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Fantastic work, Bill! Thanks for taking the time to apply your talents in this direction and share the results with us

IIRC the headlights are also undersized. They're supposed to be around .28" in diameter to match the 1:1 7" headlights.

True enough. It's actually patterned after the weaker smaller 8 inch diff for whatever reason. Great for a street rod or falcon/comet etc but not a Shelby mustang or any real hi-po application. More about the nine inch diff here...

The last mercs were made in the late spring (may) of 68... http://www.fordification.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=35331

Back to the original early seventies livery then ... the last chrome reissue was what, about ten years ago?

Great stuff, Chris!

You did such a great job with those other histories, I thought it was a natural fit They sho 'nuff got their money out of that tooling

Whoops, guess the A-team van was amt

You'll have to adapt the amt grill if you want stock. This kit has been reissued over the years in a few different themes; Hardy Boys, Charlies Angels, A-team, a yellow surf decaled version and maybe others. Lift-off roof and full custom interior. There was also a 1/16 version, the Big Bad Van. Maybe a good one for Chris to do a history on

and the 1231 '72 Chevy pickup

That's because it is a 2wd; note that there's no drive axle under the front. Another pretty pic from moebius marketing almost relating to the contents ... True, but all they have to do is look at the side pic of Mr Goldman's excellent build to see what it will look like, just like this current one. Could be they're trolling us with the incorrect box art; hard to believe a company in this era would be that out of touch Thankfully they refrained from including this unicorn from the prototype... ... and guess where the pic came from

Seems to me someone had a corrected resin boot for these but I can't find the pic. Great looking project, Mr G! Getting me closer to digging out and finishing my '70 johan 'bird to R/R conversion

Good to know... the unfortunate 'meh' attitude toward accuracy in this series of kits is disappointing. At least those who aren't salivating for another utility truck box know there's no real reason to spring for this issue as the aftermarket parts can be applied to any meob F100.

Looks a little better but they didn't dish the headlight reflector. They'll look like the monogram 65 Mustang headlights For my money, the rookie resin piece still wins Thanks Rob... would you perchance have a pic of the dash and door panel ?

It's possible you're thinking of the '80-up beams here. The dentside beams with disc brakes are a very popular and common swap on the slick and bump trucks. I've done a couple of transplants myself.

Details are great but at the expense of body envelope accuracy... not so much Not sure I'm smellin' what you're cookin' here, Roger. Having owned multiples of the slick, bump and dent 1:1 trucks, I've found that aside from earlier (pre '73) rear frame rail width and slight wheelbase differences, the cab floors, mounts and front frame rails are very close to identical from '65-'79.

And the '65 Valiant behind it

The problem actually seems to be rooted in the front fender shaping of the 1/10 master for the Revell '70, which was issued in 1/24. The body design was rescaled to 1/25 for the '69 kit; obviously the flaw wasn't seen for what it was until the '69 headlight parts were applied.

Not yet... Talked to him the other night and watched him jump climb in; grabs door and seat, braces left foot on tire and heaves himself up Reminded me of an old Dodge I saw in a parade- with front and back steering axles, he had it crabbing down the road. Jumped out and just stepped on a cleat to lift himself back up to the cab. Wish I had a pic.

Worse...

That looks great Steve. I've always preferred the '68 design over the one-piece '69 headlight doors. Interesting note on the '68 h/doors; the Beaumont parts were chromed castings vs the chevelle's stamped anodized aluminum parts.

Yessir Thanks! ... kinda thinkin' these might deserve a home on some kind of pontiac panel; either a conversion of the revell '53/'54 or maybe a '65 chevelle resin delivery with a gto front clip... hmmmm