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63 Buick (maybe others too, but I doubt it)

That is a custom grille insert from the MPC '70 Cuda annual (one of a pair).

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the kit will be molded or prepainted blue. I'm not sure about the orange/white portions or the black pinstriping (probably decals). The one in my pics is an earlier molded-in-grey issue painted with Tamiya lacquers to match the Heritage color scheme as close as possible. The production kits should be more accurate color-wise.

Call me crazy, but I'd like to add one to my stash too. I don 't know if it's rare or not, but I don't think a Round2 reissue is coming anytime soon.

My all-time favorite RC2-era kit is the '40 Ford "Woodie".

Those "B&S" RC2-era kits had nothing to do with where the kits were manufactured.

Some Ford GT pics. Nice detail for a snapper. Note...this is a prototype of sorts, the Heritage color scheme might not match what comes in the box, and I believe the production kits will include the black pinstriping separating the colors on the 1:1

The top set of caps are from the '63 AMT annual. The '62 annual depicted a standard Monterey with a plainer-looking hubcap, not the mid-year S-55 as pictured in the above add.

Here are some larger pics of the display model, built box-stock.

I hope you build it.

Finally...one of my own projects...finished! Doing kits for other guys has left very little time for my own stuff. I pulled this Lincoln from the to-do pile last winter. Being a simple curbside I figured I had a fighting chance of finishing it within a year. Paint is Tamiya TS-42 Light Gunmetal; not the sort of color I would normally choose for a '61-vintage subject, but when I spotted a 1:1 on the 'net in a similar color I was sold. I ditched the wide-whites for some more elegant-looking thin-line whitewalls which were just being introduced in the 1961 model year. This kit was also a test-bed for my Molotow chrome markers. I used the markers on the interior chrome, body scripts and the wheel-lip moldings They won't replace BMF entirely, but in some instances they came in real handy.

Yup. Those parts have been there since 66. Nice accessories for the early AMT kits.

According to some reference I have, the bezels were body-colored only on very early-production '56 Vettes, but changed to chrome soon after. I seem to recall reading about paint adhesion issues. There are a few factory photos out there of painted-bezel 56's.

Here's some pics. The feature looks convincing enough, but the gaps between the headlight doors and body are out of scale, and once assembled I found they're pretty difficult to operate. Not a feature I miss on the reissues.

I don't think the production kits have landed yet, but they should be on shelves very soon. This kit had a few minor glitches typical of MPC kits of the period (the door hinges in particular might require some tweaking/test-fitting) but the finished kit looks pretty good. I have no idea what they're doing for decals, but it wouldn't surprise me to see the red/blue/gold hood birds like they included in the 1/25 kit. Note-the glass is all clear. If you notice the tinted T-tops, that was done with Tamiya smoke.

Thanks, Casey; The box-art kit actually sat on my bench for a few weeks while the guys at Round2 searched for the honeycomb wheel insert. Nice to have parts in the box that enable you to build a "regular" T/A as opposed to the one-color-scheme-only anniversary version. I'm hoping they include decals in different color schemes like they did with the 1/25 version. The hood bird shown on the box was applied (or photoshopped) after the fact.

It's actually the '64 Cutlass annual kit with the modified body as used in the funny car version, minus the funny car bits.

Here's a slightly better pic

Sorry Ace; I don't know about a release date. I'm guessing it would be too early to predict a date for this one right now because they're working on some retooling.

The lower right set looks like the AMT 66 Riviera stock turbine caps minus the separate knock-offs. They're pretty much identical to the late 60's-early 70's Chev turbine caps as Christopher stated; I actually used a set on a '71 Impala

Sorry, I guess my post wasn't clear enough. MPC 872 will be a reissue of the '75 annual as pictured in Casey's original post. The stock version's parts are all present and accounted for except the plastic tires which will be replaced by vinyl tires. A couple of bits had to be retooled for the custom version as well.

This is indeed the correct box art. A pic of a built stock version. This one (built from an original '76 annual) wears the original (plastic) annual tires. The upcoming release will have different (vinyl) stock tires.

The only issue I'm aware of was an incorrect hood in the original-issue GTX hardtop (pic below). The kit contained a '68 Road Runner hood. I don't know when Ertl corrected the mistake. I'm pretty sure the Pro Street and convertible kits had the correct hood

Here's the parts layout.

Novus #2 works for me