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I have the same one. I hardly ever use it. I find that if I use it for spraying a body, it's pretty well dead by the time I'm done spraying and need to have it plugged in while I clean it. Nice for small parts but I don't really find any real advantages over my regular single action Badger setup. BUT, like Mark said above, an airbrush is an airbrush and it will spray anything a regular one will.

Looks to me like a simple conversion to me. Scrape the trim from the kit tail and add some PE DODGE lettering and a bee decal. Modify the tail light trim with a simple addition of a thin piece of wire around the light section and foil it so it looks like all one piece. For the front, cut out the grille and replace it with the PE grille mesh from the MCG '67 Camaro and add PE "DODGE" letters.

Sometimes you just have to accept that other people don't want to build exactly the same thing you do for the same reasons you have. There's models you build that I don't care for and have no interest in building, Michael, but you won't hear from me which ones and for what reasons. Everyone builds for different reasons and likes different things. It's something that makes the hobby more interesting.

It came later. Note that this ad is from April '73, the "keep on Trucking" kit is dated '74.

I take it you didn't like my post, Brian? ?

It's all in the spelling. That's why Mercury had a Cyclone and GMC had a Syclone. ?

That looks fantastic! Didn't know that kit could look so good, might have to move mine closer to the front of the queue. ???

I like it. I had a '70 Skylark convertible in the same color. Unfortunately is was a rust bucket. ?

So, what were they exactly trying to prove with this video again? I say so what? Not many people will be driving cars that old any more. Think about this though, most 2009 Malibu's have gone to the crusher and I bet most of the '59 Impalas that were around then are probably still around now. Funny how that works.

A couple more pics. I pretty well finished up the interior.. Hate those molded in seat belts but it would take days to remove them with the pleated seat pattern. Also did a little work on the grille and tail light inserts. Sprayed the surrounds with some flat metallic grey. simple Testors flat black in the grille and a couple coats of Tamiya clear red on the tail light glass for a deeper look. Foiled the trim and installed the windshield. Got a chip in the paint , that'll have to be fixed.

AMT '57 Chevy

No, these are actual aluminum wheels the ones on the "supernatural" Impala are the cheap stamped steel knockoffs that would rust up after the first year.

Monogram did do an early notch, but it's 1/32 scale snap.

I agree completely

Chris, can you still edit that article, you made a few mistakes. First, There's no separate pan below the rear bumper of the '68/'69 Chevelles. The chassis for the '69 ElCamino was indeed modified to fit the body. Not only in the wheel wells but it was also stretched to fit the Elky's wheelbase then shortened back up after for the following hardtops and the convertible. And the rear bumper for the '70s and following reissues of the '69 kits was not just modified, it's a completely different part. Here's a couple pics of both[with the tail light areas removed]. The original is noticeably wider and with slightly different contours because of that. .

This? https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vtg-32-scale-amt-100-503-mckee-1781231247 BTW, I originally posted this Sunday afternoon, don't know what happened to the post. It seems to have completely disappeared.

Um, guys, yes, 302 in '79 but he said '80/'81, which according to the brochures I just looked up and Tim's post above, is correct.

Looks like the JoHan is just a hair over 1 MM wider then. Might still work by cutting both ends from the center and mating them to the JoHan center. BTW, the Hasegawa was copied from the JoHan kit for a slot car back in the '60s.

Yes, some NICE Kelseys would be great. The ones in the Revell '32 sedan are pretty bad, if that's what they are supposed to be.

I just used it to do some posts here and on a couple other sites, no problems with mine.

OK, so, back on this one. Been working on the interior, Painted the dash and steering wheel in a darker fuchsia and flocked the floor in a matching color I mixed up. The seats and arm rest are not glues down, just sitting there for the pic. Also, I cleaned up the paint that bled under the masking tape since I took these pics. I also worked on the inner fenders a bit. Since these have indents like some other older AMT kits, I cut some pieces of sheet plastic to cover them and puttied them up and will smooth them off.

Here ya go Rich. Top line is inches, bottom is millimeters

Is this what you're going for? ?

I have one of the Hasegawa kits, I'll measure the bumper and post a pic for you later today but I'm pretty sure they'll fit.

OK, just wondering because there's no way you'd get those wheels and tires under a real one .?