Ron Hamilton

I may have to do one like that to bookend with my '71 Hemi Charger R/T. That is one cool car.

J.C. It would be a good idea.we will also need the tail lamps and bezels and the front Valance. Ron

The hide has been beat off of the horse here on this topic. My dealings has been a mixed bag.

I've only seen one of these built decently other than the one in this picture. I have one from a long time ago. I have a Barris Book with the original car in it, as well as I saw the movie with the one-to-one in it. The trailer looks to be the same one that is in the '64 Corvette Roadster, and is good for just about any sports car.

Absolutely Beautiful Marcos.

good luck painting it!!!!

On the subject of the aforementioned Hubcaps and Trim Rings. The caps used on the '72-76 Torino series with the trim rings were similar to the ones pictured, but with a flat black center with the Ford crest. My uncle's '72 Ranchero had those caps. Missing Link resin just released a set of Flat caps with a set of deeper trim rings, but no Ford Motor Company lettering in the center. I just got a set of them to do a certain '71 Mach1. I already had a Narrow set for a '71 Maverick Grabber I want to do. Personally, I would have liked to see Revell include the Magmum 500 wheels from the '70 Torino GT/Cobra Kit. That is what I am going to use on my '76., and that is one ugly box.

When I fixed up an original '78 Re-builder that did not have a front suspension, I used the lowered front suspension from the Revell '72 Cutlass kit. It worked out pretty well.

Welcome to the board!!!! I am in awe of your work on this model. Excellent !!!!

That looks ferocious!!!

I built the original Revell '57 Nomad back in the '60's when I was a teenager, but there was no way that I would touch one of the Monogram Nomad kits due to the proportions of the body. There is a nice resin transkit of a '57 Nomad from Model Car World available if I get the urge, but I believe that Revell will introduce the kit before I get it built. I have a Franken-Resin '68 and '70 Charger to prove the point.

The looks pretty good Rob. Thanks for showing us the kit contents I my bedroom, I have an excellent Hemming's Muscle Machine article and photos of a Triple Black, with the White Bumble Bee '70 Hemi Charger R/T. I plan to pilfer the Rally Wheels from Revell Hemi Cuda, and a set of AMT Pad- printed Polyglas GT White Lettered Tires. This will bookend with the '68 Charger R/T from "Bullitt" that I want to do. I bought a set of wheelcovers from Fireball Modelworks to do the project. I cannot wait!!!!!!

That is some great workmanship David. It's great to have the knowledge of the one-to-one to go by, and the skills to carry it off as you did. When I built mine back in the day when they were new. I did not deal with the inaccuracies of the kits. I have most of the kits of that series in various states of assembly down in the basement. None of them look anywhere as good as yours. Last year, I restored my Iroc Z. I just cleaned it up and polished it. I found my '82 Z28 kit. I cut the roof off of it to build a replica of a convertible conversion that we had at our dealership since it was moulded in Red, and my Demo was White. I believe the roof I cut off, and the rear window are in my pile of parts. I found some of them, and if I am able to find it, I would like to convert it back into a Hardtop. The lower stripe decals would be hard to recreate after I strip the enamel paint I did in late '83, but it would be an interesting build. If I cannot find the parts, I'll just freshen it up like I did to the Iroc Z. I did the '84 Berlinetta as a Street Machine with an Injected V8 and American 200S wheels and different tires. I found the Replica Stock wheels and tires, and the Air Cleaner, carb, and Manifold., so it can be rebuilt to something close to being a Replica Stock Camaro. The paint can be polished out, and I can scratch build a spoiler cap that has been missing since I built the model in 1985. .I have an unbuilt MPC '82 Firebird T/A with a broken "A" pillar somewhere in my basement that I may still resurrect. I have always liked 1/16 kits. I have several in the collection to be built from a new kit, or restored from my collection, as I never tossed them out, and they were not built as Glue-Bombs. That is one fantastic Iroc Z David.

I went by the local Hobby Lobby, and picked up a couple cans of Testors' Lacquer, and a '65 Grand Prix and '80 Volare' on the clearance table for $6. and some change each. The pad printed tires I both of those was worth the price of admission, and I will build both of those eventually. I had no particular intention of purchasing either kit, but at that price, why not? Besides, I got the 40% off of one of the cans of paint, which I need for a project.

Hmmm. I went there today, and didn't see anything up front. The stuff in the back was of no interest to me. So I took a side trip to Hobby Lobby.

I love that truck. Those old MPC late '70's/Early '8's Chevies are very scarce. I was able to restore a '78 a couple of years back, and I was able to get my hands on an unbuilt '78, and an '80. I want to do a '80 Fleetside 2wd one day, but these kits are too valuable to cut up. I'll figure something out. I picked up a set of Fireball Resins' excellent 6-Lug Rally wheels for an '84.

I believe that Slixx made a set for the '68 and '69 Chargers. I still have an unbuilt Dick Landy '68 Charger kit, which has an excellent set of Decals.

Great save!!!!

Fantastic!!!!! It's a shame that Revell has not seen fit to re-release these gems.

Fantastic!!!!!!

I like that one. I rooted through my parts box yesterday, and found a Turbo 400 Transmission for mine. I still need a set of Tail Lights. I will probably make some since I cannot get anything from the Modelhaus. I also revisited my '70 and '66 rebuilder Bonneville Hardtops, and the '67 is the most viable for a re-build, as I plan to paint it this week. I also plan to re-join Fotki soon so that I can post pics.

Great!!!

Great work Tom!!!!

Thanks Chris!!!! I have been familiar with the AMT '59 El Camino since my next door neighbor built one of the kits back when it first came out. It was packed with detail, and some interesting customizing bits that have not been returned to the kit, like the original Radir Mag Wheels and the Recording Console fir the bed, even though the controls are still on the Chrome tree. Several years ago, I purchased an original kit box from the '60's, and lo and behold, it had the custom parts in it. I matched them up to one of the later kits, and it proudly sits on my shelf. I may buy one of these for a planned '60 I want to do, utilizing the Revell hardtop kit, and a Model Car Garage Photoetch set. I like white styrene over the blue or gray styrene used before. Back in '60, Chevrolet whipped up a few El Caminos trimmed out like an Impala, and that is what I want to do.