tim boyd

I probably mentioned this earlier here somewhere, but I got a detailed look at an early test shot version of this kit some time ago; it is very well done - there is a quite a bit of new tooling in this kit a real effort to accurately capture the A/FX revisions on the real car. TIM

Good point on those wheel covers. The MPC 1965 Dodge Coronet 500 engine and chassis tooling (marketed as a q965 AMT annual kit) was largely reused for the 1966 MPC Charger annual kit, and its subsequent evolutions. Not clear what happened, if anything, to the body and interior, but they have never been reissued in any form that I am aware of. Others jump in if you know anything different.....TIM .

On my kits, both had windshield pillar issues. The first one had the driver's side pillar pretty well bent backwards; not sure if it can be returned to original intent with just bending. The other body had the passenger side A-pillar moderatelybbent back, but that one I could return to original condition with a minute or so of gentle persuasion. TIM

Rick... I did a full buildup of this one in the other magazine, circa 2002 or so, with a second follow-up article in their then-annual magazine. There are some front suspension/wheel placement issues with the original kit that I showed how to fix, but I do not know if these were corrected in the current release. (I presume these mags are still available in their back issue dept.) One issue with the original kit that was corrected in the Dirty Donny reissue is the R/T decals. The original kit had an incorrect "hump" in the R/T side stripes, it was missing the R/T door "gill" decal inserts, and the hood decal had a too-large cutout for R/T hood insert. All these decal issues are resolved in the Dirty Donny reissue. A couple of other heads-up - the kit's front split bench with armrest was available on the '71 Super Bee, but not the '71 R/T. The R/T was factory equipped only with bucket seats, with either the center (separate) seat with armrest, or console with floor shift. You can make the buckets from the split bench, and use a console from your other Mopar kits (this was also shown in the article). Second, the kit comes with the standard equipment manual outside driver's side mirror. This was the standard spec for an R/t, but 99% of the ones that came out of the factory door that year had the dual remote racing mirror option, either in chrome or (selected) body color paints. Again, your Mopar parts bin can help here. Other than those comments, it's a good kit - well worth your effort. Good luck and enjoy the build....TIM

Jonathon....that came out great! Thanks for sharing your build with us....TIM

Reminder.....reposting above notification as the 2017 NNL Nats is two months from this weekend....2017 Cult Theme is "Vintage Beach Racing", inspired by the Race of Gentlemen and other vintage hot rod racing events here in the States and oversea.... One update from the above - we're relaxing the 1/1 scale stipulation about no headlamps.....if you have headlamps, no need to bust them off your model. If you want to put scale tape or screens on them, cool but not required either. IE Let's have FUN with this Cult Theme. See you in October! TIM

That's the way the original tooling was designed.....engines and other parts can be shared across different kits. Don't worry about the Coupe body, it will be produced again as Revell announced a few months ago. TIM ;

Yep. the SBC is in the Roadster kit this time. The Nailhead will return too. Both engines were engineered to be used in both body styles. I am told that the Deuce grill doesn't mate with the '29 version for some reason, but it's a very easy kitbash conversion. TIM

FWIW, I don't think that this the issue in this particular case, but I could be wrong.....TB

Steve, I thought you were wrong on this, but The Directory of Model Car Kits, Seventh Edition confirms your statement. Thanks for the correction! TIM

The MEL was first introduced for the 1958 model year. In addition to the applications above, it was also an optional engine for the Thunderbird in 1959 and 1960 only IIRC.

I was researching a future article and wondered about the 4070A kit as well. Turns out that the change from the 4070A to the 4070B Eagle was more comprehensive than just the headlight bezels. I don't have the list in from of me, but there were a whole series of changes throughout the tool....enough of them to make backdating the tool to the original 4070A a very expensive/questionable proposition. My sources at Round 2 know that a reissue of this tool, even as just a 4070B (last available as a new kit in the mid 1990's I am told), would be a good seller. Unfortunately, there are unspecified challenges that make a reissue unlikely any time soon. TIM

Absolutely correct. MEL scale V8 engine sources include the AMT '25T Double Kit, the AMT '61-'65 and '66-69 Continental kits (even though the real car switched over to the 385 series 460 V8 at mid-year 1968, AMT continued with the MEL engine to the end of the run). The '69 was reissued as part of the AMT-Ertl Buyer's Choice program some years ago, IIRC). MEL's look the same from the outside (although the valve covers on the AMT kit are not correct - they're more like 1957 Lincoln Y-Block units). By far the best and most accurate source for a 385 series engine is the Revell '70 Torino GT/Cobra kits. Calnaga Castings used to offer this engine, but his product lineup is on hold while he is completing a key strategic assignment for his employer out of state. FE V-8's were not used in these generations of Lincolns....hope this helps a bit... TIM

Agreed....this is way cool. Ahh Mother Mopar....always full of surprises back then! TIM

James - I looked for it and could not find it....I need to do a deeper search. I remember being really frustrated, though, as much of my article submission was not used in the final magazine layout, for some unexplained reason. It appeared some time in the mid-late 2000's, I believe. I'll let you know if I find it. TIM

...and it created a lot of comments from the onlookers. I presume this was a recent import as the new ones were not sold here IIRC.

Roughly 60 pictures from this annual July Friday evening show in Downtown Ann Arbor Michigan. In keeping with its host community, the show includes both way cool and way eccentric automotive topics. By far the highlight for me was this 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340, painted in the exclusive for that model (early in the model year) R4 Bright Red. Get this....wearing original paint and unrestored. Wow!!! Enjoy the pix and thanks for looking....TIM

Thanks Bill for all the pix.....TIM

What James said. Revell is working on returning both kits to the market....so personally I would expect to see the Coupe kit return shortly after the roadster production run I too hope for some further derivatives of this kit tooling....although I suspect that they are several years away from coming to fruition. One that would relatively easy would be a '27 T Roadster body for the Z'ed A frame in the kit.....with both a turtledeck and pickup bed option. (If you go back and look at the '26/'27 T hot rods in the 1960's mags..they often ran Z'ed Model A frames...). TIM

Copy of my comments on another thread (about the 2017 Goodguys show....) that also seem relevant for this thread.... *********** I had provided a list of future kit topics to Revell ten years ago at their request.....and it included the Bumpside ('67-72) F-Series trucks.....and we finally got those, courtesy of Moebius. I've also suggested the '57 F100 ( a great unsung hero of the pickup world), and if done the way Moebius did their Bumpsides, it could easily support 1958-1960 Effies. Further, I would love to see the Unibody F-100's ('61-63) in a new kit, preferably a SWB one this time.. (see current issue of the other mag for a piece on the AMT LWB Unibody annual kit series). Finally, a '67/'68 C-10 (preferred in the hot rod world these days for the swoopier hood than on the '69 and later Chevs....and never available in kit form past the original AMT and MPC annuals of 1967 and 1968, respectively), all seem like obvious choices to me. Then there's the current Aluminum Body F-Series....now on track to sell 800,000 or more this year alone (well more than twice the volume of the best selling car in America this year). One would have to think a current kit of that (either the F150 or the all-new Super Duty) - even if done in simplified form like the first Raptor kit - would be a worthy subject of kit development. And digressing a moment to cars....it is beyond description that we don't have a full detail kit of the S550 generation Mustang. It is now sold in most markets around the world, and this year also became the single best selling sports car in the world! And there's no market for a full detail kit? Hogwash. It would truly be a shame if a full detail kit of this Mustang doesn't come to fruition from Revell, Round 2, or Moebius. Because if they don't, one of the Asian kitmakers probably will, either now or later. TIM

Mike.....yeah, I kind of agree with you here. I had provided a list of future kit topics to Revell ten years ago.....and it included the Bumpside ('67-72) F-Series trucks.....and we finally got those, courtesy of Moebius. I've also suggested the '57 F100 ( a great unsung hero of the pickup world), and if done the way Moebius did their Bumpsides, it could easily support 1958-1960 Effies. Further, I would love to see the Unibody F-100's ('61-63) in a new kit, preferably a SWB one this time.. (see current issue of the other mag for a piece on the AMT LWB Unibody annual kit series). Finally, a '67/'68 C-10 (preferred in the hot rod world these days for the swoopier hood than on the '69 and later Chevs....and never available in kit form past the original AMT and MPC annuals of 1967 and 1968, respectively), all seem like obvious choices to me. Then there's the current Aluminum Body F-Series....now on track to sell 800,000 or more this year alone (well more than twice the volume of the best selling car in America this year). One would have to think a current kit of that - even if done in simplified from like the first Raptor kit - would be a worthy subject of kit development. And digressing a moment to cars....it is beyond description that we don't have a full detail kit of the S550 generation Mustang. It is now the best selling sports car in the world! And there's no market for a full detail kit? Hogwash. It would truly be a shame if a full detail kit of this Mustang doesn't come to fruition from Revell, Round 2, or Moebius. Because if they don't, one of the Asian kitmakers probably will, either now or later. TIM

All.....thanks for your feedback.....TIM

...be sure to checkout the coverage of the 2017 Goodguys Nats in Columbus, Ohio. See links posted in the "1/1 scale car reference photos" and "1/1 scale truck reference photos" section of the forum....TIM "ferencih

Here's the link,,, And here is but one of the many pickups, suvs, car-pickups, et al that were seen at the event....just one of the several 1970-66 Suburbans that showed up this year. Thanks for looking....TIM

Yours to enjoy.....thanks for looking. TIM Here's the link.... And here's one of the cars.... a VW bug chopped and setup with a mid-engine Buick Nailhead V8 (the valve cover lettering reads "Berlin Buick"...