Casey

No, the interior will be slightly different, you'll need the hardtop's "glass", and so on. The Monogram '59 hardtop isn't too hard to find, so keep looking for it instead of settling for the convertible.

Considering Jason hasn't logged in since early March-- Last Active Mar 07 2013 10:21 AM --odds are good it will never be completed. I'd suggest starting a new build, and if Jason sends Snowball 2 it along to the next person, this one can be continued.

Thanks. I used a micro tip on the superglue tube and applied it sparingly, "kicking" it with accelerator at each corner as I went along. After two rounds of putty and coat of primer I can see the p/e grille sits a tiny bit too low, so now I'll have to sand a few of the "slots" to make them all even. We'll see how it looks after some more leveling/sanding. I primed the trunk section, so that's ready to be permanently attached to the rest of the chassis. Not really loving the box-stock upper shock brace, though...

I have an early style grille from Perry's Resin, so I will probably use it on the build. The '93 grille always looked kind of cheap to me.

For a 1/24 scale model I would suggest the valve covers from the Monogram Little Deuce:

I suspect Round2 will include a set of their new-ish pad printed Goodyear Polyglas GT tires, but everything else inside the box should be the same as the last reissue.

Those tires were included with quite a few Revell and Monogram kits, and the now blanked sidewall versions are in all of Revell's '32 Ford kits, too.

These might be very close: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=66338&page=1#entry815242

Yes it is.

Just saw the Revell Jeep Rubicon and MPC WWII Jeep kits were newly added to the shelves at Michaels.

eBay is your best bet, Matija: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=&_sop=1&_osacat=2580&LH_PrefLoc=1&_dmd=2&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.X32+ford+grille&_nkw=32+ford+grille&_sacat=2580&_from=R40 If they won't ship to you, LMK and I can help you out.

Some are full detail, some are curbside (no engine and simplified underside details), but Tayima kits in general are of excellent quality. Clean, crisp molding with few mold seams, no flash, and nicely detailed bodies is what you'll find inside a Tamiya kit box.

Agreed. If the ejector pin marks are positive and stand proud of the surrounding surface, you can do it. If they are recessed, don't waste your time, as you'd need to remove the surrounding material so that everything is the same thickness/depth...on the entire body, or at least where the ejector pin marks and mold lines are located. YOU WILL SEE EVERY FLAW in a transparent body, so it has to be perfect.

I bought a 1/16 Aurora Donovan 392 engine kit.

Keith Marks makes them: http://public.fotki.com/mofobow/plymouth/barracuda/70_cuda/

Are you looking for 1970-correct dog dish caps? The only 1/25 '70 Roadrunner is the JO-HAN kit, which came with bucket seats. Harts Parts resin '69 RR bench seat may be the closest thing you'll find.

Yes. See here: http://www.modelcars.com/model-kit-instruction-manuals/revell-1960-chevy-impala-hardtop-2-n-1.pdf

That's what we all said after we won out first item.

Anything mentioning politics (even via abbreviation) in the title is inevitably going to give someone the opening to post their political opinion, but least this topic was semi-model related.

I haven't seen the reissue yet, but both Hobbylinc and Tower Hobbies both list it as being in stock.

He has both listed, per the rules. Let's stick to discussing Richard's original points, please.

That was the H-body Sunbird which preceded and was totally different from the front wheel drive '81+ J-bodies. Unfortunately, MPC never updated their '81-'83 Chevy Cavalier kits when the late first gens were restyled, so that's the end of the line.

Some of the AMT annual kits did, such as the '69 Chevelle and '70s Camaro kits: Art's exactly right on the tires. Check out the styrene tires included with the MPC '77 Chevette and '77 Volare annual kits, and you can clearly see the limitations of molding them that way:

Then you can understand how a model group which is very specific doesn't make a good control group by which to judge automotive model builders as a whole. It stands to reason that a Star Trek model group's members would be far more interested in seeing a new Star Trek kit than well, pretty much anything, and your truck-specific facebook group is no different. Post the same thing on Randy Ayers' or the Straightline Modelers forum and you'll get similar results when dealing with specific genres of model building. The O.P. and the second and third person to reply to this topic agreed with the idea for more construction equipment, so you're not alone in your desire, just outnumbered.

How many do you need, Kevin?