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Super easy fix, just sand then down to the right width.

The "new AAR Cuda" they're talking about in this thread is one that came out a few years ago, not the one that's just been released. Notice that the original post is from almost 2 years ago.

I had one started years ago. Got this far,, I guess I got in too much of a hurry and the paint all cracked on me right down to the primer, ruining it. I stripped it and re-primed it but never progressed any farther. I should start repainting it.

Here ya go Jim. https://www.ebay.com/str/hoppersbazaar/Camaro-70-73/_i.html?_storecat=9725732013

"Strippers". They were also in the AMT '72 Monte Carlo annual and the "Xstacy" Chevy van.

Looks great Phil !

Ok, gotcha. Yea, they could have spent more time and money in the box art department.

I understand they didn't have much time to build and paint the models. I generally spend more time just doing prep work before painting than they had to finish the whole model. I tried building a box art model for Model King 10 or 11 years ago. Not easy even with the time I had. Didn't matter as the kit was never reissued anyway.

I like it. Hard to find a color those Pontiacs look good in, I think you found one. Love the backdrop too.

Looks great !!

I don't think they are. The parts you're talking about come to a sharp point, not rounded off like that. Plus they have vertical ridges on them. AMT did a lot of crazy custom stuff back then .

I think I found it. Looks like it was made by a company called Teslalada. Not great detail and slightly underscale like you said but would make a cool custom like the Hotwheels "Fish'n chipper".

The thing about the Airfix kit is it has open hood. This one looks like it has an open trunk instead. Very odd.

I've never heard of one but isn't that what the blue body in these pics is?? Anyone know what exactly I'm looking at and who makes it? I've searched google and came up with nothing on 1/24 Jag 420. I know Airfix did one in 1/32 but this looks much bigger. Almost as large as the 1/25 and 1/24 bodys around it.

Great looking truck.

They both look great but I love the paint on the Camaro. I keep coming back to look at it.

Took these pics yesterday after washing a 1/2 pound of bugs off the front bumper. LOL I'm driving it weekly. It's had a trip to a local speed shop for a "tune up" and I'm down to interior and details. Still haven't gotten around to fabbing up the new rear wing yet. This is what I started with 4 years ago. , , , and as of yesterday.

NJ, Did you get the kink [or lack there of] corrected on the Elcamino Royal Knight decals?

Looks good. Seems like that bed and roof section fits the '65 better than the kit it was made for.

The suspension I used was salvaged from an old gluebomb A-Team van but the current police van has the exact same parts. They're almost the same in the 1/1 trucks. Not quite but close enough for under something like this. I was told that the real van A-arms are longer on one side because of the engine offset but the kit parts look the same length to me. It takes a bit of cutting and filling to notch out for the frame but it works. The parts I had were damaged so I made my own uprights so I got to get it as low as I could and keep the thing still looking close to stock and make it poseable. Here's a couple pics.

Hey Snake. I should have checked this thread a few hours ago. Went digging and found the hood. Good to see you already have one though. About the Riv wheels. The Astro wheels are still in the kit. The 1/1 wheels weren't aluminum, just stamped steel and plated. The Skylark wires are also in the kit. one of my favorite wheels. Oddly, the same two wheels are in the Silhouette kit but the wires are narrower so a regular size tire fits them.

I dug my old one out and it's just as you said. Exact match. I apologize for the confusion, like I said, I didn't know the chassis was part of the redo on the GTO. Too bad they didn't do a better job on the restoration.

I have a couple MPC ones finished. The black and silver was built from the '84 GMC reissue. Front suspension on that one is from an AMT Chevy van kit. I made the wheel centers. This one is the original '78 2 wheel drive kit. Lots of cutting and grinding on the chassis to get it this low. Engine is from a Revell '68 Vette.

One of the later issues. I didn't know they did a new chassis when it was restored. But then again, you didn't specify which issue. I do have a pre- mod stocker chassis but I'd have to dig for it.