Bob Ellis

Unclescott58, you are probably right about the 63s interiors. I know that I have some with separate seats. Maybe 64, 66, 66 and 67s?

Of the annual AMT 1963-1967 Corvette kits, I believe the convertible kits had separate seats instead of a interior bucket with seats that the hartdtops had. It might be the opposite, but I'm sure not all had one piece seat/interior. The MPC 1964-1967 Corvettes were much more intricate. They had steerable wheels and separate rear axle parts. I had the 1966 when new. I don't think the fidelity of the body shape was as good as the AMT.

And who doesn't like the movie TOMMY BOY? "Oh, that sounds good! Melted chocolate inside the dash, that really ups the resale value"

Interesting Cobra. Looks like it had several lives as seen in the photos of the auction. It had no fender flares at first, then later it did. When sold in 1969, the flares were removed showing ugly scars. It would be nice to have a source of those hardtops, rather than buying a whole kit. Nice project!

This S&H Torino is good for updating other kits like the Johan 72 Torino

The '70 Charger is the Duke's Charger. You would think that the 1970 insert parts still existed? But the body has been very hacked up in the last 45 years. The Charger HEMI/440 chassis and exhaust seem to have kept originality fairly well.

Correct, Tamiya made 1/6 in stock, police and Daytona versions. A few reissues. Originally sold through MRC Corp that you had to build the chain with links.

The bottom of the MPC/Airfix engine has a different oil pan which represents the first 7400 Honda 750s out of a 1000000 serial number run. The short chain guard is the first 20,000 or so. I can't tell from the pictures well, but if the horn is on the left, it is the first 3900. The MPC kit can be no later than the first 44,000 Honda 750s. The Heller is 44,000 and later and probably the next 2000000 serial number. Honda didn't date any model years on the motorcycles until 1976. While the MPC kit could be 1969 to 1970, the Heller could be a 1970 to 1971 or even a 1972. The date of the bike was assigned by the dealer or the state when the bike was sold. After September 1969, all Hondas had a VIN tag with date of manufacture, not model year. It was possible that somebody bought a 1971 that was sold and titled as a 1972. The dealer would tell the buyer that this bike was virtually the same but would cost a little less. It is safe to say that the MPC kit is a K0 model and the Heller is a K2 but has the incorrect tail light to do a US spec bike. A clever person can revert a Heller to a K1 by painting the fork ears and modifying the seats. 750 badges on the Heller should be yellow as a K2 but are correct as a K1. Honda didn't really care about years, again, just model numbers and running production changes. That means 2 K0s or 2 K2s might be different as Honda kept changing parts. The destination country makes everything all the more confusing. Parts are changed to meet governmental and customer needs. The US DOT made Honda make changes. The Heller K2 is not American as it has a small tail light. The US version has a larger one with reflectors. Blinkers varied from country to country. In 1969 all the dealers in Pennsylvania had to exchange the yellow rear blinkers which came from Japan, to red rear blinkers. It was illegal to have yellow used in the rear. The law was changed later. If you build either kits, try to find a original or correct restored photo of a CB750. A lot of bikes are called restored, but many are wrong using the wrong parts.

It looks pretty accurate. It has several details of the very early CB750s. I was wondering if this is the same tool as the AIRFIX?

The original '63 AMT Vette had better looking wheel covers. Not sure if the Prestige issue are the same?

That makes sense. I knew that my Caprice had blackwalls.

I bought the Harts Ventura conversion parts. Very clean parts, but you must chrome.

I bought this traffic light edition Charger in the middle '70s. I was molded in whited plastic. Had no stock wheels and had hollow tires. Round2 has been opening parts of the tools and interesting parts are reappearing.

Moebius whitewall tires?

That's a good point about the wagons, AKA Paddy Wagons.

It's interesting that up until the late '60s, most police cars were 2drs.

I know Mel Torme was into model railroading. Not sure what other hobbies he had.

I imagine you can go too far, quickly

The head lights are good, I agree

Nice Mirthmobile. I have the reissue '78 and wrong grille.

Tinting makes a big difference. Much more realistic. I can't see very well, but the top of the windshield had a darker area. I am going to follow your suit when I build my Ventura.

Good choice Sovereign wheels

Porcheman, I guess you tinted the windows on the Ventura?

I just looked at the photos of my AMT and MPC Novas. Both had hatchbacks. The MPC had wipers and the AMT did not. The AMT Nova had windshield chrome curved at the top, and the MPC top and side met at 90 deg angle. Unfortunately, the above box arts look photoshoped. So, its hard to compare. The original Stock frames were different. This is a tubbed frame which is nothing like the original of either AMT or MPC.

The advice on taking GOOD photos is great advice. Nothing makes me more suspicious and turns me off from an auction than bad, fuzzy and insufficient photos. I may be able to put together some photos of the 72 TBird kit.