Chuck Most

Why do they call them 'buildings' when they're done building them? They should call them 'builts'.

Alyn- dumb question- are these WIP pics from the '40 you already did, or are you building another one like it to show how it was done?

Different side panels and rear seat, from the looks of things. Even so, I don't think it would be much effort/expense on Revell's part to kit the hardtop, no matter which version.

And then there was the whole watermelon thing...

Like Harry mentioned, it has changed from being hyphenated to one word over the years. Here's an original-artwork '60's Fire Ambulance For a time they had a somewhat cutesly logo, with a narrow whitewall tire for an 'O'... And finally, it was done as one word, with no hyphen, in all caps, during the Okey Spaulding years... So... long story short, I suppose whether you spell it with or without the hyphen depends on when the kit you are reffering to was manufactured.

What's it gonna be? Friggin' awesome! That's what!

Round 2... bring back THIS one! :D :D Yes, it's 1:20 scale, but you know what? I think I can live with that.

Hosed it off in Oliver Green, pained a few accents with Testors Firey Orange, and made up some front and rear ends for the thing.

I think that one was 'street machine' stye only- no stock parts, only the street machine parts. I could be wrong, but I'm about 90% positive that one could not be built stock. Filling in the hole in the hood wouldn't be a big deal, though, and you might be able to rob the stock exhaust from an MPC '69 Convertible or a '69 Firebird.

If you smell a citrus scent, you're in luck- that means non-toxic tube glue was used, and that's about the easiest stuff to work with as far as dismantling goes.

Same here!

That's what I've heard from a couple of people. I haven't seen anything concrete, but nobody has said IMC bought any molds from Okey as far as I've seen.

IMC is a venture between Dave Burket (Model King) and Ernie Petit (formerly head of Lindberg). From what I understand, the they're leasing the usable old JoHan tooling, much like Round2 did from RC2 before they took over AMT,MPC, and Polar Lights.

FIXED!!!!

Thanks for the info, guys! Lack of inner door panels isn't much of a concern for me- I plan on doing a gutted racing interior and converting it to LHD anyway. I'm planning on converting it into a 1982 Dodge Challenger. And injecting it with a little Bosuzoku flavor.

Anybody know the whereabouts of Bill DePuy? He's the guy who designed this. AND the Jolly Roger...

Kinda like this one-

I have an innie.

I'm thinking of starting one using this kit, but I want to convert it to an '82 Dodge Challenger just to add a little extra 'kink factor'.

On a similar note, 'Willys' is pronounced 'Willis', as in 'Bruce Willis' or 'What you talkin' 'bout, Willis'. And there's no apostrophe, either.

I know! I checked some of my dirt track tires... no such luck there. None of the other tires in the tackle boxes appear to be affected, and some of them have been in there for several years.

Keep your eyes peeled on eBay and old kit vendors websites- you see the JoHan '70 fastback hardtop pop up every so often, and the prices on them usually aren't too bad. I think it's a foregone conclusion Revell will do a hardtop '72 Cutlass kit at some point in the future- that's about the only reason I can think that no resin caster has taken up the task of casting such an animal. In the meantime, as was mentioned, you can make your own by grafting on a roof from an AMT '70 Monte Carlo, or, if you want the 'fastback' roof, an MPC/AMT '69 or a JoHan '70.

I'm going to add the Moebius Hudson Hornet to my personal list. (Big shocker, huh? ) Does it have its faults? Yeah. But what kit doesn't? The important thing to me is it goes together so well, accepts modifications better than just about any kit I've ever hacked to bits, and its just a blast to build, even straight out of the box. Every time I crack one open I still think "Jeez, this was engineered by a company new to car kits"?

According to this, it's either already available or will be soon- http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10171125

Just wondering if anyone could "eddjumakate" me about this kit. I know it's a curbside, but other than that, how is it? Decently done? Or a weird, ill-proportioned, ex-motorized thing?