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Depends on the individual wheel. Those resin ones look pretty close to these 15" ones.

I have your posts blocked Joe so I don't see what you post. ? Actually, with the animated GIF and all the extra info in different fonts , sizes and colors, I found your post very cluttered and hard to read and just plain missed that you said anything about Scale Finishes. Wasn't trying to be a shnuk .

The Ditzler code for that color is 13149. and seems to be a unique formula as there's no other colors with a different name with that code. '66 Chevy Danube blue is super close and Scale Finished does have that.

I'm glad to see you found that Kurt. I know you've been looking for a 1/2 decent kit of that car for quite a while.

There is no Cadillac 500 ci engines in any kits, or 429s either for that matter. JoHan just put Cadillac scripts on the Olds Toronado engine and called it good enough. Actually, if you put those valve covers [which aren't all that accurate either] on a 428 Cobra Jet Ford engine, it would be closer to the Caddy engine than the JoHan engine. At least the distributor would be on the right end of the engine.

Keep in mind, a '72 Eldo's wheelbase is almost 6 and 1/2 inches more than the earlier cars like Claude's and over 7 inches more than a '66-'70 Riviera's.

Super nice. It has a real "'80s Miami" vibe to it.

I've been informed that Snake's had some health problems. I'm sure he'll be back when he's feeling up to it.

It's there. It won't be for long though. I think it was remnants of a design choice Ford changed their mind on between the time the plans were sent to AMT and the body cut and the time the actual car was released. used to happen all the time with promos.

I wouldn't do that to you Patrick. ? It's going to be close to stock. Just mag wheels of some sort and probably a bit of hop-up parts on the engine. Grabber blue paint. It would kinda defeat the purpose of hunting down one of these unicorns to customize it. That could just as easily be done with a common as dirt '69.

Thanks Craig. The original annual AMT '69 Camaros had them too. I think this pair will eventually find their way to the back axle of a '40 Willys.

Got a couple cans the first week of March, it was over $20 then.

Are those from Keith Marks, Curtis?

, , But, here's a great song and a video with some interesting content. I've thought about building this car many times but haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Being Canadian, that's not a "guilty pleasure", it's more "background noise". Now, don't get me wrong, I do like Loverboy but if you live somewhere in Canada where you can get a few rock stations, you can hear one of their songs pretty well any time you like on the radio. Loverboy, Glass Tiger, Triumph, April Wine, BTO, The Guess Who, Steppenwolf [yes, the band's Canadian] Thanks to Canadian content rules you can't get away from them. That said, my fave Loverboy tune is "Love'n Every Minuit Of It"

Thanks Tim. It's a car I've wanted to build for a long time and I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Here's a site for finding colors in hobby paints. Just copy the pic to your computer and follow the instructions. Fun to play with too. ? https://www.spotmodel.com/color_finder.php?settings=[17,71,32,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1,-1,-1,-1]

Why did you cut the chassis, Dennis? The '64 and '65 Chevelles ride on the same chassis, mostly the same body too for that matter. Are you tubbing it? ?

Buddy does realize 46% is not "double", right? Ah well, my local shop has never carried Testors anyway.

Got this in a trade a couple months ago in a trade with another member here [Thanks again Mike] Not exactly pristine but for me, the rareity of the kit warrants the work I'll be putting into it. The rear wheel openings were gouged out, quite crudely at that. So I cut some repair panels from an MPC '69. I beveled the edges of the patch and the cut opening to increase the glueing surface and make a stronger joint. , , , and here it is with the repairs in place, the front pan cut from the chassis and glued in place to stiffen the body and the MPC hood sitting in the opening. The MPC '69 hood is almost a perfect fit on the AMT '70 body. I just need to sand the sides a hair for paint buildup. Right now it's a very snug fit.

That's incredible. I thought the first pic was a 1/1 for a second when I opened the thread. ???

I would too but I'm going to wait and see what the new kit has with it. I suspect a lot of that will be included on the new decals. BTW, those are now available in blue for the real trucks.

Still have mine. I keep threatening to rebuild it but never got around to it. Even went as far as getting a set of original decals off e-bay. Might just leave it alone now and pick up a new one.

I kinda liked those decals, always thought they were an option originally offered on those trucks but I can't find any reference to them so I guess it's just something AMT dreamed up. Hopefully the new issue will have actual factory style decals in it.

I can't think of any reason it wouldn't. Both sets of wheels were also in the original release.