Can-Con

Ya know, that '79/'80 instrument panel looks a lot like one from a VW Rabbit. ? I bet it wouldn't be too hard to do a bit of the old "cut & paste" if you had a Rabbit dash.

Nice job on the conversion. Especially the correct roof boot cover. Most people would not have got the correct shape on that. Any reason you left the top corners of the windshield squared off? Not trying to be "that guy" but I'm just curious as the rest of the car is so clean and correct.

No, looks like only SUVs in Canada to. I guess I'll not be buying a new Buick as I can't stand modern SUVs.

Rick, if your not adverse to resin, Vic's resin does one at just needs a chassis, engine and glass to complete for about 60 bucks.

You can also find the instructions here Mike. I don't see the latest versions of the kits but they haven't changed much over the years. https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/amt-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/ford/1931-1940/

I'd suggest a pair of jewelers pliers. You should be able to find a pair at Michaels or other craft stores for under 10 bucks.

I read that a few years ago a bunch of people got sick from food poisoning at a banquet. It was at a conference for food safety ,,, THAT"S ironic. ? https://www.eater.com/2014/9/25/6844271/food-poisoning-at-food-safety-conference

You mean it's unfortunate? 'Cause the only thing "ironic" in that song is she has no idea what the word actually means. ?

Actually, both the Sunbeam and Mustang kit have been reissued in 2016 shouldn't be that hard to find.

Could be the old Lindberg kit? IIRC, it was 1/20 scale. I've never seen one before aside from pics in the catalogue. BTW, Revell has a kit of the same car but with a regular V8 engine it was updated with in 1/25. This is the Wiki page on the real cars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Aerovette

There's also a really nice set in the AMT Sunbeam Tiger kit. A set in the MPC '73 Mustang kit too. Not quite as nice but easier to find.

That looks great.

I really can't remember exactly what it is. This is what I remember though,, It's the original "Nash Bridges" issue. A lot of people were saying the color on the cars was "Bahama Yellow". So I had a touch-up bottle mixed at a local auto paint shop. Nope. Way off. This was back in the early days of the internet so good info wasn't as easy to find but I did find an article on the cars that said they were supposed to be that color but it didn't look good for the camera and they had them all repainted with a color from the commercial color chart. So, I found the chart and the only color on it that it could have been was Dodge commercial "School Bus Yellow" IIRC, That's what I had mixed for it. BUT, I understand Tamiya has a color called "Camel Yellow" that's pretty close.

When I did mine, I just hogged out the headlight openings, glued in thin sheet plastic for the new, larger headlight trim and used larger lights. I think it came out OK although they are still a bit too far apart..

Excellent !! Is that frame done from scratch?

Sweet replica. You pretty well nailed that one. ???

I'd like to do the same conversion but, boy, even junkers of those MPC Broncos are getting pricey. Maybe Round 2 will reissue the Bronco in the future. I don't think it's been modded into anything else.

How so? It has all the wheel opening flares, the shaker hood, the rear spoiler, etc. The decals are missing the "Trans Am" lettering because of licensing issues. What exactly is missing?

OK, yea. It does say that it has both doesn't it. ,,, but it doesn't have the Pro Street parts. If you read the side of the box it has on it "Racing Champions" That says it all. They wouldn't know if it's a car or a truck or an airplane in the box. ?

BUT, referencing the old posts ,, I do seem to remember some of the kits having the wrong parts in them. Wrong chrome tree, wrong year hood, that kind of thing.

I can't actually see the auctions as you've posted it, I had to search for the auction numbers so it might be a different kit I'm looking at. It would be helpful if you could go back to the auctions and post what's in the address bar at the top of your page so I know I have the right ones But from what I've seen, none of those RR or GTX kits have been issued with both the pro street and stock parts. The stock kit does come with a set of very out of fashion wheels and some hop up parts for the engine though ,, but not the wide rear tires or pro street chassis parts.

Looks great Gareth. It just shows how a little extra work can make all the difference with these old kits.

I'm guilty of that myself from time to time.

They're both the same kit and can't be built stock ,, and both way overpriced.

Yea, that kit's completely unbuildable. ? Whatever happened to removing flash and seam lines being one of the normal first steps to building a model? I wonder of the person who posted that pic even heard of removing seam lines? ?