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One of these shows up at local shows occasionally...

Just came across a reference to the 'molded in red' issue. Seem to be fairly thin on the ground. The shiny red body kinda looks like a promo. Two different box logo treatments on this subject as well might interest those masters of minutiae...

Nice looking set! Thanks Tim. mike

And so it begins.... https://www.ebay.ca/itm/MPC-1978-Dodge-D100-Custom-Pickup-NEW-/333130865849?hash=item4d90259cb9 He won't have it any sooner than anyone else paying half the price... suckers line up on the left please mike

Mr Pot seems to think Mr Kettle is very black Thank you mike

Dually fenders... of course, they could probably be adapted from the amt F350 tuff truk fenders , if a caster took up the gauntlet... and it would be cool to see the '81-up cabs as well

It was sold by the Plymouth-Chrysler dealers here. Dodge dealers dealt their own cars and trucks. This paralleled GM's practice of selling Chev trucks at the chev dealers and GMC trucks at the Pontiac-Buick dealers in north america, and Ford dealers selling Ford trucks and Lincoln-Mercury dealers handling Mercury trucks in Canada (until 1968). The last year Fargos were marketed was 1972. More info on wiki and at allpar.com. mike

Now we need someone to make this decal...

The mpc sixties mustangs had the under-dash a/c faceplate that works for many sixties Ford cars. Found mainly now in the easily sourced mpc/amt '69 Mustang kit. mike

Great color combo! I think it's an earlier test shot mike

Thanks Bill! That's a beautiful piece of work. mike

Or even just the axles and suspension, as Mchook shows in his great '76 Dodge 4x4 build...

That's a very inspiring build Nice to know that it's being reissued. This has the benefit of making a ready market for resin versions of the '79 LRE and mid-70s grills to supplement that '77/'78 option. Mark, I've used masking tape to remove old decals before and a piece might work on that windshield decal. mike

Yup https://www.ebay.ca/itm/Moebius-1971-Ford-Pickup-XLT-4-DOOR-Resin-ProBuilt-Model-Truck-1-25/392247235388?hash=item5b53c1d33c:g:7QoAAOSwLtBccv9o

Couple of pics for the heck of it... … and then this 12,000 mi original '67 (with '77up hubcaps) from NY state just popped up on one of the Ford truck boards...

That looks a lot better It helps diminish that goofish 'keystone' look... as seen from the front and as the front fender line seems to actually dip at the front corner, a little finessing and build-up would improve the optics as well.

The revell mach 1 definitely has all three colors of stripe.

I scored one last summer too, at a garage sale... dang pirate soaked me a whole dollar for it Can you imagine? Here's the box art I remember seeing on the shelves...

I'll bet the story behind the molding process for the AMT '69 and '70 bodies is an interesting one... A closer look at both bodies is makin' me wonder if they didn't find a way to juggle certain elements of the body mold between the Mach 1, long-nose f/c and the '70 after all. There are similar parting lines, dimensions etc, plus the sharing of the f/c chrome shot and also the recycling of the '69 front valance in the Mach Won f/c kit (because the stock '70 retooled chassis had the front valance built in). Now, with three kits using the same '70 body - Blue Crescent and two Mach Won f/c issues, red box and blue box, taking the life of the mold into maybe the mid-seventies... is there even a glimmer of hope that the body cavity molds still survive somewhere or were they victims of a scrap drive ?

Agreed; the first pic is an accessory rad overflow jug. Otherwise, from what I can find, the washer fluid bag was standard up to '67. The jug in the third pic may be a mid-year changeover or a '68 jug retrofitted. mike

Very involved build going on here … https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235040668-ford-mustang-1964-12-convertible-116-from-the-coupe-amt-kit-the-indy-500-pace-car/ mike

Lots of work needed for that From some measuring I did a few years ago I found that the windshield needs correcting to a 40 degree angle from the 30 degrees it currently slopes. You're absolutely right, Steve; looks like that whole dang roof needs to move forward about a quarter inch. That would cure the windshield slope but those A pillars surely need some beefing up. Seems to me that the wheelbase checked out okay but I'll have to see if I can dig up the measurements I took off a 1:1 to check the other proportions. Also hoping there's a 1/18 out there somewhere that might be a good source for some better wheels/tires. mike

X2 ! Just enough rake... mike

That's a really appealing blend of the US and Canadian models. Nice work, Steve.

Be careful what you wish for …. mike