Carmak

I totally get it Robert. When I started collecting in the late 70’s a vintage kit could be a recent as an early 70’s annual and a really vintage kit was just 20 years old. Now I look at kits from the mid 80’s and 90’s as “modern” even though they are 30 ish years old.

It was re-issued recently but you didn't recognize it. The tooling was changed from the sedan to a pick-up/woody back in the 60's. If there was demand this could be a "low lift" clone kit as all that is needed are the sedan specific parts.

Just thinking out loud here: Round2 has two new curbside GTO kits (the 65 and 68) Combine either new GTO with the trailer and the AWB 63 Tempest to create a Pontiac drag combo.

It's really a bummer when the windshield frame is welded to an up-top. At least you have the cool early issue vinyl texture top and correct headlight front bumper from the early issue of this kit.

Is the missing part of the GTO windshield welded to the top?

I can see the difference in paint on the door panels. The top of the panel looks just a touch darker and more matte than the middle of the panel. This is absolutely correct! Well done.

First off, the 64 Malibu was a great surprise and it really looks great! Were you able to re-use any tooling from the 64 Cutlass like the chassis or glass? Second I was watching "Scale Model Experiment" yesterday and while you were showing the 64 Malibu concept. All I could think of was Waylon Jennings (Dukes of Hazzard theme song reference: "Always showing my hands but not my face on TV"

Another unique aspect of the series 75 was that it used leaf springs. The Ecto kit frame actually got this right.

A word on the late 50's early 60's Cadillac series 75 commercial bodies. Cadillac series 75 bodies are WIDER than standard Cadillac bodies. A surprising number of parts are unique or modified to work on the series 75 platform. This is easiest way to observe the added width is when looking at the bumpers as there are spacer pieces between the center sections and end pieces on series 75 bodies (see picture). Another subtle difference is that the doors are taller on series 75 cars to allow for the taller side glass. Commercial cars based on other GM brands used standard width bodies (often widened slightly in the rear).

Sharp clean build. Nice color choice. The posable steering from the Marlin looks good. Nice to see such a rare/valuable kit built.

Did anyone notice the price? 9,500 yen = $63.60

A good friend of mine did new tooling and tooling repair for Ertl back in the day. He was always amazed at how poorly the tooling was labeled. He would occasionally have the wrong tool sent to him for repair. I have a test shot of the 66 T-bird craftsman/promo from the 90's. It came out of a molded labeled 63 Thunderbird. At least it was a Thunderbird

My son built pole barns (here in Iowa) for a summer when he was in high school). He was good with the hard work but didn't care for walking rafters up in the air.

Bill, In general, I fell we are on the same page here. There was something "special" about that old school amber SLA resin that after 20 year it did not degrade in UV. Aside from UV damage I am also concerned about stability of SLA resins. If UV is the only issue, then a good primer solves the problem

I will take the JoHan kit with it's no-detail chassis and interior over every other Barracuda/Cuda kit available in the last decade. The Body proportions are just so spot on. This is a body Round2 should clone!

My company bought a 250k Stratus Systems SLA in the mid 90's not long after I started. The resin was a semi transparent clear with an amber tint (the only resin available at the time). I have pieces from that era that look like the day they were printed and are not brittle at all. We have had our current 30K resin bed printer a year or so and some of the parts printed on it this year have become brittle already. I know that once a SLA part is cured it typically do not age well in daylight. I agree with other that IN GENERAL FDM parts are more stable over time than SLA part but specific SLA materials could be as stable as FDM.

That was originally the MPC 69 Mustang. If I remember correctly, it was "recreated" from the Dick Trickle stock car body. I have an original MPC 70 Mustang (molded in yellow) and it is also small.

Notice how the door is different between the uni-cab and the separate cab and box versions. The uni-cab door has a straight body crease while the separate cab door has a jog in the body crease. The 64-66 Fords all used the door with a jog in the body crease.

I think the best body out there right now is the Lindberg 72 Challenger. This was originally the PSM (Palmer Scale Models) that started as a 71 (picture below) and was revised into a 72 with a nasty hood scoop and side scoops. The Lindberg kit interestingly has the base model dashboard. I am going to kitbash a Lindberg body (with side scoop removed and a resin hoot) with an AMT 70. Someone on this board has done this with impressive results.

Nice clean build. Great choice of color. The vinyl top is perfect! Very cool.

Super clean build. Really like the hubcaps, great idea!

That looks really good. Well done!

I was talking to person at a local cruise night last month and he told me he built one Mopar model a year when he was a kid. He called me a couple days ago to tell me he found them. I picked them up today. One a year from 60 to 64. The 60 and 63 are going directly to the survivor display case. The 61 and 62 (and the 63) need a couple parts. The 64 looks like it got dropped so it will need a little resto work.

We just got a parts car for our 60 Buick. We are going to load it with skeletons and put in the front yard for Halloween (we live in rural Iowa). More decoration than yard art. BTW - Before anyone asks - the parts car has a perfect crack free dash, It was parked in a timber when Nixon was president, so the dash never got any sunlight.

The same only different. The Vegas kit is from 1979.