Rob Hall

I picked one of these up today..sweet kit.. and I'm a casual hot rod fan, more into '60s-70s subjects... I'll probably have to get two of these, want to do them w/ the wire wheels and flathead. TThe steelies w/ hubcaps and whitewalls in the '31 Tudor kit might look good also. The 302 I have uses for with some '70s Mustangs, and the 5-spoke mags definitely will work w/ '60s muscle cars. One interesting factoid about this kit and the 30 Ford Woody (picked one up today also) is that they box art has the older style, multi-color Revell logo--so they've gone back to this instead of the simplified, all blue logo I've seen on other recent (last year or so) kits?

Nice sunset pic... I've been to Hawaii (Oahu) a couple of times...want to go back and explore the other islands. I spent my teenage years in the Florida Keys, so I know how special it can be living on the ocean on an island (though the Keys are connected by roads). I enjoy living near the mountains now, but the winters are a drag..at some point in my life I want to be back to living at sea level, on the ocean.

Yes, unfortunate...they had some Rambler parts I was interested in to restore a Johan '66..

Ahhh...I remember the Bburago..I think I have one in a bright green somewhere in my stash..

Cool...this has never been kitted before? Resin?

Beautiful build...I love those muscle Mopies.

That is very cool...slick.

Definitely... an '85-86 LX notchback would be great..then I could do a replica of the 1:1 I had back in the day.. Here's a pic from around 1990 when I had both my '87 GT and '86 LX (the LX was totalled in '94, still have the '87, stored now in the barn in the background of that pic along w/ my '69).

Yes, any pics would be helpful for building these kits. I've never seen one of these in 1:1.

One idea I had for doing both a wide shortbed and wide, standard wheelbase longbed is to take the beds from the AMT '92-95 pickup kits (the bed width and wheelbases seem correct), remove the outer fenders from the '90s beds, and then shorten/rearrange the '79 outer rear fenders to fit on the '90s beds...with this approach, I don't have to rework the inside parts of the '79 bed. The '79 cab also fits the '92 chassis, so I may use the the '92-95 chassis so I don't have to shorten '79 chassis for the right wheelbase. Strange thoughts, but I think this approach will work for me...though it may be a long time before I finish them.

Wow...that is neat..brings back memories. When I was around 8-9, a neighbor had one, dark blue. I remember going for a ride in it once...car sat very low.

I have the yellow box art SSP version, but may have to get the new one for the wheels and Duece grille...neat changes. In the past, I was never much of a vintage hot rod kit builder, but they've grown on me lately...

Cool to hear stock hubcaps incl...I wasn't sure if the 2n1 versions were both lowriders or not..

Cool...you are quite the master of bodywork. I have a rough AMT '68 Mustang that has the rear quarters wheelwells up in a similar way....I plan to eventually fix it using a donor '68 Shelby body..

I have about 5000 songs in iTunes on my computer, and my home office is also my modeling room...so I put on a playlist with the volume relatively low for background noise when I model....a little bit of everything...classical, jazz, classic rock, alternative rock, metal, ambient, electronica, a little country and hip-hop.

Cool...looks like it's going to be a sweet kit... I'm surprised they didn't use the 'Goodguys' box art like their other current vintage Fords..

I used to have one also ('86)... I don't recall the decklid/rear quarter tops sloping that much in profile..

Revell announced one recently, '87, I think. Assumed to be a styrene bodied version of the diecast lowrider that was announced last year and cancelled..

I ordered the MK Cyclone, Challenger, and LA Dart last Monday..hopefully they will have arrive early this week (or came while I've been away over the holiday weekend). Addendum: Got home tonite from AZ and they had arrived...sweet. All look like great kits...love the box art and decals.

I used the hubcaps from the Revell '70 Road Runner on mine and the steelies from it (though they are slotted like later cop car wheels).

That's cool...what is the kit you started with for the cab?

Those were race cars, though...no street GT2 kits that I know of..

Really...I know Tamiya did a late '90s GT3..haven't seen a GT2 kitted. I'd like to see and of the current 997 generation 911s kitted... I'd love to see some current BMWs (M3, M5, M6, 545, etc), Mercs (CLS, SL, S-class, etc), Audis (TT, RS6, S5, etc) kitted... from Japan, I'd love to see the new G37, GT-R, and Prius kitted.. As far as the domestics, at the top of my list would be the '08 CTS (I love the new Caddy, may buy one for next daily driver), followed by the new G8 and the new Bullitt Mustang....I'd also love to see a current Crown Vic, and the '03-04 Marauder kitted, and a current Grand Cherokee (esp. the SRT8). As far as the oldies go, I'd love to see some subjects that were never kitted before, like a '68-69 Mercury Cyclone, a '69-70 Mercury Marauder, a '70 Plymouth Sport Fury GT, a '67 Pontiac 2+2, '71 Caddy Coupe de Ville, '71 Buick Centurion convertible, '73 Chevelle SS, '73 Buick Gran Sport, '73 Grand Am, '85-86 Mustang GT, '87 Grand Prix 2+2, etc..