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The twin plug D5 aluminum Hemi heads was developed in 1970 and after them came the D6, also aluminum and twin plug but with a more raised exhaust port. So no twin plug heads was available for the 1964 A864 or 1965 A990 Race Hemis at that time.

The MPC Daytona NASCAR kits are different, the #71 K&K Insurance car and the #22 Brooks car is not the same. The #22 Brooks Daytona kithttps://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/nascar/mpc-richard-brooks-/The #71 K&K Insurance Daytona kithttps://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/1-sort/mpc-dodge-charger-d/

I couldn't agree more...we are modelbuilders aren't we? There are not many kits that are perfect in every aspect, there are more or less faults on most of the kits and we still buy and build them, so it's up to the builder to do the best of it.

I would agree with that, and as they can't do the old T500 kit with the sleeper as the sleeper tooling is gone it's likely they would do the wrecker instead. And the T500-500 tooling isn't used that much as the last reissue before the recent #866 kit was in 1973 it's probably in better shape than the T501 tooling wich have been reissued many many times since the tooling was new in 1976.

I would guess the NHH use some kind of dry sump system, Volvo did a 10 litre horisontal engine for busses and it has a dry sump oil system with a separate oil tank.

Minor faults that almost doesn't show on the finished model when it sits on the shelf doesn't bother me that much, so I will for sure buy a couple...even if it's not perfect it's way better than the old 1969 kits.

Could work. I would go with the MPC 64-67 chassis or the Revell 90's tooling 67 chassis, they are a lot better and detailed than the old AMT chassis.

The reason I would like to use the 69 nose on a 70 body (or a 70 tail panel with lights on a 69 body) is that I like the 69 front and the 70 tail lights better, so a hybrid of both suites my taste just fine.

No that's a fantasy thing, the only COE from Willys I know of is the FC above.

That doesn't look like the Auslowe suspension, the axles on the Auslowe set has no pins at the ends and wire that goes trough the axles to attach the wheels, I have resin torsion bar suspensions from three different resin casters, P&P Resin Works (I don't know if they still are in business), Auslowe and the defunct Aussie Resinmodels and all are copys of the old AMT set as AMT is the only one who has done it, the resin sets are more or less modified from the original. But the torsion bar suspension IS a PITA to put together and has allways been, so it takes a lot of patience to do, it's probably the main reason why AMT replaced it with a Walking Beam instead early in the runs for both the K125 and W925. The rear wheels also sticks out slightly with the kit supplied Air Glide 100 suspension, so one have to do some modifications even if you go straight out of box.

Well the nose with the end caps is a separate piece so make some changes to it isn't that difficult, the grille has to be altered some to get the eyebrows more straight and lengthen the hood downwards slightly and reshape it and the front of the fenders so they will fit the new grille line. The old 1969 Mustang Mach 1 Cobra Jet kit had the same problem with the end caps and grille but it looks like they rectified it now.

At least in the boxart pictures it looks weird, the eyebrows above the headlights should go down a bit more and be more straight for to get the more mean look the real cars have, but if you paint the grille as it should be it looks a lot better as you hide some of the "poppy eye" look. Original Monogram boxart Real cars for comparence

A piece in 1/25.5 scale is 0.5 times smaller than 1/25...if the original measure is divided with a higher number you get a smaller piece in scale, so in this case a 1/25.5 piece is 1.5 times smaller than 1/24 and closer to 1/26. The 1970 is supposed to be 1/24 and the 1969 1/25, I haven't measured them but the 1970 is significantly larger than the 1969 when you compare them. It would have been nice if it had worked tho' because of the two I like the 1969 front better and I also like the rear panel and tail lights of the 1970 better.

Yes they did, I got the early Pro Modeler kit with the bad body back when the kit was new and asked for the corrected parts, except for the body Revell sent new glass, new decals and new instructions. The copyright date on the first issue with the wrong body is 1997 and the revised kit 1998.

That's right, the Papa Truck had torsion bar suspension and the picture above is of the real truck when it was for sale after Malone passed...I'm not that sure about the Hideout Truck tho', I have never seen it under and the torsion bar suspension was still available 1978 when the Hideout Truck was new, so I don't know for sure what type of suspension it has, Air Glide 100 or torsion bars.

Yes they have to be as they are pretty much the same except for the size. The Monogram 1970 Mustang was released 1981 and the 1969 Shelby 1988, the 1969 Mustang Mach 1 in 1989, one can wonder why they did cut the tooling in two scales as they are based on the same master when the tooling is so expensive...it would have been better if they was done in one scale and could share parts that are the same. They continued with 1:24th scale for NASCAR, Funny Car and some Pro Stock kits even after the 1986 merge of the Revell and Monogram companies. Well this was a side note.

I found a couple of cool pictures of the Buddy Baker "Gray Ghost" race cars and transporter today.

One can say they share DNA because they look very alike...but...the 1969 Shelby and the 1969 Mach 1 and now the Boss 302 are 1:25th scale, and the 1970 Mach 1/Boss 302 and Boss 429 are 1:24th scale, they are constructed the same way but the '70 kits are slightly larger.

This is a Swedish Show Rod , the builder said he was inspired by the Uncertain T. Torsten "Krom Fritte" Fritz is the builder. Everything that isn't brass, paint, rubber or leather is chrome plated.

Another decent 427 R-code engine is the Revell 64 Thunderbolt engine, it's supposed to be a 427 Hi-Riser, many think it's 1:24th scale and I don't know why, but it's labeled 1:25th scale.

Yeah, I'm sure Okey Spaulding would like to have his tooling back as he bought the old Jo-Han assets, Testors only leased the tooling from Jo-Han X-El but never returned them. But anyone tooling up new kits of the same subjects as the Jo-Han kits...naah, that will not likely happen in a foreseeable future.

Yes the AMT 66 Fairlane/67 Cyclone engines are not bad but it depends on what time period you are after. Because all R-code 427 didn't have pent roof valve covers, the 427 came under the 1963 model year about the same time as the fastback roof line on the Galaxies, the 427 versions were Q-code single four barrel 410 hp or R-code dual four barrel 425 hp and the early 427's had chrome plated rounded baldy valve covers with a Thunderbird 427 decal from the factory. The 2'n1 and Custom kits of the AMT Starliner has every thing you need to do a correct early R-code 427, and if you have the Starliner 2'n 1 kit you can do almost any version of an early FE, you get two complete engines and the 352 HP, 390 HP, 390/406 6V, 427 4V and 427 8V can be done with the parts included in the kit, and with a little kitbashing and parts changing you can do wich ever FE you want.

Yes if you look at the end of the front bumper, the bumper is smaller on the original kit. The considerably larger front bumper from the later 1100 cab kit. As far as I know the boxart in your post above was the original issue T-522 from 1972 based on the original T-500-500 359 California Hauler kit wich came 1969 (recently reissued as #866) and the T-500 from 1973 (the one with the sleeper included). The 1100 cab 359 (T-501) came 1976 and has been reissued several times after that with other kit numbers, and the Wrecker version of the 1100 cab kit came 1977 (T-533) also reissued several times after that, and I don't think the original boxart was used on any issues with the later 1100 cab. This is the T-533 boxart from 1977. Of course Round 2 can use the original boxart with the later parts but as the original California Hauler tool is available and recently used it would be more fun if they issued the wrecker as it originally was...because as I said, the wrecker stuff is the same for both kits.

The tooling for these kits dissappeared after the last HSO run, these kits were supposed to be reissued by Testors again some years ago but they couldn't find the tooling wich I think is very strange. Don't they know who did the molding for them the last time around? I think it's sad because the tooling for these kits were the only usable tools from Jo-Han and maybe a few more...and if they are gone there will be no more.

All Ford FE engines are basically the same on the outside except for valve covers and intake system. Detailwise I would go with the engines in the AMT 60 Starliner kits wich I think is the best so far and if you get the Custom or 2'n1 kit you get everything you need to do a R-code 427 from the oval air cleaner and dual carbs down to the correct long cast iron headers. But there are other decent ones out there too.