Chuck Most

Poetic justice as I see it- RC2 let the model kit end of their business languish, mostly by all but elimintating quality control. And it was a quality control issue that caused them to slip into a bit of a financial pickle, paving the way for the sale of the AMT/MPC/PL brands lock, stock, and barrel to Round2, a company which is pretty much run by modelers. Who says there are never any happy endings?

No, I don't think you missed anything. I always thought Racing Champions was a division of Ertl, didn't know that Ertl actually became RC.

Well, it's a ways from finished. And it's actually the third one.

Wrong state... unless he's really in hiding.

Guess who's walking on sunshine? Yep, me.

For me, it means supporting Round 2 (which I want to do) doesn't mean supporting RC2 by proxy (which I do NOT want to do) anymore. I'm really glad to hear this, as it seemed RC2 was doing everything they could to kill the AMT/Ertl and Polar Lights brands when they had sole control.

Guess this means a clean break from RC2 (or whatever they're called this week). Awesome!

Best case scenario is if it was built with non-toxic glue (you'll notice a citrus smell if so) and/or the glue joints were not cleaned of plating or paint before assembly. The latter likely won't be the case as yours appear to have never been painted, but it still might work for the plated parts. Freezing works well, sometimes sliding a sharp #11 blade along the glue joint will also help to free the pieces.

Sweet! All there ever is to buy in the thrift stores in my area are old umbrellas and spandex leg warmers.

http://www.mcwautomotivefinishes.com/resin/resinlist.html You'll have to scroll about a third of the way down the page to the 'O' section.

Really liked the XJ220 in MCM 162, then I happen to run across this buildup. Wow! Glad to see somebody doing this old girl justice.

Same thing I thought, though that is one BIG trailer in the left of the photo!

With those wheels and a more contemporary build style, the Recaros look okay. The original parts were in there until at least the late '80's, but like Roger said, early '90's it was given a freshening with some (then) up to date pieces.

A wide tire would be a problem on this kit, since it is based on the '10 GT and that kit has some skinny little wheel wells. So did the '05 GT and its variants, now that I think of it. I have a bunch of nice tires that would look fantastic on this kit, and have about the right sidewall height, but I can't use any of them because they're too wide.

Wayne, I'm assuming you are working with the Revell kit? If so, it is a Hemi. This is NOT a factory stock Hemi, but your wiring should look something like this:

Pretty original Weasel? Where'd ya get that? And hey, ten percent of ALL Fords is still a pretty good number.

Jeez, thanks a lot guys. Now I'm gonna have to build all of these!!!!

Been there! It amazes me how sometimes you go OUT OF YOUR WAY to make it easy for people to be informed on what you are selling, and it still goes over the heads of some people. When I sold my '67 Impala, I said in the ad it had a later-model 350, 15" Camaro Iroc wheels, and was painted 2003 Chevy Victory Red. Guess what the three most common questions I got were? Yep... "Does it still have the 327 in it?" "What wheels are those?" and "What red is that?" (It was a color photo in the ad, too by the way.)

Very cool. Kinda looks like a '64 Fairlane in front, at certain angles.

Years ago I had a diecast 1915 Chevrolet in roughly 1:25 scale that would have been a cool master, but I have no idea what ever happened to it.

Right you are. Ron is a good guy to do business with.

Hot rod parts would be a real bonus, either way, I'd be up for one or ten of 'em!

Neighborhood shop says he's getting them in in a week or so. But yeah, I think sometimes Revell is in some sort of weird apocalyptic time cube, considering the period of time it takes for some of their kits to finally hatch.

There are some diecast pieces in 1:25 available too, like this skid loader. Last time I checked there were two or three other Gehl skid loaders available in this scale. This one I took apart and weathered. Might need to do something about those rivets, though.

Sweet! Soooooooooo gonna rip off this idea!