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I just checked my 2in1 kit and there is a separate brake/clutch pedal piece, but strangely, no gas pedal. The "hot rod" parts in it are exactly the same as the new release.

No need to apologies to me Guido. I'm just sorry I couldn't get back to you sooner. I'm in Eastern Canada, "Atlantic Time Zone" so I'm one hour earlier then the east coast of the U.S. It was almost midnight here and I had to hit the bed. ?

I did. He said it but didn't show where it said it.

I don't see that anywhere on the box. Buddy says it says that on the instruction sheet but he doesn't show it. I don't have that reissue of the kit so I can't confirm.

Um, arn't they exactly the same kit? ?

That's pretty complex looking kit but you did an excellent job on it. Very impressive. I picked up the Hasegawa 767 curbside kit in the same livery last summer and even though it will be my first attempt at one of these race cars I'm looking forward to it. I think that full kit you did would be a bit too much for me to tackle.

That's pretty wild Mike !! ?

If your looking for a set of bare rally wheels like in Gregs pic above, get the ones from the MPC '75 convertible kit. They're much better then the ones included in the AMT ZR-1 kit. The ones in the AMT kit are too shallow and the slots too small. Here's a pic of the MPC wheels.

I don't think anyone's mentioned the little hood scoops for '69 'Cuda 383 and 340s. They've never been included in the kit but very similar ones were included on the MPC '69 Camaro as a custom option. I did have a set from the Camaro but after a move and 3 floods, there they are,,, gone.

Well Bob, no good deed goes unpunished sometimes. ?

And, Bob, the chrome silver paint on those old kits probably hasn't dried yet and is still flowing like water. ??

You do know, Carl, If you hover over someone's avatar to the left of the screen, there pops up a small menu. At the bottom right on that menu is an "ignore" button. It will save you from having to look at posts from anyone you don't want to interact with on this site. ? BTW, I should add, I didn't mean this post in a mean to hurtful way at all, just mentioning a feature that some on this board don't know about.

They do look a touch big on the kit but I think that's from most of the ones I've seen so far have the headlight surrounds painted silver. I think if the surrounds were painted black they'd look A-1.

I figured it was under another name on some charts so I checked for the color code on "Tran-Zam.com" and cross referenced the color code with the chart at Auto Color Library. Here's the Tran-Zam page with all the '79 color references,, https://www.tran-zam.com/fhistory/1979Colors.aspx

Was very nervous about cutting the hole in that hood. They're not exactly easy to come by any more. But, I did it and added a little flat black accent. I'll let it dry overnight, clean it up a bit and foil the trim tomorrow.

It's code 69 "dark brown poly", Steve. All the colors look darker then they should on this chart.

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Made up a 6 point roll bar. Probably should add a verticle bar across the main hoop too. Also did the plug wires on the engine.

Yes, that's kinda high for the humidity. It could cause it. Try another coat and hitting it immediately with a hair dryer to see if that helps. Don't get the model too hot though, of course, you just want to heat the paint up a bit after it hits the model to keep the humidity from collecting on the paint.

Sonny, I should mention, one thing to watch out for with these Camaro kits is how the tail lights sit in the body. On mine and a couple others I've seen built, the bezels sit a bit wonky in the body. They're higher on the outside then the inside towards the center of the car. You should be able to see what I mean in the pic. I didn't notice it until after I had taken the pics but after seeing it I noticed it in a few other builds of the kit from other people. I don't know, maybe I got the lights on the wrong sides but they looked exactly the same to me. Or maybe the openings are a bit off, I don't know. But it's something to watch out for.

I had a '74 Bobcat wagon. ?

So, anyone know exactly what year that Pyro kit came out? I'm thinking sometime in the early 1/2 of the '50s. Has to be one of the earliest plastic car kits ever made.

Most of the body parts are directly from the stock annual kit. That tail light piece was from that kit and probably cheaper to leave on the tree then pay to have someone remove it.

These kits ARE NOT reissues of the original curbside kits based on the promos. They are completely new tooling BASED [cloned] on them.

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