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Do you have the original Grand Cherokee that Tamiya did? It was a nice kit. I have a builtup I'll probably sell eventually. Wonder how that one sold for them? Yeah it would be nice to see some newer US cars kitted by the Asian manufacturers. They assemble so nicely.

This kit (MPC Mustang) might be an example of Round 2 lowing the dust and rust off of existing tooling. If you read around on here, there are a lot of folks asking Round2 to do just this. So they do it. And now, many folks are jumping on the kit for not being up to 2020 expectations. How can Round2 possibly win? I would suppose, if this kit sells a lot, then they might consider retooling? I doubt it. But, they are working on some of the older kits (camaro, 63 Imp mentioned in this thread). So there is a kit from the archives that we as modelers can buy or not. They are giving us stuff, just maybe not like we want it. I did look at the review photos Tim has on his Fotki. I have built several Mustangs from Revellogram. I'm not that much of a Mustang guy so will pass on this one just because of the headlights. I gave away and sold a lot of Mustangs over the years. And don't really need another one in my collection, especially this generation, with the headlights in that setup. And I will not be modifying anything. Yes these cars were everywhere back in the day. I can grasp the 55 Chevy analogy. I do hope ROund2 sells enough to find something else that we haven't seen in a while.

Yep, that occurred to me as well. However, I just don't do many trucks and had nothing to use there.

Thanks guys! I have it between a Danbury Mint 59 Impala convertible and Franklin Mint 56 Continental. And it fits right in without looking like a cheap diecast. So to me, it's a WINNER. (The Winner by Bobby Bare springs to mind). Some folk might not approve, but hey, it's my collection, right?! ?

I was up there earleir this year. Not too far from home, 1.5 hours. I remember several models in the display case they have for Turner's memorabilia. I would HOPE they use them all. I would probably try to work the car display into something more cohesive than they have, but they are primarily a TRAIN museum. Cool idea about building them all. Hope the daughter continues to donate to museum. Thanks for building these.

I am addicted to this guy's videos.

Great work. But I gotta say the wheels/tires are the absolute most realistic I have ever seen. You nailed those! How did you get the chrome wheels so "right"?

The model cars are my favorite part of the museum. They need to dust in there though. Models were clean but most other displays were kinda dusty and the train layout was horrible. With dust. The layout itself is great. Great work, btw!

If you aren't attached to plastic, First gear makes/made a diecast 73 F100. Might be closer than converting a plastic. I repainted this one that I got lucky on for $11 +shipping. It was a horrid blue/gray. Has a nice engine, opening doors, hood, tailgate. Needs F100 and Custom badges. I printed some, but didn't put them on.

Those are nice. I built one back in the day, but danged if i can find it. I *might* have given it to an uncle that was a GTO fan? IDK. They do build nicely.

STOP IT! You're just trying to get me to buy more cars. Beautiful

Those were beautiful cars. Nice build.

Dang! I'm always amazed and impressed with your builds. THanks for sharing.

Love the Cheetah. That, along with the Cobra Daytona, are sadly missing spots in plastic kit history. In my opinion of course.

Friend of mine had a 1:1 imported gray market many years ago. THat was a very special car. Love seeing these. Maybe someday for the kit for me...

Cool. My son will not build a model car kit for anything. But he will build a Lego set from Star wars. That is a form of model building that should not be ignored or shunned. It could be the start of a hobby that eventually goes to model kit building. Hopefully. Someday.

I think mine stalled out because the rear section didn't want to fit snugly. Something I did wrong for certain. Just saying that there might be potential for something to not fit and to build carefully.

That's going to be a nice one. I had so many plans for being at home during all this. Got laid off, had to work two days the first week. Then boss asked me to come back all the time. I was in office for 3 weeks by myself, which was nice, but didn't allow all my plans to come to light. At least you;re not going nuts being at home. Glad you;re working on something that is pretty darn cool. MAybe sometime, you can get a race grid photo? To see all your cars together?

I had one. Never finished it. I think I held myself up at the body paint. Wanted it better than my skills at the time would allow. Then it got scattered about - I was younger and less thoughtful. But I remember the parts were beautiful.

I like it. Thanks for posting the buildup and finished car.

Well, I've dug the 911 Rally out and trying to finish. I apparently deconstructed it fomr some reason. Missing a shock and half shaft. Paint on chassis is completely wrong - black. Not sure what I was thinkning. But I'm going to power through and finish this thing. Then probably put it in a case and forget it. Doesn't fit my collection at all. I keep thinking I'd like to build another one, but then I know that I have no reason to. Nothing they do especially excites me for my current collection. But they are challenging. I still have the Fujim Daytona I built for my buddy that I refernced a page back. He passed away before he ever got to see anything other than photos. we were supposed to meet the weekend after the date he passed. I do like the rally cars and this one has been nagging at me for years. So I want to complete it to see if I can build those bumper rails and get it in a case. Worst case is covering it in mud and let it look like it crashed out... lol The EMs are challenging and rewarding when built nicely. My caveat still applies - if you've smashed a build in the last 12 months, probably want to pass on one of these for now. But if anyone wants me to build one for them.... ?

My wife is already asking if I'm sending in a car! And yes, that combines modeling, dioramas, racing, everything. The videos are produced so nicely as well. I googled and found others that werre pretty awful in comparison.

Check this out! 3dbotmaker.com. go to the videos and check out the racing. The stock car series and the rally championship are a lot of fun to watch.

Nice. I love a cool 1/64

More photos when you get it fixed please. Interesting.