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The molds were backdated into the '70 Trans Am.

Almost every kit ever made is still out there,, It's just a matter of how bad you want it and if you're willing to pay the price.?

They used the same chassis and engine right up through '76. Also the same chrome tree was reused with the old bumpers/grilles wiped and the new ones added as necessary. Even if the body could be found in useable condition you'd still need a load of new parts created.

That's just plain cool ! I think a lot of people will miss Modelhaus for a long time.

Beautiful big cat ! ?

Fabbed up the exhaust today and painted the gas tank I made over the last week. I have to finish up the hanger and I'll alclad it over the next few days. The truck is very close to being finished. I made some inner door panels last weekend, maybe should have made them a bit wider but I think they look OK. The ejector pin marks are not as noticeable in person. The headlights are the mid-size ones from the unobtanium Revell '30 coupe hotrod but the just re-released '29 roadster has the same ones. The headlight bar is from a Revell '32 kit.

Very nice. Looks like some form of the '70s "resto rod" build style is coming back with the close to factory colors on stock bodies and other than mag style wheels. The '29 pickup I'm building right now is also in this style. Those doors certainly can be a bugger. I've come to the conclusion that I'll be gluing shut most of the ones I come across from now on.

I wouldn't feel too bad about it Craig. You did a fantastic job on that kit. Lindberg really flubbed the front of that car up. My uncle Steve owned one in almost that exact color from almost new until the early '80s so I'm very familiar with those. The front of the hood is too tall and too curved and the bumper sits too low giving the kit a kind of "pug" look. I've tried to correct mine as best I can but still haven't had the spark to start building it. The whole front end really has turned me off of the kit. Yours looks great.

What a great looking truck !! Perfect combination of paint, wheels and stance. ?

Besides the Eldorado, those two airliners are of the most interest to me on that list. The 990 was one of the fastest liners ever made. Near supersonic. Only liners faster were the Concord and it's Russian cousin. Although it's mostly a car forum, most of us build other subjects from time to time as well.

If you paint it with white enamel I guarantee it will yellow. Just get a spray can of gloss white acrylic. Or better yet, a spray can of Tamiya gloss white made for models.

Yes. I have both and they share most of the parts, including the body

Yes, I had the remains of an AMT '68 Elky left over from another project and used the bed in this.

There's a guy on e-bay selling reproductions of those decals and the red/orange/yellow '79/'80 style strips on e-bay https://www.ebay.com/sch/scalemodeldecals/m.html?item=124376558934&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

Vic's resins has both for about 50 bucks a piece but without chrome plating. IIRC, that's what my resin '69 is but I got it about 12 or 15 years ago.

Sure,,, It's factory stock you know. ?? https://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/gm_models/street/page12.html

That's quite the conversion. Nice job too. Is that the Vic's resin kit?

Just for fun. The '69 is resin and the '70 is AMT. The rest are MPC. Not shown in these pics are my white '74 hardtop and green and magenta '76s.

I have been thinking about doing just that Craig.

Just strips of decal sheet painted black. Easier than tapeing off the bed rails or painting them by hand.

Hey, no need to be sorry about it. We all like different stuff. Sometimes a cover is better than the original,,, The Crash Test Dummies cover of "Peter Pumpkinhead" ,, to me, is much better than XTC's original. But that's just me. As with models,, the world would be pretty boring if we all liked the same stuff. ?

Sorry Snake, I had to cut it off before 1/2 way. Love the original, this, not so much.

Got a little more done. It's starting to look like something now. The inside is now finished except for a shifter. I'll find something before I glue the roof on. I really should have sanded those ejector pin marks off the inside of the doors but at the time the paint was just an experiment. I didn't want to mess with it so I left it alone. I'm trying for a whitewashed stain look for the floor of the box. I did the bed rails with strips of decal sheet sprayed black. Still need to be trimmed, of cores.

This was one of the first "real kits" I had back when I was a kid. Notice I did not say "built" as you couldn't really say I had finished it. Sure had fun playing with it though. ? I'd advise attaching the head and tail light bezels, get the fit dialed in and re-prime before paint. And good luck with those doors.

Picked this up Wednesday. Time to retire the Saturn.