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Dude, you are blowing my mind! Thanks for the tips! By the time this is over, you, me, and everyone else are going to build so many 64 Galaxies, Round 2 is gonna need to double their next run! And if you were to start a 64 Galaxie thread, you might just break the internet, heh.

This is awesome; thank you, Erik! In the Moebius wrecker thread, someone suggested adding a snowplow to the front, and many of us were like YESSSSSSSSSSSSSS While I'm prepared to buy both the wrecker AND the 72 Ranger with snowplow, this is an economical solution that will leave us with enough cash to purchase another Moebius truck kit!

Yes yes yes 128% yes, Harry! I don't think Revell sold their OG fox body to Atlantis, so hopefully this one is still around in the archives!

Awwww yisssssss, Hien! Right you are! I've never built a 64 yet, and it's a simple enough and highly versatile kit, that making a whole fleet/squadron/battalion of 'em all at once would be a really fun project! There's a model show/contest coming up in my area in a few weeks; I'll have to snatch up all the 64s I can find! I've never built multiples of a kit at once, or in rapid succession, before. Thank you, dude, for such an awesome idea. You've inspired me! Dis Gon B Gud.

GALAXIE QUEST: Amazing collection, Hien. I recently got a 64, and was leaning towards doing it in a murdered-out NASCAR version, very similar to yours. Now, I have a couple more awesome options to consider. Smooth lowrider. Ballsy AWB gasser. Can't decide which, so imma hafta get two more 64s and build all three!

Oh yes, a lot of us keep mentioning the MPC Monza; that makes me happy that I'm not the only one! I do hope it can return. IIRC, the yellow "Pro Street" version was the last one, dated 1984. I butchered it and "Hot Streak" back in the day, heh. The AMT Monza came out a few years ago in a flat box, I believe. I missed that one; was holding out for the MPC version. Let's hope!

The Stealth is a very nice kit, I built one in the mid-late 90s; red car on the box. It paired nicely alongside my Revellogram Viper. Would be nice to build this one again.

Agreed 128%, Jon. I watched a couple Dajiban docs a few years ago, and made my own, kinda sorta, using Round 2's then-new Bad Company reissue. Dodge vans rock, and I'd happily buy a kit of one of these newer 2003-ish vans and properly rice it out. And I'd happily buy a kit of an older 1976-ish van, and shag it out, baby.

Agreed, Phil! You can take a club of 40 dudes, and each one will take the same 32 Ford and take it in a totally new, different, and unexpected direction. A bunch of guys in my club bought Black Beautys, and it's exciting to see what they're going to do with 'em. One guy started opening his hood, with plans to drop a 440 in there, heh.

Hello Harry, the new box art side seems to show two 4-banger setups. Maybe these are 87 and 88 versions you're looking for?

Thank you very much Phil, I'm honoured! I had already cut away my rear skirts well before seeing your solution, and I love yours better. Once carved out, those rear wheelwells are cavernous, and I think the Revell Concept Camaro tires and wheel rings I'm using are just a pinch too small for the rear openings. Your wheels/openings, to my eye, have a flawless balance and "weight". Ingenious solution; wish I'd have thought of that! Apologies for any hijack; intended only as a sincere and timely inspiration to influence my current build, thanks!

I remember the ex-Polar Lights 65 Coronet snapper AMT released a few years back, as built by HPIGuy, 4+ years ago. Pretty sure there was a thread here about this kit, too. While I don't remember specific comments regarding the taillights, here is a screencap of the taillights in that particular kit. Full build here, for context:

Love what you've done, @fordf-100. Sick stance, colour, wheels, and overall sinister vibe. I've been working on mine off-and-on since Christmas, and I'm finally getting close to primer. While I had my heart set on flat black, you're enticing me to duplicate your colour scheme.

Thank you, @tim boyd; this looks awesome, and I want one, bad. Comparing this now to the Golden Commandos to see what is similar, and what is different!

At the risk of derailing the thread; I wonder, does anyone know why most cars, it seems, use flush or near-flush wheel designs? Me personally, I love love love deep dish designs. I like deep wheels on massive wide Firestone 500 drag slicks and stuff like that. It seems like automakers these days WANT their customers to curb rash their rims. To me, many modern wheels look shallow, anemic, and weak, like cheap plastic hubcaps. On most of my builds, I make the wheels stupid deep by offsetting them with makeshift trim rings. IMHO, nearly any wheel looks better when it's deep, but that's just me. Thoughts? (Hoonigoat build by me)

Wrecker with a plow; I've just been inception'd. And now, I might have to give it a try!

What a labour of love, @Fabrux. For years and years, I never quite understood the ability for AMT's "backdated" 70 to suddenly become a 72 again, resulting in both kits to basically be on the market at the same time. Your sleuthing is greatly appreciated, thank you. I have an unbuilt AMT 72 "Street Customs" boxing, and sprue for sprue, it is 99% identical to HPI Guy's Melba Toast and John Wick 70s: Super eager to get the OG MPC 72 SSSSSSSSSlasher. It's a great time to be in the hobby. Thanks again.

Ha ha, @niteowl7710 I missed that; good catch! I love the entire line of Lambos over the past 15 years or so, starting from about the Reventón. The C8 feels to me like it's copying what others are doing, rather than doing it's own thing, if that makes sense! Right you are, @Richard Bartrop; by the time the C9 rolls around, I'll probably be one of the first to declare the C8 is infinitely superior! Wow, I'm honoured, @Chuck Kourouklis, thank you! And yes, it's like the design team took their marching orders from focus groups of Homer Simpsons and wine aunts, heh. Agreed, the C8 is in a league all its own, and it will be interesting to see how it fits into the lineage, given a few more generations. Lastly, yes, these kits are very overdue. A lotta work went into 'em, HPI Guy's test shot looked great, and my little dude is very very excited to be getting one. Shhhh, Christmas is coming. Yes yes yes, @Chris in Berwyn ha ha that's exactly it! Lastly, as I write this, I'm staring more and more at this blue builtup, and it is starting to grow on me. I owe it to myself to give this kit a shot, and see what I can come up with!

Agreed 128%. I am utterly baffled at the eclectic design of the C8 so much that it's not even a Corvette anymore. Truly a lesser son, of greater sires. Me personally, it's a poor man's Revuelto. A sloppy, insecure, unfocussed, chaotic, disrespectful, paranoid design by committee. And part of me wants to get one anyway, just so I can restyle it my way.

The Cuda looks particularly nice; is that the same as the Hemi Under Glass, with different wheels/decals?

Agreed, @Can-Con. Way back in 94, I converted Monogram's 70 Trans Am into an Esprit. It was the first time I'd ever done body work as serious as that, and it was a challenge to get the curvature/radius of the wheel arch right on all 4 corners! Major pain to get the centre ridge down the filled-in hood scoop hole to blend in nicely. First time I hand-painted narrow whitewalls, and first time I made a vinyl roof. End product was very similar to this example:

Oh yeah, boyyyyyyyyyys! Can't wait to get my hands on one of these! of

Wow, you have eagle eyes for sure, @Luc Janssens! And right you are that the engraving in the C-pillar area was very faint, so I simply removed it rather than trying to replicate it properly. I also swapped out the kit's headlights for slightly better ones in the Silver Bullet Omni 024, and the flat black paint is kinda my thing as my eyes aren't as good as they used to be for fancy paintjobs and mega detailing! Yes, a C-pillar decal would be awesome; that's a great idea!

Excellent idea, @stavanzer. If Revell still has the molds for their wetbikes and trailer, this would make for a wicked combo, similar to their "Gone Fishin" set.

Agreed 128%, @stavanzer. A lot of these cats need serious help with marketing and graphic design. As insiders, they know what they're cooking up. They have to communicate that to us and get us fired up, inspired, and motivated to buy. NORMIE MARKETING: Relive the glory days of youth with a blast from the past of a forgotten classic that you can display on your shelf HARDCORE MARKETING: 1/25 scale, white resin, 22 pieces, chrome plated parts, vacuformed glass, vinyl tires, promo-style chassis, clear resin headlights and taillights GOD MODE MARKETING: Mockups, test shots, prototypes, builtups, 3D renders, closeups, sprue shots, box art, videos, reviews, and more And on that note, Moebius' upcoming Ford wrecker is a fine example of really good marketing. I know nothing about wreckers, but thanks to Moebius, I learned quickly, and am super stoked to get one.