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I'm wondering about the Tom Daniel Vette The chassis and engine went to the "Black Rat"/"Stingray" '65 and then to the stock '65 so that brings up a bunch of questions about what they have and if it's enough to actually produce a kit. I really hope they do have everything needed to put it out though as I also want one.

Here's a little mockup pic of my '32 Chevy delivery with the wheels under it.

Here's a little mockup pic with the wheels under it.

I think that if Round 2 wanted to put one of those engines in that kit they would tool up a new one instead of "borrowing" one from another kit anyway. Also, it would most likely a newly tooled engine would have better detail then an existing one , , , Except possibly the Boss 302 that was created for the '69 cougar in the late '90s or early '00s, that was nice.

Love that. Just an excellent build.

This is supposed to be Duplicolor Metalcast purple but my can is more fuchsia then purple, which is what I wanted for this car. This is pretty close to the actual color but a bit lighter. If you just spray the Duplicolor clear over the Metalcast it will wrinkle up just like enamel but I tempered the stuff by mixing it 50/50 with the clear and had no problems with 2 wet coats of clear. This is over the silver base in the previous pics.

Good luck finding a clear red toothbrush. I haven't seen one in over 20 years. BUT, go to wall mart and get one of these, should be enough clear red plastic for all the tail light you'd ever want to make.

That might work with resin and some plastic kit bodies but looking at Jim's pics, not this one. Looks like it's already had some time in the sun, or at least some heat source. Those front fenders are beyond repair because as the plastic twists it also shrinks in places. No repairing that.

The one I have is molded in white.

Very sweet!. Great job on the custom touches.

Looks great. That paint is perfect on that car.

I think my bodywork is good enough to start the candy paint now. I'll wet sand this coat of silver with 4000 grit and spray another coat before the candy though.

There's no way that would be legal here. ,,and from what I know about those GM mid-size cars of that generation, I'd bet the frame is rusted through right where it kicks up in front of the rear axel. No way that thing is safe to drive on the street.

Definitely an improvement. For years I've been thinking that the Monogram '53 Chevy hardtop would benefit with a sectioning like that.

The 5 window has some optional parts for the 5.0 though.

Got some color on. Duplicolor GM Cordovan brown. Darker in person then in these pics.

It was definitely NOT uncommon in the past for different companies to have kits of the same car. For example, in the late '70s/early '80s every model company had their own kits of the '78-'81 Firebird and Camaros. AMT, MPC, Revell, Monogram, Airfix, Ertl, even Fujimi had at least one kit of those Camaros, many had more then one.

I hate to say it but the AMT kit really isn't even in the running. The lines of the body are too compromised from being based on the '68 kit.

I'd go with this one but they'd have to include several little 1/25 cases of Jack for in the back. ? [BTW, that's not a slam, they were my favorite band and I regret never seeing them live before Doug passed.]

Um, no. Just no.

The 5.0 from the original 3 window and roadster is also in the sedan and 5 window in addition to the flattie in the sedan and early hemi in the 5 window. So, both those kits have 2 complete engines in them.

The wife and I watched the current version of Roadhouse last night. Wasn't expecting much going in but we liked it. The action was great, it had a sense of humor and didn't take itself too seriously. If you're looking for a serious movie, this ain't it. Overall, if your expecting a shot for shot of the original, you'll be disappointed but if you take it for what it is, a different story that's similar to the original but still it's own thing, it's a pretty good, fun time waster.

hoppersbazaar on e-bay has a bunch of stuff cast from the original kit parts, which are more accurate then the iceman's printed ones. I only see the '70 grille and a couple front bumpers on there right now but they've had all the grilles in the past. https://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=hoppersbazaar&store_cat=0&store_name=hoppersbazaar&_oac=1&_nkw=chev resin

If they did a new body I'd suspect they'd also have to do new glass to go with it. Maybe some underhood details that are not molded to the body.