Mr. Metallic

Revell doesn't keep reissuing their engine parts packs. They reissued them once, and according to inside sources, they sold poorly upon release. You can still find people at swap meets and on ebay selling them for original retail price or less. Because of these "poor sales" they scrapped the plans they had to reissue the motorcycle parts packs. However, I wish they would revisit their parts packs, especially the motorcycles, and the engines that didn't get reissued (especially the Buick). I mean, look at the success that Round 2 has had with theirs! If they weren't successful they wouldn't keep coming out with new ones, would they?

Obviously Round 2 is having success with their parts packs (or else we would not keep seeing new ones) Too bad Revell hasn't seen the light to do the same thing, even if it was just to reissue the motorcycles. Well, maybe someday. For now I'll keep taking these great ones from Round 2

I seem to remember hearing that superglue(cyanoacrylate) was invented as to stop bleeding of small wounds on the battlefield by the armed forces. But man, those fumes are something. Even using a dremel on fully cured superglue releases those fumes. Strong stuff

Maybe an admin can go back and scrub all this 7 vs 8 distributor stuff from this thread? I found on another forum where someone was bad mouthing Revell for a stupid mistake concerning this distributor stuff, and it's not even a mistake. When there is a legit error with final tooling of a kit, I'm all about identifying it. But since this issue has been found to be untrue maybe it would be fair to Revell to wipe it off of here? And Chris, just to be clear, I don't have a problem with you calling it out. I'm glad you did.

Per Tim Boyds original post that started this thread... "This introduces a second set of wheels, a plated set of what are often referred to these days as “Halibrand" and/or “Speedway” mags, in shallow/n/deeper offsets, with a set of matching three-prong style knockoffs. (For a better look at these wheels in unplated/painted form, see the upper right corner of the June, 2015 issue of Scale Auto magazine, and the bottom of page 25 of the same issue.) "

Very nice woodwork, similar to the Lincoln Blackwood pickups from a few years ago. Nice build overall.

That looks great. Well done. Love the weathering and backdrop as well.

That's very cool looking. Looking forward to more

That's awesome. I'm hoping mine turns out as good as yours.

Such a great looking car, and your replica does it justice. I know there is the 1/16 kit, is your build 1/25?

And if you want a hot rod intake you can use the ones from the Revell parts pack Caddy or the Caddy from the Revell 49 Merc. This is the parts pack intake

Well, I'll probably end up going the pro touring route, so I'll probably use the street machine version of the 71 Duster. The incidentals under the hood for a stock conversion won't affect me. Thank you everyone one your advice. I'm sure there are replica stock builders out there who appreciate your insight on the conversion.

So, the Revell Dart is a better transplant than the AMT 71 Duster for an accurate 69 Cuda?

Price may not be accurate, as it's an old picture. Contact Rep+Min for current pricing and availability

Not necessary with this one. There is no roll bar hoop over the driver, the seat fills up the entire opening to the rear bodywork. I'm sure the real car has a hoop, but it's not visible on the completed model. So, I can slide the frame in through the front, and slip the seat in through the cockpit opening and I should be good to go. Worked on molding the two halves of the body together last night. Should be ready for paint soon if all goes well. BTW, Steve, thanks for the "roll tape" idea.

No problem Jeff. What I have is just a drop in the bucket compared to the total offering from Rep+Min. Since they don't have a website, I like to share with others as a reference tool on occasions just like these. Their stuff, IMHO, is the standard by which all other casters should be compared (along with Modelhaus)

So, has anyone performed the swap of the modern tool Duster chassis under one of these Cudas before? Care to share?

That window trim really completes the look. Like others are asking, any info on how you did them would be great! BTW, the stance is killer

Here you go... And here's mine built up... And here's a link to my fotki, showing a bunch of Rep+Min offerings http://public.fotki.com/crstan/replican-and-miniat/replicas-and-miniat/page2.html

This isn't hitting my bench full force quite yet, but I am doing some preliminary work on the body getting ready for paint. I got a set of repro decals from billygooche, the pad printed M+H slicks from AMT, and I'm working on procuring a set of pulleys. I am able to slide the frame into the body through the engine opening, so now I can mold the entire back half of the body together. The top half of the front will remain separate, but I added some strips of plastic the inside to help hold it in place.

I'm looking forward to getting one of these. I've been intrigued by the body style, but didn't want to mess with converting the HUG kit to "stock". I just happen to have a 71 Duster kit I can bash this with as well.

Nice color, and the chop looks great. Can we see the window trim in place?

I've not seen this one before. Very cool. I really liked the fact that you kept the full side window openings.

Now you're cooking. Keep it up!

I thought I remembered seeing this in a magazine a long time ago. Very well done integration of two different body styles.