Chuck Kourouklis

Yeah, well this West Coaster has commitments on other (published) projects. But man, the model does look like it cleans up nice!

By Jove, I think you're onto something there, Andy - just lose the lower molding! Yeah, that might open things up and allow you to widen the turn at the kink a little. I'm also toying with a scheme that grafts nearly all of the front fenders and the lower 2/3 or so on back from the sides of the Jo-Han body into Revell's... Woops, just saw your question this time, went, and had a look. Looks like the bumper wouldn't hug the contour as the 1:1's does at all. Might just see how it lines up on the '72 in a bit...

Recently relocated from Petaluma!

If you find the decal sheet on page one, the roof/C-pillar stripe is one large piece that lies atop and wraps down to the door separations. THIS should determine how you line up the side stripes that run from the rear door edges forward. Because they're independent of each other side-to-side, they're far more amenable to fine alignment if the roof stripe sets it than the roof stripe would be if the door stripes were applied even slightly out of position first. Which I'm guessing is what you said in the first place, and I thought Dave was agreeing...

NO WAY you should do the sides first, even with door handle/lock holes to guide you. Let the roof hoop be your guide...

Oh, the new one is a bit bodged - in addition to the shallower roll at the rocker panel level, the new kit isn't as close as the Jo-Han at the wheel arches either. Undressed, there's a ponderous, thick-waisted quality over the rockers and thru the quarters, and the DLO definitely seems small right now; I'm guessing that foiling the rocker panels and the DLO trim will both visually enlarge the DLO and lean out what's looking a little thick in the middle. The DLO really does seem too tight in radius as it kinks from the belt line back up to the drip molding at the C-pillar. Also, the molding is executed in such a way that the continuity of the upper door character lines into the top edges of the front fenders is broken at the A-pillar, and at some angles, there's the impression of a weird kink upward in the front fenders from the cowl forward. Still and all, the DLO on the MCW ain't even close. And that's why, even with the MCW possibly stronger in other areas, the Revell body gives a much more accurate impression overall.

The earliest releases of this kit have been out barely a week. It might be a bit soon to expect a full build just yet.

Good show, Dave! If it works for you, the rest doesn't really matter, does it?

Awesome! They can bring that any time they want.

The kit featured in this thread came from Fundemonium Toys, Hobbies & Games in Rohnert Park, California; and at least one other participant here has gotten it from his LHS. The difference is whether or not your LHS is a Revell Preferred Partner (the RPP reference I made in post 1). The RPP shops tend to get the klits earlier as Brett explained before, and "It's not out yet" might just be the company line from the shop, the distributor, or Revell.

Side panels for the doors. Big empty space in the top sprue is for the hood, as you might have guessed.

And while we're at it, a look at the body-color rear bumper panel if anyone's interested... Decal #5 is provided for the center.

That's certainly closer...

Four pieces - chrome backing panel, two taillight lenses, a body-color panel between - very first post, overview of all parts; the body-color panel is on the top right red sprue, the rectangular piece immediately left of the space where the hood was. Pics later if you like.

And that's the thing I wish more people would remember as some of us delve into the inaccuracies: who does your model have to please besides you? If you like the kit, why should it matter what anybody else has to say about it? I see the lower body problem too and quite a bit more. Still probably gonna pick up another, cause I dunno, I just like it, problems or not.

Lock step with you, CL. Been holding back very deliberately, but now that we're approaching 2100 views, I'm hoping enough people have reached their own conclusions that nobody'll take it too personally if we turn the corner and start poring over the proportions.

I ain't overjoyed with that radio shot either. Might see to it again later with the Pentax. I was wondering a bit about it too, but then I'm the guy calling rotating beacons "strobes", so there ya go. GREAT MATCHING SHOT, Andy! That's as close as coincidence allows - all I can make out is that my perspective is a bit lower, but not enough to affect your observations at all. The MPC '72 is closest (between it, Revell & Jo-Han) in the transition from mid-door to rocker, actually closer to your ref pic than the S & H.

More of a profile shot of the beacon: and the base outline, which seems not quite there to me: Area to the left is the rear, and it doesn't taper like Nick's.

'bout a mm or two of play between rockers and frame rails. Finally found the Jo-Han '72 stock car; it and the MPC roll far more sharply under in the rocker area, to such an extent that the Jo-Han frame is notably narrower.

Sure thing, Kurt.

Yeah, depends on how much trouble you wanna go to, I guess. One good thing is that the molding is really thin, so it affords you about 4mmX2mmX@3mm height, maybe, to get something inside if you want. But this seems to come at some expense to the shape - the profile is very good, but the base and dome do not taper to the rear from a plan view. The base is more pill-shaped than teardrop. Aftermarket came to the rescue with vastly superior beacons for the P/L '66 Batmobile, so perhaps there's some fanatic who might consider such a thing for this car.

Hmm. Revell beacon don't look too bad by comparison. There's no separate base piece for it, though, just the hollow red dome. There's a LI-I-I-TTLE BITTY lip 'round the bottom that you might be able to foil after every cuss word in the book and about fifty more you might invent.

'Kay, let's see here: And a closer look at the headlight lenses and quarter windows:

One almost hates to clear that up - maybe shoulda left it to Robbie.

Well I'll be. Looks like it has a Windsor too.