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Wow, Alan! That is a Laser Sharp build. You may have just sold on this kit. All it needs is a trailer. Alan Alexis

And, Just No! A pretty poor kit even by 1960's standards, and recently available too. Yellow Glass, Decal Options & Pad Printed Tires...... Not enough incentive there, Kats. The Trailer? A flimsy, lightweight thing, and not very realistic. In May or June of 2018, when Hobby Lobby puts them on clearance, I'll get one. Maybe..... YMMV.

This wil be a curbside, right?

Curtis, I expect that the seats will be exactly the same as every other version of this tool. The grille may be new though.

Aw, Dang! I avoided the '75 and '76 Kits, but this one....... I'll have to buy one. The denim does it for me.

Bob F. Chuck beat me to it, but "Customer Demand" is the correct answer. Over in military modeling, Sherman Tanks, P-51 Mustangs, and Me (Bf)-109s its all the time. Each time they are advertised as "Newer", "Better", or "Improved" in some subtle way. And they sell. In great numbers. And so it continues. Auto Modeling is pretty much unique in that instead of getting new tools of old favorites, we just get re-issues of the same old tools. If we are lucky, we get a few new parts added, or "lost" parts re-tooled. I suspect that much of this is driven by cost. Multi part slide molds for one piece bodies are far more expensive than the 'flat' tools needed for most planes.

I have not seen any mention of the engine. Full Detail or Curbside?

I have the last re-issue. I'll need to get this one too. Thanks Again, Chris for posting this.

Open It! Can't wait to see what's inside.

I notice too, that there are only three of the hard plastic tires in this kit. (6 halves) At least that is all I saw. But this just moved ahead of the Revell '76 Torino on the Must Buy list, after seeing this review. Thanks, Chris.

My local Hooby Looby just put these on the shelf. Looks like I'm getting one, now. Thanks, Chris. I'd really like see a side by side of the chrome trees and rear suspension parts, but I'll have the kit in my hands within a month anyways. Other might like to see how the parts differ though. Notice that both the Police Radio and the Police Flasher have stayed in the kit. Would make a nice 'undercover' stake out car, if you wanted to build it that way.

Great Review. Thanks!

Meh! I'll spend my $$$ on the '75 Datsun instead. Thanks for the preview Chris.

Yep, Scott, you are one of the few. I'll get one to complete the set. What changes did Revell make other than the Wheelcovers and Single Carb set up?

After looking at the instruction sheet at the Revell website, it looks like this kit can only be built one way out of the box. There are no optional parts of any kind referenced in the instructions. You only get two choices on License Plate decals, not the customary three. Given that this kit leverages off the very modular tooling of the F&F Charger, I expect to see little in the way of 'extra' parts carrying over from that kit to this one. Of course, all the shared parts, will be there, but I will guess that when side by side parts tree comparison are done the Unique F&F parts and the Unique Stock parts will be found on different trees, so that there is little carry over. That said, I really welcome this kit. I'll be very glad to have one or two of these. The F&F car has built well so far. I expect this one to be the same. Would have been really nice to get some steel wheels and dog dish hubcaps though. Maybe the Fireball Resins wheels will swap in.

That will be my first Moebuis kit too, it looks like. Glad it is finally on the way.

Mark, the Garwood Truck and the Dragline kit exist only as drawings. They were never produced and probably never will be. There are still reports (unconfirmed to this day) that the Garwood truck was seen as a box in a hobby shop once, but nobody from AMT has ever acknowledged it. None of the "name" kit historians have turned up any evidence of these kits being more than proposals. Since we are talking early 1970's here, it has been Forty Plus years since they were planned. Nothing, other than artwork has ever turned up for these kits. They remain an unfulfilled dream.

How difficult were the doors to install? I want some, but would like to know more about them, before I commit.

Perfect Colour! I like the stance too.

Revellogram really needs to get out front of this. Most of these kits will not be sold to people who read these forums. So, many model builders are going to be very unhappy when they open this new kit, and find damage. I really like Revell's new kits, and have bought several. But the shoddy QC is no longer something that can be brushed aside. The Dodge Ramcharger body problems, the wrong body in the recent Black Widow Re-issue, and now this. It has become a pattern. This has now morphed into a genuine problem. There has been a breakdown in the packing/shipping process. I hope hope Revell starts to respond to this and publicly acknowledge, and rectify the problem. It would really help reassure the broad model buying public that the issue has been solved.

Very Fine Work. What brand of transparent purple paint is that?

I have all three of the "Black Top Warriors" kits. The Pink Poison, was the Jeep Honcho Truck. Molded in White. The Killer Bee was the old Revell Baja Bug. Molded in Yellow. The last is the Alley Rat, which is the old Revell Sneak Pete, pick up. Molded in Black. Other than the Decal sheets and some jazzy writeups on the instruction sheets, they are straight re-issues of the Original kits. The Killer Bee Bug includes Revell's awful two piece tires. They are decent kits, but not outstanding. You would not believe the asking prices for them on the auction site now......

Russ, settle down, Man....... The roadster having the SBC most likely just means that the coupe when it re-appears will have the Nailhead. Nothing is "F up" as you so delicately put it. Just wait and see. Don't like roadsters? Don't buy the kit. Wait for the coupe. Tim and others on the board who have inside information, have hinted as strongly as they can without putting their status in jeopardy, that this kit will come back. When? The only people who know for sure (at Revell) have not said. I suspect that there will be no "Official" statement from Revell, until the coupe kits are on the boat, or about to be loaded. Look, Revell knows that the two kits (Roadster & Coupe) were both solid sales home runs. They know that the tooling issue caused serious problems for them. My best guess is that Revell is putting very heavy effort into restoring this revenue stream. Because that is what these kits are to Revell. Not Toys, not Nostalgia, not Gauzy Emotions. They are Revenue. Eventually, when the tooling is fully amortized, they could be 'profit'. And that is what Revell is ultimately trying to achieve. Alan

I'm not concerned at all, and Revell just guaranteed that I'll be buying that kit too. WooWee. I want a couple of these too.

Dang Fine Job on the Bronco! Colour is perfect.