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Incorrect horn location. What’s with the side exhaust and wheelie bars and fuel pumps - extra race car parts?. Half of a nine inch rear end. No rear shocks. Radiator cap in wrong location. GM like inner fender panels. That leaves the battery which could be better too.

Yes - that and providing their own 351C or 429CJ engine with an automatic transmission. ?

Very nice pair of foxes.

Agree with the other comments. Fox body Mustangs (factory stock) seem to be getting a little more respect these days. I have a few unbuilt ones as collection would not be complete without a few Mustangs from the late 70’s through the early 90’s. That first issue kit is the only one with the correct hood scoop for the. 79 Turbo Cobra.

You are correct sir. ?

Yes - we pretty much expected that all along.

Love the red paint. If Revell is listening two improvement to this kit would be decals for the hood and trunk and fender emblems and to ditch the hokey TRX tires and replace them with period Goodyear “billboard” tires.

I hear you for sure. Got the latest FSM yesterday and threw it away after flipping through the pages. Glad my leftover subscription ends soon. If Kalmbach wants to do special issues (with just cars) and they are a rehash of ones already in SA that’s fine - they will probably sell thousands and frankly it might be more useful than what we were seeing the last five years anyway from the magazine.

Very nice with all the extra effort you did. I will have to find one of those 69 Cougar kits to see if the chassis with work with the horrible chassis in the 71/73 MPC/AMT Mustangs kits.

The real one is at the Shelby Collection in Boulder. Any others are not the real 1966 Lemans 2nd place MKII.

A few I took pictures in Boulder Colorado but I could only see the exterior.

It’s a chrome they never fixed the mold for the wipers that are reversed.

I saw it this weekend in Boulder CO.

Thanks. It was so cool.

Great to see some of these builds done as I know some were stalled for quite a long time. I think I found a place I want to try to recreate a diorama. I saw some model kits I had not seen in person and of course all the amazing cars of the Shelby Collection in Boulder Colorado.

Very nice builds and guitars and the green Shelby is awesome. ? My son has taught himself how to play guitar and he got me a cowbell for Christmas since he knows I have no coordination and can’t remember the words to songs much less be able to play an instrument so he figures I could handle that at least which is probably true. Despite my lack of musical skills I have sung dozens of songs that match my vocal range and the cowbell will come in handy when my manager gets the fever for more cowbell. ? My favorites to sing are: Under the Bridge, Born to be Wild, Dirty Deeds, Light my Fire, Rebel Yell and of course Don’t fear the Reaper which he can play the solo part which is pretty hard to learn and play. I’ll stick to the model cars though for now until the band I sang with is allowed to play again after the COVID restrictions end sometime in 2021.

Thanks Ray. Yes I’d say go for it on the 427 Cobra. I paid $85 for mine and I doubt you will see another one anytime soon. I’ve see people all the time pay over $100 for 45-50 year old kits that were originally $2 and I cannot justify that when I see two or three listed all the time.

Nice list Snake but a little light on the Mustangs. ? The Cougar would be nice to see. My list would include some Fujumi GT40s, Lemans Miniatuures GT40’s, HRM Cobra Daytona Coupe, Hasegawa 427 Cobra, whatever I did not finish last year, as many Mustangs as I can and maybe some 1/43 kits too. We shall see how it goes but at some point I also need to start on at least a few 1/12 kits (72 Mustang and GT40 MKII) since in theory I will have at least 45 “extra” hours a week to build since I am no longer working. I cannot wait for my wife to ask my what I did when she gets home and I can say I worked on model cars all day. ?

Does it have those funny sized screws on the bottom? Looks like the same as one I bought off Ebay this spring but a different brand.

I went a little crazy this year buying a lot of speciality kits and diecast (several from Europe and the Far East) and somehow managed to not finish very many kits I had started on this year or earlier. Now that I officially retired I hope to get more kits built in 2021. I think I am stocked up for a few decades. Built (as pictured) I remember gluing on the side mirrors on the red Mustang II this year but not sure if I built it last year. In progress (Mustang II Cobra, 96 mystic Cobra convertible, MPC Boss 351) Bought (GT40’s from Magnifer and Lemans Miniatures, Hasegawa 427 Cobra) and some others and too many diecast to remember. ?

Does buyin 30 kits this year count but only building a few? ? Very nice models (all of them) but the Penske vette and 69 Mustang are my favorites.

I assume his father as he would have been nineteen in 1951and the article says he started AutoWorld in 1958.

Thanks for the info. Like many I still prefer paper in hand going forward for now but if there are literally dozens of previous issues that people would maybe like to pay to see online and it was impractical for a buyer to share pirated copies with friends it would be a shame to lose all that history without at least offering it digitally and saving a whole lot of mailing costs and paper. Perhaps down the road as I’m sure the #1 priority is getting issues to subscribers and retail outlets.

https://speedsport.com/sports-cars/other-sports-cars/sports-car-racer-oscar-koveleski-88/ Saw this on the race-car-models-proboards. Godspeed Oscar

I’d rather not have to do both but such is the way it is after 50 years these things still bug us. ? Here’s three versions I am glad did not make it to final production and the AMT and MPC hoods and my car (made Aug 1971) so it’s an early 1972. Yes I would agree the MPC hood got the scoop area a little better than the AMT one.