Rob Hall

Today was a nice respite from the recent heat and humidity. 72F, sunny and 49% humidity. Did a lot outside in the yard today. Relaxing on the patio…

Johnny Lightning made a nice 1/24th die cast '51 Studebaker coupe also.

Vic's Resins also has a 1/25th partial resin kit (no chassis) of the Continental available through Southern Motorsports Hobbies, I don't have it but do have a couple other Vic's Resins kits..they are a bit on the rough side and require a lot of cleanup (not Modelhaus, etc level). https://stores.smhracing.com/1956-lincoln-mk-ii-1-25/

The interior layout reminds me of the '78 Southwind 28 ft we had--it was our first Class A motorhome my folks had when I was growing up...it replaced a '73 Mobile Traveler 21 ft Class C that had a Dodge Sportsman van cab. The '73 was a 318, the '78 a 440. My folks next motorhome was an '86 Winnebago Chieftain 33ft Class A (same style that was modified in 'Spaceballs').

Wow...just found this thread. I love older Winnebagos. Incredible work.

I've never had the opportunity to drive a car w/ a manual column shift, but as I was learning to drive 40 years ago, I did drive my Dad's '67 and '68 Cougars w/ 3pd manual floor shift...and manual drum brakes, manual steering..quite different experience than the 'modern' (late 70s, mid 80s) vehicles of his I was also driving.

More hot and humid. As I get older, I really don't care for heat over about 80F...esp. when there is humidity. Was 89F w/ about 80% humidity yesterday. But my dual ACs are keeping the house very comfortable at 68F inside.

It would be an extensive conversion kit... engine, body, interior, etc..never seen a standard or police Taurus conversion set.

I got into the hobby as a kid in the late 70s...lots of kits then were reissues of '60s kits. Jo-han was still around, but not easy to find. My 2nd glue kit was a Jo-han. It wasn't until the late 80s that I got several Jo-han kits from the X-el era. My first glue kit was a Revell. My third an AMT 'Countdown Series' reissue. I generally didn't like Revell kits before the late 80s merger w/ Monogram. Only built a few prior to that. I liked Monogram a lot, especially their '80s kits of '60s-70s muscle cars, '80s cars and contemporary NASCAR race cars. I like the AMT and MPC kits (many were reissues) I built, though even as a kid got tired of MPC's molded in color and tinted windows in the 80s. It wasn't until about 1985 as a teenager that I got my first 'foreign' kits with a Tamiya Audi Quattro and an Imai De Tomaso Pantera GTS S. In the late 80s I got more exposure to import kits w/ the Testors Italeri and Fujimi reboxes.

Nice. The one I built was the regular issue, later got the police wagon kit. I have a glue bomb ‘60 Fury ht to restore eventually.

The '60 Plymouth wagon was the first Jo-han kit I ever built, as a kid in 1978. A weird detail about that kit is it doesn't have inner fenders..open the hood and the front tires are visible.

I have builds that I started in the late 80s and early 90s. And ones I built back then that need restored.

I'd like to see the aftermarket make some grilles for the kit...the Revell grille is a bit generic.

Partly sunny, humid and 82F outside..icky sticky with mosquitos. Good weather to stay inside w/ cold AC and do house stuff...

This is supposedly the new box art. Just the same ol', same ol'. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-14568-104-good-buddy--1593772

Just a reissue of the 1981 Honcho 'Dude' issue looks like. https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=All&q=revell+jeep

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It's sunny 75F and 46% humidity, with a slight breeze. Feels warmer. Went out at 4 to run an errand. A black car w/ black leather interior gets really warm sitting outside on such a day...

That is curious they did the vinyl top for 1 year only. I checked my ‘66, ‘67 and ‘68 Riviera annuals and they are all smooth. The only ‘69 kits I’ve had are the Countdown Series

Would be nice, but I assume the tooling was long modified for race only versions..has been reissued twice in this century-- 20 years ago IIRC in the box art below, and more recently in the Allison livery (in the last 10 years?)

As an aside, a '38 Ford would make a great kit subject, IMO...always liked the front end styling of that year in standard and deluxe trim..

The Countdown Series from the 70s did, I remember building one as a kid. Pretty sure the 1996 reissue did (was in the Countdown Series box art). Not sure what the 2005 issue came with, don't have that one.

The '69 Riviera has been reissued several times over the years, the '68 was only in '68 I think.. looks like it's maybe been 20 years since the '69 was last out, definitely time for a Retro Deluxe issue which is what it sounds like is coming.

Just a lazy way to churn out more variations of old kits... like the Coke licenses. IIRC, the nice 'Retro Deluxe' boxing of the '69 Cougar had some molded in red also.

Probably aiming it at kids (65 yr old ones?) with the flashy Hot Wheels packaging...