Ragtop Man

Yessir - that hood does open and when I did peek inside, the compartment looks like a good amount of thought went into the design. So, we can cross fingers for a Stovebolt or good rendition of the W-Engine.

Got to look at the buildups at the show, cautiously impressed with the table 'presence' and engraving of both the wagon and Barracuda. The wagon "X" frame was particularly well done, had to look twice to see if it was a traditional platform type. Should respond well to weathering/painting/washes. Hoping the dimensions lend themselves to bashing with the outstanding Revell '60 Impala...

Thank you - I will check that out.

I'd look at MP Firefighter as the base to build SD, just enough of the stock bits from the AMT kit to pass. Excellent 429 in the Revell 007 '71 Mustang, and not far off, either. Ansen slots for F/R might be a tougher ticket, I'm not recalling many in scale even though they were ALL over the street in the day. I'm sure someone here will know a good source.

I wasn't aware that was a thing in the late '60s. But not juding, here.

Before or after release? That will be a help, regardless. Appreicate the heads up.

Is the roadster body in there, too?

That is amazing looking - to get an incredible build out of a relatively crude kit. Nice work, and I agree 100% on the paint color! Was this mostly box stock, or did you have a lot of scratchbuilding work to get to this point?

Someone send a picture of this to Ed Sexton, here is the next box build for that kit. Fantastic job on a largely unhearlded kit!

Damn! That's the snap kit? You got everything that one had to offer, and more. Great color choice and build!

I'm a broken record on this, but, the 1/25 cars get the back of the hand, compared to the rest of the products. Moreover, I fail to understand why R2 - after going to all the trouble of the part shots on the bottom of the box - does not post those online for further study. They go to all the trouble of opening the gates to geek up the lunatic fringe, but we don't get to see what is actually there until it lands at the LHS. A few recent releases have had some remarkable bonus content, such as the '69 Galaxie XL, which now contains a good portion of the '67-'68 Galaxie XLs. Don't need to explain why that is a huge deal... That said, I'm in dumb love with the Streaker 442 - can see a few ways to crack that box - or get out the saw and have at a GTO that's just sitting there. Looking forward to seeing the setups and buildups at the DAAM show next weekend.

^^^^ THIS ^^^^ - Thank you, Tim! I will be looking this up on my DVD and bookmarking. Beyond the Charger, so many of Tim's build stories had/have great suggestions for solving the simple faults that seem to work their way into so many kits, the reviews were invaluable to me as a buy/pass guide. Well, mostly buy. Knowing there IS a way that a simple mod can take a build from 'eh' to 'Oh!' is invaluable. Tim's reviews were one of the best parts of the classic SA (with E) and other mags.

Love the look and feel of the build with the more normal tires. FWIW, there is a West Coast NASCAR page on FB, with pics from 'the day' when they were so innovative with race cars of all different types and stripes. Several Olds' and Buicks in the shots, esp the A-Body cars. The rules and purses were open enough to encourage the diversity, far less 'factory' participation that made GN a Ford/Mopar affair for a decade. Could easily do much the same with a GTO or 442 and the common Chevelles.... really cool build that I'd like to see more of.

Enjoying this build so much, what a great change of pace and a great build to do with a pedestrian kit! FWIW, there was an episode of RoadKill where the main event was a 25 lap sprint in used up CVs - hilarous. They could have called it the Donut Cup...

They pop, big time. And it shows what great kits they were that now, 60 years later, they still look like the tools were cut yesterday. Like many under-appreciated AMT Trophies, if they had never existed and were released today, we would be blown away.

The engine detail is great. Really makes the build! Will keep the window and grille in mind when it is time to get going on mine - many thanks for the heads-up.

This build is so great, it is easy to miss how much work it took to get there. It would belong in the Chrysler Museum if there was still a Chrysler, if not that, then the NHRA Museum in Pomona, CA. Super well done, the scratchbuilding is amazing.

Ditto.

More's the pity on that Pinto/V6 - the european calibration in the excellent firstgen Capri was excellent. Should have screamed... instead of burped.

Right on the money, great job!

Very sharp build, crisp as new money. The color combo is a great choice, it was not uncommon in the day to choose the light blue as the neutral color vs. a tan or parchment. This really shows the potential of the kit!

If you are a fan of this generation Mustang, run (do not walk) to your LHS for the Revell kits. Both the 351 and 429 versions are out, and both are outstanding.

Shiver me timbers, matey! That is a completley new one on me - was this a Palmer / Lindy only, or did this eventually become the MPC? I seem to recall a review stating that it had been copied so carefully, even so,e feed tags were in the same place as AMT.

Thank you for the update, need to scoop a few more to harvest for some builders. Also - are the springs still on the chrome shot?

Wait - the Lindy (ex-MPC) '40 had an opening hood? That fills my quota of "one new thing" today. Always thought it was a curbside like the '49 Mercury... Well, dang.