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SUPER! now for the question, where did the rear tires come from?

I agree with the Wifey, (after 39 years of wedded bliss, this is just automatic) the Testors '50s pink, or aqua would both be right at home on this little cutey.

Those Mequiar polishes should be available at any good motorcycle shop, & most auto body supply houses, they are what the bikers & racers use to clean & polish the face shields on their helmets, that is why they do such a good job as they are designed to optical standards (no they don't work on plastic eyeglasses, don't ask how I know, it's a sore subject with my wife).

No, the three hole white part in your first picture replaces part 60 (they are both intake manifolds, part 60 is for the carburated version, the other part is for the EFI version, on the real engine, this is cast in aluminum. & is the lower half of the intake, the upper half being the other part in you first picture). I hope this helps, & doesn't confuse you too much.

there was an article on the Aurora sports car kits a while back in one of the model magazines (I don't remember what one), & it listed the genealogy of these kits, & according to it, the Revell/Monogram kits are direct reissues of the old Aurora kits that are made from molds acquired when Aurora folded.

not really, it's the same kit, originally an Aurora issue in the mid sixties.

either somone is real good at replicating wrinkled leather in scale, or it's real, I'm, going with real

Close, it's a Gee Bee R-1, or R-2, there are a couple of minor changes, the numbers being one of the main ones. One of the neatest planes of all time.

unless I'm totally confused, Revell had plans to issue a '50 Olds long before the AMT announcement that fell on it's face a few years ago, but at that time, (decades ago it seems like) AMT again dropped the baby ruth in the punch bowl with an announcement that they were issuing the same unicorn type model. The result? You guessed it neither one followed through, probably 'cause of fears the other one would. But here we are, years later with several '32 Fords, from both companies, a plethora of various '57 Chevys, & not one '50 Olds kit on the shelves yet. Go figure.

Our local shop hasn't even got the kit yet, I can wait though I'm really waiting for the Chrysler.

Scale, & the heck with the car, if it's 1/24 or 1/25 I want some of those tires, they'll work great for a '60s '55 street racer.

I think I'd go with the ASA kits personally, I'm doing that for a Ford powered '80s Super Late Outlaw that is in the gathering stage. If you get the Waltrip car, or either of the T-Bird kits they come with a good set of wide five wheel also.

On the one I'm throwing together (if I ever get inspired again) I used the wheels,springs,& rear axle housing from the AMT ''55-'57 truck kits as these were what the actual car used, they also used the truck spindles, but on a model you can't tell the difference to I just left those alone. It's just a nit pickin' deal, you did a great job, but on the wheels the ones with the flat space in the center hole go on the rear, that is the axle end, the ones that have the hub actually sticking out are fronts, unless the set you got from ppp are like the ones I got, & came with three rear wheels & one front.

This kit is the 3 window Revell release, now under the Monogram banner, the give-a-way is the separate fenders, & the Ford 302 engine. And also, the early Monogram release is 1/24 scale, not 1/25th.

please excuse any typos, it's hard to concentrate when I'm drooling this bad, I can see that I will probably have to improve on the dog's house if I plan on getting all of the kits I want to, 'cause I'll probably be spending a few nights in there with the little guy, I hope he doesn't snore, I already know he's a cover hog.

O.K. how do I get to see what we are all drooling over?

I just think that it has to many things that look a bit off, so I said it's a model in my addled opinion.

I can't talk for any of the others, but I would welcome anything that has wheels on it! Being in my early sixties, I remember many of these kits, but alas I on the other hand didn't actually get a chance to build many of them.

I believe that like I did the first time you read the post in question (#54) & your brain substituted 2012 for 2011, I did the same until I went back & reviewed it. Easy to do since we are almost a year later than the original posts.

I just looked out the window at Mt. Shasta, & I don't think it's quite that tall. That's been my thought since I first heard of this kit.

It's a Franklin Mint Divco Milk Truck, I bought one for my daughter several years ago, (she collects anything to do with Bordens Milk). I compared hers to the photo, they are identical.

Definitely a model, just to many things to list in one post, & I cheated!

When all else fails: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS, use a black Enamel, preferably Alclad Black enamel, the Tamiya lacquer just doesn't have the depth & adhesion to work properly with the new alclad formulas, P.S. after a tip from Tubbs: aka Gary Davis, try the polished aluminum, it actually has a better shine than the chrome, or you could try "Spaz-Stiks" new Ultra mirror chrome, it can be used over ANY gloss black, & has an excellent shine.

Probably the wife, but if we buy one of these, then we wouldn't have one of those,, right?

I may be wrong, but if my rusty ole memory doesn't fail me the driveline is in backwards, the center u-joint assembly should correspond with a carrier bearing on the center crossmember. (that is if my mind hasn't failed me ,,,,,again). Upon closer examination, the picture of the instructions even shows it installed with the shorter section to the rear, that would probably align the crossmemeber with the u-joint assembly.