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It's the same basic kit as thier Revell street machine kit but with jacked up suspension instead of dropped. ,,same I-beam front axle. The '70s era Arctic Cat looks pretty good though.

Maybe they'll put the fender flares and Hickey style hood from the Jimmy in ,, or maybe the stepside bed from the Chevy ,, or maybe both ?? But, yea, there never was a Jeep version of the "Ice Patrol" kit, only the Chevy.

Nice project Mike. Were you at the Atlantic Nationals in Moncton this past weekend?

I don't particularly enjoy doing the "greasy parts" either and a good fraction of my builds only have a "place holder" for an engine and the hood glued shut.

The Revell MC would not only give you the correct dash but also correct console and lower door panels. The seats are also almost the same , the sew pattern is only slightly different,, close enough that even most people who owned one may not spot the difference. Really, the only thing that's noticeably different is the upper 1/2 of the door panels. [and again, you'd REALLY have to know both these cars to know the MC panels weren't also used in the Laguna]

Looks good. That's the colour combo I'd planned to do mine in also,, when if I ever get around to it.

Pretty sure Revell dosen't make a '51 Chevy, Mike. AMT does with a stock and drag 6 but I don't see any part labelled 85 in the kit??

Very sweet !

What I had always planned to do with one of mine is slam that sweet Art Morrison chassis under an AMT '37 Chevy coupe. Best part of the kit. Yes, it's a legit Art Morrison aftermarket fat fender hot rod chassis, not something they made up. There were even Art Morrison decals

The wheels are exactly the same except the Riv wheels being wider, as Mark said. The Astro Customs in both kits are also the same.

Thanks again guys !

I didn't know he passed,, that too bad.

That's VERY sweet !!

Pretty sure Ross Gibson shut down his engine business a year or two ago.

That turned out great. I had no idea the Hendrix stuff was sub-par, I'd always heard good things about it. Good to know. I really like your solution to the front signal light problem, I'd never thought of that.

I have one thing to say ,, "Those who do not remember history are doomed to repeat it".

Thanks everyone, I appreciate all the positive comments.

looks like their regular D in a 19" aluminum sleeve. The tires look like the ones that come on a lot of their 19" wheels too.

Sure,,, Actually, it's a lot farther along than in this pic. It's only a few more hours work away from being ready for paint now. Here's what it looked like when I got it home,,

Pretty close to what the 1/1 should look like at the end of this summer. The paint turned out a bit darker than the 1/1 but that may be lighting. No engine shots, nothing to see, all black, . anyway,,

Looks like these ones from Plamoz are prettyclose. http://plamoz.com/products/124-570s-design-a-f19-r20-wheels-tires-set Or Pegasus Elites. Either one could be widened with a set of of the right size sleeves.

I also have one of those, built when it was new. One of my cousins had the MPC curbside kit, which was also supposed to be 1/24, it was noticably larger than the Revell kit. The real cars had a wheelbase of 102.4 inches. If the kit wheelbase is approximately 104 mm, it's 1/25 ,, if it's approximately 108 mm, it's 1/24. When I re-do mine it'll be similar to the incredible jade green one I seen on the net a few months ago ,, any colour choice for yours yet? Oh, and I agree about the carburetors ,,, they're shite.

I would expect,, But would also definitely go for a,,

I thought I'd show the taillight panel I've been working on. Started with a kit part from a different year and cut out the backup light areas and replaced them with clear stock, then fogged the back with lacquer thinner. Sanded it all flush and added a couple coats of Tamiya acrylic clear to smooth it all out. Then I added the bird decal to the center and the grid lines with pinstrip decals , gave it another couple coats of clear. Not perfect, grid lines should have been thicker but it was the only pinstrip decals I have, but not too bad, I think.