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Appreciate the review Robert. And Beautiful build Steve. In 1975 my parents inherited my great uncle's 1962 Galaxie 500 4dr sedan, oxford blue with blue interior. It was 13yrs old with 13k miles on it. In 1978 it became my first car. Have a few restorable promos and a couple of the cvt kits - it's time to actually do something with them after seeing that black beauty!

Clear lacquer will mess up chrome or gold foil decals - even when dusted on very lightly. To solve this I put a layer or 2 of clear decal film over foil decals before clearing.

I've used lacquer clearcoat and basecoat on plenty of models and types of decals. Key is as mentioned above to use very light dust coats initially. I've used automotive clear lacquer and duplicolor - airbrushing the automotive clear is better to prevent any yellowing after time. I build up several dust coats over time before starting the sanding/clear/sand polish routine.

Small part of the hoard and of the Corvair kits.

This is the same as what is in the 1987 Prestige issue except for the Lucas lenses in the lower right corner. The main glass part actually attaches to the sprue on the lower left. The kit number 5727 is for the 1967 annual issue. This number was changed for subsequent issues although the parts and layout did not change.

Was sorting through my Corvair kits today and remembered this thread. When checking kits I found the 1987 prestige series issue had most of the clear parts present that the 1969/1970 issue kits had. The clear sprue in the prestige kits have all the same parts in same locations as the late 60's annual kits and the 1970 issue "Corvair Monza" (T374?). The only difference between the early annuals and the prestige is that the runners between the front and rear windows is not as solid and a part of the sprue with 4 clear smooth "Lucas" headlights is not present. The prestige kit has the side windows, 2 rectangular headlight lenses, 2 ribbed round lenses, and 2 small gage lenses for the rally gage cluster. The top engine shroud in the prestige kits is in the same sprue location as the original annual kits. So the tooling for the original clear parts was still mostly intact after the early-mid 70's "Corvair Custom" T159 kit. The 2004, 2007, and latest reissues only include the clear parts that were in the T159 issue as shown by Casey above. So the original tooling went missing sometime after 1987. I have not compared the top shroud from the annuals/prestige kits vs the custom/2004+ issues to see if it in fact different. Funny that the 2004 and later issues are ones where all the sprue runners were opened up to include all possible parts even the promo convertible top boot that never appeared in any previous kits but the clear parts are lacking. The optional rectangular headlights, Lucas headlight buckets, and driving light parts in the kit have no lenses to go with them.

Very nice wagon!

Really nice looking Elcy !

Was my 1st car as well. 1962 Galaxie 500 4d, 352 and cruise o matic. dark blue metallic Oxford blue. I don't recall R&R ever having this actually available as I would have picked one up. Knew Ray very well and bought from him directly all the time as I lived in the area. Looks like I'll try a conversion as well - have a few 2dr hardtops, both R&R and Modelhause, and a couple restorable promos.

Pictured car appears as a 1961 Monza - dash/glovebox trim, taillights, front fender emblems, and wheel covers are all 1961. Turbo was not available until April 1962 with the Spyder option. Hope it's a real turbo engine as bolting the turbo onto a base engine is not a good idea as all engine internals were beefed up for the increased load. The turbo cars aren't all that rare there are still plenty around. The 1965 and later 4 carb 140hp engine is actually more fun. I'm also not a fan of the fender skirts on these cars especially the 2 doors. Like them on some larger full size 50's - 60's cars but very few cars look good to me with them.

Sales have been going downhill and the facelifts haven't helped. The "small block V8" is history as the next gen v8 ( outsource design) will be 4 valve overhead cam and be configured for the mid engine corvette. Intake ports on the outside of the heads and exhaust in the valley so hard to package in a front engine platform. No more lots of low end torque to move the beast. Not a big fan of the later Camaros myself- really felt just to way too big and heavy and I also didn't like the lack of visibility. Stuck great when pushed but just not so hot in everyday use. The Camaro also is a shared platform with the Caddy CTS which is gone. Beside, doesn't fit into the Queens electric self driving direction.

About $100 in resin parts - never received stuff or refund - Reliable Resin. Only time ripped off. Multiple 4-6 wk waits from Asia but I don't pay for the fast shipping either.

Academy did re-release the AM p-51B a couple years ago so that tooling is still around.

The thing I really do not like about the new one is lack of room. I worked on the C7 and C8 programs and drove C7's year round for 5 years. Including every day through the winters. At 6ft tall and 280 lbs I was comfortable in the C7 but would really have liked another 1/2 - 1" legroom. The C8 is smaller inside - enough that if there were a manual trans version I would not be able to drive it. Good thing about the C7 was it was a great daily driver car - did always have issues with infotainment and HVAC systems but for a single guy was a great performer. I packed more stuff in them that could never fit into Camaros. Could take several full trash bags in the back and still close the hatch. Stopped on the way home from work and picked up sets of 4 14" and 15" new tires that would fit. Packed the back full of groceries, tools, ect. Stop on the way home and pick up shingles, lumber, and such from the home supply stores. Plus the C7 would get 40mpg on a highway cruise. Granted Corvette owners don't care about storage space or mpg but these were just +'s to the great ride. C8 has no room for anything - barely enough to store the roof. While the mid engine may be neat there is little to gain in performance for what is lost. Also packs a lot of heat in that mid area and cooling has been an issue. Should keep the current layout and do the mid as a separate entity. The C8 will debut with the current engine but that gets replaces by a dohc and then twin turbo dohc so it's the end of the small block as well.

The kits in the vintage brass series are really nice. Others kits from their table top series did not have plated parts and had plastic tires so kits like the Alfas and Bentleys are not as nice. The Life Like and Lindberg reissues mostly do not have the plated parts plated. Stick to the old original Pyro issues.

Starter 1/43rd scale kit

I also always clear over the decals. Had a couple very bad experiences with ones I didn't clear over. Including a recent build that had decals destroyed when a contest judge handled it. Some will state that they are more accurate by leaving the decals uncleared as the real car will have a difference in gloss level between the painted surface and the markings. True but only if you then remove all the clear decal film between lettering or numbers. I clear coat over them and then sand and polish, and I use automotive lacquer for both color and clear. Have to be very careful and build the clear up in light dust coats.

Very nice kits, good quality resin castings. The only issue at all is unplated parts. Some include engine and decals for scripts/emblems.

Both the Best and Robert Burns resin rampsides are very nice kits and both more correct in size than the old Premier kit. Both have +'s and minor -'s but are great kits. Nice to have available. The Corvair trucks did not share the floorpan of the early Corvair cars - both very different subframe structures. Similar front and rear suspension assemblies and drivetrains but that's all. Looking forward to the Greenbrier version as that's what I own in 1:1. Still need some Corvair cars in resin as well like a 1960 4 door, '62 or '63 coupe, and '64 cvt.

Some of the EM kits have been reissued as curbside kits in the RS series so they are all not the same. At least some 911's and the Dino's are that way.

Here is a good example. These show up every couple of weeks with same photo and different 0 feedback seller. People keep falling for it though. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Old-PROMO-model-1961-Corvair-700-Seamist-Turquiose-color-Nice-origin-/152630247448?hash=item238978c018%3Ag%3AxzoAAOSwD5BZb4fi&nma=true&si=bJ5MNStTRLuipmwuzew9Hv%252BKBnk%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

1962 Ford Galaxie. This tool would provide variations to cover the 500XL 406 factory stock version, Nascar racers, and factory drag versions. Wild wish is for 1962-1964 Corvairs

I'd be interested in at least 3-4 of them

Great news and a nice looking kit. While the new Camaro doesn't look much different than the 5th generation it is much improved in ride and handling. And I really like the LT1 over the previous Gen IV small blocks. Hope they can do the new 2017 ZL1 version as well. Bring on more full detailed kits !

Very Nice !