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Well, it is an advent calendar so it makes sense it would be big. Are you gonna save it for next Christmas season, Jim? That would be fun. Largest one I ever had was one of these when I was a kid. Unfortunately the instructions were missing so?? Hey, I was a kid so I still had fun with it.

They do represent the same wheel but the AMT ones look much better to me.

The AMT '72 Nova has a great looking set of those wheels.

Thanks, It's .015X'020. It's the smallest I could get.

Finished adding the side trim to the pickup and got it in primer. The wheel opening trim really should be doubled like the rest of the trim but I'm getting itchy to paint it. Still needs some more work before that happens though. Also finished the assembly of the engine. Hard to find pics but I did figure out it's a supercharged LSA as used in a 2012 Cadillac CTS-V or Camaro ZL-1 After I found some pics and figured out exactly what it is, I took the intake off and but it back on the right way around. LOL

The box and most of the other plastic parts are indeed from one of the MPC/AMT '84 GMC 4X4 kits. The cab is from an old MPC '78/'79 4X4 annual kit an old friend gave me years ago. All the parts are 1/25.

sounds like you need the outboard from this kit? Spotlight Hobbies has them in stock for about 43 bucks so don't be suckered into paying big bucks for one, it's a current kit, not a "collector's kit".

Ray's Kits Decals has almost 250 different sets of tire lettering.

The one in the AMT [MPC] 30th Anniversary T/A kit is a 3.8 Buick turbo.

What Mike said above is correct. It's not that the MPC kit is under scale, it's just too short. If you had 2 MPC bodies and chassis plates you could splice the front 1/2 from one and the back 1/2 from the other and make them the right length. I'd guess that would be easier then trying to graft the MPC front end on the Revell kit because it would be easier to get all the character lines and body contours to line up.

That was super common here in North America too. I've done it by just adding a strip of black 1/64" Chart Pack tape to the chrome strip and sealing it on with Tamiya clear acrylic.

You lying puke, you've never "almost built" anything box stock in almost 40 years, you're incapable of it, as am I. 😈😉 Still lov'n it though. Looks so much like a HotWheels SpectraChrome paint job.

GNX also has prominent fender flares that no other Regal has, not even the Grand National. Also, a regular Regal wouldn't have the spoiler on the trunk lid or the hood bulge.

Pretty cool piece Kevin. I've never seen one in person.

That is something you definitely do not want to joke about Mike. Trust me on that.

I'm Canadian, Mike, I'm not going there. 😆👿

Yes, a '80-'81 "rainbow" would be really cool. Oddest factory color combo I ever seen in person, on a Z was a '78-'79 in that light puke green with the green stripes. Kinda revolting and fascinating at the same time.

This kit. I don't make statements like that unless I'm positive. 😉

Bill, keep on mind that Wimbledon White is not a bright white, but more of a creamy color. I understand Tamiya "racing white" is pretty close. I have a can and it looks a bit darker to me. If [when] I do something in Wimbledon white I plan to try mixing it 50/50 with pure white but that's just me.

Added the body side trim. Should look a lot better once cleaned up and some primer shot on it. Also did a bit of work modifying the old grille.

F&F was a resin casting company, not a 3-D printing company. No files, resin cast product from molds.

Ron, Am I missing something here or did you just reply to your own post ? 🤨

Wouldn't they be the same as the ones in the Revell '68 Charger kit?

Um, yea, I'm not gonna bother reading all that, Mike. I was just trying to state that I was just asking about the hood because Steve mentioned the wheels and tires but not the hood in his post. Simple as that. If I had seen that you had asked the same question right before I did I wouldn't have bothered making a post at all as you are obviously much better versed in these cars and know more about them then I've ever wanted to know.

" However, if we keep accepting these mistakes, they will never improve." Yea, I've been hearing that like for , what, 40 or 50 years now. 🤨😁