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Made some more progress over the last week or so. Paint's polished out and trim is foiled and detail painted. I also took a crack at painting the black strips on the hood. Not perfect but I think it came out OK. I also flocked the floor and started detail painting the interior.

Yes, there were two kits. A 2 window coupe and a phaeton. Both looked fantastic. The Phaeton had the billet wheels and looked very '80s/'90s on the box. The 3 window has a nice set of Halibrands that would still be very acceptable on a current build. Both kits had the option of being built without without fenders. Some of the details are a bit dated as is the decals but if they were done in 1/25 those would be moot points as we'd be sourcing other parts from various kits anyway. If these two were done in 1/25 instead of 1/16 they would still be flying off the shelves.?

Anyone heard from him? it looks like he hasn't been here in almost 4 months.

It's mostly the top and side windows are way too square. It doesn't have those soft, graceful curves the real car does. Also, not shown on the model in the pic is the hood, which is too flat and squared off compared with the real car.

I have a stock re-builder that I may hotrod some day but it would need a lot of body work to look like a '34 Ford sedan body. As Mark said above, it's way off. If I just came across the body in a parts box and didn't know about this kit I wouldn't think it's a '34 Ford. It really is that far off.

Link to page from Kustomrama for the car pictured above with more pics,, https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Thomas_Campbell's_1949_Ford Link to page on Bill Frick Motors,, https://kustomrama.com/wiki/Bill_Frick_Motors

Some photoetch OLDSMOBILE lettering would fix ya right up there Rusty. MCG doesn't make a set specifically for that kit but they do make a couple sets you could use the lettering from

Yes, I meant Testors

I know that Scott. I meant Testors. I also know it was originally an IMC as the tires that were being discussed, that's why I made the post. This is the box it came in. , , You did know Testors reissued this kit, right?

These are the tires in the Revell reissue of the Cougar II. I assume there the same as in the original issue? I have a Union reissue of the Chaparral and Lotus, same type of tire but IIRC, two different sizes. [Yes, I know,, Testors, NOT Revell]

Excellent. ???

What exactly did you do, Roger? I can see it looks much better but I can't exactly tell what you did.

I've never had the Sunrunner kit. It shows the square headlight grille on the box and on the instructions plus I've seen pics of a stock Ford van molded in yellow with that grille so I figured it would actually have it in the kit.

Possibly and at least partly true for sure but I always figured Mopar was trying to make those cars and the AAR Cudas look as much like the actual track cars raced in the Trans-Am serise as possible.

So does the "Sunrunner" and "Sorcerer". Same kit, all the same parts, different decals.

Most people call a chrome 5-spoke wheel with spokes of that shape "Cragars". Like all snowmobiles are "skidoos" and and all personal water crafts are "jetskis". No big deal and 99% of the people out there wouldn't know the difference. I've had to do "close enough" many many times myself when the exact part isn't readily available. ?

Motor City Resins made a nice 1/25 one but I don't know if they're still in business.

Oh, OK. If those are the wheels you're looking for than you're not looking for Cragars, those on the car in the pic are Appliance "Steel Spoke" wheels. They do look a lot like Cragar S/S wheels though. The wheels in the kit are a factory wheel offered on Mercurys for a couple years.

Oh, I wasn't even considering that abomination.

The grille that's in the kit is the same as a '79. They didn't change much until '86 or '87, and then they didn't change much as by then Mopar was probably concentrating more on selling their new minivans.

Those are not 20 inch. A lot of those Camaros come FROM THE FACTORY with 20s. Those are 32 inch.

Looks great. With the name though, I'd think green paint would have been more appropriate. ?

, , , and people used to flip if a model kit had beer company decals in it. ??

But dont'cha miss those florescent pink double wiper blades and self-stick phone antennas ! ?

I think the biggest problem with selling the street machine '57 Chevy was they didn't make it clear that fantastic chassis and engine was in the kit. Just taking a quick look at the box and you'd think it was just the stock kit with a set of Vette wheels and tires and some dress-up parts on a belly button big block engine. I think a set of slightly larger wheels/tires in a more popular style and the underside painted to best show off the unique chassis and it would have flew off the shelves. BTW, at the time, I had no idea about that chassis or I would have bought at least 3 for chassis donors for other cars.