Mark

Doesn't JETS stand for "just end the season"?

Buick stayed with the X ("cruciform") frame for its fullsize cars through '64.

My Galaxie "Daytona Sportsman" kit still has the separate clear piece for the headlights, and the grille is unchanged from the annual kit. The battery box and associated parts for the working lights are not included however.

There are two AMT '64 Galaxies. The promo model was issued as a Craftsman series kit, Blueprinter mail order kit, retro promo, Pro Shop kit, Millennium series kit, and Model King kit (all curbside, stock only). The 3 in 1 annual kit was reissued once, then converted to the Modified Stocker.

The '60 frame is an entirely different style.

Every Buick car ever built had overhead valves. David Buick did build a couple of side-valve (flathead) engines, but those predated the car. One very low production small truck built by Buick also had a flathead, but no Buick car ever had one. Only a couple of Chevrolets were built without overhead valves, including the Type C (the one SMP made the promotional model of). That one was a T-head straight six (valves in the block, on opposite sides of the cylinder). The Stutz Bearcat had a T-head engine also.

I had one of these kits when first issued. I don't recall a piece of acetate for the windshield; my kit had a molded styrene half-windshield with no screen engraving. A couple of the other kits in the series had a half-windshield. I wondered if something like that was actually done. I've got a couple of junker bodies. One might give up its cowl area to an altered wheelbase body. One thing AMT did on eight of the nine kits in the series was to remove the windshield wiper detail from the cowl. They did a great job on that!

Like the AMT altered wheelbase funny car this kit is derived from (and the Nova/'63 Tempest which have a similar engine), this "rat motor" is on the smallish side. The BBC in the '60/'61 Ranchero kit (which is the '66 Impala engine) fills the hole a bit better. The Modified Stocker kits (all nine of them) were first issued in 1971. The two Chevies (Chevelle, '66 Impala) stayed in the catalog the longest, through '74 if I remember right. The '66 Skylark made the quickest exit.

Whatever it is, a quick blast followed up by a smell test will clear things up for those with a decent amount of spray can experience. It might be a relatively "hot" enamel, as most other Krylon sprays are. Whatever it is, these and the Testors craft sprays have some interesting looking colors that bear closer examination. As for the old Testors "enamels", I have heard those would be more accurately described as tinted varnish. Not sure if that is true, I'm no paint expert.

The Pinto is the same basic kit as the stock one released earlier, but this issue has optional parts that the first one did not include.

I'd concentrate on the interior first, engine compartment second, chassis last. It's not like the Wildcat had anything revolutionary or ground-breaking under there...coil spring suspension front and rear, dual exhaust, gas tank behind the rear axle...pretty ordinary stuff. If you do want the chassis detail, best bet might be a Revell '66 Impala but you would need to stretch it. The '65 has the same chassis, but the '66 might be a better starting point for a new interior with vertical side panels and no convertible top "dog legs" at the rear...

Patience, grasshopper...if the tool is intact (and it is) you will see it again at some point...

Hating to fix things makes sense. You're doing a bunch of work, and end up back at square one with nothing to really show for it. It's still worth it though.

Under the sink drain is usually pretty easy, a good project to get your feet wet (so to speak) with plumbing, as the drain isn't under pressure. Maybe do some checking online or buy a basic home repairs book, get the right tools (you'll need them again in the future), and have at it. You'll never waste your time by learning how to do something.

Let me guess: "upstairs bathroom?"

I'm not up on which colors are or aren't available anymore as I haven't used these paints yet. But I'd be surprised if this line went away, because it's in several craft and hardware store chains, with little competition. I have seen a Testors craft line with some interesting colors, in the same price range as the Krylon Short Cuts line. But I've only seen those in a couple of stores so far.

Where on the website is it mentioned that the line has been discontinued?

Make it a Delorean and you've got a deal...

I wonder if that isn't a non-stock starter setup...the engine pictured does have an alternator also...

If you can find a Monogram or Revell '65 convertible kit, it will have the 409 engine and associated components that differ from the 396 pieces. Swap the parts between the two kits, and you'll have a 409 hardtop and a 396 convertible.

I'd bet that the convertible version is designed into the new kit, and will eventually be issued. If they had issued it first, of course there would be people asking about the coupe...

Bet that 1/12 scale 300SL is the old Renwal hot mess. The box art on that Cobra makes it look more accurate than it is. The kit body hasn't got those flares. With the XK-E being 1/24 scale new tooling, I wonder if the Aurora and Revell 1/25 tools didn't get dumped off to Atlantis...

It's a 396. The convertible kit does have a 409, but the hardtop kits (every issue) have had the 396.

All of the AMT Toronado kits ('67, '68, '70) were produced by Jo-Han. The two companies sold a number of kits via this arrangement between late 1966 and 1975. MPC produced 1967 and 1968 Toronado kits also. Though similar in design to the Jo-Han kits, these were produced by MPC from different tooling than Jo-Han's.

Never say everywhere, but probably at most places that carry other Krylon product lines. I've found the Short Cuts spray cans at craft stores (Michael's, Hobby Lobby) as well as at a couple of local hardware stores. There was a Short Cuts bottled paint line, not sure if the bottled paints are still available. Depending on the color, some of the bottled paints were enamel but a few were lacquer. This was noted in the fine print on the label on each bottle. I wonder if this could be true of the spray cans also.