Chuck Most

Love it! And isn't this scenario always the one that plays out...

Nice! Sucks that the IMC thing didn't work out- I was going to get multiples of this and the Olds Cutlass.

You guys are absolutely right there- the wheels appear to be 15", with the tires at 14.

Not a GM truck guy at all, but I do love these. You did the subject justice, Terry! Ditto.

The 'curbside' one I'm meddling with... You can see the hood (which I've already glued down) is a bit smaller and a slightly different shape than its opening- time to break out the filler! Here's the kit chassis with the MRC sleeves in place. And the trimming I've done to the fenders, so the grille will settle back further and bring the headlights back so they aren't bulging past the fenders... And just for kicks... Roger, here's the '64 Comet chassis, which looks like it'll need the rear inner fenders trimmed off to fit the 'Chero body.

They're a bit big- they pretty much render the wide whites in the kit narrow. The tires provided are similar to the ones in the '64 Comet, but are open all the way through.

Just as well- this likely would have been little more than that dreadful F&F Camaro kit with different decals.

Same here!

Love it! One of these days I want to do a First Gear '53 IH panel as a fully outfitted Civil Defense rig.

It has been, but go back through the thread and check out Roger's (plowboy) conversion of the '66 Fairlane chassis, another viable option if you want a full-detail 'Chero.

I'll second that! Lovely job on these.

I don't care if it's toyish- I love it!

The other thing I'm toying with (since this first one will be a curbside) is to sling that spare '64 Comet chassis I know I have laying around somewhere under this body. The new wheelbacks are pretty well detailed- they sort of look like the ones in the '60 Starliner or '62 T-Bird kit- that same type of design. The MRC Muscle Car Hop Up wheel and tire sets came with a couple sprues of adapters, for fitting the wheels to whichever kit you wanted to use the wheels. They had various adaptors for fitting to wire or plastic stub type axles. Among these parts were some for the old AMT wire axles- I trimmed a couple of extra ones to bridge the gap.

Half cab all the way, Mike- and I'm planning to keep the bed area open, just so I can cram some 'stuff' back there. This'll be a workin' Jeep for sure.

I see pics of the new parts have already been posted, so here are a few quick snapshots of the wheel issue... Here you can see the metal axles hanging out for all to see... Yep... MRC wheel adaptor sleeves to the rescue for this one.

One I'm working on- it's the Revell Wrangler Rubicon, stretched into an Unlimited and fitted with the plow from the '77 GMC kit.

I'll see what I can cook up. I'll try to have something up tonight if I can.

Picked up the kit, and I have to say I'm a bit lukewarm. And yes, I was expecting a 50-year old kit with a couple of new parts, but... The new wheels have extremely short mounting bosses for the metal axles- fully seated, there's a HUGE gap between the inner wheel and the chassis- you can slide the axle side-to-side quite a bit. I'm building one as a quick curbside, so I used some leftover sleeves from an MRC wheel set to cure that. The new grille looks okay, other than it's a bit flat-surfaced (check out the kit grille and compare it to the 1:1 on the box top and you'll see it), and the headlights seem to be a little bit Rodney Dangerfield (ie- they bulge out a little). I was messing around with the kit a little yesterday- seems like if you cut off those small D-shaped tabs in the fenders (which the back of the grille rests against), and trim the front lower portions of the fenders a bit, the grille will sit a little further back in the fenders- that seems to mitigate the issues to a degree. The other thing is the molding quality of the other parts. Yes, again, I was expecting a 50-year-old kit, but I'd hoped they'd have cleaned up the molds just a little bit for the remaining '61 carryover parts. I'm over the fact that they did not tool up a proper six- Round2's engines have been a bit on the underwhelming side (PL Batmobile), and I have no reason to expect a new engine for this kit would be much of an improvement. Like I said- just lukewarm with the overall kit, but I still do plan on buying at least one more. There's still more than enough provided here to make a pretty decent model if you're willing to work for it.

I've got a '67 Comet kit with a toasted body (I'd rather not get into that part...), so I think I just might give that a try, since it has the same chassis as the '66 Fairlane.

I was the same way when I worked for Advance. As of today, I am no longer "Janitor". I share a job title with these two...

If I recall correctly, the kit still does include the Bullitt's Torq-Thrust wheels, in addition to the wheels shown on the box art. I don't know about the other Bullit-specific parts.

And it went out in the sexiest looking of all the Chargers... the '71 model. (I'm saying that because it's true, and not necessarily because I used to own a (non-Hemi) '71 myself.)

Here it is... Moebius Hornet #10. I was a bit shocked that balloons and junk didn't come tumbling out of the ceiling of my work area when I finished it. And the tenth one is a lot like the first one- orange (Hemi Orange this time) with a V8 swap ('70 Dodge 426 Hemi this time). WIP is here- http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82454&page=1 And here's the finished car, playing in the snow...

To quote Stevie Wonder- "Isn't she lovely"... Nicely done, and it looks like you addressed the problem with the hood fit.

There's good crazy, and then there's bad crazy. You, sir, are absolutely, positively, overflowing with good crazy! This isn't even finished and it's already cooler than anything I've finished. Keep it up!