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I REALLY don't like those things.

I see some here saying that it should be relatively easy to fix the chopped top on the Nova, as it just means removing material from the mold BUT,, they seem to forget that material would need to be added to the inner part of the mold to make up for the added height of the roof. If not, the roof panel would be very thick and the window openings couldn't be made correctly.

That's cool. I had a 1/1 '70 Skylark Custom cvt. a lifetime ago. Here's a tip most people miss,, across the top of the windshield frame is actually covered in vinyl. The same material and color as the rest of the upholstery. Only the stainless trim right at the top of the glass should be bright.

Oh, I never thought of that one. Now I'm wondering if the difference in the buggy kits might just be a matter of swapping out parts tree inserts for different body parts?

Jon, what on earth is "candy silver"? I've never heard of such a thing.

If you mean the Barris T Buggy, that's what I had thought too but someone pointed out to me that the Barris kit was MPC and this one is AMT. And, as you know, they were separate companies at the time so probably not.

Too cool !! This is one I hope gets reissued.

Can I get a "Harrumph" for this man? !! ?

Beautiful, love the paint. Is this a diecast kit or plastic?

Yes, it did. I had that kit in an Ertl box in '79 or '80. Long before AMT had anything to do with Ertl. Same as the box shown, just had "Ertl" on it instead of "AMT".

Dude, Do you really need a stock 1/25 Mustang II/Pinto front suspension? If so. Again, It's in the Beatnik Bandit II kit. Bone stock as they came from the factory. Resin is the new "parts packs" The only difference between working with resin and styrene plastic is the glue you use.

Very sharp looking.

I also found it interesting that they swooned over kits that a lot of us , like Steve, Dave and I wouldn't look twice at yet treated the really rare , desirable kits like the early '60s original annuals like they just came off the Walmart shelf. ?

I remember that too Tom. IIRC, he did one in flat black too right? I remember giving him tips on doing a factory style light green/blue tint for the windshields.

That's no doubt why he kept posting pics of his daughter after almost everyone told him to stop. Tom's told me he's tried to ban him several times but he keeps finding a way to get around it. Said he even posted as a female for a time.

Pretty sweet Joe. You're making me want to dig out my old Revell Bora. ?

Careful lads, the "Social Justice Warriors" over at the BBC will be coming for ya.❄️??,,,?

Back soon after the SA forum was created, I ran into someone who I'm pretty sure was one of the Van Halen brothers. I've never ran across him again since but from our conversation I'm pretty sure it was one of them.

They're copies of the AMT and MPC kit parts so they're 1/25. But the price does seem a touch high.

hoppersbazaar on E-bay has a couple resin 2nd gen Camaro grills.

That looks great !!

There was a promo made. I don't think there was a kit but I'm not sure.

I didn't have the prestige issue. Couldn't justify buying it at the higher price when I already had a couple of the countdown cars. But, yes, what I'd be more interested in would be the second set of custom parts.

Nice batch of Mercs there Phil. I've been thinking about doing a Sam Barris style Merc for a while now but just haven't gotten around to it. In the meantime, here's a Merc I built maybe 25 years ago. I had dubbed it the "Jade Idol II" at the time but another 1/1 custom '57 Ford was built that now uses the name.

I wonder if they're restoring any of the lost custom parts in the Bonneville? I see the rear seat cover called out on the pic, that hasn't been in the kit since at least before the "countdown series" reissue in the '70s.