Rob Hall

Our Makerbot Replicator 2 showed up at the office this afternoon...

Sweet...I love the look of early '70s Pro Stock cars..

There were also the MPC Dusters from '71 through '75, which were pretty similar to the Demon and Dart Sport kits. Of all of the original kits of these, the only ones I don't have are the '71s.

The strange thing about the AMT mislabeling the Dart Sport as a Duster is that MPC did the same thing in the '80s when they reissued the Dart Sport. Interestingly, there was also an actual MPC '75 Duster made back in '75, in addition to the Dart Sport kit.

I remember the Power Modeler product, never bought it though....IIRC, 1993 when I first had a PC w/ a CD-ROM....long time ago.

I have 3 of them, molded in yellow, all have dark tinted windows. Go figure.

Who are 'Doug and Jamie' ? People at Round 2? Isn't the Petty Dart sportsman a '71? The pics of the original kit show a '70-71 style grille..

IIRC... I don't have the promo, but the snap kit version did IIRC.

Hopefully it will have clear windows and not be molded in yellow again.

Well, it's been over 10 years since I bought my resin '71, probably 8 since I got my resin '72 and a month since I got a resin '72 Pro Stock version...guess I'll wait until the kit is reissued before building them.

My AMT '68 Mustang GT annual had a clear tear drop hood..never seen one w/ a Shelby, but I don't have the '60s issue of the Shelby.

I've had mine on all winter except for around a few storms and the couple nights it dipped before freezing...put in a winter lawn this year.

3/4 of my stash has been bought since mid 1997, so most were probably bought for more than that...

True enough...I was born in '70, and I can't recall when kits last retailed for under $10...maybe 20 years ago or more.

So true...

From what I've read, the upcoming panel is based on the recent RoG Samba kit, not the Hasegawa tooling...

Given that Perry's website hasn't been updated in over 5 years (click on the 'New Stuff' or "Changes at Perry's links), I wouldn't expect much if trying to order online. Which is unfortunate, as I had good luck w/ buying kits and conversion parts from him over a decade ago.

I'll probably dabble in 3d printing a bit here soon, my company has ordered a Makerbot Replicator 2 for our new office fun room. Not sure what we will do with it (my company does enterprise software/web site consulting).

I never cared for Tom's boxes, too flimsy. The 550 count sports card boxes are larger and sturdier.

'Matchbox Ford F350' There was also a Texaco-livery wrecker version. The Texaco one I have is this--http://www.ebay.com/itm/TEXACO-MATCHBOX-99-FORD-F-350-PICK-UP-TRUCK-1-25th-MIB-NEW-/150997957726?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23282dfc5e but IIRC I paid under $20 for it back around '00. Matchbox had a 1/24th Dodge Power Wagon then also (the '40s era one).

I think it was the Trumpeter 1/200th Bismarck. Tower Hobbies lists it for $284, and it's over 49 inches in length.

I found the Matchbox one on eBay...I think I have one in storage in silver w/ Texaco graphics...here's a Coke one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-24-G-Scale-Coca-Cola-Coke-Ford-F-350-Diecast-Pickup-Truck-/160982173650?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item257b4907d2

Matchbox made an 1/24th scale F350 dually diecast about 10 years ago, I don't recall if it was a regular cab or extended cab. Late model regular cab pickups of any form are pretty uncommon around here, I mostly see extended and crew cab PUs....

Speaking of military kits, at my LHS a few months ago I got see a new tool aircraft carrier or battleship in the box...this thing was massive, maybe the biggest kit I've ever seen--the box was about 4 feet long...the trees had a vast number of parts....would need a lot of space to build it. IIRC, it was something by Trumpeter.

There are many resin sources for Mopar steelies, but all are 1/25th AFAIK.....the R-M '69 Coronet is 1/24th, would be nice to have some in 1/24th to use on this kit and early '70s 1/24th Mopars (the steelies in the R-M '70 Road Runner are mid-to-late '70s police style wheels).