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The AMT '64 Chevelle Wagon also included the upholstery stickers: Same for the AMT '57 T-Bird:

The Westcraft boat included with the AMT '64 Chevelle El Camino kit, and never seen since: Utility trailer from the AMT 1961 Buick Special Wagon:

There it is:

Yes, those are the wheels.

The Centerline Auto Drag big 'n' littles are unique to the AMT '55 Bel Air Sedan kit. Be aware that recent issues, including the current version molded in white, has incurred some slight damage on at least one of the wheels. Try to find an older set molded in grey plastic if possible.

Check your PMs, please.

Yes, just a very nice decal sheet this time around. At least they were honest and forthright with their description opening.

Spot Model has it available for pre-order, but the expected arrival date is the end of October 2022, so it might be released stateside earlier? https://www.spotmodel.com/product_info.php?products_id=56644&utm_source=boletines&utm_medium=newsbanner&utm_campaign=508

Looks like the same basic dash was used from '71-'78 on Pintos.

Thanks. I think I acquired the hood from the same source, too, so it makes sense they'd both be from the same kit.

Looks like a match to me, thanks:

It's back: https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/cars/mercedes-benz-300-sl.html "Very challenging model kit..."

Looks like the last issue, from 2006, was produced in Poland.:

It has been publicly announced by Round2, so I have no reason to doubt it will eventually be available to purchase. They usually don't assign a kit number and send the info to distributors if they have no plans to actually reissue the kit. Yeah, there's really no reason for them to do that. Just straight reissue it with different box art and it will have no trouble moving off the shelves.

Please, let's not derail this topic any further. Here's an existing topic discussing those kits:

Looks great to me. These cars look way better as convertibles, IMHO.

While looking at the AMT 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible instruction sheet, I was reminded of a few parts and pieces which have been lost to time, rendered obsolete, or just plain no longer included, for various reasons. Almost entirely exclusive to 1960s era AMT kits, these parts were once deemed a necessary inclusion, but, as times, preferences, and material and production costs changed, have since vanished, leaving only remnants, and sometimes, no trace at all, of what once was. While chassis-to-body screws (shown below) are still included with a select few vintage AMT kits, the two once-common methods for providing an operating hood mechanism, a rubber band and/or metal hood clip, have long ago been eliminated. The rubber band, its matching pin on the underside of the hood, and how both worked in unison, can be seen on the instruction sheet below: A second method which allowed for an operating hood was with the use a of a small metal clip-- essentially a C-shaped (in cross-section) metal spring which clamped the body shell and a tab at the rear edge of the hood together, as shown on these AMT '64 Olds F-85 Cutlass and '57 Chevy Bel Air Hardtop instruction sheets: The metal hood clip is also shown on this AMT '63 Chevy Impala SS instruction sheet: I don't which kits still retain the hood and body tabs, but I suspect a few still do. I also don't think whitewall stickers were around long, either, and maybe only included inside a few '60s AMT kits? The '57 Bel Air Hardtop for sure, which is where the below comes from: Upholstery stickers were included in some Customizing kits for a brief time, too, but I don't think they really ever caught on, perhaps because they were expected to stick to non-flat surfaces. AMT 1963 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport Coupe shown below, which also included the whitewall stickers, and hood clip:

It does, but I wasn't sure on the year range. A few more. Engine support/wishbone for a VW Beetle flat four? Looks AMT light blue in color, measures ~3/4" x 3/4": 99.9% the dog is from the AMT/Ertl issue '57 Fairlane, but the (half) figure? Color looks the same, but maybe from a different kit?

Did you mean the Monogram '68 GTO Street Machine, maybe?

The latter was reissued in 2017.

Screenshot from hpiguy's video review: Also just noticed Round2 re-created the hydraulic jack and miniature '34 Ford Pickup, and included them in the '34 Ford Pickup kit:

Sounds rather presumptuous to me...😁 I would think Blitz/Quantum/New Revell passed on both of those, and they went to Atlantis. The '59 Ford Skyliner was released a 2010 SSP release, so I doubt New Revell has much interest in releasing such a kit.

Here's a shot with the shadow of the driver's door drip rail clearly visible, and what appears to be a slight step between the door and quarter panel, just below the terminal end of the drip rail, as well as the undersized door handle: Maybe it was always this way, maybe not. I have yet to find/see this body with normal sized door handle, other than the catalog built-up model images. Maybe it never made it to production before being damaged and repaired? Good image of the parts layout, especially the removable roof section: I think these roof sections were all separated/cut from their runner before packaging, but not 100% sure on that. There a gate remnant on the back edge of the removable roof section, however: There's that tire insert again, too:

As mentioned/referenced earlier in this topic, the original Blazer mold suffered some damage early on and was repaired, but the door handles are now severely undersized. The undersized handles are still present on the Pulldozer and Mad Mudder kits, which leads me to believe Monogram decided to salvage what they could, and extensively rework the kit to get something useable out of it.

I think an additional pair of lowering spindles was added when the Rides Magazine version was released. Are these the two spindles in question, at the top of the image next to the disc brake rotors?: