Dragonhawk1066

I managed to get the rest of the parts primed today. I used the rest of my Brite Touch gray primer, and then switched to my Rustoleum white primer and used up the rest of that can too, lol. I hope to get the color on the body tomorrow and maybe paint some of the other parts too.

Thanks for the heads up on the front end parts! Unfortunately I don't have the big block Camaro kit, but my test fit on the '67 Chevelle headers showed a pretty decent fit. I did file away on the frame where there might be an issue, but I'm pretty confident of the fit. I plan on cutting off the Supertrapp mufflers and adding my own 3" exhaust made from styrene tubing if I can get the bending done good enough.

Thanks! Yeah, I think the Ferrari is pretty much the same as the Miami Vice kit, with both having the Chevy engine and funky exhaust with the cat converter. The Mach 5 is a snap kit, so it's not really difficult at all, and I do not recall ever seeing a Racer X kit of any kind, although it would be a must have to pair with the Mach.

Well I think I'm about the last one to build one of these, at least it seems that way, lol. Going for a Day 2 Street/Strip look and feel with this one. I will be painting it Tamiya TS-11 Maroon with the white body stripe. I will be using a set of M/T Drag Radials and a Holley Carb from Fireball Modelworks, a machined aluminum air cleaner from Off The Sprue, and a set of Radir style 5-spoke wheels from the good ole parts box to help pull off the look. I am having a surprisingly hard time trying to find a set of headers for it, though. I may have to rob them from the AMT Pro Street '67 Chevelle as I don't seem to really have anything of the sort in said parts box.

A couple of quick builds I've been working on over the past couple of weeks. Not my best work, but they still look ok. Speed's ride is painted Tamiya TS-26 Pure White, while Franco and Smitty's Gumball entry is done in Tamiya TS-8 Italian Red, of course. I didn't go too heavy on the details on either, especially the Ferrari. Since the kit is based on a "kit car" and includes a Chevy powerplant that I already took some parts off of and the exhaust is funky looking, I didn't build it complete, so it's pretty much a curbside. I did drill out the holes on the wheels for the Mach 5 and printed out a random gauge cluster that would fit in the dash. I wish they would have included water slide decals with the stickers as the M was pretty tricky to place seeing as how you really get only one shot at it, lol. I was on the fence about posting these, but then I figured "what the heck", lol. Anyways, thanks for looking!

Lorne, I just now took the time to look this one up and WOW!!! That is one beautiful and well done truck! I love everything about it, including the outstanding paint job!

Well done!

Looks good in orange!

Looks good and nice color choice!

That turned out extremely well! Very nicely done!

Great looking custom with excellent details!

Nicely done! I love the color!

Very nice! Great looking paint job!

Wow, this is an old post! But what a beautiful looking Hot Rod!!

Looking good!

Looks great! Excellent work on the gauge panel!

The Revell '68 Roadster and the Revell/Monogram '78 Indy Pace Car are both excellent and nicely detailed kits.

Very nice!!

Looks good, sharp color!

Sweet looking Riviera!!

Nice, clean build and a great color choice! Very well done!!

Stef, you're welcome! I in turn, thank you for making this post. So many fond memories of these kits from my early teens to mid twenties rushing back into my head! At some point in time, I owned at least 30 of those 80's MPC kits from those two groups you posted. And my brother probably owned just as many, although not all the same. So many of those would be awesome to see again, although I would run out of money and space if too many were re-released too quickly, lol!!!

Not sure how many of those old molds were lost, destroyed some how or permanently altered, but I wouldn't be surprised if at least a few had met their demise. I'll try to re-link those pics. https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fboxartden.com%2Fcollections%2Fgallery%2Findex.php%2FVintage-Model-Kit-Catalogs-1950-1999%2FMPC%2FMPC-1985%2Fmpc_85_06-960&psig=AOvVaw1JDyqgNaplEO33_14poWPz&ust=1619825421328000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCPjTvI7OpPACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fboxartden.com%2Fcollections%2Fgallery%2Findex.php%2FVintage-Model-Kit-Catalogs-1950-1999%2FMPC%2FMPC-1985%2Fmpc_85_06-960&psig=AOvVaw1JDyqgNaplEO33_14poWPz&ust=1619825421328000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CA0QjhxqFwoTCPjTvI7OpPACFQAAAAAdAAAAABAJ One of my favorites as well, I remember butchering the decals as a teen in the early-mid 80's. I absolutely feel the same way!

I would certainly be in on some of those pictured, the Sundancer, Super Charger, Night Prowler, and The Cat in really any kind of variation. I would like to think some of them would sell rather well, but I can't remember as to the quality and accuracy involved in those kits. A few others come to mind including the 1972 Chevelle SS454, Chevelle SSlasher, Barracuda Pro Street, Twister Vega, and Monte Carlo Class Action, which would probably sell like mad with the included Chopper and Trailer. I fear though, that the perceived failure (just a guess as to whether they could be classified as failures) of a couple of somewhat recent re-releases (maybe better subjects could have been chosen for re-release?), such as the MPC '67 and '72 GTO's, could have Round 2 hesitant to offer up any more of these kits for re-release. They do seem to know what they're doing though, and Chad's vids at the first of every month tend to have a surprise here and there, so here's hoping. I also agree with Bill in regards to including stock graphics/badges on the decal sheet and please, no molded in color, white plastic is fantastic, lol!!

Very nicely done!