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It's from a series Revell did in the late '50s designed by Krafft Ehricke, who worked in the nazi missile program during WWII and then brought to the U.S. after the war. , , An actual "rocket scientist". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krafft_Arnold_Ehricke

They went to blue in '75, Monty. All my Buicks had red engines too. , , BTW, I took my licence road test in a '74 LeSabre with a 455 transplant. ?

Hey, as long as it's not on your forehead.

Your OK Milo. That stuff does that to me too. You just need to spray on a couple light mist coats and then a wetter coat. In spite of what some say, no paint covers in one coat unless it's over the exact same color. Just mist on another coat or two of your primer and spray your color coats, again, a couple mist coats first, letting them dry for a while between coats and then do your wet coats.

For those of you who are getting impatient to receive their Demon, I believe there's certain "ancient rituals" you can preform that may conjure them up in a more timely fashion. ???

I tape mine on from underneath in a way that the hood sits a couple mm off the body so the hood matches the tops of the fenders and edges of the hood and fenders gets some paint Then after the paint is good and dry, I go back and tape off the engine bay and spray it and the under side of the hood. Usually, you can't see the difference. , , , and this one is candy paint.

Lowering the front. BUT, you only have to worry about that if you have an early '55 kit like Pats. All the newer kits have the corrected cab.

Like I said above, if it's OK with you that's all that matters. ?

Guys, there's no "i think it's" or "it's probably" going on with that car, it's George's [GMP440] actual car he owns and he said it is TT-1 " The 68 Coronet that I own , which is pictured, is TT-1, medium green metallic."

Exactly.

OK. Personally, I can't un-see it but if you're happy with it, that's what matters.

I have one in the stash I've been thinking about taking a run at since I now have a can of Tamiya racing white that's pretty close to Ford Wimbledon white to use on it.

Big time on the early releases of the '55 but they were corrected for the '57 and all subsequent releases of the '55. If you compare the cab you have with the '57 cab in my pic below, you'll easily see how the sill of the side windows is much higher in the original kits. Might want to check the fit of the windshield also. Poor fit in some of the kits but I don't remember having a problem with the original release I built when it first came out. I did a bunch of work to make the one fit well in the '57 I'm currently building.

Are you going to correct the side windows, Pat?

I was laying in bed thinking about this last night. There's something I've been wanting to build for a few years now and even gathered the parts and decals for it so , if it's OK, I'd like to switch my entry to my , , , '74 Trans Am street racer. I do plan to pull the wheel openings slightly ALA the '71/'71 Chaparral Camaro Trans Am cars. BUT, this is intended to be primarily a street car that could be used at the track on the weekend if the opportunity presented.

The problem with that is the '71 body is pretty well completely different then the '70. I don't think they share any body panels. That said, there were resin kits of the '71/'72 as well as 3D printed examples.

Well, we know what happened to the Charger III, or at least the body. I could go for a Cougar or/and a Barracuda though. I already have a '66 Skylark and '71 Cyclone so I wouldn't be surprised to see either one announced within the year.

It's been almost 3 months since the first announcement. Anyone heard anything yet?

Looks like Bandit Resins. I thought Kenny did a 72 also but only see the '71 on his website.

Not sure what you mean, I'm not seeing it. Body looks correct to me.

Seeing as how the Revell Shelby and '69 Mustang kits share a lot of parts trees such as chassis and interior and that the last reissue of the Mustang, the Boss 302, had the chin spoiler included, I'd say it would be in any reissues of either kit going forward. They only need to include the strips on the decal sheet.

ray's kits decals has a few sets with them.

The interior is ready to install. The MCG photoetch set only came with 4 dash knobs but it needed 6. So I pirated a couple and an extra lock face for the glove box from another set. The instrument transparency came with the PE sheet.

Humm, might have to throw my X-acto knife into the ring this year, if I may. I think a Revell '83 Olds 442 will do nicely. ?

Hey guys, a fuel injection unit is pretty easy to make from an old tunnel ram manifold. Just use the bottom 1/2 with a plate of some kind on top, add an old carb as a throttle body and add injectors and fuel runner made from pieces of wire. Instant "fuel injection" unit. I've done this a couple times.