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Snake, that color is '76 Chevy code 40 "lime poly". Scale Finishes has it.

That engine has the 710 cap on upside down. You'd think they'd pay attention to that kind of thing on a restoration like that.

She's a real beauty, Mike.

Also keep in mind a lot of transmissions do have seams on them. Best to do some quick research before eliminating them to see if they should be there or not.

Fireball resin has the Monaco caps that are very similar.

Yup, flooded out again. Last time was 10 years ago. Only had about 2 feet this time instead of the 3 we had back in '08 but we were out of the house for twice as long as the flood water just did not want to go back down. we were supposed to have another day or two before it hit but it came early. we were up and bringing stuff up out of the basement at 2:30 AM Friday, two weeks ago. We got everything up just as the water started to seep on through the cracks in the foundation. [around 8:30 AM] and had to shut off the water and power and get out by 10:00 when the water started to surround the house. Didn't loose much this time. Only one shelf unit fell over and it only had stuff on the top shelf. Unfortunately, my '69 Riviera, '61 Lincoln and custom '65 Lincoln hardtop was on that shelf. Cleaning up now so I didn't have a chance to check for missing pieces but I don't think being under flood water for 2 weeks did them any good.

I'm afraid that poster dosen't even scratch the surface. Check out this site. Looks like it's where they grabbed the pics for the poster. http://www.batmobilehistory.com/index.php

Also, the '60 to about '62 [??] used torsion bar suspension front suspension. You need the coil spring suspension from the newer trucks to be accurate.

It can't be reissued as is. Round2 went and used the cab for the '72 Chevy longbed when they reissued it along with a lot of other stuff from the kit. The grille is gone, it's now that awful one in the '72 with the out of round headlights. They went and ruined the GMC stepside to make that '72 Chevy when they had a perfectly good long '72 Chevy with much better grille in the form of the MPC kit. Last seen, IIRC as the "Cooter's tow truck". All they needed to do was put the bed parts in the MPC kit and it's be the same as the one they ruined the GMC to make. Yes, I'm bitter.

Looks fantastic!

Jim, I'd suggest you pick up a simple Badger 250 set and a can of air to try out. It's a very simple setup and not much different than using a spraycan. But you will be able to use all those colors that don't come in a spraycan. They're only about 20 bucks and a can of air for around 10 bucks .

They were called "Heritage Edition", an available option Less than 350 were built in this color scheme.

MPC Dodge Challenger annual.

The most "iconic" is obviously the '57. Iconic to the point of being a clichie . It's the "old car" that everyone who knows absolutely nothing about cars and couldn't even identify one if it ran over them wants . I prefer the cleaner lines of the '55 myself.

Yes, it definitely looks like their 1/25 scale Dodge Challenger, Mustang and Corvette kits look like copies of the MPC kits. It seems like it was pretty common for the smaller companys to copy the offerings of larger ones back then, especially with the ship models. I don't think the '40 Ford was ever issued back then though. From what I've read when it was first released by Lindberg, it was tooled up back in the '70s but for some reason never released until Lindberg released it in the '90s.

Yea, I knew it didn't look "right" after I posted it so I re-checked my numbers and corrected it. BTW, the shortbox wheelbase was 12 inches shorter than the longbox.

Here's a few pics of how I did mine,, As you can see, I cut across then down the suspension arms, across at the ends of the mufflers. Very little material was actually taken out and the suspension arms hide most of the cuts. This is how I cut the bed sides. If you simply cut off the front end of the sides you will loose the pockets the front panel of the bed slips in. IIRC, I took 12 mm out of the front and 6 mm from the rear. [ approximately 1/2 in. in front and 1/4 in. in rear] When I cut the bed floor I added the front lip back on but simply cut the back off. I also moved the wheel wells in some so I could tuck some wider Pegasus tires in there. , , and don't forget to finish up your seams on the inside of the box or it will be easily seen if you don't use a tonneau cover. Here's a link to my build album, might be of some help. http://public.fotki.com/SteveMilberry/projects/68-chevy-shortbed-pickup/

I don't know about resin but I use it as glue all the time. I suspect it would work though. I started using the Tamiya clear acrylic paint to glue stuff together close to 2 decades ago. You can't use it on everything but it's what I usually use to glue pickup boxes together. I have an AMT '50 Chevy pickup I glued the box together this way when the kit first came out and it's still as strong a bond as it was back then. Only thing is it takes a long time, like at least 24 hours before it's strong enough to handle. I usually let it set for at least 3 or 4 days just to be sure. PS, I'll try glueing a couple resin peices together later and let you know how it turns out. Probably take a couple days though.

Thanks.

MPC

Very nice. I really like the wheel choice and color combo.

Finished up the interior today. Same paint as the body but without the pearl and dullcoated. Just some flocking on the floor, foil on the dash and basic detail painting with a bit of faux finish painting for the burl wood.

I like it !

I find it confusing that some people will complain that a model company will issue a kit with the parts from other versions of the kit blocked off but also complain when they issue a kit that dosen't block off the extra parts from other versions and leave them in. [not meaning you personally Cale]

Foiled up the trim and added some detail to the cowl.