73 bumper or not. They also given us the correct flat dog dishes with trim rings in place of non-factory wheel options from past kits. I'm also disappointed to see it's molded in red. Even though that's the color I plan on painting mine. Red plastic is a pain if you plan building it any other color. Sad to say, no decal options are not in the kit. Again, I plan on building mine to look like the car in Diamonds Are Forever. So it's not a problem for me. But, it would have been nice to have the optional sport stripes seen on so many '71 and '72 Mach Is. I guess one is going to have to go to Keith Marks for those. Again in general, the kit is a bit of a disappointment. It's better than the Ertl/MPC '71 Boss 351. But not by much. And it makes me anxious to see what Revell's '71 Boss 351 will look like. Yet I don't regret buying this kit. I like the box art. And the changes they made are improvements over the 1973 version they kept reissuing over the years.

In today's mail I got the new AMT 007 1971 Mustang Mach I. Other than a change to the front end, it's still same old MPC '73 Mustang kit from the past. Including the cowl vents in hood. It's an improvement over the Ertl/MPC '71 Boss 351 kit. But not by much. I'm a little disappointed.

Hands down. The worst movie I ever saw. In a theater or not. David Lynch's Eraserhead. A Sci-Fi buddy convinced me I needed see it. I'm still not sure what it was that I saw on the screen that night. By far the worst movie I've even seen. Another one that I regret paying money to see, was High Road to China, staring Tom Selleck. An Indiana Jones rip off that was just plain boring. There are others. Many listed by others here. But, Eraserhead and High Road to China are the two that rank #1 and #2 on my list. Eraserhead by far is #1.

The Pontiac 5-spoke Rally II Wheel application depends on the year. Before '69, on the full-size Pontiacs you could not get disc brakes with any other optional wheels. The disc brake setup for full-size '67 and '68 Pontiacs required and came with special wheels and wheel covers. Yet you could get Rally II Wheels with disc brakes on the '67 and '68 mid-size Pontiacs and Firebirds.

Another one I'm waiting for. I love all air-cooled V-dubs. Even 411s and 412s.

Doing a quick search online, it looks most parties agree that Pontiac 8 lug wheels came out mid-1960. And again were available through the 1968 model run on all full-size Pontiacs. In 1965 Pontiac did show off a set of 8 lugs for the '66 GTO. But with disc brakes coming soon, Pontiac decided not go through with them. This I had never heard of before. But, there are photos of them.

Through '66? Why do my official Pontiac sales manuals still list them in '67 and '68 then? I don't have any "official" Pontiac materials, other than sales brochures for '59 and '60. And nothing is mentioned about them in either brochure. I had always heard late 1960 for there first appearance. Either way, any '59 or '60 would great with them.

I'll be ordering one, as soon as it becomes available.

You are right Rick. I wonder where and how that rumor start? It's amazing how many have ran with that and a other similar stories over the years.

Paint Erasers? What are they? And how and where do you use them?

For a '60? I'd go with the 8-lugs. The most beautiful wheels ever offered by Pontiac. There is some debate if they were ever truely offered on the 1960 Pontiacs by the factory or not. They were offered on the 61's. And they look great on the '60 I've seen with them. So that's route I'd go.