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Does anyone make photo-etched 442 emblems since Revell is only providing decals ... AGAIN!

'71: black grille, chrome headlight bezels '72: gray grille, black headlight bezels, taillights divided into 6 segments (3 over 3)

Luc, thanks for posting the photos

What a great job the Jetter brothers did to properly fix the h-a work of the original and subsequent owners.

I Got You Babe ...

Why stress over it? I'm sure you have plenty of kits to work on just like the rest of us.

The little diecast Regal T-Type looks nice, and so does the Cougar Eliminator. I've never had the '56 Ford, so I'll be getting two of those to build the regular stock hardtop and a Crown Vic. The cover art on the Avanti shows a '64 (square headlight bezels), but the box indicates a '63, which has round headlight bezels. I expect both types of bezels to be in the kit as before. There is quite a variety to suit just about everyone. I think this is the most they have ever presented in a given month.

one of the few kit boxes I saved from MPC ... I also like the Trans Am Blackbird ('77 & '78) and Trans Am 10th Anniversary (pictures stolen off of the internet)

just speculation on my part; Atlantis recently announced that the '57 Nomad release would be delayed

Geez... sorry I meant to say Atlantis and not Moebius!

Maybe Revell Moebius will decide to tool an all-new body?

It was mentioned recently on this forum that the Nomad was being delayed so more work could be done on the tooling. Getting back on topic, I think the first two Nomad boxes look decent.

I never based a kit purchase on the box art. It always came down to the subject matter. However, I did take a number of Marketing classes in college (decades ago) and packaging sells - to some extent. Round2 is doing a good job with some of the older kits by making corrections to old tooling and adding improved decal sheets. Many on the forum indicate they will buy a new release of an old kit just for the extra tires and decals. That's fine if you want to buy it to part out, but most buyers just want something that's easy to put together and has decent accuracy. I can see where the retro box art would be confusing if a person doesn't take the time to read on the box that it isn't new tooling!

I would expect a version with a '65 grille and Shelby versions, too.

I have the '65 Fastback promo, but I'll get this kit, too. It looks real nice, Steve!

Y E S to the Sprint!

I didn't want to blow up the silver picture too large, but it conveys what you just showed with the green car. Those of us with a touch screen can blow up either photo and see that once the headlight surround is painted black, the model looks spot on.

looks good to me:

Yes, there are a lot of great models in both scales. The trick is to display all of the 1/24th scale together.

I concede that some of you love this kit. Maybe if they included the Paul Revere & the Raiders Greatest Hits cd will get others to buy it?

What a wretched waste of plastic. I wonder what Barris was on to come up with this monstrosity?

Renwal is probably most famous for its 1/4 scale visible V8 model kit.

I hope Round2 will eventually do a full kit of the '64 Cyclone, which would require different emblems and removal of the side trim. The scooped hood and chromed road wheels would be a nice touch.

Too bad an '81-'88 Monte Carlo kit was never made in 1/25th scale. The T-top is a nice option and it's nice to see it return. I have the '80 promo.

I think if I was watching that movie (Grease?) I would have to walk out once that abomination of a car showed up!