garagepunk66

Thanks for the link Casey

Sharp eye and reliable info once again Bill. Forgot all about the Bowers cases, I saw the uneven spacing in the ribs and my mind went to Littlefield.

Still looking for what's-in-the-box comparison photos of the Modified Stocker and the annual kit guys

ZTony8, this thread concerns bench fixes to work the actual kit back toward stock, not speculation about Round2's ability or likelihood of restoring the tooling

Have searched here to no avail... I thought someone was casting the Max Wedge intake from the Jo-Han 1964 Dodge annual kit but have turned up nothing.... Anyone?

It appears to be a Mert Littlefield magnesium 6-71 case. He started making those in the late 60's and would have been common swap meet fodder by the time MAMG was made

I would be happy in making a day 2 base Skylark or even a Special out of it. There are lots of talented guys on here doing more involved things than what I am proposing. Did you see the Duel Valiant movie car thread? I am not saying I am working at that level but without reference material nothing happens. Maybe instead of popping corn you should take pictures of what you have and post them here

Fellas, lets not derail the thread with what-ifs about the tooling with Round2. I would really like to see some what's-in-the-box photos of the Modified Stocker and the annual if possible to develop a game plan for an on-the-workbench fix or series of fixes

I was thinking along those lines as well, a double layer approach with styrene stock. looking at this picture, round stock could possibly be used to make the wheel opening molding on the lower layer..

(Admins, please move to the Model Building Questions forum....sorry) I have been thinking a bit about finding one of the Modified Stocker kits and trying to reconstruct some wheel openings, mount it on the Revell 1966 GTO chassis, use the AMT 66 Rivera engine and try to fill in the missing pieces as I go. I have questions about the changes that might have been made to the front and rear to make it the Modified Stocker that would need to be addressed. I am assuming that the tail lights are MIA, correct? I have also noticed that the 66 Wildcat seems to include the 66 Skylark tail lamps for the Custom option. Since I don't currently have an original or the Stocker, any photos or insight would be appreciated (Calling Snake45)

Re: the original post...I think judicious use of a good panel scriber and perhaps some .010 thick evergreen strip could easily negate the purchase of a second snap kit to harvest the hood from.

I can't wait to see what you do with that idea Snake!

If you are going the full phantom or one-off factory prototype route, why limit yourself to the Marlin roof profile? Graft on a roof from the MPC 69 Barracuda. By 69, the larger Rebels and Ambassadors had a shorter quarter window with a swept up beltline just like the 'cuda, and the roof is size-proportional for a contemporary compact like the Rambler American

Gorgeous DeSoto. Now you need to have Groucho Marx behind the wheel..."Tell them Groucho sent you"

I believe the same seller had decal sets and odd lots of loose spares for the X-EL Promos

I have a 1972 release sans box. IMHO, the quarter windows are mis-shapen and the grille is pretty wonky...

The tooling inserts were made from Beryllium-Copper alloy. Beryllium is a semi-precious metal and has considerable scrap value. No Buicks were made from them, but they certainly were melted down....

I never knew that the Cutlass was in the HSO series as well.

Not a terribly common thing to see, but basically the magneto base bolted to a special bevel gear drive unit that the fuel pump also bolted to. In the case of the SWC Swindler II, it was needed because the stock 394 water pump and timing cover were retained. Most of the later gas class cars used aftermarket timing covers with the provision for driving the fuel pump and used Jabsco electric marine bilge pumps to circulate the coolant

The Jo-Han block and heads are a 385 series, and the Boss 429 specific parts are quite nice. The SOHC attaching parrts were a compromise as I am sure the small, cash-strapped company could not afford a separate set of engine inserts for the Maverick/Comet tooling

A good number of the Otaki kits of that era list scale as 1/28 on the box. I would presume the Capri is also

I am happy to have this kit available again despite it's obvious shortcomings. It's great raw material to start with although I probably would never consider using the existing chassis and engine. I also feel that it is one of the better representations of the sedan roofline. It has the appropriate amount of crown in the windshield header area, whereas I feel that the AMT 55 sedan is too flat there, giving the roof a wedge shape in profile

Steve, I would agree. The grille looks to be of correct size and proportion. I think what might be throwing folks off is that filler panel below the grille that seems to be molded as a part of it (should be body color)

The Cooper Monaco (AKA King Cobra) was a tube framed car, very different in construction than the steel monocoque tub of the GT-40 cars.

Little known fact. KS Pittman drove for Fred Stone in this car before Doug Cook came on board. Has anyone made decals to reflect that livery?