Snake45

Great info, great pics, thanks for posting these!

And to this list I'd add the '71 Cuda and the '69 GTO Judge. (And the '70 Superbird, a GTX derivative.) Actually, I consider these kits to be a generation earlier than the TBird and Monte the OP is asking about. These kits, while pretty good and much appreciated at the time, all had flaws of various types. Monogram was dipping its toe in the water of classic muscle/American kits. Each was a little better than the last, but several of them don't hold up too well today. I think maybe the Monogram '65-'66 Mustang fastback series (starting with the GT350) dates closer to the last part of the decade, and that one still holds up pretty well today. To me its major flaw is it's 1/24 scale instead of 1/25 (as were all Monogram kits of the day). I could be wrong about the intro date, though. I do think the 427 Cobra dates to the era under discussion, though, no? That's a nice kit that also holds up well. How about the '69 Talladega?

You mean in width? I just checked and it's a little wider at the rear wheels than it is from there back, but I hadn't noticed it until you asked. Dunno if that's accurate or not but it's nothing that jolts the eye.

First off, what era? Retro, or modern? It would help to know the exact car you want to build. Second, why does it have to be 3D printed?

Didn't get it yet, but Sunday at the toy show I looked at a WIX '67 GTO. I was very impressed--it was beautiful! Guy wanted $50 for it, which would have been about twice as much as I've ever paid for any diecast. Couldn't talk myself into it. Just went on eBay to see what they were selling for. Saw quite a few in the $30 range (plus one at $500! ) but shipping would have put these all in the $40+ range. But found one, no box, "light wear and a few scratches, mirror missing," for just $19 including shipping. Many pics and it looked good, so I bought it. I'm currently wrapping up the Snake-Fu of a Federated '64 GTO, so this will give me diecast GTOs of '64, '65, '66, '67, and '69. Did anyone ever do a cheap diecast '70 or '71-'72?

Just got around to reading this. The trade with you was great, too! Also was just able to sneak the stuff into the house past The Lovely Mrs. Snake, and take a look at it. Was pleasantly surprised--everything was actually in better shape than I was expecting! Thanks, old friend!

Never liked anything about this car except maybe the wheels, but that said, your craftsmanship is outstanding and this is the best build of this kit I've ever seen. Nice matching display, too.

Far and away the least ugliest thing in this thread. Lose the rear set of front wheels and it would look like a halfway decent car.

Very, very nice, both! I'm gonna hafta look into those. I recently got and Snake-Fu'ed the M2 Fairlady Z (street stock). Hope to have pics and writeup up soon.

I hear ya. I want to build this car, so recently picked up a glue bomb '71 JoHan version of it; the plan is to put the Revell grille into the JoHan body and then pick the best pieces from both kits for the rest. And then I have a NIB JoHan '71 which I'll also do just to show the difference between straight OOB and a full bashed effort.

That's a clean build!

I THOUGHT it looked better than the current Revell kit.

I built one and thought it looked pretty good. More recently, Greenlight has also done a pretty decent diecast. I think I've even seen them on sale.

Very true. I was amazed to discover that they're often available at less than new retail price. You can just about have your pick of most colors, too. This applies to many of the 3G and 4G Camaros, too.

Very different and therefore interesting build. You captured the look and feel of the era pretty well. Model on!

Looks like you're off to a great start! Unlike my good friend Steve, I'm not a fan of this car. In fact, IMHO it's far and away the weirdest and ugliest of all the '64-'72 GM A bodies. (Even so, if someone did one in plastic, I'd build it just for completeness of my musclecar collection.) But I'll be watching with interest, just to see what you do with it. Interesting project for sure!

Very cool! Have never seen this one before. Thanks for sharing it!

Local toy show today. Bought a JoHan '75 Olds Cutlass, complete and unbuilt, for a VERY reasonable price, and a nicely built JoHan '69 AMX, complete and looking pretty good, for about what you'd expect to pay currently for a glue bomb on ePay. Only flaw with it is the guy filled the hole in the hood by covering with the scoop from a '70 Hemi Cuda or Challenger, which looks a bit strange. If I can get that off there, fill the hole, and repaint the hood (the guy said it was a Duplicolor metallic red, but didn't know the exact color name), it'll look great on the shelf. Pics as soon as I can sneak them into the house past The Lovely Mrs. Snake.

The chassis based, more-or-less-ish, on the Tom McEwen '65 Barracuda funny, which wasn't a wheelstander, but an attempt at a serious drag car. (IIRC it wasn't particularly successful.)

I realize this isn't of much help at this point, but it might be of interest: The original annual kit included the stock headlights. I don't think many modelers actually used them. https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/buick/amt-1966-buick-rivi/66riviera4.html#media

I have ceased to be amazed at the silly-ass things that some people (FAR too many) believe.

I think they still have it in the "little bottle" line, but not sure if it's called Bug Yellow there.

And remember, they're allowed to vote!

Thanks for letting us know.

Now I see a difference. Looks better!