Rob Hall

My Jeep consistently got 18 mpg in mixed freeway/city/suburbia commute for the last 2 years...now it consistently gets 16 mpg in an all-city commute.

Looks like a Land Rover 90.

Looks like Fujimi is doing a release of this kit soon apparently w/o any decals..

This cab concept reminds me of the Dodge Ram Mega Cab, which is an extended 4dr crew cab, though w/o the quarter window.

Neat..never seen a cab like that...I've seen a couple aftermarket 6 door ones of that generation along w/ 4dr Broncos (badged as a 'Centurion').

70-72 had different taillights w/ the backup light centered. The front bumper parking lights were different from '70 on also...lots of little differences...a Google or Bing image search turns up lots of pics.

I built this kit back in the day as a teenager..did it in bright red....may have to get another to build in non-stock manner. I have the MPC SVO kits, but have never built them.

Sweet build on the Ferrari engine...I have that Hasegawa 312T in my to-build pile of about 2 dozen 1:20th F1 kits..

Nope, front engine, rear transaxle, like many other sports cars (such as the Corvette). Near perfect 50/50 balance.

Sweet...I'm planning on getting this kit eventually.

Cool...so it has a full engine? Tamiya lately has been doing only the upper half of the the engines on some kits...

Was 70 and sunny here today. I don't mind Phoenix this time of the year...

Picked up one of the new Revell '69 Chevy Nova COPO 427 kits...nice. I had bought resin plain grilles, hoods, bench seat, hubcaps last year to do one of these, but then Revell came out w/ this kit...plan to do a stock COPO, a 6 cyl plain jane, and a beater.. Related to the new Moeibus kit, I saw a 1:1 International Lonestar semi on the freeway this afternoon, 1st one I'd seen in person..was pulling a white trailer w/ NASCAR #16 Trevor Bayne livery, heading to CA for the race this weekend, I assume.

If the traffic wasn't so I would have tried to snap it w/ my phone..dark red, whitewall tires, tan interior w/ the top down, a hoop connected to the B-pillars...

I have stashed away a program from the Joie Chitwood show at the county fairgrounds in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1979 or 1980..the ERTL set is pictured in the program. I remember the show being a lot of fun, Camaros, Chevettes, a Corvette or two..

I had a neighbor in S. Florida back in the '80s that had such a conversion..it was a '79 Caddy Coupe De Ville convertible..don't know who did the work, but it was well done.. Speaking of aftermarket convertibles, I've seen two in the last week--an Eldorado (last generation) and a 4dr convertible current-style Caddy DTS..both well done.

Hmmm..why are they called 'chicken' lights?

I think the '57 windshields are different from '55-56 because of this..the cowl looks flatter on the '57, at least w/ the Revell kit bodies..

Brookfield Collectors Guild made a nice 1:25th scale diecast of this, along w/ the Intrepid and New Yorker. No kits or styrene.

The builders didn't paint or foil that trim, apparently. It's not a separate piece like the rear quarter trim. Some of the Revell pics for this kit do show it painted (like the red and white one w/ the custom wheels).

Not sure why they released it and the convertible in Monogram box art..seems very strange to see 1:25th scale Revell kits boxed as Monogram. It always seems odd to me to see 1:25th scale kits labeled as Monogram, which I always associate w/ 1:24th. To add further potential confusion, the old-tool 1:24th Monogram '55 Chevy ht (no stock parts, I think) is also out currently, also shown in black w/ flames on the box art.

I got a box today from HLJ w/ the Tamiya Lotus 78 (1977 livery) and Lotus 79 (1979 Martini livery)...

Nah..just a thread diversion because someone was mistaken.

LoL.. I'm no fan of Budweiser, I prefer American craft beers and various European beers...

That pic is of a '70 kit..never seen that one before..Japanese? There are a couple resin '67s out there..I have the Modelhaus '67, along w/ two each of the AMT '67 and '68 annuals..would definitely like to see a new issue based on the '90s era AMT '67 Mustang.