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Interesting. It seems like you are doing good there and I following this.

Same here.

I allready have this one from Italeri so I think I'll pass. I got a double bunk sleeper from the FLD 120 on ebay a while ago as I have plans to do the Pork Chop Express sometime in the future...I just need the decals for it.

I have four of them and miss the Black Max and Cobra Trikes so I'll wait until they come, otherwise it's only three Big Rigs I'm going to get from this months releases.

Yes they could of course do that, but in that case they would be missing out on doing the other two versions later then.

Only three kits on my list from these releases, all trucks...the Malone trucks and the General.

It would be horrible if the kits in the stash ran out...better get more. I'm following this.

Close, Very Important TruckER. It will be interesting to see what you're going to do with it.

And the COE as well.

I see three kits I'm going to get.

Cool video from the time the cars looks very much like the care they were supposed to be.

The dry sump setup for a Boss 429 would be a nice thing to be able to get as the NASCAR cars used it back in the day, I don't know if anyone has made one because I don't think I have seen any on the aftermarket. They used a dry sump setup on the FE 427's in the GT40 Mk II and Mk IV too, slightly different to fit the FE but very similar to the one used on the Boss.

You can also built the 1958, 59 and 60 from relatively recently issued kits if you want to build Impalas from the very beginning.

1967 was the last year Shelby American was involved with the Shelby Mustangs and I know they did the "Shelby Drop" on the 1965-66 cars to lower the center of gravity and change the geometry in the suspension some for better handling on the track, I'm not sure about the 67 but I think they did it on them too. To do the Shelby drop on a 1967-70 you drilled new holes and mounted the upper control arm one inch higher so it would lower the stance some from a stock Mustang and the Shelby sits slightly lower. 1968-69 and 70 the Shelby's were all built by Ford in house and I don't know if Ford did the drop. One thing I can say is that I think the 1967 Mustang and Shelby model kits stance is a bit too nose high and the tail drags a bit too much.

I have both the Aoshima kit and a couple of the Fujimi kits and I agree, the molded parts in the Aoshima kits are better but the kits are less detailed.

As said earlier, the Convertible is the only one of the Revell-Monogram 1965 Impalas with the 409, the Coupe has allways had the 396, so Revell only took what they allready had and added some new wheels and decals to it and tool up a new small block to fit in the engine bay and chassis was probably not feasible within the budget. 1965 was also the last year for the 409 by the way.

Yes I believe you can, it's mostly the same with some added parts.

Nice, I really like it.

Yes, the Foose version is essentially the 1:25th scale 65 Impala issued under both the Revell and Monogram name originally issued 1996.

As usual you have the abillity to capture the "right look", totally awsome.

I just heard that the missing Bandag, Detroit Diesel and Allison markings on the re-issues appearently had to do with PACCAR and the Kenworth license and not Bandag/Bridgestone, it was leave them off or you can't do the kenworth models...I don't know the reason to why and if it's true or not but I wouldn't be surprized with todays licensing nuisance where everyone seems to be so greedy and protective.

I have bought some HRM stuff through Norm at Replicas & Miniatures Co of Maryland, but that was a while ago.

I agree with you on most points there, except for maybe the charging in an hour...it's not like the time for a lunch break will allways be when it's time to recharge the truck, and have to wait an hour or maybe even more for the truck to charge up when you are in a hurry and are on restricted driving hours does not really make it in my World.. I can see this as a complement and for shorter runs in and around cities, not really for long hauls on the highways.

As far as I know both real cars share the basic frame so it would work.

You also have to keep in mind that batteries are not as effective when they are cold as they are when they are warm, you need to have a heater for the cab and so on and that will have an impact on the range in wintertime. Well let Elon Musk waste his money on these vehicles, on contrary to what many like to think they are not the final solution to the problem anyway...but I will not take up that debate now.