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This is also Tamiya pearl yellow but looks completely different. It's over bare plastic. Be aware though, being yellow, this paint is quite transparent and can under some circumstances have a green tint to it when used over grey primer.

Good points Mark. I must admit, I did misread Greg's post and thought he was specifically asking about the '32/'33 kits.

That was it but the roadster was out in a few more reissues, not the panel though. Possibly a couple more then pictured here..

Try this site, Les. It's pretty comprehensive. https://paintref.com/index.shtml#google_vignette

No worries. Could have gone either way. Wouldn't have been the first road legal NASCAR model built, just wondering. Great interior detail, BTW.

I don't understand any of it myself but there's a lot [mostly?] decedents of Scotts, Irish and some Welsh in Atlantic Canada and they try to keep the languages alive here as best they can.

Is this a NASCAR or street car ?

Gaelic isn't uncommon around this part of Canada but I don't know anyone who speaks it at home.

So I'm lazy. Don't let my boss know. 😉

This Revell Camaro as a set of Minilights that are almost exactly 15 mm at the rim lip. That would scale out to slightly under 14inches in 1/25. Might work for a 13 inch wheel in 1/24. As you can see they certainly look a bit too small on most 1/25 cars so maybe ???

Old tool AMT '57 Chevy has always had a nice pair of plated chrome reverse rear wheels, but, I think any suitable wheel you find will have to be modified in some way, either for backspacing or attachment, probably both.

Yea, that didn't take long to go off the rails. 🙄

It's always been a nice kit. A couple odd choices for the custom parts like that super obscure B&M fuel injection setup and the wood bed floor. Don't believe I've ever seen an Elcamino with a wood bed in real life but it's different. As for the wheels, nice to see something besides another set of Torque Thrusts. They're a nice wheel but just done to death since the late '90s. The Halibrand style would be a common choice for when the kit was originally tooled up and they're great for other applications. [hint hint 😁]

Just checked, , That's exactly what it is. 👍

Sorry to hear all that Ken but hoping this year will be a lot better.

It is and the owner is a member here but that kit isn't currently in production. I have in the past contacted Kevin and bought an interior he wasn't doing right then so ??? Here's a link to their E-bay site but maybe someone here could get you in touch with him more directly on this board. ,IIRC, his last name is Lutz [?] https://www.ebay.ca/str/Missing-Link-Resin-cast-model-cars

Missing Link did the whole car, not just the grille so they are out there. I doubt anyone's gonne just give one away though. 😉

Honestly Michael, I don't use the tags because when I come here I'm not usually searching for anything specific, just looking to be entertained by everyone's builds and maybe learn something new so I just do the "unread content" thing. Maybe there's a lot of other members in the same boat, I don't know. As for changes, I do like Les' idea of bikes with the cars and I've been an advocate of putting personal use pickups, vans and SUVs in there too as the great majority of the ones on the road now are private vehicles. [also nice for us who like to use them as hotrod and custom fodder] But I'm done tilting at that particular windmill. 😉

They're a great little kit, you can do a lot with them.

The Syclone and Typhoon were the previous generation truck. Revell makes an excellent Syclone kit in 1/25. I'd like to have a Typhoon kit too or at least a conversion body. One was done years ago when the Revell kit was new but I don't know of any being made right now. BTW, I could have bought this one for a great price about 15 years ago but had just bought a house so it wasn't in the cards. Only 228 built in black with grey lower panels. [should have bought it anyway. 😈] [the front fender markers are there because it spent some time in Japan and needed them to be legal there]

I've never seen it in person with actual paint on it Ken, it doesn't help any. BTW, you going to make the Atlantic Nationals this year Ken?

I'm with Muncie, save it as is and just get a new one. " I was a young child when I built this so it isn't the best. I am attached to this model as it was one of my first. " If you redo it, it'll not be the same. Keep it as you remember it. You may regret not keeping it.

Just checked mine. Definitely AMT Pinto.

There's a couple things I want to improve on before I repaint the truck. First is the box. The back wall wasn't exactly flat where it meets the bed. Note the "step" on the right and how it thickens out on the left. So I filed it flat. This box is from another kit but it's identical to the first one. The other issue is while this box, from one of the '84 GMCs mates up well to the newer cabs, it's a touch wide at the top and narrow at the bottom when up against the older '78 cab. While I did file it a bit at the top edges before I painted it the first time, it's still off a bit. So a quick cut down the inside corner on both sides will remedy that. I cut down about 1/2 way with a regular X-acto saw blade, pulled the top so the cuts closed and glued them with lacquer thinner. This way it not only brought the top of the box in flush with cab but also spread the bottom slightly so it now also matches. That was the first mod I wanted to make before the re-paint. There's another mod and a couple additions I want to do so me screwing up the first paintjob will have a silver lining.

Harry, Ray's Kits Decals do make a set of those if you want to go that route.