Oldcarfan27

That's good bodywork there! Everything fits well, close tolerances and very little putty. If you used a solid adhesive, that is going to look good for years, if not decades.

If you're going to kitbash a Suburban, you've obviously got the ability to correct the shortcomings of the original kit. Model On!! I would suggest using the pickup to start the conversion, as there isn't much on the Blazer that is close to the Suburban - except the chassis (4x4) and the grille. But that's just my opinion.

The Hot Wheels Opel is probably the most exciting box art ever for that kit. Now I want one! Anybody know if the Rat Fink International truck was available as a stock rig? That one's cool!

He's the Yoda, help you he can! Look at how all his lines a there and neatly placed. You want the area to look busy, but not cluttered. He also uses a lot of wash to bring out details and make it look used. The only times the engine is perfectly shiny and clean is the day it leaves the dealership or after it's been restored and never driven again. The rest is heat/cool cycles, oil leaks, grease, dirt, old paint and repairs that happen through everyday use. Also, day one engines aren't painted with high gloss paint, more of an eggshell finish. Avoid the "dipped in syrup" look, it detracts from the scale appearance and just looks like it's going to attract dust any minute. Use different shades and textures to represent multiple parts. Engine compartments have thousands of little parts and assemblies and they don't get painted from the same can at the same time.

Thanks for the pictures, that helps a lot! I too see the shortness between the door and the rear wheelhouse, but if the wheelbase is correct as he says, I can't see how to fix it. Roof looks a little short in the back too. Possibly the window is too big. Might just have to be a case for "eyeball engineering", if it looks like the 1:1 then that's close enough. It probably would take a little stretching and shrinking to get the desired look. I do agree with him that the underhood details are lacking in both kits. Firewall openings are huge and the inner fenders are just plain wrong on the pickup and would require major surgery to correct. But that's why we're modellers, you know. Fix what you can and pass on the rest. Not everybody has the skillset to do that much rebuilding and that's OK. It's about doing what makes you happy, not stressing over what's not microscale correct.

Ohura aged so gracefully and every picture shows her with a smile. Bless her for not falling for the plastic surgery scammers! RIP dear!

Probably something available in military scale 1/35.

C.S.I. Polystyrene "DUMM DUMM!!" I think I know where this chassis ended up... I can guess why the 67/68 wasn't used in 69. Once it became the foundation for the 68 Shelby GT500, it never got used anywhere else. So for 69, they still had the promo chassis so that was used for the kit. Anybody ever check a 68 promo to see whats under it?

Actually, the spats and spoilers were wind tested back then and were found to actually work at keeping the tires on the road, where you want them! The hood scoop was also able to pull air form the high pressure area at the windshield, whereas the Formula scoops weren't as effective at getting air from the front of the hood. The 400/4 speed engine in the T/A 6.6 was rated a 220hp which was good performance for the late 70s. With 320 ft/lbs of tourque it was faster than pretty much anything else available in 1978-79, including Corvette, Mustang and Camaro. And that was off the showroom floor, anything that could be done to the earlier 400s to boost performance, could still be done to the last ones. T/A 6.6 heads were from the earlier 350 Pontiac engine (labeled 6x heads) and had a lower deck, increasing compression in the bigger engine and boosting performance. That, along with other tuning tricks, gave the Trans Am respect in an otherwise dismal period. Ask drivers who had one and they'll tell you, the car felt stronger than numbers would have you believe.

Actually 45. I think it was originally announced back in 77 or so.

Fine to ask the question, but you need to explain where you find discrepancies so we may agree or disagree with the assumption. Did you measure something that wasn't to scale or something appears wrong?

That's because the Dodge Stealth IS a Mitsubishi! Good Ol' badge engineering.

Joe Dirt?

More like cousin Eddie! ?

Connoisseur Classics are the MPC kits. Also very nice. Don't forget the Johan's. They show up pretty often and prices can be pretty fair, if the seller isn't that interested in the subject matter.

First out as the 66 annual then became the 67, but what happened to it after that? Did it become an altered wheelbase dragster, a super stocker with hogged out wheelwells or ? I can't remember any boxart with other variations.

Who's gonna be the first to build a replica! Steve?

Guy walks into a bar. Ends up in the Emergency Room with a concussion!