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Thanks, this is what I ended up doing.

Just about anything domestic, or foreign (from an American point of view) from 1967 to the present day, except drag racing subjects. I would have to say my absolute favorite era is the mid 70s to the early 80s, the transition era from big RWD platforms to smaller cars and the rapid advances makes it interesting to me.

Did any release of the new tool AMT 1971 charger include decals for the instrument panel? Thanks

You are right. I might be overthinking this, I looked at more pictures of 78 corvette engine bays. All you can see are the air cleaner, maybe 1 valve cover and a ton of vacuum hoses. This was a good exercise in case I think of another project. with a similar theme.

I am considering that one as well. I built that kit recently, and just looked at the engine to refresh my memory.

I am still trying to find a suitable engine. my 99 Impala SS has a missing valve cover and since this kit started as a snap kit, the engine is too simplified for this project. The newer revell Olds cutlass is 1/25, but the engine has the level of detail I want. It has a seperate starter, oil filter, and a nice serpentine accessory drive, but what I do not remember, and can not find easily is what year did GM start using the chevrolet engine in all makes? And is the engine in the olds really a chevrolet engine?

I have one of those.... that might be a good lead. Thanks!

Is there a 1/24 kit engine, or aftermarket engine with crisp detail which reasonably resembles a current GM Small block crate engine? I want to put this in a Monogram 1978 Corvette.

Bummer, sorry it did not work for you. I used to love the stuff when it was commonly available.

Dawn power dissolver is effective at removing paint, and chrome. It seems to work like a less harsh oven cleaner. I have not seen it in stores for some time, so lucky you for finding some. It also works very well for the intended purpose of cleaning cookware.

Now that you pointed it out, I cannot unsee it. ?

MCW, and Scale Finishes have engine colors. You can also find spray cans of actual engine paint. https://mcwfinishes.com/shop/ols/search?keywords=engine&sortOption=descend_by_match http://www.scalefinishes.com/Engine.html https://www.amazon.com/VHT-SP119-Engine-Enamel-Orange/dp/B0028V6SI2 Hope it helps. I know it is not as easy as buying a bottle of model master at the hobby store, but there are plenty of alternatives.

I have not seen an official statement about any more products. RPM responds to questions, here is where you can contact them: https://www.rpminc.com/contact-rpm/

I mostly build aircraft, so I guess you can consider me part of the FSM crowd. Back in 2012-2013 when it was pretty clear MM was no longer going to be a reliable source of colors, I started using lacquers. Specifically Mr. Color Lacquers, as well as MRP lacquers. These two brands have all the aircraft, armour and basic colors covered, but not things like correct engine colors. MCW has most engine colors. If you already airbrush enamels, then there is no reason not to airbrush lacquer. In fact I found it to be much easier to airbrush, the paint is more forgiving, dries faster, and is easier to clean from the airbrush. There are many alternatives for body colors, the aforementioned MCW, Splash Paints, Scale finishes, and others. For metallics, AK Extreme metal, and Alclad are great alternatives to metalizer, and they are more durable, you can mask over them. The only problem is that these paints are not suitable for brush painting. I still have a hoard of MM for the parts I need to brush paint, but I started to run out of flat black. The new Revell enamel seems to brush well, and in the interest of trying alternatives I also have ordered some MCW enamel, but have not had a chance to try it. I have to order all my paints now, the last hobby store in my area closed years ago, so I was already used to ordering paint. The last official word I heard from RPM when I emailed and asked, was they have no plans to discontinue the Testors line, and it seems things like glue, square bottles, dullcote, Glosscote, ELO, et cetera are still available. But there are alternatives to most of these products as well.

RPM acquired testors in 1984 according to this page: http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-testor-corporation-history/ I can not find a second source to verify, but it seems correct to my recollection. I also found RPM acquired Rustoloeum in 1995 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-05-04-9405040196-story.html It is a real shame Floquil was discontinued.. The silver paints were awesome, the pigment was the most finely ground metallic I have ever seen in a hobby product.

Megahobby had it stock late last week, and I ordered 1 tin, flat black. It arrived yesterday. I tried it with a brush, and I was pleased, it brushes easily, covers well. Give it a try.

I use lacquers, and just flushing with lacquer thinner, then removing and wiping off the needle, I find I can go quite a while between teardowns. Especially when using perfectly thinned paint, there is pretty much nothing left after running out of paint.

Exactly what paint did you use for the white? Tamiya Acrylic? Flat or gloss? What did you thin it with? You can burnish tamiya tape into the ridges to some extent.

Nice paint job. I built this one as the box art version, it was a fun build. You really captured the look of a 70s early 80s factory paint scheme.

79 Bronco preferably with clear headlights.

The Testors Airbrush thinner is fairly hot, I double checked the MSDS to verify what I seemed to remember, it contains Xylene, and Ethylbenzene. I hate it when paint pulls away from the edges that way. any way here is the MSDS if you want to have a look https://www.rustoleum.com/MSDS/ENGLISH/1156XT.pdf

I have been thinking the same thing for years. This kit is my last holy grail, and we know the tool existed as recently as 2006. They have reissued many other kits from the 70s, so why not this one? Maybe we will get lucky and see a reissue with the debut of the new 2021 Ford Bronco. With the new truck on the streets, it may be a good time to reissue this kit.

It seems feasible they could have the modern stuff, As far as I know something like the revell 82 firebird was not re-issued in the China production era, so it is feasible the mold made it to the Illinois warehouse after the Revell/Monogram merger and could have been deemed unworthy for re-issue by The new owners of Revell, and then ended up with Atlantis. Lot of "Ifs" in that scenario, but it is fun to speculate. I agree, the kits you mention do sound like they are hinted at by the press release.

It will be interesting to see what they have. They specifically mention 1/32, 1/24, 1/25 and 1/16 . So no 1/12 or 1/8. Maybe we will see some long lost pre-merger Revell stuff? Like the the 1982 Firebird SE, or that weird stepside street machine Square body pickup. In 1/16 I would love to see the 1/16 Firebird, and the 1/16 IROC. We will just have to see.

Where is the AMT 1979 Bronco? Model King Re-issued it in 2006(ish) as part of a race team set, and it has yet to resurface. So, we know the tool survived at least until that point.