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Any tips on using this, Dave?

You do NOT need to put anything under it, primer or any kind of other paint. Makes no difference. Just needs to be a smooth surface. Apparently you can put the Spazstix clear they make for their chrome over it, [I haven't tried it myself] anything else any of us has tried has instantly turned it to dull silver. Here's six pages on the subject.

Depends, was it ever in any classified government areas for an extended period of time? ?

That's actually an '80, Matthew. The only year MPC made the Caballero. [grille's different then an '81.]

works fine now for me Dave. Thanks for fixing it. I was gonna say something about some moderators, early on telling us the problem was [mostly] all on our side and not a problem with the forum but I think I'll let that go. ?

Richard, I'm impressed you know who actually did that. We usually get the blame but we were too busy flattening Detroit. ?

They did. AMT made kits of Rivs every year from '63 up to '69.

Have only seen a quick shot of the new movie truck. Can't tell how close to the original it is. One thing I know is the current kit has the wrong grille for the FG truck. It has the "Hardcastle & McCormick" grille. FG grille was the '81/'82 grille current grille is the '83/'84 grille. I haven't seen a shot of the front of the new truck so it could be either one. Also haven't been able to get a good look at the box so it might not have the front "storage box " doors. Personally, I'd rather see a '72/'73 2 wheel drive first.

Yup, nailed it for sure. ?

Yup, gone. BTW, I'm using Edge for this site. It's the only time I use it. Not a fan of jumping back and forth between browsers.

No change here with Chrome either.

Jo-Han did a 1/25 '70 coupe Deville promo , and I THINK also a model but pretty rare and pricey.

The wheels in the Monogram "SS Corvette" , which was based off the Tom Daniel street Vette are the ET/X wheels. Very rare. I've never seen any real ones, only pics.

I'm really digg'n this build, Dennis. Looks like it's gonna sit just right. ?

Yup, just what Lee said above.

Looks great. Love the color combo.

When I see decals printed with the car color around them as a lot of his has, it screams "cheap home printer ". I've never used any but I'd keep looking myself.

No problem. I could live with the corners but no way the depth. IIRC, I think I had planned to mount the windshield from the outside also but cut it too small and put the kit back in the box. I have replacements now and have been thinking about revisiting it. The color is actually a nail polish called "toad" but I had forgot to paint the back bumper filler panel so now I'd have to try matching it as I originally painted it around 20 years ago. Yea, I like to play "the long game". LOL?

The 520 part number shows they're from the AMT '68 Shelby Mustang. The '66 Mustang coupe and '69 Galaxie also have some. The '66 wheels look "off" for some reason and the '69 wheels lack lug nut detail and have quite a deep rim.

I went in a different direction with mine. First, I scribed around the existing trim on both windshield and back glass. I made sure it was reasonably deep. Then I filed and sanded the trim flush with the body. This took care of most of the thickness of the trim. I also slightly beveled the trim on the back window as I had planned to cut down the glass and fit it in from the outside. I never really noticed the radius of the top corners of the windshield before.

The Model Car Garage has them on their photoetch detail set along with a bunch of other useful stuff.

You may be thinking of the Plymouth Duster. From everything I've seen, the '71 and '72 Demons use the same tail lights.

Do you mean the Jo-Han '62 Fury like the reissue in my pic below?

Don't know if you're aware but the exterior decals are in the last reissue of the Dart Sport kit that's boxed as a '76.

The small block covers are in the AMT '71 Duster street machine kit but they only have a blank space where the lettering should be. I'd take my money out and burn it in the driveway before I tried ordering anything from "Reliable" Resin, you'd have about as much chance of getting your product. ?