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Blame those on Bob Black... he's got a great reference site mike

Here's a link to the King T instructions... https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/show-rods/mpc-tognottis-t/?view=roll#10 and the Wild Dream.... https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/show-rods/mpc-wilhelms-wonder/?view=roll#6 mike

About half-way between the MPC and revell dash cluster design would be about right...

I would tend to agree with Stu regarding the proportionality of the revell body; it's always looked kinda pudgy, a little thick through the middle to me. You've nailed it, Rich. There's definitely a slight upward slope toward the middle but not as severe as the one designed into the monogram 1/10 master and passed on to all the succeeding variants. Bill's pics show part of the rest of the hot mess made of the front fenders. These views shows how they splay outwards, adding to the wonky look. The fender lines actually have a more gentle curve into the front. A little careful sanding will probably reduce the worst of this flaw.

The scale issue may make a slight difference, but the '69/'70 fenders are the same front profile in 1:1. The headlight doors bolt up to either one. mike

I guess you can't blame revell for not blowing a lot of money on the modifications to make this kit look better. Thanks, Raoul, for the confirmation of what I'd suspected looking at Bill's pics. Unfortunately that means most of the original flaws are still present, including the quarter window revell top, amt middle, mpc bottom mike

Great review, Bill. Here's the best pic I could currently find of the MCG fret for the Chevelles...

The flawed fenders were harder to see with the '70 design. I'm hoping the correction went beyond just the headlight areas. Wonder if they maybe just did a quickie fix like this....

Looks like maybe amt tooled up just the 500 and not the XLdoor panels... edit- upon closer reading of the brochure, it looks an upgrade option on the XL interior to the LTD style panels with the flow-through ventilation.

Here's a rough view of the LRE springs...

The 1:1 240/300s are identical in outward appearance anyways so you can pretend the moeb resin caster sourced six is either one 302s are also a valid engine for the F100/150 from mid-year '69 into the nineties. mike

More info here... The 360/390 was replaced in the trucks in '77 by the 351M/400 engine. Good representatives can be found in the amt '78 bronco kit as well as the ubiquitous nascar t-birds. Decent reps of the real 429/460 can be found in the revell torinos and amt 69/70 galaxies. The 240/300 six would be usable for most all '65-'79 trucks. There is now currently available a regular wheelbase longbox from MAD resin. For reasons now obscure, the amt kits all represent the extended wheelbase F350 super camper special. mike

Great art ! You can almost feel the thunder of that 421. The custom pic brings another of my favorites to mind... always loved the '50s/'60s industrial art, as well as a lot of the mcm architecture.

Was that project of Arts perhaps inspired by this? ....

… and I try to get one last tour on the old stx38 before the snow hits to chop them up so they break down easier. Why waste all those good nutrients? mike

I only had a short frame handy for the pic but you can see that the rails in the front half are near identical with slight differences in the crossmembers. The front suspension crossmember for the 4x4 has higher shock mounts.

This brought to mind a great vintage GM film...

I'm sure they'll be very close, Mike. I'll have a side by side pic for you tomorrow. mike

Wondered if anyone would catch that … talk about your 'cultural appropriation' mike

Here's one in a '75 (south American market) F100. Gorgeous truck from the Pastore Collection in Brazil.

X2! Hope revell actually took the time to get this one right. A line drawn across at the bottom of the headlights touches them all equally.

If you're really ambitious to build the '68-'72 F600, the old R&R resin '72' will supply a reasonable but not totally accurate cab to swap in behind the M/L front fenders. And if you're really, really ambitious, you could use the moeb F100 cab. However, with the upper roof structure so noticeably out of proportion, you'll have to use the amt cab roof/windshield/cowl to correct it Good luck! mike

Nice corrected amt F350 box from Mr Morgan and the new Hallmark '54 Mercury pickup

Possibly the main reason for good sales of this subject... For some reason, I find absolutely no connection or nostalgic draw between this representation and the images formed in my mind from years of reading and re-reading the old hot rod mags and attending car shows. Good thing for the forum discussions that help one look beyond the hideous color and mickey mouse headlights. Yes, I ended up with a couple mike

or Diplomats in 'Short Time'... mike