Dave Darby

The MPC snap kit. It has a nice stock grille.

I'd love a look inside that 27 T /XR6 tool. While portions were obliterated for My Mother the Car and the Cinder Bug, I'll bet 2/3rds to 3/4ths of it could still be there.

How are they going to accommodate the custom nose piece?

Great color and I love that Day 2 look.

My guess would be pad printed tires, a new expanded decal sheet and possibly tinted glass. Maybr we'll get lucky and they'll throw in the DOHC from the Super Bee it.

That puppy is just a couple bumpers and valence panels away from a 71-72 version. If only somebody would repop them.

I kinda like the box art.

All the more frustrating that I can't find my parts pack wheel tree. Just to muddy the waters even more, check out this Vicky. The blue coupe probably has the original issue parts pack wheels, but no idea where this Vicky got them. Supposedly built in 63, and they arent from the Vette, the XR6, or the parts pack.

You never disappoint, Bob! Another way cool build.

It (240 cu in or 300 for the newer ones) would be correct in a full size Ford, but a whole different engine family than the small 6 with the one piece head and intake they used in the Fairlanes. That said, I'm not sure which car I love more, they are so cool!

Looks great! Love the color, and really nice paint job. BTW, Not sure why Revell calls it a 1960, but it's ts really a 1959. 59s have horizontal pleats on the seats, 60s are vertical. For a long time, AMT called their 60 Corvette a 59. Odd... Anyway, I have definite warm spot for that old multi piece body kit. Very under rated, it's one of the finest solid axle Vette kits out there, which is pretty impressive when you consider it dates back to 1959! The original issue has stock wheel covers and tires, plus a driver and female figures.

Flat. Out. Gorgeous. Good call using the Stacy body as I understand the rear wheel wells arent symmetrical on their regular roadster. That baby looks like a miniature Ridler Award winner. Conceot and execution are A+.

Very few to none of those new tools would have happened if those particular manufacturers would have had an existing tool on hand. And according to most of the industry insiders Ive spoken with, the body is the most expensive part of the tool. To be honest, we are lucky to have a 63 Galaxie at all after AMTs big tool purge in the early 70s. As it wss AMT/Ertl had to retrieve the chassis from under the 64 Mod Stocker and replace the exhaust. I'm an old Ford guy myself. My first car was a 64 Falcon Sprint. Imagine what i felt when I saw that crude piece of dreck Trumpeter put out. I'd take an old annusl kit over thar hot mess any day. At least thst Galaxie has an accurate body. At the end of the day, my models sit on a shelf. If I needed the extra chassis detail, I can swap in the Starliner stuff. The missing rear speaker grille is only noticeable to the .00001 percent of those kit buyers who actually have a 63 Galaxie. Not exactly a glaring deficiency. The convertible top wells are there because the annual kits could also be had as convertibles. I'll bet the reissue comes with the boot. A new kit tool costs upward of 250k. With their largest customer, Hobby Lobby shrinking their car kit selection, do you really think Round2 can make a business case for reinventing the wheel on a kit HL probably wont even pick up?

I've had these since I was a teen in the 70s, so it's possible they from a different than the Monza. But look at the wheel lips. Non existent on the Dart wheels, nice and crisp on these old ones (I did strip the old chrome and paint off.]

I don't hate them, but ones that came in the 76 Monza kit are nicer. And they are pretty out of place on a Dodge Dart.

With the ever shrinking market place I wouldn't hold my breath on that happening. Plus as the Revell 62 Impala shows, there could be quite a trade off in detail compared to body fidelity. Most of the issues you mention are pretty easy fixes.

That's correct. I have a couple of 63s at home with those wheels. If I was home I'd post pics.

Compare it to an AMT 64 Fairlane and you will see what I'm talking about.

Actually, the AMT 63 Hardtop is kind of a hybrid. It's a quicky rework of the 62 2 door sedan kit. AMT removed the door posts and reworked the tops of the windshield and backlight areas. To be completely accurate, you would need the roof from a 64 kit, which benefits from an all new body tool. While the Revell Thunderbolt stuff drops into the 64 Comet kit nicely, the Fairlane used a completely different underframe and suspension. It was the only game in town at one point, but today I'd use the Moebius 65 Comet underpinnings.

What Mark said.

Looking for my set as I type, but I seem to remember all of them being 4 lug. Will post pic when I find them.

The wheels are actually fairly easy to find. AMT/Ertl reissued them at least once along with a competition chassis. If memory serves correctly, they were reissued at least one more time since then. But I could be wrong on that. The real story in the pictured 69 cent parts pack are the tires. Especially the front runners. They weren't available very long and aren't real easy to find. But they make excellent front rubber for vintage hot rods and drag cars. See earlier in this thread, and they are on the coupe below.

You mean those Pontiac Honeycomb wheels? I agree.

I'd be all in for multiple multiples of this set! Even at today's MSRP.

Far from it. Only AMT kits I know of with Latham blowers are the 25 T and the 65 Riviera. Not saying there arent others, but they all look about the aame.