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  1. Bob Ellis
    as long as it looks good in the end, who cares how it is done
  2. Bob Ellis
    Whittling out the turn signal area would seem to be the biggest problem
  3. Bob Ellis
    Probably texting . That is what I saw in a Bejing factory
  4. Bob Ellis
    The AMT 1970-1973 kits and MPC 1970 Camaro Super Hugger are wanted because of full bumpersThe MPC bodies appear a bit narrow.
  5. Bob Ellis
    The original was AMT- Originally a 1970 and was udated until 1977 or 1978. ERTL replaced the 1970 nose in the late 80s
  6. Bob Ellis
    The little Westcraft looks reminds me of tose little hydroplane boats the people used to build themselves .
  7. Bob Ellis
    NOt evry kit is what we want; That is why we modify them.
  8. Bob Ellis
    I had a Gran Torino Sport
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  10. Bob Ellis
    The Lindberg is really a Palmer Scale Models kit ( Quasi 1970 mixed up with a 1971) The heritage of any kit matters . Complaints from an AMT/ERTL 1970 Z28 lead to the promo like AMT kit
  11. Bob Ellis
    My 1972 Torino Sport had a bench seat with a high back instead of head rests. Revell kit is different. I am not sure that 1974 had crank rear quarter window?
  12. Bob Ellis
    The resin rear quarter windows are too tall
  13. Bob Ellis
    Casting looks okay, flash seems thin enough that an Xacto knife will break it. Also,no pin holes that I can see.
  14. Bob Ellis
    I remember a lot of 1964-5 GTOS and Chevelles in 1971 year races. Norwood raceway in Norwood , MA Profuse smell of Castrol oil in the air
  15. Bob Ellis
    West craft was a real 1:1 product of AMT . I suspect the name is based on West Gallogly, the lawyer who started AMT in 1948. He had friends at Ford who supported his business Alumiun Metal Toys.
  16. Bob Ellis
    The chevy v6 was .75X350 much bigger engine. I was thing of cutting a 1965 Riviera V8 to 75% problem is it's a nailhead the AMT ERTL Somona has the 4.3 V6 not 231ci and it's a tuned port
  17. Bob Ellis
    AMT used this sparate fender body for the 1972 Pontiac Ventura, Novacaine funny car, and the stock 1972 Nova. One body fits all , differrent front fenders
  18. Bob Ellis
    The old AMT and MPC kits are promo based which means they lack in chassis details.Most of the AMT 1970s kits (Camaro, Mustang TBIrd, Torino LTD/Galaxie) were more like promo design than kit design
  19. Bob Ellis
    The metric transmission failure for me was like this. You come to a stop. Then step on the gas and you feel like somebody hit you from the rear when it starts to work 1st transmission 30,000 2nd 30,000. who makes a 1/25 231 V6 Buick enginethat I can use for this model?
  20. Bob Ellis
    The days of 1/8 mile oval tracks.
  21. Bob Ellis
    Those chrome wheels and paint look great together.
  22. Bob Ellis
    The color is great!
  23. Bob Ellis
    The Citation had an E475 engine. I believe that was the torque value.
  24. Bob Ellis
    The light metric auto-transmissions and bad radiators made 200, 000 miles impossible
  25. Bob Ellis
    WestCraft was a real AMT 1:1 product,
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