Casey

C'mon Chuck, we all know Keystone Klassics start rusting the minute they're mounted to the vehicle- that chrome is far too shiny!

I would like to know when the 1/12 Mustang GT-500 is going to be released, too, so hopefully Revell will update their website within the new few weeks.

The shark, 'tis about to be jumped, I fear...

Years of building Monogram '69 Camaros have trained you well, Grasshopper. Again, there is no perfect model. Someone will always find flaws, faults, and errors, so each person must decide if it's good enough for them and act accordingly with their money.

Does it have the correct body length, as the O.P.'s body is clearly too short in the door area.

You've got some good, original idea going on this build, and I like the bead/lip detail on the fender edges, which gives them a nice finished look.

I always had good luck painting the bumpers on this kit, but your pic reminds me the rear bumper is huge. Take your time painting it as it's very visible on the finished model. Looking good so far, Sam.

Very nice. Hopefully you'll find that missing hubcap before the vacuum cleaner does.

They came out in the late '90s.

They are slammers, as in what you see is what detail they have. No interiors, the "glass" is solid black plastic, and the chassis is one piece.

IIRC the Ramblur has the flame-treaded tires, too.

I believe it is, along with the '52 Chevy fastback, '32 Chevy pickup, '49 Ford Tudor, etc., as I've seen them all packaged as Lindberg kits at Tuesday Morning for $4.99 each.

Monogram's ill-proportioned 1/24 scale '69 Camaros are the stuff of legends, but I still love them:

It's drying out. Toss it in the trash and pick up some Testors liquid cement in the glass bottle and/or some superglue.

At least there are two good parts in this kit.

It's real, but the shop/people who purchased it added the engine, trans and Vette suspension, took it on the Hot Rod Power Tour in '10 ('09 maybe?), then tried to re-sell it again. It was a quick throw together build from what I recall seeing in progress pics over at www.moparts.com

I got this in trade from Shelly today: ...and this from eBay. I always wanted one when I was very young, and now I have one for my daughter and I to build together on a rainy day:

Wow, what an incredible project. Glad I caught this thread and checked it out. I live about two hours south of Oshkosh, and often times traveling on Interstate 45 see loaded flatbeds with all sorts of refurbished Oshkosh-based truck on the trailers. I think the last one I saw was a bight red fire truck with some African nation's fire company name on the doors. I definitely did a double take on that one. I see many U.S. military vehicles on the flatbeds, too, but the fire fighting trucks always catch my eyes. I'm looking forward to seeing how this project progresses.

The answer lies in this thread. They don't need to make them perfect in order to sell them, and apparently, they sell enough of them (meaning previously inaccurate car kits) to have the money to pump out new kits which are of similar quality to their past offerings.

I won't even address the price issue, but the accuracy issue is what I have a serious problem with. Looking only at the floorpan and noticing how toy-like it looks with the "close enough to the real thing" ribs and other stamped details, I have to wonder why Trumpeter even bothers to make automotive subjects if they're putting such little effort into making thing look correct. Maybe they just don't care, I dunno, but I expect this type of accuracy when I build a circa '77 Monogram '69 Camaro Z/28, not when I open a newly tooled kit from 2011.

Photobucket has also changed over to the mobile setting, so if you want the old style album look, you have to change it back or bookmark a different page with the old settings.

Thanks for posting the pics, Bob. Unfortunately, this kit reminds me of why I was never a fan of MPC kits, and why I would probably only use the body parts and tires from this kit.

My thoughts exactly. It reminds me of a '70s Otaki kit, which is not a good thing.

Especially the necker knob.

That's my favorite part of the design- totally integrated into the concept, yet absolutely impractical and downright deadly for anything which would ever actually be driven. Such is the appeal (and lack of) of most of TD's designs, though. Tom has some comments regarding each of his kit designs, which you can read over at www.tomdaniel.com so take a peek if you haven't been there. I would love to see someone place/use those fuel tanks ahead of the front tires on a build...