Rob Hall

'70s cars are one of my favorite old car eras, esp. full size. I have the AMT '70 Fords (Galaxie and LTD), '70 Buick, AMT and MPC '70 Impalas, and the MPC '71 and '72 Impalas, '73-76 Caprices. The drop-off in promo orders from the automakers probably accounts partially for why so few kits were made back in the day after 1970 in the full size niche. However, the resin makers, esp. Modelhaus and Missing Link, have done many interesting subjects in this niche...I've got the Modelhaus '70 Ford wagons, '72 Ford Custom, '72 LTD, '72 Riviera, '73 Caprice wagon, '75 Impala 4dr, '76 Caddy Coupe de Ville, Motor City Resin '70 XL, ML '71 Galaxie and '78 LTD, AAR '71 Olds 88 and '71 Riviera, R&R '70 Chrysler 300, '70 Chevy wagon, and F&F '70 Impala 4dr ht.

LoL...in theory, 5pm, but some coworkers start drinking at lunch, esp. on Thursdays when we have our weekly company meeting in the afternoon....

Collecting diecast, promo models, watching a lot of motorsport (F1, IndyCar, NASCAR, DTM, etc), movies, going to races (IndyCar, NASCAR, ALMS), travel, listening to music, going to concerts, dining out (consider myself a foodie--love good food, good wine, good beer), enjoying time w/ my dogs.

+1. My company has plenty of Jameson, Laphroaig, Johnny Walker, etc in the kitchen (along w/ a fully stocked beer fridge) for happy hour and after hours consumption...

Sharp build..that kit is on my to-buy list, will look nice w/ my AMT '67-71 T-bird annuals.

I So lots of fake garbage. I have coworkers that drink that junk, I'll stick w/ coffee, OJ and water....

MCW makes a 2dr sedan body that works w/ the Lindberg kit, it's pretty nice.

Vile garbage..another 'Freakshow' abomination. needs to go straight to the crusher.

Probably not, but the Modelhaus also makes '57 Custom Royal 2dr ht and convertible kits.

Neat subject...the Modelhaus also has a '57 Plymouth Savoy 4dr sedan, this would be nice paired with it....

Or California Wheels...don't know if this is a Foose build, definitely is of the style...

I think Revell is done w/ the 'donk' style kits, and big wheel hi-riders are a GM thing anyway...looks like it will have stock and Pro-Touring style wheels w/ lowered suspension.

The '78 was the last year that MPC offered it, so that's what they had to work with without retooling. I already have the '76 kit, looking forward to the '78. I wonder what happened to the AMT Pacer wagon...I know there was a custom version, but I don't know if those were add on parts or tooling changes. Who knows, maybe we will see more 'last year of release' MPC kits like this if the tooling is still out there, like the '79 Pinto or '80 Volare...

I wasn't really familiar w/ his earlier work until I heard him on the track 'Hands of Time' w/ Groove Armada on the 'Collateral' soundtrack back in '05...great voice.

A pic in one of the NNL albums someone else posted show it's the rescue Blazer.

I like the model bento box idea for parts organization whilst building.

Too much work when there are resin bodies available, and the MCW one is cheap. MCW also makes the '51 Chevy body w/ the roofline like the Olds kit.

I think that is the MPC 'Rescue Blazer' snap kit that was just reissued. Some online vendors show it as available now.

On another forum an MPC '78 AMC Pacer was also pictured.

In my current house, my hobby room is my home office, have a hobby desk and a work desk, but only laptops. I haven't used a desktop computer in about 5 years...don't like being rooted to one spot in the house. My next house will have a dedicated hobby room.

Ok..must be another I forgot about...I've been going to the spring, DSC and fall ones at the Postal Hall since '08...3 per year AFAIK. I've been to the IMPS one downtown, IIRC there is also something out on the east side (museum at Mesa Gateway or Williams Field). Not sure if that or the IMPS one are annual, though. Going to miss out on the DSC one this year, going to So Cal for the weekend.

Interesting...I knew of at least 3 per year at the Postal Workers Union Hall (one w/ the DSC).. I do recall in past years going to an IMPS one downtown at the Convention Center.

Yeah, I don't recall seeing much in new kits.

Around $20 + shipping is the going standard for online kit vendors for Round 2 and Revell new releases, and around $24 for Revell or AMT new releases at the LHS. Local shows are too few and far between (2-3 per year), though they are a good source for older kits.

Neat..looks like it's coming along well. I have an unbuilt '80s issue of that kit (the molded in red version), and one thing I don't like about it is how the rear tires stick out so far...narrowing the axle and widening the rear wheel wells seems to be the way to go..