Jordan White

That's an excellent looking build! The green looks great, it's a pretty close match for the moss green pearl they offered towards the end of the YJ and during the start of the TJ.

I haven't, though it would be incorrect for the Bronco, unless you were going for an axle swap build. The fact that he is going to be selling them again though means I would like to try it on the '79 F-350 kit!

Honestly both are cool in their own ways and the originals should have been brought back in addition to the new ones. I do find it funny that back then they apparently didn't care enough to photograph the kit from the side with the tires facing the correct direction.

Or cigarette brands!

It’s okay Stacey David, we know it’s really your car underneath! ?

I already planned to modify Tamiya's 66 Beetle into a Baja, since luckily I have one to use for reference!

I saw another picture somewhere that had large Kentucky decals for the side panels (I'm guessing some sort of bourbon company). The smiley face appears to be painted, it may have just been added by the builder and won't be shown on the box art.

I always wished that Tamiya had come out with a 1/24 version of their R/C Baja Bug.

Yeah i see no date, plus we have a thread about this kit already.

Definitely coming along!

I can’t say for sure if it’s the exact same year and model, but it certainly looks to be the same as the Tamiya kit.

It's one of those things where most people would prefer the top-of-the-line trim level, since it's sometimes easier to "downgrade" to a lesser trim vs trying to make a higher level trim.

If you can find one for a reasonable price, Doyusha/Otaki made a 1/12 version of the '73 Trans Am. Edit: the only problem is you can't accurately make the Trans Am from IT unless you source a blue version of the decals. The other ones all look like they used the gold decals.

Looks great, glad to see it done! Looks like it would be a show truck from the early 90s!

It's definitely coming together!

What brand is the teal paint?

I like the color scheme you chose! Are you planning on leaving the silver or are you striping over it?

Hmm I would say both look great and also go well with the theme, though I would lean towards 6 since I like the look of 5-spoke wheels!

The problem I have seen is with the lettering molding on the same side of the tire for all 4 tires. This means you have to choose between correct tread direction with raised letters on 2 tires (or decals or no letters), or wrong tread direction on 2 but all tires have raised letters.

They did have them on the original kits, so I'm assuming they will still be an option with this release.

Okay, it makes more sense they would have been initially released the same year. Mine has barely been started, but it looks like they have an excellent amount of detail compared to the AMT/MPC 1/16 kits.

I apologize if this sort of thread exists, I did a rudimentary search but didn't find anything. So if you don't know, Revell is re-releasing their 1/16 1987 Firebird GTA in the near future. (pic courtesy @niteowl7710) Revell has made a few versions of this kit, in both Camaro and Firebird versions. 1982 brought the first kits, Camaro Z28 and Firebird (Trans Am). The next year, Revell released the Camaro Berlinetta and Firebird S.E. Now here's where things split (according to Scalemates), 1987 they release the Camaro IROC, but don't release the Firebird GTA until 1993. At least in the GTA version, they took a few liberties and didn't update some parts so it's not 100% correct for 1987 (one thing I can think of is still having the T10 4-speed vs the correct T5 5-speed (or automatic)

I’m going Intense Blue Pearl, already have the can from Duplicolor!

There’s the thread, that’s right it is a 2000. I actually changed my wheel and tire plan, I’m now going with the stock 2500 wheels and a set of the large Yokohama mud tires from the off-road version of the Tamiya Montero.

I have a thread somewhere here, but it’s on the backlog of builds for now! I’m building it as a 2001 2500 4x4 club cab long box, with the V10-manual combo and the Sport trim package. I’m cheating a bit by modifying a Meng F-350 chassis and suspension/axles to go under the body. Axles were close to the same, both had a coil front end, and they had the front diff on the same side.