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Started back in July of 2015, work has been delayed because of a basement renovation that is taking forever. Painted Tamiya TS-51 blue with clear coat, with an interior painted with Tamiya silver. I saw a picture of a 1:1 done this way and really liked it. This will have the luggage rack from an AMT 71 Corvette kit on it. Engine choice will be the totaly inappropriate Kit engine (454 big block). Thanks for looking and all comments are welcomed :-)

Started back in December of 2015, work has been delayed because of a basement renovation that is taking forever. Painted Tamiya Metallic blue with clear coat, I'm not sure what the interior color is going to be. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcomed :-)

My take on the 93 Corvette black widow. This will be "inspired" by the 40th anniversary car since I do not want to spend the money on getting the proper GM maroon color, I painted it with Testors Mythical Maroon and did the interior in Tamiya maroon interior. I have a Model Car Garage Photo-etch set for the 40th anniversary badges. This was started back in February 2015 and I was doing pretty good progress on it until I had to disassemble my work space for some basement work (which is still not done!) I'm hoping I can get back to it in December. I still need to hit the interior with some dull coat and I might try and find some maroon flocking for the carpet area. I really wish I had decals for the engine though! Hand painted, I might try to clean up the red some more. Boring frame shot :-) Thanks and any comments are welcomed :-)

Built back in the 1982 to 1984 era. I liked this one! In fact, I liked it so much I got a sealed kit from ebay a few years ago to redo it. Painted Testors' White enamel with a black interior. I made a custom twin turbo intake system for it :-) Pictures of the sealed kit I have. Thanks for looking :-)

Here is the one I built back in 1984. I painted Tit estors Metallic Burgendy, I primered the blue plastic with flat white. This was just a fun little model I put together over the course of about two or three days, I forget which now. A simple build but looks pretty good, even after 32 years! This is one time I wish the tail lights were molded in clear! I did what I could with Testors' enamels over the red lenses though. It looks like I had the MPC 69 Firebird kit handy, since I took the wheels and side pipes from it :-) I do not know why I put the spoiler stripe on the wrong side. I guess I thought it would look better that way. I have to put the exhaust pipe back on from the front of the turbo, I seemed to have lost that part. A strange looking turbo, the turbo "bolts" to the intake and the carb sets off to the side with the exhaust pipes running together and then going into the back side of the turbo. Not much done on the frame, just painted flat black. I do have a pipe that goes between the side pipes and will match to the exhaust pipe that comes from the turbo whenever I find/make one. Thanks for joining me on this walk back into time :-)

Box isn't in as good of shape as the 92 was :-) Nothing is wrong with the kit, I just didn't have the frame in right. The instruction sheet. I'm using this kit for the frame and engine. Thanks for looking!

That is a cool looking set of Camaros!

Yes, you are right, the 82 does not have the lower body skirts or the rear wing. I'm not sure when they were included in the kit but otherwise, everything else would be the same. Here is a picture of the 82 I built back in 84.

Pictures would be appreciated! Thanks I have the MPC 1982 version of this kit and I do believe it is an exact same copy of this one except for the wheels, decals, and the stock injection system. So you could basically get any of the 1982 to 1992 MPC/AMT kits that are out there and use these pics as a reference.

A couple of weeks ago I managed to get this kit from Evil-Bay & thought I'd share the contents. When I got the kit it was still sealed :-) so I just had to smell that smog laced 1992 air that was in the box :-) The box cover models look really good, I give kudos to the person(s) who built them. One side showing the red "custom" version and 2 of the 3 engine options.. The other side giving the specs of the car and kit. Cool huh? The sheet is not too bad, two sets of stripes in red and black, the trunk lid "25th anniversary" decal, and some under hood markings. Not to shabby although I wish they had included a dash decal as well. The stock wheels are molded closed, so I'm going to have to open up those slots by sanding down the back of them. A pretty good set of Goodyear tires. The only bad place on the body after a quick examination. Shouldn't be too hard to fix. One of the better small blocks AMT/MPC made, lots of detail and separate parts :-) The funky "O Ring" equipped exhaust manifolds are for the turbo installation. Yes, they were still putting on a single exhaust system on Camaros in 92! Roll cage & car phone! Remember those? A fairly decently detailed suspension system with pose-able front wheels, cool! To do the nose right, I should cut out the driving lights and open those slots up. Not sure if I will or not though. Some choice selections from the instructions. The basic engine assembly, here you choose which intake to use. We can't forget that radar detector now can we? Cool place for the car phone. Thanks for joining me in this trip down memory lane :-)

Okay, my bad. I am not as familiar with the earlier issues of this kit.

The "original" rims are a set of baby moons that go on the open rims that are included in the kits. I think the one below had this tree not chromed, so the baby moons, exhaust pipes, custom steering wheel, and fuel injection tubes were white plastic.

I just happen to have an original AMT 57 Ford kit. Here is what was included in it. From what I understand, the box art of the one shown on Round2s website was the LAST version to have all the custom parts in it. We shall see if Round2 was able to restore it all.

Of the ones I have had (trucks, street rods, muscle cars), the kits included were the actual kits with all the trimmings.

The "AMT" 75 Corvette is the very same kit as the MPC "75 Corvette Convertible" kit with the yellow car on the box cover. The "new" Retro MPC 75 Corvette kit is an updated version of both of these kits although from the pictures I have seen, the "working front suspension" cannot be used because this kit is missing the correct type of spindles. What is included in the kit are the spindles and front lower control arms of the 78 and later kits. So while the springs and chromed lower control arms are good if you need them for a 75 or earlier kit, they can't be used in the current kit the way it comes from the factory. There is on of these AMT 75 50th anniversary kits on ebay right now with a picture of the contents and they look exactly the same as the older MPC 75 Corvette.

It's not just the shallow interior that stops me from building this kit. It is the "squashed" look of the engine, and the shorter height of the body as well. Lindberg compromised the whole kit by making it's height shorter than other kits. You can really tell the difference when you compare the Lindberg 409 to either a Revell or AMT 409. I have three of these (2 hardtops and a convertible) in various stages of assembly and just can't bring myself to complete them. Revell 1965 396, Revell 1966 396, Revell 1960 409, Lindberg 1961 409

And now a link to the GP MT Test of the 1965 Grand Prix

I think the reason why AMT originally included the road test equipment in the kit was because the complete Pontiac lineup of 1965 was voted Motor Trend's car of the year. Here is a link to the MT Road test of a 65 Bonneville Pontiac Bonneville Road Test

A slight problem with the new "MPC" Corvette Roadster issue. I inspected some photos of the box contents and it the spindles are missing the "hooks" at the end of the mounting pins. The original spindles had mounting pins that were longer and had a hook at the end to fit into the grooved notches on the upper and lower A-arms. While the kit has the separate chromed lower A-arms, springs, and center frame locking part, the spindles are those from the later issued kits that did not have the operating suspension. Luckily Round2 included the combined lower A-arm and spring assembly on one of the trees. It is on the tree with the catalytic converters. In the picture below you can see the hooks that I am referring too. The next picture shows the none working suspension front suspension. I also see the frame mounting tabs for the tow bar, but not the A frame for it. The rally gauge cluster that mounts on the dash is there and also the racing helmet, plus a four point roll bar. Also included at no extra expense is the funky small block style fuel injection system on the chrome tree along with the single 4bbl & tri-power intake plus the "good" bag of snakes side pipes. There are two sets of "rotors" included, one on the chrome tree (like the original early MPC Corvette kits) and 1 set on the white plastic tree that has the catalytic converters. I like the expanded decal sheet but would have liked to of had some gauge decals on it. So, kind of kudos to Round2 for this kit with the metal springs and metal injector stacks (there is also a set of plastic ones on the chrome tree). The original hooked spindle molds were probably modified a long time ago to remove the hooks and convert it to just a pose-able front end that (I think started with the 1976 version) but it's sad that Round2 is advertising a working front suspension when OOB it is not possible without modifying the spindles. A task that any reasonably talented modeler can accomplish if they wanted.

Thank you all for the nice complements on my Del Rio!!! A couple more photos.

Hey, that looks killer! Yeah, I knew the duel air cleaners were not stock & the chromed 56 unit wasn't accurate. Since I did not want to build one I just went with what came in the Tudor kit. Love your engine and exhaust manifolds, they look real.

Started in September 10, 2015. Completed April 2, 2016. Painted Tamiya Light gun metal. Intake system from Revell 57 Ford Tudor, wheels from AMT 36 Ford, tires are from an AMT parts pack tire package. Interior is Tamiya German gray, Medium gray, and sky gray. Steering wheel is from AMT 57 Ford Fairlane 500 kit. License plate decals are from Revell 57 Ford Tudor kit. This color is suppose to replicate the special paint that was available from Ford in mid 57 on the Thunderbirds. Thanks for looking.

Very neat! Love these Itasha cars! I've two built and have a few more in the stash. None of the Good Smile racing ones though, all of mine are the street car versions. Those decals are awesome! Great Job!

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The decals came in the kit. Here is a picture of the kit box.