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Not sure they could reissue it, I think the chassis and some other parts are under the last version of the '72 longbox. , , BUT if they did reissue it I'd hope they'd correct those rear fenders, BTW, the blue custom "Rolling Thunder" uses the same bed but they added that funky sleeper over it.

Like Mike says, those were real wheels. Not 100% accurate but real Motor Wheel Spiders. If you wanted a new set, there's some in the current AMT/MPC '79 TransAm. Yea, it takes a lot of bodywork sometimes to bring those old trucks back to life. Here's a before and ,,during, I guess pic of the '68 I've been working on for a while now. Great work so far, love watching a restoration.

They look like the ones in the AMT '58 Impala but I don't remember it being issued in that color.

Yea, I missed out on a lot of thier stuff I'd like to have, kust getting to the point financially that I could have bought a kit every now'n then. I wouldn't get too bummed out about the Riv though Scott. As the former owner of a 1/1 '72 Riviera, I can say that no one has ever really done the car justice in resin. I've seen them all and bought a couple and none of them have captured the roof to rear 1/4 area and the roof-rear window-trunk lid transition at all well.

I wouldn't want to be considered a "Master". People expect too much from you and dismiss you when you don't live up to their expectations.

Me? ,, I'm just a mildly talented novice.

I mostly built one years ago but never finished it. I thought it was a nice kit with good detail but I think you may be right about the tires and wheels. It has small Pirelli tires I used a set under one of my VW Rabbits. LOL Anyway, here's a link to the Drastic Plastics club instruction sheet page for that kit. [the kit with the red car is very similar] http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/monogram-instructions/foreign--exotic/monogram-lamborghin/

,,, But the '64 Galaxie annuals did have Tera-Thrusts too.

Read? why on earth would assume I can read? Funny thing, I went to take a pic of the wheels I have to show how much shallower they are than the ones in the pic and guess what?? they were the same. You are absolutely right Bill. But you just had to go and quote that post ,, now I can't go delete it and get rid of the evidence of how big a twit I am.

Unless some changes were made along the line, the wheels in the original pic were not in the T kit. The ones in the T were much shallower. Those are from one of the mid-60s annuals. Not sur which one, maybe the '64 Galaxie ,, I'll have to check after dinner.

George, I recently brought back a '65 roadster that was worse than that one. At least that body isn't cut up. Should be a cake walk for you.

Just shot some color.

Just turned 2017 in my time zone.

Thanks guys.

Thanks, The Vette is a pearl yellow nail polish over a light yellow acrylic I mixed with Tamiya bottle paints.

It's one of the cuts where I narrowed it. Didn't bother filling and finishing the seam as it will be covered with a licence plate.

Just got this back from LMKC.

Hey Bill,, Is there a section in there on how to claim other peoples models as your own ? Sorry, just couldn't resist seeing Barris' reputation of doing that in the 1/1 custom car world.

For my green Rabbit I simply found an appropriate plaid pattern on the internet and printed it out on white decal sheet and trimmed to size. A couple must coats of dullcoat and they were good to go.

Josh, If you're going for the look of the 1/1 in your pics, I'd suggest getting a set of wheels from a 1/18 scale diecast and using a set of Pegasus tires maybe. The 1/18 wheels would scale out to somewhere around 22 inches in 1/24 scale. The tires from the large Pegasus wheel sets might be a good fit but I'm not sure.

Well, almost 12 months later and I'm back on this one after finishing my '78 Chevy pickup. Cleaned up most of the bodywork over the last week and just primed it with BIN. I'll wetsand it some tomorrow and spray some silver laquer on it so I can see anything that still needs a bit of work.

Someone did do a '71 Dart, IIRC maybe it was Bandit Resin.

I got an extra set of those wire wheel covers and tires from a JoHan '79 DeVille I'd be willing to trade, If interested, see my post in the wanted section.

Cool truck Chuck.