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I nice "factory stock" correct wheel for the '66 Shelby would also be the Cragar G/Ts in the MPC '68 Dodge Coronet kits. That's what I have always planned to use when I build one.

'69 Dart wheelbase is 111", '69 Barracuda wheelbase is 108". Not exactly a "drop in". About 1/8" difference in 1/25 scale.

They're all the same except the bodies. Both grilles are on the chrome trees of all those kits but no stock headlights or tail lights in any of them. The 1/24 you saw was probably the old Monogram '53 BelAir. Completely different kit.

Looks great. Some nice mods going on here. 👍

OK, I gotta ask, and don't take this as putting you down or anything like that but, ,I gotta ask, What's the deal with the personal crusade about getting this particular kit reissued? You say you got yours but you even use "Please re-issue the 1971/1972 Plymouth Road Runner" as your screen name. You've been here for almost 9 years. If you had put away one buck for every day you've been here you could easily have had enough to buy a dozen sealed ones even at the prices you say they've been going for. So, seriously, what's the deal? Just , , , why? 🤨❔

I didn't have enough paint from my original batch to do the repaint so I had to mix up some more. The inner fenders are the original paint, the rest is the new batch. I think it's a pretty good match. I paid more attention to my prep work this time and added a couple details I didn't do the first time. In addition to the sunken cowl for the windshield wipers I added a lip inside the rear window opening so I can cut the glass down and mount it from the outside and will have the floor of the box separate so I can display it open to show the rear suspension etc. Going to make a couple struts from aluminum tubing to hold it up when open.

Congratulations on your creativity and problem solving skills. 👍

That has to be the old "Skip's Fiesta" reissue judging from the color. 😉 I've never had that version of the kit but it looks like it had some nice parts included in it like those Porsche Fuchs wheels.

AMT Phantom Vicky will give you a good chassis with independent front suspension but not forward slanting. It'll get you pretty close though. It's been released a few times so should be pretty easy to find.

Well Carl, lets see , , , Dropping the cowl itself wouldn't affect the hood fit. The issue will be when I add the photoetch wipers. If I don't do this the wipers may hold the hood up when it's done. The suspension wasn't bad to adapt to this application. Just had to make sure I kept it all square and symmetrical. There was some trial and error with it as would be any time you adapt parts from one kit to another. Had to adjust the placement of the rear axle a couple times for height and wheelbase but it was expected.

Name recognition pure and simple. For a lot of us the Jo-Han name is not " an old tired one that's left a bad taste in people's mouth" but one that you know while there's a %99 chance that the chassis, engine etc. is lacking you're gonna get a body that's more accurate then most of the North American stuff that's been made in the last 40 years.

That car was in the news a couple years ago. https://art-for-a-change.com/blog/2022/11/last-generation-attacks-andy-warhol-bmw.html

Just go to their website and take a pic of the 40% off any item coupon with your phone and show them the pic at the checkout. I do it whenever I buy a model there. Or just go to the website on your phone while in the store, works just fine also. Works out to about 30 bucks.

I'll be wanting to add photoetch wipers but there's not enough room between the hood and cowl as molded, so I'm dropping the cowl a little for room. First glued the firewall onto the cowl solidly just at the top edge. and cut the section out behind it flush with the back of the firewall. Then simply glued it back in slightly lower to make room for the wipers and added a thin strip across the bottom for the sheetmetal at the bottom of the glass on the real trucks. Not 100% correct to the 1/1 trucks but this truck isn't exactly "factory stock" anyway. I'm gonna let it sit for a while and trim the sheet off following the back edge of the hood before priming.

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.