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They were painted "Strata-Blue" the Dark blue 'official' USAF colour. That colour is harder that heck to find, although any USAF base probably still has zillions of spray cans of it, at least if my USAF experience is any guide.

Only 4 tyres? Drat! What do the decals look like?

Any chance that the Street Machine parts will be in this kit, also? Or maybe the Street Machine will be a separate release later........?

Well, I know that my Sunbeam will have the Cobra Weber Carbs installed. Nice to know about the vague fit, though. Nice be forewarned about the need for fettling to get it to get things right.

That Accurate Miniatures TBM is worth big bucks on eBay. if it is not $50.00, I'd get it just to re-sell.

Two very different kits, Mike. This one originated as an MPC tool, about 1971-72 with tooling updates every year to the main body. Even as the Real Vette lost the Big block 454 and true Dual Exhausts in 1974, the MPC kit retained them. This is a time capsule kit, with Round2's improved decals, new tires and turned metal intake tubes for the F.I. As a guess, it will be fiddly in the way that most MPC tooling as is, but will build into a good kit when complete. Faust, has photographed the entire instruction sheet in his review. I'd check over the pages and see if you like the kit. More options for building than the AMT kit for sure.

Did this build ever make to the "Under Glass" section. I'd like to see more photos. Alan

Mike as far as I can tell from Faust's review, there is NO Wankle engine in the kit. By all appearances, there has not been one since about 1974.

The ones in the AMT 39/40 Ford Sedan, look like the ones in the Ala Kart as well.

I have a set of Rommel's Rod tracks you can have. They are a bit large, but you can probably shorten them. Send me a P.M. with your addy. Alan

Chris, I have that MPC "Graffiti Kit" It does have crudely molded versions of all the body parts you need. The Fenders , both front and rear are in the kit. However the mounts for the front are both clumsy and fragile, and could be frustrating for a newcomer. The cut-down grille shell is in the kit with a separate insert. The real sticking point IMHO, is the lousy small block engine.The kit would have you use the pair of 4 barrel carburetors and odd looking tunnel ram that were an option on the original Switchers kits. That is totally wrong for the Milner Coupe, that had a Four Carb manifold, with four single barrel carbs. It looks like nothing in the kit. Fix the Intake/Carb issue (as it is the most prominent detail in the kit) and you can probably live with the rest. As far as the intake setup goes, the Revell parts pack Cadillac engine has the 4 deuce intake and carbs There is an excellent article by Randy Hartman in the December 1996 issue of Scale Auto Enthusiast. He builds Milner's coupe using the AMT 5-window body. He shows (in great detail) what it takes to convert the MPC kit to a fairly accurate replica. Lots and Lots of work in his build. But the end result is awesome. Hope this helps P.S. I have the MPC Milner Coupe/Graffiti kit in the garage if you need me to look for anything.

Bill, You might be correct about the scoops, but I withhold judgment until I have the kit in my hands. Given the level of effort put into this kit, I'm not sure that there is much chance that an error would not have been found and then not fixed. But, We'll just have to wait and see.

Some thing very similar to the Zoomie Headers in Zot's post is in the "Smokey the Convoy Chaser" Dodge Dart kit. You might look there for some. They should have been in the 1975 Dodge Dart kit that Round2 had out a couple years ago, but I never got the kit. I did not see them on the bottom of the box in the parts layout. I have no idea why Round2 would not have thrown them in.

Scott. The Box and Chad agree. The Nova can be built stock. If the 1980 Volare/RoadRunner is any kind of predictor, the kit will be exactly as it was last run, with only new tyres and a new decal sheet. Which, if you know what you're in for, is great. I had a couple of this kit the first time around in the 80's and really liked it. There is talk here in other threads, that the engine is more Pontiac than Chevrolet, as the base kit this one was derived from originally, was a Ventura. Comparing the instruction sheets over at Drastic Plastics this does indeed appear to be the case. This is no big deal to me, but might bother others. I've already started on my Volare. I may need a couple of these Nova's.

Great Pic, Jesse! Makes me laugh. Does not look like the blower belt even spins. Wow. You can see how heavy even the fake is by noting how stout the aluminium bars are that it hold it up. Got any other shots like that?

Dummy Blowers are nothing new in Movie Cars. The Falcon in Mad Max always had a Phony Blower. With an even Phonier Clutchable Drive Belt.

Hobby Lobby was blowing these out last week for $17.00 each. I did not get one. Based on Tim's excellent review, I decided that after having built models for Thirty Years without this kit, I could continue to live without it. Not Knocking the kit or Tim's review, just sharing on how valuable Tim's work is for driving purchase decisions.

Yeah, This is on my Wish list. But I have the MPC 1980 RoadRunner to work on right now, so it will have to wait. Great Review! P.S. Checking the entry at the Drastic Plastic website shows that the box art for this kit is a "nearly" word for word duplicate of the original 1975 kit. Enjoy!

Heck, back in the day, when I was turnin' wrenches, I put directional tires on a real car the wrong way. I was just slamming the new tires on the rims. Not paying any real attention to the details. Luckily, another Tech noticed the error before I got the car off the hoist. I did have to pull off two rims, and remount the tires though. Lesson Learned.

It sure Pops in that colour! I like the Rear Tires. Looks like what I used to see around here in the 1980's.

Wow, Chuck. Most outstanding Build. As others have mentioned, the paint and finish are superb. The Turbo is very neatly installed. Great Work on a new kit, and a huge inspiration.

Now, That is just the Picture of Cool! Edsel Longroof. Too bad We can't get Round2 to tool up this body for the Excellent Edsel kit.

Dang that Blower Hat looks good. I may need 3 or 4 of these kits.

I've seen some Merlin and Allison Blocks painted Gloss Black. That would be my choice.

And How soon do you think we'll be able to buy resin copies of aforesaid Torque Boxes from some enterprising Caster to install on all our other Hemi kits? Fairly soon, I'll wager. Any Engine Assembly Directions yet?