tim boyd

Yes...very familiar. In the late 1960's, Ann Arbor had "Free Concerts" each Sunday, first at Leslie (?) Park, between Miller and Huron Streets west of downtown, and later on in Gallup Park (an Island in the Huron River near Huron Parkway. Both these groups, and others of their ilk ("SRC" was a terrific Ann Arbor group as well), were very controversial with parents of teenagers in Ann Arbor at the time, including mine. But I did manage to ride my bike to at least one or two of the free concerts when they were at Leslie Park. It's pretty vague but it may have been the MC5 (btw, John Sinclair's communist ramblings aside, "Ramblin' Rose and "Sister Anne" are two great cuts - the later having what may be the best opening riff of any song of the rock and roll era....) I remember when the Stooges album with " I wanna be your dog" and "It's 1969" came out. I thought the music was awful. Shows you how much I know...I did go to a concert at a local Ann Arbor bar that honored Ron Asheton after his death, and my former boss J Mays (the Ford Group VP of Design) sat next to Scott Asheton on one of his frequent Detroit-London trips and told me he was a really nice guy.... TIM .

See post #71 for photos of the actual car at the Museum. According to Gray Baskerville in Hot Rod magazine (late 1980's), it is the original car. It was sold, then later acquired and just mildly refreshed as it had not been greatly modified. The car appears to represent the Malco Gasser in its final as raced form, which evolved somewhat from the original status of the car as featured in Car Craft magazine. The very cool thing is that Round 2 includes decals for both the original, and final versions of the car. TB

Anyone have a picture of the Chevy Fisher I6 cylinder head (as included in the AMT '51 Chevy Bel Air) that would show the location of dual spark plugs per cylinder???? I can find plenty of pictures of the cylinder head/spark plug locations for Fisher heads with single spark plugs per cylinder, but the AMT kit includes a distributor cap with 12 (not six) spark plug wire terminals, leading me to believe that there must be or have been a Fisher dual plug cylinder head out there somewhere! And if so, I need to see a picture of it so I route my spark plug wiring properly. Thanks in advance if anyone can help....TIM

Yes, those cars were the original Zingers, as conceptualized and modeled by Dennis (Denny) Johnson. And they were exactly where MPC got the idea for the Zingers. TIM

You should use the blower, and intake manifold, from the AMT '33 Willys as they are much more correct than the MPC kit parts. i think that the MPC blower drive is more accurate. TB

Harry....I think that the Tamiya TS-13 paint gives a smoother/glossier finish without having to do the additional step of rubbing the finish out, which I have to do with Testors One Coat Wet Look Clear. For those that can get consistently good results from TS-13, that makes it worth it to use that paint. I, however, have had enough problems with TS-13 that my overall success rate is below 50%, so for that reason I use the Testors Wet Look Clear paint, which I find has a near 100% success rate, albeit requiring the extra step of rubbing out the paint. Thanks..>TB

I agree that the issue with bubbling can be correlated with putting on too much paint at once, but I think it also correlates with getting the sprayhead too close to the model (which may trap some of the aerosol propellant on the body surface before it has time to evaporate as it leaves the sprayhead. Between this and the tendency it has to attack the basecoat (causing it to pull away from seams, door lines, etc.), which yielded multiple messed up paint jobs for me that had to be subsequently "rescued", I finally migrated to the Testors Wet Look Clear. But if you can master the process to deliver consistent good results, TS-13 is the way to go. TB

Great shots!!!! Thanks Maxx.....TIM

John....I don't recall that one specifically, but I did check it against the 1990's Ertl release (with the brown car on the box art). If I get a chance, I'll try to check it against some other issues....I did look at the '66 kit and it was an entirely different unit.....TB

John....terrific models....and the fact that they are both dual engined, including that mid-engined 1970's style job, very, very cool! TIM

...and best of all....you can build your own scale version of this one using Norm Veber's new Chopped '31 Model A Coupe body. I don't have his price list in front of me right now, but I believe the price is under $30 and includes a really well done body, two windshield visors (one drilled just like the one in Niko's post above and one plain), and two deck lids (one louvered and one plain). Highly recommended from Replicas and Miniatures of Maryland Company. You can see their ad in any issue of Model Cars Mag (no, they do not have a web site per se.) TIM

Impcon...I do agree with you that some of Round 2's reissues have fallen short in terms of quality, parts omissions, flash, assembly errors, etc. But I was under the impression that the Galaxie 500 reissue was actually one of the best and most comprehensive reissues that they have done to date. That's why it would be really great if some others who have actually assembled this reissue would weigh in here with their experiences. Best regards...TIM

I recall the two AMT Heller based Combo sets, the Ferrari 330/P4and Porsche 907, and the Renault Alpine R8 and Gordini A210. I do not recall either of the Heller 917 kits ever being in an AMT combo kit. Thanks again...TIM

Not to be argumentative here, but there really is not much that is missed in the kit when you compare it to the 1/1 scale restoration it was based upon (once you get past the relatively minor errors in the body itself which carry over from the prior kit), and the follow-up posts here that correctly compare the kit to the 1/1 scale prototype it was based upon, largely confirm that point of view. Nevertheless, I do agree that it has been a most informative thread and thanks to you for starting it. And for those that did not read my full review (link in my earlier posts in this thread), the Keystone "K" on the wheel center hubs is represented in the kit, but with four individual decals on the decal sheet rather than being engraved in the wheels themselves. TB

Has anyone else built this reissue and had similar problems? I just did a mock-up of this reissue (body, interior, IP, trunk insert, glass insert, and chassis) and I didn't see any of the above problems, other than that Round 2 for some reason added some tabs off the clear rear backlight casting that would be correct for a promo version, but clearly are VERY incorrect for this kit which includes an opening trunk. Two minutes with a razor saw should remove the tabs - although, this would be just about impossible to do if you were in the final assembly stage and only discovered the problem there. I have updated my kit preview to reflect this issue and credited Cooltoys1 for the heads-up: http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/first-look-at-all-n/new-round-2-amt-65-/new-round-2-amt-65-/dsc-1000.html In the meantime, anyone else who has built this reissue, please weigh in here with your experience. Did you see similar problems? Because doing a quick mockup as I did just a few minutes ago, can not substitute for actually building and finishing the kit itself. TIM

Martinfan5 said: Tamiya has brought back TS13 Clear , look for it in your LHS sometime around the middle to end of July ****************** Thanks Jonathon for the heads-up on that, Very much appreciated. . Personally, I prefer the Testors One Step Wet Look Clear - it seems to be less likely to attack the basecoat (causing the paint to pull away from door cut lines and the like), and less prone to the "bubbling" referenced above. But when you get the TS-13 it on perfectly, it does dry to a very smooth and glossy surface, whereas I find I need to rub out and wax the Testors product to get the glossy final result. It will be interesting to see if this new formula TS-13 addresses some of its prior issues along with retaining the super glossy result. TIM

My recollection is that the Kenworth Cabover did include the Baby Moons for the rear hubs....they fit perfectly on a '41 Plymouth street rod kitbash I did in the mid 1970's....TB

Bill...the model appears to be based on a restoration of the '70 S&M 'cuda that was featured in Popular Hot Rodding magazine in '08. The scoop on that car is close to, but not exactly the same, as the '69 B Body Six Pack hood scoop. The Revell S&M model has a hood scoop that is close to the 1/1 scale car, except that it foregoes a bit of the "tuck-in" of the hood scoop at the bottom front where it meets the hood, as a minor concession to an affordable hood scoop execution in scale. There are prior posts in this thread that talk about the whole scoop subject in more detail, if you want additional info... TIM

Thanks Ed....TIM

So this is where the Heller kits ended up? The 917 kits are mentioned; did the Heller Ferrari kits also get reissued by Union? Thanks...TB

Great story, Brett! TIM

Brett...I also caught these three items and I mentioned them in my review (I noted that the Drag 500 lettering was supplied, but not the "Firestone' that goes on the opposing part of the sidewall, and like you I also suspect that licensing fees may have been a factor in that...) Thx for noting...>TIM

Jason...just checked my kit and reference material and you are correct. Thanks for noting that... I've updated my Fotki album with this info and credited you with noticing it...TB

Thanks Muncie...I thought it might be that but I didn't know for sure. And thanks guys for handling Marcos' question on the Cool Can. Best regards, all. TB

Cool Brett! Thanks a bunch....TIM