StevenGuthmiller

You can always sand off the mold lines and remove the flash and polish those areas with fine polishing pads before clear coating as well. Stay away from any liquid polishes as they may interfere with the clear coats. I removed mold lines and polished out the bare plastic on this Johan 1961 Plymouth Fury without any clear coat whatsoever. What you see is just bare polished plastic. Steve

From looking at the photos that you have posted, this body appears to be quite opaque. Often white plastic can have a transparency to it that I'm not really seeing here. I say go for it. Steve

Was just over at the SA forum to post some photos of my current project and the site went down on me again right in the middle of it! Steve

Thank you for the vote of confidence Al! I will do my best. Steve

That would be sweet! Maybe add a couple of the Flintstone trans-kits as well. Steve

I ordered this issue a few days ago. It appears that it could take up to 2 weeks for delivery. Steve

First off, get ready for your post to be moved to the truck section. Second, that's a great looking combination! The Fairlanes are beautiful!! Steve

I suppose like everything else, individual stores carry different items according to demand and space. But I'll bet they would get it for you if you asked. Either that or you can always order online. Steve

If I ever build mine, off comes the top! I'll build it as a convertible. I have an AMT '60 hard top that I will most likely build before I ever dig into the Trumpeter kit. The most likely scenario will be the Trumpeter guts going into the AMT body. But that being said, I wouldn't let the inaccuracies stop me if there were no other options for a '60 Bonneville. Build on! Steve

Thank you Larry! Steve

Thanks Sam! The hood springs seem like a fairly prominent feature under the hood of these 60s Mopars, so I thought that being as I was doing all of this under hood scratch building and detailing I should try to represent them in some way. I was a little worried about how they would work out, but it came together pretty well. Steve

Thank you Snake! The wheels, tires and stance were all a pretty large consideration on this one as they were a bit of a departure from my usual factory stock build. I was pretty happy with how it all came out. Thanks again! Steve

Thank you Bill! I picked up a sheet of those inspection stickers on ebay several years ago. I don't remember who the vendor was, but they have kind of become a signature of mine for the past few years. Steve

They carry at least gray, black, white and red oxide in their sandable primer line. I buy mine at O'Reilly auto parts. Steve

Yes, I understand. Vintage kits can vary a great deal. Steve

Personally, I'm not interested. Just trying to help provide information. Steve

Just so that you are aware, the Trumpeter '60 Bonneville hard top body is pretty badly dis-proportioned. The roof is far too short and the deck is way too long. Just so there are no surprises. Steve

Like I said, I'm not much of a '71 Plymouth aficionado, but is this the kit? There is only one of this vintage that I have seen on ebay at the moment. Asking price is $80.00 from Switzerland. There are several older issues ranging from around $150.00 to $200.00. Steve

If only that would work. Let's think of it this way. There have been a lot of people wishing for a re-pop or new tool of a 1968 or '69 Dodge Coronet R/T for many years! You can see how far that has gotten us. Steve

You don't even have to clear coat the body. You can polish it just as you would paint. But if you prefer to clear coat, one the Testors clear lacquers will work just fine. Steve

Well if that's the case, there are about 200 other obsolete kits from days past that are just as worthy as this one. Do they do them all? What makes the '71 Road Runner special? I can think of about 100 other old kits I would rather see resurrected first. Steve

There are several on ebay right now. Not cheap. Looks like between $80.00 and $200.00! Steve

Let's put it this way. You are going to be much more likely seeing a '71 Road Runner from Revell than from Round 2.......and I wouldn't hold my breath. I'm not an aficionado of '71 Plymouths, but how much difference is there between the '71 Satellite and Road Runner? The Monogram Satellite is not easy to find, but it is out there, and there are likely decals and PE sets available. Steve

Okay, I stand corrected. Apparently they have the ability to produce new kits. At least one! Makes perfect sense. It always made sense to me that the Round 2 name could just as easily refer to the fact that the kits that they are offering are re-popped originals. Regardless, for the sake of this discussion, I think it's pretty unlikely that there are going to be any re-pops of the original MPC '71-'73 Road Runners. I would be extremely surprised if those molds are not pumping out '74s as we speak. Steve

That's pretty much why the company is called "Round 2". They acquired what was left of the molds from AMT, MPC, Lindberg, etc, and basically are making a living off of re-popping old kits. As far as I know, there have been no entirely new molds produced by Round 2 to date, except for the occasional added or revamped parts. I see these arguments about how simple it should be to resurrect old kits and produce brand new ones all of the time. You need to understand that it's not that simple. Producing new molds is exorbitantly expensive and if you are planning on generating one, you had better have your ducks in a row and have a very good indication of what is going to sell, and in today's market, it better be able to be offered in several variants, or you're gonna lose your *ss!! Reviving old kits if the molds are still intact is much easier, but some people seem to think that every mold ever made is just laying around somewhere waiting to be implemented again. We could only wish! The vast majority of these old molds were changed with each successive model year, so when you are looking at the Round 2 1974 Road Runner kit, you are undoubtedly looking at what became of the '71, '72 and '73 molds. They are one in the same modified over time to become the '74. You should consider yourself lucky to have the '74 as a lot of these old kits eventually took the next step of being converted into a modified stocker or funny car losing a good majority of the original stock parts completely. Likewise, a lot of these molds have either been lost or destroyed over the years. Steve