DJMar

I love that this was an option. When I read your initial post, I thought you were printing them yourself. Are those parts from Few Sprues Loose on eBay?

That article brought back some memories. Don Sherman was one of the best automotive journalists of the era.

I'm digging this. Nice bird bath hood. Can't wait to see the '74 grille. I first built this kit back in the "High Roller" days, with the Ground Hawg tires! I never understood Monogram putting a sunroof in the removable top, though.

I haven't been able to find good pics of the '72 car that aren't on fire, but here's a shot of the '71 car at OCIR and it clearly has wheelie bars. Also, she ran bars on the Cuda she borrowed from Don Schumacher to finish out the season after the Mustang burned. I can't imagine why the '72 Mustang wouldn't have bars, seeing that the cars she ran before and after that had them. But I have no photo proof, it's just a guess.

Oh yeah, that's the promo chassis. You can see where it's cut at the rear to fit. I'd guess this started out as the Snap Fast Plus kit since the wheels & tires are the same. Aside from geeking out on the different configurations of this AMT classic, I think yours is a really cool kitbash. Honestly, I've not seen it built this way before. Is it a candidate for a clean up and restore?

This is cool. It's always nice to see older kits being saved. I haven't had any Mongram GTX kits in my stash for a long while, but I will look through my various parts boxes to see if I have an extra hood.

A few more thoughts (after I hit the post button). Apologies. If you look closely at the pic, you'll see what appears to be the fleetside mounting slot, low on the rear of the cab, circled in red. This wouldn't be visible on the cab meant for the stepside bed. So I'm guessing this is a kitbash. Does it have a promo chassis plate? It has probably been shortened. Also, AMT gave us the Chevy extended cab in a few select kits, the recently re-released C3500 kit being one of them. That kit (and the 3500 promos) have no cab side trim. The side trim was only available in the early Snap-Fast Plus release of the extended cab longbed, and the associated promos. So I'm also guessing that this model was based on either the snap kit or a promo, as there was no full detail, glue kit of the extended cab C/K 1500 to my recollection. Again, we're talking about the 1990s AMT GMT400 platform kits, not the Revell Silverado.

AFAIK, AMT never produced an OBS Chevy extended cab shortbed, be it fleetside or stepside, kit or promo. It always surprised me, given that all the parts were there. That doesn't mean you can't build your own. I'm currently working on something similar starting with a promo of a K1500 extended cab long bed. The cab is paired with the standard short bed from the recent R2 release of the C1500. For this project, I only needed to shorten the chassis to mate the cab & bed, because I'm working with the promo chassis plate. It's going to be a curbside. While this works easily enough for the short fleetside bed, the stepside bed has mounting posts that don't line up with the mounting slots on the back of any of their extended cab trucks (which were only fleetsides IIRC) You can see the difference below. The cab for the fleetside bed is on the left, the stepside on the right. Here's a shot of the difference in the bed tabs. Again, fleetside on the left, stepside on the right. It would be simple enough to cut new mounting slots for the stepside bed in the back of the fleetside cab and fill the original holes. I'm guessing that's what was done with the original model posted. You could also cut/paste the lower cab panel out between the two cabs, but that seems like a lot of extra work. Some further investigation is in order, perhaps. PS- Revell did kit the extended cab/shortbed Silverado, but that was the '99-up GMT800 style, not the earlier GMT400 trucks.

Looking good. Really good.

She's a beauty!

I think that turquoise is going to look awesome! It's so 90s.

There is also a phone number listed on the website.

STS Decals. I'm actually getting some artwork ready to send off to them for a quote. https://stsdecals.com/

You nailed it, looks really fantastic! That color is a winner. I was following the build thread, and I know this wasn't a fun one. You have more patience than I do, that's for sure.

If you're looking to fix those wavy panel lines, you can try a solvent based putty - I still use Bondo Spot & Glazing putty - to fill the lines and then scribe through them while still wet. Once the putty dries completely, you can sand it down and fine tune the gap as needed. I find that solvent putty is not as prone to chipping out as 2-part catalyzed putty like Evercoat can be. Here's a quick shot of the technique on AMT's '50 Chevy pickup. The gaps on the front and rear of the front door lowers are wonky because of the filler pieces for the body. I find this way is a lot easier than filling the lines completely and then scribing after the putty is dry. This isn't the final result, as it needs a little more finesse, but I think you get the idea.

Wow, that is some amazing work! I can't even wrap my head around everything you've done there.

I'm digging the color. I love first gen Neons. I'm still kicking myself for passing on a new R/T back in '98.

Sweet! Are you thinking about creating the angled b-pillar, similar to the Chevelle 300 2 door wagon? Or are you going with a different look?

That blue looks awesome.

Cool! That orange plastic sure brings back some memories.

As someone who has owned multiple '72-'80 Dodge pickups (as well as a '78 Ramcharger), I think the blue shorty is awesome. I'm probably the only one thinking that this generation of trucks deserves a modern, newly-tooled kit.

Wow, she's a looker. Love it! You nailed the stance and wheels/tires.

That is going to look good!

Man, that paint job is SWEET.

Looking really, REALLY good!