Mark

That car was a Dodge Challenger as I recall. There may have been a 1/18 scale diecast of that specific car, but no 1/25 scale kit. Slixx may have made a decal sheet for it, if so then an MPC Challenger funny car kit could be used as a starting point to build one.

The Round 2 AMT '68 Camaro Z/28 may have side marker light decals.

I haven't used that specific brand, but do use another similar product. It looks like slightly thickened Elmer's glue, which I have also used. Any of these should peel right away when you separate the parts.

I have never seen a '63 in any scale, resin or otherwise. If (big "if") anyone would attempt a kit, it would probably be a '66 IMO. The center section of the Dart body (windshield, cowl, doors) looks pretty much the same as a '66 Barracuda. For the rest, you'd have to piece it together from sections of other car bodies, with a lot of epoxy putty thrown in.

I have seen a '65 two-door hardtop. I'm pretty sure it was R&R Vacuum Craft, so there is a chance that it was copied off of someone else's body. Long out of production either way.

Might need Maxwell's Silver Hammer to persuade some of the parts to fit better...

AMT kits from that era do sometimes have vague parts fit issues. Throw in the fact that it is a VW (unusual subject matter for AMT back then). It is what it is.

You'll need the 429 engine from either of the Revell '70 Torinos, or the coming Mach I version of their '71 Mustang.

There was a '70 kit, coupe only however. The last convertible kit was the '68.

With assembly plants near DC and many state capitals. May as well put them near the "resources"...

One kid in the eighth grade brought in a pair of those X-ray glasses. We never saw a bunch of girls scatter that quickly...

Latest info on the HAMB (thread about HOT ROD soon going quarterly) is that the next issue of Rodders' Journal is currently at the printer.

The El Camino wheels are identified as Fenton RTs on the original Street Rods series box.

The wheels in the newer issues (1975 or so until now) are either Fentons or E-T. The original Street Rods series box (the one Round 2 used the artwork from for the latest issue) might specify which. I've got every issue of the El Camino, I'll take a look at that one later today. I had a 1:1 set of the E-T version of that wheel. One piece cast aluminum, "bolt" detail was recessed and cast as part of the wheel. I'd imagine the Fenton version was similar. Neither wheel was any lightweight, but still better than the Cragar Street Super Trick which was (like most other Cragar Street wheels) a cast aluminum center with a steel outer rim. Theirs was chrome plated, but again like their other wheels Cragar never did find the handle when it came to chrome plating aluminum.

Okey didn't buy the company, only tooling and (some) leftover stock. For all we know, the original Jo-Han company could still be in business under some other name, producing some unknown (to us) product or service. Okey's operation is Johan (no hyphen), the other one is hyphenated as was the original company's name.

The beads that look like metal fittings won't be at Hobby Lobby or Michael's. Michael's used to carry plastic #11 (11/0 in jewelry parlance) beads that had a .030" hole. That particular brand seems to be unavailable now, though you might turn up something similar (or old stock) online. The metallic looking beads I have found online (check eBay) are: 8/0; 1/10" (10 per inch for the jewelry folks), .050" hole. 10/0; 15 per inch, .036" hole which corresponds to Beadalon .036" braided wire. 11/0; 19 per inch, .030" hole which corresponds to Beadalon .030" braided wire. 15/0; 22 per inch, .024" hole which corresponds to Beadalon .024" braided wire. The Beadalon brand braided wire is commonly available at craft stores, the beads will be found online. Do a good search, as they are available in a variety of colors. You'll find something you like that won't have to be painted, or that you can tint with colors to get an anodized look.

But if they could 3D print it, it could be done faster...

The Belvedere isn't 100% stock as the box art would have you believe. I'm 99% certain it has the lightweight seats, not sure which engine setup it has though.

One-shot for Model King. X number were made, that's it unless they decide to do another run.

In all except a handful of cases, hardtops and convertibles had one windshield, sedans and wagons had another that was slightly taller.

The black squirrels are a variation on the Eastern Grey squirrel. The black ones are claimed to be able to withstand somewhat lower temperatures than the greys.

Which issue of the kit do you have? The early (Lindberg) issues probably don't have them, but the newest Round 2 (AMT) issue might. I'm not aware of any being sold separately.

The Sunliner/Starliner script deal also applies to the '60 annual kits, except that hardtops can have either script. What probably happened was, kit production alternated between hardtop and convertible a couple of times, with the script being recut on the body tooling's side slides each time (except once, until the error was detected). I've got hardtops in both versions.

The '61 Sunliner and Starliner were variations on the same tool; a couple of inserts got changed and the convertible became a hardtop. I believe the Starliner hardtop body has Sunliner script on the front fenders.

Did the Polar Lights '64 GTO convertible include a raised top?