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That's because Revell also offered Capri kits based off this same body shell. It has the Capri IMSA style flared fenders and quarters (is that the best way to describe the Capri styling?), but also has the Mustang style flares around the wheel openings, so it's really incorrect for both, but probably easier to shave off the flares around the wheel openings and make correct Capri body contours. I have an old Capri in my stash that I got for cheap back in the day, thinking about bashing it someday with the '90 Mustang drag kit.

I will tell you from experience to definitely where gloves. I originally used Super Clean when it first came out to degrease some 1:1 car parts. I made the mistake of working for about 10 minutes in the stuff with my bare hands. Skin got pretty raw, and drew all of the oils out of my skin. Took about a week and a half to heal. If you live in cold weather climates, also make a point of storing it where it won't freeze. I made the mistake of storing my jug in my unheated garage where it went through a couple of winters. I helped my wife try to remove some paint from some craft items she had recently painted and wanted to redo. It softened and removed about half the paint on them, but never got them completely stripped the way a fresh jug would. This was plain old Krylon rattle can spray paint, which normally would be no problem. Probably a combination of many freeze/thaw cycles and age.

So did the '86 (?) Grand Prix based 2+2 (NASCAR homologation special). Pretty sure GMP440's picture was from one of those. I also remember seeing mid-to-late 70s Bonnevilles with Rally II's that were body color instead of dark gray, but with the traditional silver highlights. Think some 73-77 Grand Prix's were also equipped that way But this is all kind of academic. I get the gist of Snake's post: 99% of modelers are going to want to be painting these in the "traditional" muscle car-era color scheme.

Outstanding build! We really need a current factory stock 70-71 Cyclone in plastic again. Revell already has it halfway done with the Torino drivetrain and chassis. Really wish they'd get on the stick and make it happen. Totally off topic, diggin' the vintage gold flake Formica! Reminds me of the original 1966 vintage counters that were in my kitchen when I first bought my house. My wife didn't seem to appreciate it as much as I did... No mystery what happened to it - body got converted into a NASCAR racer. Recently reissued by Round 2 as the Donnie Allison car. Wouldn't hold my breathe ever expecting them to return it to factory stock.

Reputable sources have stated that such a car exists in 1:1. Key word is "a", as in one. As opposed to the tens of thousands of surviving Model A coupes that don't have it.

Exhibit A: the Deuce-style roof insert in the '30 Model A coupe. Exhibit B: the coil sprung 9" Ford rearend in same, instead of the much more common/traditional/popular banjo rear end with transverse leaf.

I had the same thought: the AMT '53 always looked fine to me, but the roof on the Monogram '55 looks way too flat.

All excellent, but that gold one is an absolute knockout!

Just looks right, as usual with your builds. Really like your attention to accuracy and functionality, as far as how a 1:1 would be built.

Very nice, one of the best builds of the Revell 3-window that I've seen.

Mission accomplished! Really has the look of a '60s street machine. Very good attention to detail, as well.

Very nice detailing on an unusual subject. (Also glad to see that Ol' Gray has the common courtesy to do his business in private...)

Looks odd because the lower headlights and lower grill section are cast with the front bumper. Upper headlights are cast separately (sitting to the right in my pic, above the wheels), as is the upper grille (hidden behind the front bumper in my lousy pic). Rear bumper is also upside down in my photo, which probably makes that look weird, too. My first impression was that it was a straight repop of a '66 annual, but my little bit of research isn't showing that a convertible annual was ever available. So seems like the master must have been converted from a hardtop annual. Has everything necessary for a build except wheel backs, tires, and engine.

Picked up a resin 1966 Cyclone convertible resin at a local show yesterday. Vendor didn't know the manufacturer, and a little Googling isn't giving a result, but it seems to be very good quality, complete with plated parts. Wasn't on my radar, and I'd normally prefer a hardtop, but I couldn't pass it up for the price. And it's not like we're going to be seeing a styrene '66 available again.

Beautiful. I agree, nice to see a non R/T build.

Beautiful job as usual, SFD! Always enjoy following your builds...

Beautiful job on both

Wow, I was just thinking recently that I hadn't seen him post any builds in quite a while. Never met him in person either, just really admired his work - seemed like his rod builds were always very well thought out and executed. His family has my sympathies. Here's one of his builds I especially liked:

Lousy QC on those whitewalls...

AMT did Gremlin annuals through 1976. A couple of years ago, Round 2 restored the tooling and reissued the 1976 kit, followed by the 1975. If you want to convert to the earlier "small bumper" body style, it's available in resin. The AMT Gremlins kits have a V8, but the MPC Pacer coupe and the AMT Pacer wagon each have an I6. Both were also recently reissued.

Not sure how I missed this one when it was originally posted, either. Easily the best Avanti build that I've ever seen, period!

Real nice. Cleanest build I've seen of this kit, yet.

Tulip, really like this one a lot. Just what I would want as a 1:1. Close to stock, just some tasteful and subtle improvements...

As a former owner of a 1:1 '77 Monte, you did an excellent job on this one. Looks like your 1:1 must have been a real beauty! My 1:1 was my daily driver for a few years in the mid '90s, and was about half rust by that time. Can't complain since I paid $700 and got several years of use out of it. Wanted to find a solid one for a summer car, but ended up getting a Malibu Classic instead.

Well deserved! I like your attention to the details, such as adding the correct Rally Sport badging to the fenders.