mk11
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Maybe this truck discussion would be better served over here...
... instead of here in the car discussion section.
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Smooth trades with Sledsel and Matt T. Thank you, gentlemen!
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It was just her need for control; a different kind of 'railroader'
The kind that makes single guys realize there's worse things than being alone...
That jupiter looks like a good start on what I'm thinking of. Thanks!
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Sadly though, for me to get these so cheap, someone must have dumped Dad's or Grampa's collection for pennies, or given them away. I hope whoever owned them is happy they've gone to a good home...at least for as long as I'm their caretaker.
Good to see them get to you. When dad passed a few years ago he had a pile of ho stuff, gathered over the years. The woman he married after mom passed wanted it gone asap so she could get on with her life.
My brother and I hardly had a chance to go through it before she found a buyer. Had a chance to grab a few things including this vintage rail piece...
Just have to find a 4-4-0 to set on it and decal it up to match the first CPR steamer to pull through to Vancouver in 1886.
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Definitely look a lot less goofy as a long box...
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Looks like mpc got extra mileage out the original '69 and '70 bodies, like amt did with theirs.
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you speculated the Mach Won tooling could still survive ... So glad you were right
Thanks! Me, too. Let's give the credit where it's due, to Mr Goldman for making it happen
Starting to feel like I've inadvertently opened a big can of worms here; looks like tracing the mpc kit evolution is going to be more involved than the amt '69
First, a pic of the super stocker body, looking like the amt '70.
Real car was a '69; so (speculating again) maybe the mpc '69 body became the '70 and after they did the regular '70 and the Kalitta car, they butchered it for Trickles car and did that side kickup to approximate the '69 scoop
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More Mustang forensics ...blame it on a question from Mr Khils regarding the mpc original annual I recently came into possession of .
A quick comparison of the original mpc '69 Mustang body with the 'refurbished' version post Dick Trickle's car. Redone wheel openings are nowhere near as crisp as the original.
The horizontal molding under the door was faintly replicated on the redo and extended right to the wheel openings.
Original mold was altered to make Trickle's super stocker
and then returned to stockish condition in the '80s like some of the other butchered annuals.
Not a bad job though the new body does bear evidence of the work done, like this sag in the fender bodyline...
and the grill opening; radiused nicely on the original and squared off on the reconstructed front end.
Chassis was widened slightly on the redo as well
Only thing on the chrome shots that changed were apparently the wheels and deletion of the chrome custom taillight backings.
The original body was very crisply molded and aside from the grill casting and incorrect shortened body length (in the doors), it was a nicely done car.
The refurbished ones seem to be softer styrene and are kinda fuzzy on detail, maybe due to wear on the molds. Nothing really collectible about the oft reissued available everywhere 'restored' body so don't waste a lot of money on them, save it for the early pre-Trickle issues.
Not sure which was the first boxing of the redone body, but if you look closely at the box art with the minilight wheels, you'll see they used an original body instead the newish one.
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Now you've got me curious about the potential changes
Forgot about the Trickle car.
It is indeed an original. IIRC, the tires (4 wwalls and two slicks), mags and decals were unique to the original.
I'll dig out a newer one and compare bodies. I sent a scan of the instructions to Bob at drasticplastic.
Maybe Mark could throw throw some light in here on this too.
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Thank you kindly gentlemen for responding. Too bad someone in the 3D printing business has not taken the initiative and made a correction set. I would gladly pay half the price of a kit for that. Actually.. now that I think about it, I have one of these somewhere around here. Would this be a good option?
I originally bought it for the Minilight wheels, so everything else should be there.
Turns out, despite the difference in body length, the original amt and the mpc '69 mustang body width and headlight areas are very close to identical.
With some finessing, the front of the mpc would make a vast improvement over that revell mess. The rev grill might be better to use.
You'll want to file down that goofy wide flareout and taper it inward slightly at the front to match the new headlight areas.
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Better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you're a fool than to open it and remove all doubt
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First World problems.....more of those... seeing the messing with the candy supply.
The lowney bridge mixture here was a staple for probably fifty years until hershey bought the company and destroyed the mix, taking the good stuff out and replacing it with their own junk. Ruined it enough that it looks like it's now gone entirely. Large lifesavers and the sweet story books are now gone as well as bugles; certs disappeared ten years ago.
Small stuff, I know, in light of the major upheavals going on but still a mild irk
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You're right, that's a gorgeous build
The whitewall stickers came in some of the old amt kits
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Nonsense, what is and what isn't, may be merely a matter of perspective.
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The original Testors spray Gloss Black? Good enough, amazingly, to deliver a Best of Show winning paint at a 1970s Regional MPC Contest and a top ten award in the 1979 MPC National Championship. Post-1990....my experience is that this color was extremely troublesome.
Anyone else experience this? TB
I wonder if it had something to do with the banning of certain propellants around '89 or so.
This old chevy was painted with that old testors in about '78, still gleams like a new nickel.
Never had the same results with newer paint. Just picked up another thrift store kit, loaded with a bunch of the old testors bottles and what seems like an good, almost full can of that old testors spray black.
Can't wait to try it
Be great to see them reissue the old blues and greens. Sure was disappointed to see this new aqua I had put away turn into a weeper.
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Gra(c)kles have beautiful irridescent feathers and are very gregarious.
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Booger hangers! (nose hardware)
Nothing destroys the appetite quicker than a extra-large presence in the drivethru window wearing barbells in her nasal cavity...
maybe this fad is a stealth campaign to make America healthy again?
(no, I don't actually patronize starbucks)
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What year D-Series is it ? There actually was a N.A. Mitsubishi 4 cylinder diesel as an option for '78 or '79.
Iirc, it was actually a mitsu six in the full size Dodge. The diecast in question is the former 1/18 LRE, reboxed as a regular D150 tribute to law enforcement.
I think some snowflake actually had the D50 specs in mind as the term MCA Jet was mentioned. I've owned both a '79 lre and a 2.6 powered lebaron and it seemed like they were slightly different powerplants
Interesting thing is that no one employed there had enough knowledge to catch the error before printing.
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Jesse, apparently the subtlety of where the apostrophe needs to be placed was beyond the understanding of the box top art designer...
New generation, I guess. Adults leave the room for a second and all kinds of crazy things break out in marketing
Round2 has it's issues as well with their 'whale tailed' Daytona tinned kit and the latest reissue of the large scale diecast Dodge shortbox with the fine print on the box informing us it's powered by a 4 cylinder mitsubishi engine 🤣
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Heat wave here this morning 23 degrees above, feels like a long sleeve t shirt day after a few weeks of being in the negative 30-40 temps. 😄
It's all relative, isn't it? While them suthun boys be shuddering and turnin' on the seat heaters at anything below 60, a rapid 50-60 degree turnaround (chinook) here can even inspire a topdown ragtop drive
Revell 1/25 Ford F-250, Regular Cab, Shortbox, Dualie, 4x4 kit
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The cab (shared with the Nightrider), appears slightly underscale (1/26) when compared to the amt 92-96 cab.
Ford used the same cab from 80-96.
Here's the cab compared to the 1/24 monogram
and the 87-91 and 80-86 monogram cabs compared