Oldcarfan27

I think, just by sheer numbers of partsbox refugees I've encountered, just about everybody has! I actually think the illustration of the car looks pretty good. Not a fan of the graphics, but it looks better than the kit could ever hope to. I just wish that Revell would clean up the grille to look like the box art, that would go a long way to improving the kit! Those wheels are the best representation of deep dish kidney beans in kit form. They probably get more sales than the car does! I do hope they're in this issue.

Doesn't need one, the engine supports both ends! ?

The actual builds look much more enticing than the paintings they used on the box. They should've used those instead, gives builders a better idea of the outcome. I don't think automotive diorama kits have ever been greatly successful. Remember when Revell tried it 25-30 years ago? You'll see the kits built, but how many times do you see the cardboard background? IIRC, price also plays a factor in their demise. The kits were usually 20% to 30% higher because of the gimmick and very few buyers wanted to pay the extra freight for it.

I've tried it before and it wasn't too hard. I simply took an Xacto blade and a file and did a small taper around the inside, maybe less than 1/16" all the way around, just to take the visual thickness out of the outer edge. The worked area can simply be touched up with Molotow or black or gold paint, depending on what look you're after. The OEM grilles did actually have a slight bevel to them, so it is prototypically correct. If I can find the ones I did, I'll post it for you, so you can see what I mean. Now you got me wanting to do my own Rockford!

Smooth as fine wine! The top-in-flight is the icing. The old Monogram kit has never looked better! ?

And Majorette made a die cast of an Olds Omega at one time!

I hope not!! ???

If the shipping box is perfectly pristine, with no dents or crush marks, then I'd have to assume the inside boxes weren't packed securely and didn't have enough (or any) packing around them and the boxes shifted around in transit and got damaged. That would be the fault of the seller, for not packing the contents correctly before shipping. If their attitude is "We didn't send them out to you damaged - too bad." and they're not willing to make the order right, then I would not be ordering from them again and I would let them know that. A seller can't stay in business with a reputation of lazy order fulfillment and bad customer service. I've sent out many boxes to others on this forum and I've never had a complaint about the packaging. I've always made sure the shipping box is strong enough for it's contents and that there is enough cushion for the bouncing and jolting the package is going to receive to get to it's destination. That's my responsibility for the recipient. After that, it's up to the shipper to have the responsibility not to drive OVER the box on its way there.

This one certainly wasn't bad art, it did what it was supposed to do. It made me want to buy one, even though I already KNEW how hard the kit was to build! That's the exact opposite of "bad" box art.

Uh Mike, you might want to check the pressure of your Corvair - I think it's over inflated!

Small potatoes to them. They could dress up the 289, make a hood, add gauge cluster, special steel wheels and put it in a cool retro box and we'd climb all over ourselves to buy one. I agree with you about the latter. A K-code 289 hipo is still a 289, but what it absolutely isn't is a 351 Cleveland!

Looks like a winnah!

Think Round 2 has a couple Shelby's up their sleeve later on?

A very plausible build. I like looking at it over and over again to see more details. The story adds to the theme! By the way, does the door glow in the dark?

Wheel offset is spot on and the painting makes the Magnum 500s pass for Pontiac rally IIs. Trim rings are the closest thing I've seen available for the Pontiac. I'll have to use that idea. I might try removing the Chevy wheel detail and replace them with Rally IIs for the best of both worlds. I think your use of the Monogram 78 is the best choice to replicate the real car. Color looks good too. The only problem I have with the kit is the headlight/grille areas are too squashed vertically. When I build it, I would want to try to open them up by thinning out the frame areas at the end little bit. If you look at a real one, the edge of the grille opening is not straight out with a thick chrome edge, but bevels a little bit at the end. You don't see as much chrome around it as the kit makes it look.

AFAIK it'll be the ONLY Winnie built in this scale!

Lookin' good so far!

My friend had a 1/20 Mini Cooper kit and we pulled out the wheels from it and put them on a 1/25 vehicle - perfect size!

Exactly why I gave up buying any new GM car and other new high tech appliance. These corcorporate bigwigs have decided that it's better for us (them) if they design parts to fail within a certain amount of time, so we will be committed customers buying from them for life. It's not about customer loyalty anymore, it's about sabotaging their products so we HAVE to buy something from them. My dad grew up GM loyal, he said they were built better and would only go there when he was in the market. His last new car was a '90 Silverado C1500, which I still have! It's been a constant reliable friend for 30+ years. My wife and I were so impressed with it that when it came time to buy a family SUV, we could only focus on the same company that made his. So we found a beautiful 10 year old 96 Suburban. We assumed same kind of truck, same build quality, same satisfaction outcome, right? Wrong! In just six years between the two trucks, reliability went into the toilet. I've had to personally replace just about everything in the '96 - twice! While the 90 just keeps plugging along. Both have about the same mileage and both get the same care, but one was designed at a time when the company wanted loyal return customers and the other was built with a loyalty to money. You think their newer cars are built any better? I'm not spending my hard earned money with them to find out. I personally know what their attitude is, that's why they went bankrupt 12 years ago! We also have a 25 year old simple washing machine and dryer. No computer gadgets or techno functions, just simple "clean'm and get'm dry" appliances. While they have needed repair, I have been able to fix them myself with ordinary hand tools and parts that have been less than $50. My local appliance parts dealer has been amazingly informative and helpful, so they are always my first choice whenever I need help and they've never been wrong! Too bad big corporations don't see that kind of business model anymore.

Never tought about that, makes sense! Now we just need a "Coca-Cola" 65 Bonneville. ?

Anybody else notice how she must've backed the car onto the beach and then climbed out of the passenger side so she wouldn't leave prints in the sand? Hope she's able to get traction to drive it outa there before the tide comes in! Note to self: Driving your car on a soft sandy beach is never a good idea!

Your wish is granted!! 7 years - Better nate than lever.

X✌ I'm not even a fan of that movie, but a police car from that era would have lots of building potential.

I think there would be interest in ALL of your Snake-Fu rescues. They'd probably take up too much space on one thread, but I'd like to see them in some consolidated order. Just please, don't try to fit 40 or 50 on one picture. Quality just gets lost when they're that small. How about showing us a thread of your oldest original builds from when you started this hobby. You know, the group that included your '66 Buick Gran Sport. I know I'd enjoy seeing the first kits you built after you got your insurance payout some 50 odd years ago! The stories are great too!

I can see the taillights, some of the specific parts sprues and half the chrome tree survived into the hardtop kit. I wonder if the other parts have been blocked off all this time and will simply be opened up again. Casey, Did you say they were recreating the body, interior shell and glass? These are glorious days indeed!