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Finished the paint. I think it turned out pretty good.

Billy Gooche sells them on e-bay.

I had one of his first '72 Rivieras. Never again. BTW, sometimes that light you see at the end of the tunnel is actually the headlight of the midnight freight about to mow ya down.

AMT '71 Charger has a very nice 440 auto combo.

You could stretch that to '79 for some cars. That's the engine my '79 Nova had in it.

Good enough to put on a Scale Auto Magazine cover car.

This is just too kool !!

Keith Marks does them. In a couple different colors too.

That's just stunning Bill.

It'd be nice. Bob Ellis is right about the MPC tooling.

That's pretty cool Mark. Love the shot of orange at the bottom, breaks up the black & white nicely.

Yes, that's exactly how I did it Mark but I think I'd do them solid if I did it again. Much easier to keep strait and the carrier film wouldn't show after clearcoating anyway.

"68 has side markers, '67 doesn't.

IIRC, the "Used Cars" kit was given out as a gratuity at the premier of the movie, not something you could actually buy anywhere. They did find their way into the hands of kit collectors after a while though. I read that they actually had an MPC Camaro annual kit in the boxes.

Still needs a few coats of clear to bury the edges of the decals but it's coming along. Painted the wood floor of the box today and sprayed the color on the interior pieces. This is around the height I want it. About how I remember the original kit sitting back then.

Here's another question,, name 5 kits that could actually be reissued that haven't been modified into something else? From off the top of my head ,, '79 Nova '79 ['80] Monza VW Rabbit. Um,,, um?? The '69 Lincoln should have been out there somewhere, maybe. Then there's the Shelby Charger [Omni] Subie Brat and a few others but nothing I'd really make my last request in front of the firing squad.

seems to me Drag City Resin used to do a '70 4dr sedan but I don't think he's had them for years.

Did the decals on the cab last night. I'm rubbish for doing stripe decals though.

LOL,, I ment "You guys". My keyboard just got moved over one key to the left. It happens to me sometimes and I don't notice. I just corrected it.

You guys really want an enamel clearcoat? In my experience, any enamel clear will yellow like crazy after a couple years.

Not sure how well you'll be able to see the unpainted white interior from the Eliminator but here's the pics. The white one is from the Eliminator, of corse and the tan one is from the '70s "street machine" version XR-7. They deleted the console from the newer interior, also added a clock to the passenger side of the dash board that's not on the original.

That's a really good point on the "scale difference" thing. Sometimes it makes a difference but sometimes it doesn't matter and most people couldn't tell or maybe it actually works out just looking right. I used the Monogram 1/24 engine in my 1/25 GTO and to me, it looks about right. BTW, that's a 1/25 scale chrome air cleaner from an MPC GTO kit in the 1/24 scale foam surround that came in the 1/24 Monogram kit. It fit in the depression for the original Monogram part like it was made for it.

They went from this style , same as the original kit,, To this,, It's after midnight here now but I'll take a couple pics of the kit parts and post them tomorrow.

No, it's not the same. The interior was changed when the new engine was added

I had a really good friend who taught photography [he passes a few years ago] The biggest tip he told me was to keep your light source at your back. Or at least on the same side you're shooting from if it's a model. You see a lot of people forgetting that and making what could be a really great photo into a just so-so pic or worse.