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Yea, they made copies of the MPC Challenger, Mustang and Corvette back in the early '70s and boxed them as "PSM" kits. They also did the '40 Ford coupe that Lindberg has reissued a few times but they never released it themselves back then. It was never released until Lindberg got ahold of it in the early '90s. The body really isn't that bad, no worse than the MPC that they copied it from. The tail lights could use some work though, I think.

For comparison, here's my unrestored MPC '74. Pretty well identical to thier '72. Note the separate grille and chromed surround and taller tail lights.

What you have there Phillip, are two Lindberg Challengers, They were PSM [Palmer] kits, not MPC but it's said that they were copied from the MPC kits.

I hope you do that headlight treatment on the model. It's a really cool look.

I understand the company that did the conversions made 6 of them.

Kinda like a '53 Hudson or a '56 Chrysler, right?

All those parts are in the "Miami Vice" Daytona kit.

That's just fabulous Izzy.

Here's a pic of my old "Frankenstein" compressor. I got it third hand and used it for almost 15 years. I don't know how long it existed before I got it but I do know it was built by a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter mechanic. That little air switch on the left is to dump excess air pressure. I's the windshield wiper switch form something, some sort of APC, IIRC. The silver thing behind the pressure gauge was a moisture trap. I've had to clean the oil out of it a couple times over the years but it was no big deal. And an old air tank for storage. Only thing it didn't have was an automatic pressure switch. I had a Christmas tree light remote control hooked to it to turn it on and off. I've had it run up to around 80 or 90 PSi before a hose blew off. I kept it hid back in a corner under some boxes etc with just the gauge sticking out. Didn't get cleaned back there very often.

Very cool.

Very sweet.

I think what he's saying is the new tool '61 and '62 are Catalinas and /or Venturas which were built on a shorter chassis than the Bonnevilles. The Chevys did not share thier chassis with the American full size Pontiacs. The Canadian full sized ones [Parisienne] did but that's as they say, another story. and the Trumpeter Bonneville also used a different chassis. Also the kind of "shared components" swapping you mention didn't really start with the full size cars until the '71 on cars. Before that, in the 60s and '50s they only shared small stuff and each mark had thier own unique engines and chassis. So, yea, there are no direct swap chassis for the full size '60s Bonnevilles.

I just took some Metalcast transparent yellow and added some of thier transparent green until I got a color I liked. Sprayed it over pearl white and cleared with Tamiya clear acrylic in the little bottles. Be aware though, for some reason the Metalcast yellow smells like cat pee.

Most of the 1/25 AMT car kits that were not bases on promos or annuals tooled up in the early to mid '60s were originally released as "Trophy Series" kits. Some of the annuals such as the '65 GTO were also labled "Trophy Series" when they were released. Dosen't really mean much now.

Humm,, doesn't look like the '69 AMT annual part either. I have an annual issue rebuilder. The interior bucket has the rear mounting posts attached to it and the console is moulded with the seats. Maybe the old Palmer version ??

Upholstery pattern looks '69 to me.

I don't usually find models of any kind at swap meets of flea sales but when I get lucky, I get lucky. Picked these up for $45. The Fury and Olds were $15 each as they were still sealed and the other 3 were $10 a peice. The wagon was open but unstarted.

Keith Marks.

If you think that's nit picking Patrick, just wait until I get through with your build posts. LOL

Thanks guys. I would have replied sooner but I'm just now getting caught up after being out of my house for 2 weeks because of the flooding. I also have another one in the works that I drag out and work on for a while around the 1st of every July.

How about the wheels from the AMT '72 Blazer. It has 2 deep six lug wheels. [the other 2 are 5 lug??]