Carmak

A few tidbits of info and a confirmation. I owned a Tahiti Turquoise 65 GP that was a 389 4bl 4spd with console about 20 years ago. Also had a 2+2 with buckets, no console and the "Dearborn" 3spd on the floor and a 65 Bonneville 4spd bench seat car. Pontiac built some very harry full size cars back in the day. The 4spd console looks quite different than the automatic console. In full size cars the 389 and base 421 tri-powers came standard with the large single element air cleaner in 65, only the 376HP 421 came with the three open element air cleaners. In 66 all tri-powers had the three open element air cleaners. The open element air cleaners consisted of a lid and base (I have never seen other than chrome) a perforated steel inner support and a foam element fit over the inner support. Lastly the swirls in the metalic are the flow lines of the plastic as it is filling the mold. The plastic in this mold is injected in the middle of the passenger side rocker. They are nearly imposible to eliminate. The mold must be designed to minimize them. If you look carefully you will also be able to fine a "knit line" on every hole in the body (such as a window opening) on the side opposite of injection. Hope this helps. Carmak

I just took a look at the Desoto front bumper that comes in the AMT bumpers and grilles parts pack and not only is it chrome already it looks to be correct for a non-bumper guard car.

I have my car for life. A 1968 Coronet 500 convertible. FF1 green with the original green top and a white bucket seat interior. Super reliable 318 under the hood. It's the same car I drove to prom in 1987. Carmak

There was an AMT/Ertl 69 Blazer kit that was red. It was a 1/25 scale diecast. It was also sold assembled in stock and promotional form (I remember a "Wix" version. Carmak

I have a 68 HT and vert that I got at the Old Town Escorts swap meet in 85. They cost me $12 each. I have a 1:1 68 Coronet 500 vert but I can't get it's picture to upload. I would love to see a 68 Coronet reissued!

I will also be in line to a Transit and a Miura!

The tool was labeled as a 63 Thunderbird. I will try to find it. I moved a couple years ago and I have not unpacked my kits. I can't remember if there was glass or not.

Does it have the cheater slicks?

The 66 Thunderbird HT promo tool existed up to the 90's when the tooling was in Iowa. It was sampled in white ABS and I have a copy (un-plated chrome and all). Since the 66 Thunderbird convertible / glue on Landau is very common this is not that exciting, but hopefully a little interesting.

I started building models in the late 70's. I was into Late 50's and 60's full size cars and they were hard to find on the store shelves. I was a serious yard sale/flea market junkie as a pre-teen looking for any cool subject matter. I would re-build what ever I could find that was old. By the early 80's (early teens) I learned of a couple swap meets but with my limited budget builders were all I did. I can't hardly think of building a mint unbuilt pre 1970 vintage kit. I always restore a builder.

I think the 60-62 Chrysler 300's with manual trans had the shifter next to the console. Nice custom!

I have always felt there were three types of sellers at swap meets (both 1:1 car and model car): It's a business, I helps finance my hobby and I need space/want it gone. The business people price at what the market will bear and not that interested in trading, The hobby finance people typically price a little lower and they are more willing to trade. The need spase price it to move and also will often trade. When I sell at a swap meet I am somewhere between a hobby finance and a want it gone seller. I rarely bring home the same kits I take. Carmak

Those look like the leftovers of the sale I went to in Cedar Rapids, IA this spring. I was all Hawk models made before they sold to Round 2. I knew a buyer came in a bought everything right after I was there. Now I know who Carmak

I have any original Plamer 71 Challenger and I really don't mind the way it looks. I know it is off a bit but not in a way that looks that bad to my eye. Interestingly my Palmer Challenger has a dual scoop hood. The slab sides of the Revell Challenger on the other hand look so wrong to me. Carmak

So I just looked at their site. I think they are castings mastered off of a rapid prototype. Nice looking work! Carmak

Those do not look like they were printed on an Objet or an FDM (the melted plastic type) machine. They look like SLA (pool of liquid) or SLS (box of sand) pieces. At work we HAD and SLA (it cost 250K) and when it was retired it was replaced with an Objet. I have pruchased both FDM and SLS parts also. The trick with many rapid prototype machines is support material (what hold a shape the juts out sideways as it is being made). The FDM uses a bulky scaffold matrix, the Objet uses a material similar to crumbly cheese, the SLA uses a delicate scaffold matrix and the SLS uses it's own sand (hard to explain). The only one where you can reach in an pull out a part and not have to remove support in SLS (removing support often destroys delicate details). There are some new hanging SLA builds and I do not know what they use or need ofr a support. I would guess that they are SLS parts. Carmak

Welcome from Riverside, Iowa (just south of Iowa City). I belong to KKIM based out of the Quad Cities. I have been building since the early 80's. I love Des Moines, We have a week long family camping trip each year ending in the Good Guys show. If you are going to be headed to Iowa City send me a PM and we can swap stories. Craig

On one of the Fasebook goups there are people talking about the Revell 1962 Mopar annual tooling. They say the tooling exists and could be re-issued except they do not have the mold for the tires. Can anyone here confirm or refute this? I know these models were only fair by 1962 standards but the subject matter is so cool. Thanks.

I had to move two years ago after living in the same house for 20 years. I got boxes that would hold 12 standard kit boxes. I stopped counting at 100 boxes. I guess it's too many as I don't have any place to put them (more shevling is needed). Carmak

I did a day of it last year in my 71 GTO 4spd and it was a blast. Also attend the night before get together - amazing car show from all over the country! If it gets even remotely close you need to do it! Carmak

Greg nailed it! Good performance with good drivability and mileage. I have had a couple Pontiac tri-powers as daily drivers. Tiny center carb has great response and gets good mileage. Step into it harder and you open up the larger outside cabs and away we go. Notice that most of the mainstream dual quad setups on factory cars in the mid 50's were replaced with tri-power setups by the late 50's and used into the late 60's/early 70's.

I did this wagon conversion in the 80's with a brown GTO and a yellow 65 Chevelle wagon. I used a parts box modified stocker GTO rear bumper just have something different. It's a 2drHT phantom rather than a correct 4dr. Carmak

Odd side topic. Back in the mid 80's a good friend had a white 74 Satellite Sundance. The interior was over the top with yellow, orange and brown stripes on the setas! It was a 318 bench seat car - super reliable but slow. Carmak

Revell / Monogram has been selling that 1:24 70 Plymouth B-body (it started as a GTX and then was modified into a Road Runner) since the mid 80's. As long as it sells they will continue to sell it. I personally would like to see a 68 Coronet (Super Bee or R/T). I have a couple of the original MPC kits but I would like more - I have a 1:1 68 Coronet 500 convertible. At this point I am not expecting one to ever be released Carmak

To address your original question it is quite probable there will never be another new Road Runner kit. For absolute best body proportion your best bet may be to get JoHan 69 and 70 Road Runners off e-bay (expensive). For best detail I would say the AMT 68 is the best we will likely get. Many people (myself included) have combibed AMT and JoHan Road Runners in an effort to get the best total results. Lastly the Revell 67 GTX is 1:25 and is top notch kit. Carmak