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Very nice. Even though the '71 is pretty common now you never see a '70. Super job detail painting those wheel covers.

OK, that looks fantastic. I have one of their Toyota Cerumo Exiv kits. I started it but the decals disintegrated on use. I don't think it's age that gave you problems with your decals. My kit was new when I started it around 20 years ago.

My vote is for Weird Al !!

There's no date on the article but I found this,, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2023 class, with seven inductees making the final cut as performers: Kate Bush, Sheryl Crow, Missy Elliott, George Michael, Willie Nelson, Rage Against the Machine, and the Spinners. Half of the nominees were excluded (Iron Maiden, Joy Division, New Order, Cyndi Lauper, Soundgarden, A Tribe Called Quest, the White Stripes, and Warren Zevon) and can try again as early as next year https://www.vulture.com/2023/05/rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-inductees.html#:~:text=The Rock and Roll Hall,the Machine%2C and the Spinners.

Pretty surre you don't have to worry about it Ken. IIRC, the problem, too wide header between the bumper and body, was corrected before those were issued.

I'm very surprised to hear that considering I don't have any yet. But it's not for lack of trying. ?

Welll,,,I could tell and I'm sure a bunch of other people on here could too. Compared to the kit body, the roof of the actual car has much more curve to the top of it over all the windows. not as blocky, much more graceful. Note that these cars have stock bodies, not modified.

I think he's right, Snake. It doesn't look malignant to me.

Very true Robert, but it dosen't say it on the new box. I only have the 2 in 1 issue myself. They all seem to have the same engine/tranny assembly. All the chassis and engine seems to have come directly from this kit,,

Exactly how I feel about it too.

So, Snake, is that how old you are or "your favorite summer" [Brian Adams reference there if you know the story of the song] ? Hope you and Mrs. Snake have a great day !! ? ?✨???

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