Casey

Wouldn't those unfinished builds already be posted separately in the OTW sections?

The individual leaves in one rear leaf spring pack are almost done. Not sure if the bottom leaf will be needed or not yet, so I haven't trimmed it for length: I still need to add clamps and possibly adjust the second longest leaf for length, too. I filled in the spring eye with some styrene tubing for future ease of mounting, though it's not shown above. Next up were the rear leaf spring brackets for the front springs, but in my motivated state I failed to notice the rear ends of the springs are where the shackles are located, so I will need to go back and fill in what I removed. I don't think mounting the shackles at the front end of the front springs would fly on such a heavy truck: The news wasn't all bad, though, as the new brackets align perfectly with the front axle's spring pad areas/mounts: The brackets are a bit close to the fuel tanks, but there shouldn't be any issues, even at full suspension compression with the shackles swinging back: I used the steering knuckles from a previously cut-apart C-series front axle, trimmed the molded-in knuckles off the GMC Astro 95's front axle, did some sanding and test fitting, and ended up with this: The two pieces above the axle are the two longest front spring leaves, one for each side, with styrene tube used for the spring eyes. I'm trying a different method which will (hopefully) allow me to get the spring curvature correct once I permanently assemble the leaves.

As long as each piece locates positively to each neighboring piece, I say do them as three pieces. Do you have a specific, existing tire in mind which would be used with these wheels?

Yep, no hat/scoop, just the Hilborn injector atop the blower: I'd be willing to bet his '69 Camaro ran a very similar setup, with a stock type block, chrome low valve covers, Cyclone headers, etc.

Everybody running has to do that it seems. Adjust your browser settings, and no more problem. And welcome back, Steve.

Nothing, really. The older '60s kits are full-detail, with tiny, intricate parts. When you consider the real cars, it's easy to see why the kits are very complex, with lots of parts packaged very tightly.

That's a good question(s), as AMT's only new tire parts pack is #13, which is supposed to be "1/25 Red Line Tires." Maybe they are printing the "Firestone" lettering on an existing set of their newer, smaller diameter drag slicks? Not sure how well that would look, though. I wouldn't expect an all-new set of period correct T/A tires, though.

The bodies of AMT's 1/16 '55 and '57 Chevy kits seem pretty good at first glance, but as Bill mentioned, the balance of the kits are a bit simplified. The rear leaf springs and rear axle are molded as one part, and the parts count isn't quite what one would expect or like to see from a larger scale kit like this. It's a good starting point, but plan on adding a lot more detail. The opening doors are kind of clunky and "thick" looking when opened, as the jamb areas don't look very realistic.

"Posting photos" meaning uploading them to the forum via the attachment feature, adding them via cut and paste form a photohosting 'site, or something else? Are you using Internet Explorer as your web browser by chance? If you're running IE11, please start on page three of this topic and see if that fixes your issue.

Can you tell us which car you're building? That might help us help you narrow down the options, too. The Revell 1/25 BBCs ('69 Camaro, '68/9 Vette, '65 Chevelle SS Z-16, etc.) are all of the block and trans halves molded together variety-- good, but better exists IMHO. Plus, the injector hat in the '68 kit is probably too new for anything which was still running a blown stock block BBC. I think the AMT '70 Monte Carlo and '68 El Camino kits' BBCs are a little nicer, and I can send you some pics of the Monte's BBC parts if needed.

Yes, they are different. The Union kit is actually the IMC kit.

Or maybe not. Meh, three-piece rear windows never did much for me.

I stumbled upon it searching for something else, but the posts and predictions were very interesting, so worthy of a bump. It seems there was some healthy speculation about a '57 Buick and/or Olds kit from AMT, but it must've been right before Round2 was created/started? It's a shame we haven't seen anything from Round2 like the mentioned '71 Dodge Charger R/T kit, as that was a very good period for AMT.

I think Dave did a great job of explaining the limitations in the business, and I've heard similar things. They provide the starting point and we decide how far to take it from there, or if we even want to proceed, with any given kit.

Your crystal ball must be very clear.

Are the outer, "vertical" edges of the grille too flat? Yes, definitely. The horizontal grille pieces, above and below the parking light housings and between the headlight bezels, should almost touch the parking light bezels, too: Nice shot of Grump's '67 in the Victory Circle, showing just how tall those front tires were:

The Babys - Isn't it Time

The late Mike Watgen made one in the early '90s, but I don't think anyone has made such a hood since. IIRC he had a full 1/24 R/T conversion set for the 1/24 Monogram '70 Challenger T/A kit. The 1/24 Arii '74 Challenger hood is not a good fit on the Monogram body, either.

At least two sellers on eBay have them listed.

Anybody out on the front lawn airing their grievances?

This. ^ It'll spare us all the drama from every side, too.

I think he's fine, Matija, he just doesn't seem to log on here very often. I replied to his want post a few weeks ago, and he didn't post any replies in the topic, but I have seen him active on facebook, so maybe try contacting him there?

Which tires are you planning to use, Andrew? If it's a bias-ply 1/25 scale tire as shown in the picture, your options are going to be limited. Radials are far more common, and especially in 1/25 scale, so tire size will determine which wheels will fit. As Jeff suggested, the 1/24 Monogram (most recently labeled as Revell in the 3'n1 version) '78 Chevy El Camino kit has a nice set of deep and deeper Cragar S/S wheels like so, but the center cap detail is missing, and the spokes are slightly 'square' if that makes sense: I think the AMT 1/25 Baldwin Motion '70.5 Camaro would be the easiest kit to find a set of big 'n' little Cragar S/S wheels with matching tires if it must be 1/25 scale. The 1/24 Revell '37 Ford Coupe's Cragar S/S wheels are very nice, with good center cap detail, but they are all the same width/offset, and would be too shallow for you needs I suspect: AMT '37 Chevy? Same deal: AMT '50 Ford Convertible...spokes are a bit squared off to my eyes: IMC VW Beetle: The 1/25 Revell Charger and Coronet mags look more like an off-brand Cragar S/S knock-off to be honest, and I would not recommend using them. Most of the '60s era AMT kits which contained Cragar S/S wheels were 14", which end up with the spokes looking a bit stubby.

Scale? Diameter? Width? Offset? Lots of Cragar S/S options available, so if we can narrow it down, that would help.

This is what I find fascinating, the differing point at which the model is deemed ready for production by whomever makes that decision. I would imagine at Moebius there is a development schedule which begins at the original idea and ends when the kit finally reaches retailers, but is there an actual, hard "deadline", say, 36 months, within which the kit must be finished or it starts to generate negative dollars for Moebius? Maybe it's different for each kit, though.