Rob Hall

Cool..I'm working on ideas for a build using a resin '70 Road Runner (repop of the Johan kit), the chassis from the '70 Super Bee, a 440 six pack, a '69 6 pack style hood scoop, and the wide wheels w/ steelies from the '78 Monaco...

That kit should have the quarter windows though (the ones behind the doors). Generally, import brand kits (Aoshima, Fujimi, Tamiya, Italeri, RoG, etc) have included door side windows and domestic kit brands (AMT, Revell, MPC, Johan) haven't....

Reality is complex. Lots of interesting 20th and 21st century developments have been touched upon in this thread...everything from government regulation to the evolution of the auto industry, the growth of suburbia and decline of rural areas, transformation from the agrarian age to the industrial age to the information age, globalization, all fascinating subjects. Cars are better than they have ever been today...lots of choices, efficiency w/ power, etc. We live in truly interesting times.

Jarius needs to keep is religion out of it...it has no place in a discussion of scientific issues like oil and its origin/supply etc.

Lots of paranoia going around in this thread. I do see electric and hybrid cars continuing to grow in popularity over time along w/ more efficient gasoline powered cars.

This kit looks interesting, along w/ the ht. My original AMT '64-65 Falcons are both convertibles, will be interesting to compare. I've seen on one of the other forums that Trumpeter is doing a Ranchero also later this year.

Yeah, that's a setting in the internet options of the browser...you can set it to open all links in a new tab or a new window. Who knows, though, there may still be a few people around using the old browsers (like IE6 and older) that don't have tabbed browsing...

Right click the link and select 'Open Link in New Tab'. Works w/ IE, FF, and Chrome. Interesting that the pic marked 'parts new to the convertible' include the taillight trim panel...different between the coupe and conv?

Interesting... I don't need any slicks, would like to see them do a set of vintage street whitewalls and raised-white letter tires.

Sharp build..love the color scheme and detailing..

Yeah, 1961 is 50 years ago..but then again, it seems a lot of people here are stuck in the past...

Ummm, in 2011, $48k is more a down payment on a house in most places...at least any place nice...

That's what I thought...it really has no place w/ model cars.

Cool...I'll have to look for that..I have the Greenlight SHO diecast, and it has issues..

The religious folk will probably be in church tomorrow wondering what happened. Some may be dissapointed that the rapture didn't happen.

I've always found the Jada stuff to be cheesy and out of scale..and their wheels to be too wide.

Ya, maybe in 50-100 million years or so the sun will burn out or go supernova, or the solar system will get swallowed up by a black hole..not worried in my lifetime.. (though I am concerned about a space-time continuum rift that could let in the Daleks..)

The problem w/ the ones in Shelby kits and such is they are the vintage small diameter style (15 inch)...the modern style ones like on the 'Eleanor' car from Gone in Sixty Seconds look to be 18-20 inch..Reliable Resin's look like they are the right size..

Oh, they will just say that the calculations were off and that it's going to be a bit later...what a bunch of nutjobs..was listening to a piece on NPR about them this morning when I went out for coffee..everything appears normal so far today...

Yeah, they could be filled..but they probably can't be seen once the kit is assembled.

There are protruding bulgy things on the firewall, the backside of the firewall is the front of the interior..remember, this is a platform-style kit interior, not a tub-style.

Don't know..it was up and down last weekend...may be a problem with their site host...

Neat build..I've thought about building something like this using the 318/360 from the '75 Dart.

Sharp build...like the mods...the t-tops look great.

The 'Super Charger' was the 1:25th MPC '74 Charger reissue from the '80s, molded in red. This 1:16th kit was issued as the 'Street Charger', two releases--one molded in black and one in red (in the 80s).I don't know if there was any differences between them...I have the red one, unbuilt. Has a stock interior, body is '73/74 style but w/ NASCAR style wide wheel well openings, and a '71 grille. Nicer than the Dukes Charger IMHO which had a crappy non-stock interior..