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Emerald and Tripoli are different, but it is hard to tell unless you see them next to each other. They are both pretty stunning. Just curious for the Camaro fans - what level of interest is there for Revell to do a convert based on the '67 Options might be: Pace car. 6 cyl with flat hood and steelies and drum brakes.

Are those still the Recall Wheels on the chrome tree?

Emerald is the lighter shade. Check here: http://www.69pace.com/paint.htm

Some things you all did not seem to catch from the instruction sheet - Deluxe interior, Torque Ds, tail panel with backup lights, intake, etc. And the important Stinger hood and new grille. Looks like a good one!

Thanks guys - got some in the Charger kits that are good.

Hi All, I'm just wondering what the general consensus is regarding the best 1/25th Magnum 500s with trim rings. Any opinions? TIA, Steve D.

You can try TDR and see if they will do it in a scale other than 1/8th. You may be able to get the manifold, carbs, and stacks all in a single kit. https://sites.google.com/site/tdrhtmllearn/home/engine-shop/ford-engine-selection/427-so-stock-multi-media-kit

Yep, I have the S27 set too...they really missed a lot. The side markings are all wrong - even the Autolites have a black border - should be red. S27 did not include the Scuderia Bear, Gulf, Sebring Tech, or Pocono stickers. They also did not do the hand painted red hash marks (the red curved Roman numeral III looking thing right above the stripes). Those hash mark are crooked and uneven because the real ones were too. The real car did not get the restoration right either if they tried for as raced at Sebring. Ahhh...the joys of counting printed rivets...

Well, unfortunately, the screwup is with CSX3016. The red and blue stripes that are attached to the numbers need to be reversed. The one on the right goes on the front - the blue stripe should be on the right. Dummy me... Get some Silver Mink on your model and if the revisions have still not come back I will sell you a set with the extra stripe segment from my personal sheet (doing the Targa and SF cars) if you dont mind chopping up the stripes a bit. The caveat is that you have to send me some good pics when it is done that I can use on the website. Steve

NIteowl, I'm not sure who you are 'cause you have no name anywhere that I can find. Anyway, I had emailed Ed Sexton a year or so ago after some discussions with my club about the original Olds kit they released, and my club had told me that the grille was not correct for the 442. Ed said that he did not know that there were different grilles between the 442 and the Hurst car. This is an easy one to miss (I did initially) unless you know the subject matter pretty well. After a bit of my own research I suggested to Ed that they correct the grille, revise the taillights and release it as a '71 convert with 2 grilles, 2 hoods, and black and white 442 stripes. Revell screwed up initially, though I hear the kit is quite nice for the Hurst version. More importantly though, they corrected it in a following release. Continuing to beat up the 'Great and Powerful Wizards of Illinois' after they fix something is really sort of counter-productive. I applaud them for acknowledging their mistake and spending some tooling resources to correct the error. I hope those that want to kitbash the two kits are happy with all the options available. Steve

Cool - You can probably thank me and Doug Estabrook (my local Olds expert) for this. More importantly, Ed Sexton and Revell deserve thanks. Revell DOES listen.

I think the first place to start is where did you hear that there are 2 grilles? And can that source provide pics?

I mentioned to Ed Sexton about a year ago that the grille was not right for the regular 442, and he was not aware of that. I pointed out that ebay prices were very high, and that it might be time for a reissue even though the kit was only recently issued. I also suggested they release it as a '71 442 with corrected grille and '71 taillights. The interiors can be the same between '71 and '72, but '70 would require more tooling.

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Yep, and the artwork for a certain set of 'Gawdawful Yellow' racecars is already done...

What kit? I've never seen anything but the cowl hood '69 snap Are you thinking of 1/32 scale?

Hey Rex, The guy that did the initial work for the HRM 68 Shelby is hard at work on a 69/70 convert, as well as a '67 notchback (to be followed by a '67 convert). HRM has the first crack at them. Steve

The Aston Cal Sage shade is not at all close - too much olive. I got info on the correct mix from the owner of the A98, but it is for English systems - working on converting to a US mix. I got a bunch of pics of the car at Goodwood a few years ago - MFH did a really good job, except for the wheels. They should have included Halibrands like in the Revell Cobra - they were coated with Dow #7 gold. The Revell wheels are too small for the MFH rubber, but I have not had time to mix and match wheels yet. The Zero Paint sample looks close. This has been a holy grail of mine for years. Steve D.

The '69 also has rocker panel trim, the '68 does not. You can make a '69 vinyl roof car be removing the round marker lights, adding the rocker panel trim, and making the rectangle markers (or use decals).

The door art is being worked as filler for a gold sheet, and we already have a few done. The text would be gold engine turn with accents. I have reworked the silver one a bit and have added a strip with a smaller pattern for dashboards. Hopefully Cartograf can actually print it - some of the resolutions of things I send are close to subatomic and even Cartograf has not figured out how to print at that level... It still should be a good sheet, and if the dash size works out I will do another sheet of just that with some other small detail bits. The blue dots look WAAAY cool onscreen...

They have been sent to Kevin at Missing Link. He told me a while ago that the parts need to be polished up before casting. Not sure where these are in the pipline, but I do know that he has had a busy summer with his day job.

I have ordered a couple of times. The resin quality is not bad. Certainly not up to Missing Link or Replicas and Miniatures standards, but the 2-3 air bubbles you fine will usually be easy to fill, and the flash is minimal.

Nope - wheels are good. They are a bit of a PITA for detailing and getting the chrome MB emblem in the middle to work, but they are still very good. The only things I found wrong are: 1. Speakers, but no radio. I wish they had not made a depressed area to sit the speakers as it means I have to wait a bit for the putty to dry before prepping all my non-radio versions. Really not a big problem... 2. No backs to the seat. Easy fix, but kind of a basic error and shows up in the finished model. 3. No tie down rail in the rear section of the interior. This will be a bit tough to correct, but I doubt most will notice it is even missing. 4. Dunlop R5s (tread pattern in the kit) not available until the year after the 300SL coupe ceased production. Really a minor point - the rubber Tamiya gives you in the kit is excellent except for the lack of sidewall detail. Overall - these are nits, and nothing that keeps me from buying a single kit. Steve D.

First time I've seen this thread - very cool. I would be interested in 3-4 hoods if they were ever cast. BTW - I have seen original cars with the hood with the shorter point just as this one has. They seem to be on more of the '68s. I have also seen original cars with the longer point as in the pic of the blue car. Those hoods seem to show up more often on '67s. There were also some very early 'stinger' hoods that only had the '67 Vette style scoop area - no front point at all (though they did still have the raised centre ridge of the regular Camaro hood). At least two companies made original stinger hoods, Fast Glass and AA Fibreglass, that I know of. I'm not sure if Nickey, Yenko, Motion etc had a preferred vendor, or who it was if they did. So pleeeaaase can I get some hood copies?? Steve

So does anybody know if the AMT Vanishing Point Challenger actually had a hardtop that did not have the vinyl texturing? Steve D.