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The #1 wheels are Johan '77-'79 Coupe deVille.

So, This would be a 429 then? The distributor and alternator makes it look like a mid-'70s engine.

The whole engine's incorrect, not just the air cleaner. It's just the Olds engine from the Toronado with "CADILLAC" script added to the valve covers.

'70 "el Camino Grande" full size I built a few years ago. Stretched the wheelbase a little and did a lot of cutt'n and paste'n to get the proportions right.

Haven't polished it out yet but the paint is finished. It's just sitting together loose here. Definitely not going with these wheels, they just happen to be on the chassis when I got it. Haven't decided on exactly which wheels I'll go with yet.

I've been building a small stash of airliners but this is the first one I've built ,, and it took years for me to finish. Rodan kit. Pretty simple really. good for a beginner like myself. The decals were a bit of a job though. The window holes in the red line decal didn't line up so I had to cut it in sections to fit right, plus the red decals were fragile and tended to want to break apart. Luckily good old Testors flat red was a good match for touchups. Also, all the little white stars are separate decals. Took hours to apply them.

Hey Murray Hi from the Maritimes. ?

The 5.0 engine in all the Revell '32 hot rods has one of those compressors.

Sweet !! Love the color on that.

Marty, have you guys thought about offering a transkit to backdate the available Dodge van to a mid'70s version. There seems to be some interest in vans again and we know the chances of Round 2 backdating the kit are slim to none. Maybe also offer some options for it like a fender flares and air dam kit and possibly a custom tube grille front end.

Sometimes you can't. But sometimes there's slight changes made over the years or possibly the annual was molded in a unique color or there were unique parts in the original not in the reissue. For instance, annual AMT '69 Rivieras had a vinyl top, the reissues were smooth. The JoHan '69 Road Runner annuals had a correct '69 interior but the reissues had '70 interior with the hi-back seats and different sew pattern. You'd need to be more specific Carl. A lot of the reissues are direct copies of the original from the same molds so there'd be no way to tell for sure

It's not caused by too hot paint. The paint just makes it more visible.

That's exactly what Casey said, it's where the plastic meets in the mold when coming from different directions. I bet that's a nice coat of Duplicolor lacquer that you sprayed on that hood and the texturing and line wasn't there before you painted it. Every plastic kit has that somewhere, not just the new ones. It's just a matter of how the plastic interacts with the paint. A couple light coats of BIN over the primer to seal it before the color coats and that's not an issue.

2713 in 1977 and 2453 in 1978. A very rare car for the '70s.

Well, here's a shot with a little color. This thing really fought me. I've found out the hood was actually from a Blazer but it fits now. LOL Just need to spray the roof white and I'll clearcoat and polish it out.

To answer your question, yes, you can decant the paint and use it in an airbrush. I've done it many times and it usually works much better than a can. Sometimes you'll need to add a bit of thinner but not usually. and yes, depending on your experience with an airbrush, usually even a beginner with one can get better results with it than a can.

I know for a real one of these for sale that's been sitting for years. Actually still looks pretty solid and the price is very low. White with red leather . I've been seriously thinking of making it my next project car if it still runs and isn't too bad underneath. [it's been sitting on pavement]

Michael, am I correct in assuming the ad company gets paid by how many kliks the ad gets and even a klik to close the ad counts toward their payment? It's the only reason I can come up with that they keep putting ads in places they know the users obviously have no interest in the product or service in the ad.

Well, that's good then. Did you remember to get the hood and windshield too? You're gonna need them with the new body.

Yea, that's one of my pics. I can tell because I had cut the inner fenders out of the bad body I did get the new body from Lindberg along with all the associated parts such as a complete glass shot, new hood with the whole tree it came on and, IIRC a new firewall, again with all the pieces on the tree with it. They were really good about sending along the corrected parts but that was ,, what, 20 years ago or more? I wouldn't expect Round 2 to do the same. ,, and I suspect the seller knew very well the parts were bad if the box was open.

Kurt, the grille you used on your truck was a direct resin copy of the MPC grille. Nice job on that, BTW.

No doubt it was MPC but remember that Racing Champions or RC2 was in control of the company back then and several "mistakes" were made on the boxes. As I understand it. they didn't allow enough turnaround time to properly build a model for the box art and some of the builders would just send in whatever they had on their shelf that was close enough to pass as the kit in the box. Also, RC2/Racing Champions only bought Ertl to get their hands on the NASCAR licensing Ertl was holding and for the diecast end of the business. They didn't have any interest in model cars and did their bare minimum to produce them.

Looks like the BNL grille is cast from an original AMT '70 Blazer part. I had access to one a few years ago and cast a couple for myself then found out that the Blazer parts are slightly wider than the pickup parts. BUT, mine shrank a bit over the years and now fit 1/2 decent. So, be careful when mixing parts from the Blazer and pickup. The difference in width is small but noticeable. But then again, maybe not enough to bother some builders.

Sorry, no. The black '77 is a completely different tooling from the turbo birds. When the '70 came out it was even stated in the kit review in SA that it was a modified tool based on the turbo bird.

The AMT and MPC kits were completely separate and different kits Gareth. I don't think those vans were permanently changed to anything else and maybe they still can be reissued in "Sunrunner" form. My bet is though if the MPC van is reissued, it will be in 4X4 form.