Chuck Most

I do agree somewhat, except that I don't see a glut of T-Birds. I'd love to see more T-Birds.

Yeah- just did likewise, I'm seeing the same thing. Looks like the two that were in my area were half-hearted Ecto wanna-be's!

Oh, I've got a couple in the stash. I'd still buy several if they reissued them tomorrow, though.

Hmmmmm.... all the '59/60 Ambulances I've seen had a step bumper. (All two of 'em. ) That Modelhaus piece might be worth looking into though.

I'd love to see the '28 Lincoln Locke touring car's companion, the Sport Roadster, make a comeback. Wonder if the roadster body tooling still exists?

The AMT kit did have a 'stock' rear bumper- for the ambulance version.

4x4 yes. Armed is still up in the air.

Oh- I have an album of the kit contents! (AMT/Ertl version) http://public.fotki.com/ChuckMost/kit-contents/amt/amtertl-ecto-1a/

Aaron- it kind of reminds me of an old Jo-Han kit, only better. One-piece 'plate' chassis with everything molded to it, all the seats molded into the interior tub, sealed hood, etc. It has pretty good surface detail and looks right. If you're really courageous, kitbashing it with a Monogram Eldo for a full detail kit would be very workable.

Cobbled up a chassis, and nabbed a Cat diesel for power.

It was before that... around the time they reissued it as a "Prestige Series" kit.

I bought no fewer than five of the tin box version, and I'll be getting a few of the cardboard box, 'strippo' versions pretty shortly. Love these things!

Panel lines? Window moldings? Door frames? Kind of sounds like the old Revell Trabant kit! I'd call that a bad kit by virtue of its lack of detail and somewhat off body proportions, even though it's a relative breeze to build. (Still glad Palmer didn't design it. ) At least there is a new tooling Trabant kit, though.

I've bought new kits with two sheets, an extra (or wrong) decal sheet, even one with two sets of the same tires, but never SIX instruction sheets!

Sweet! I'm mostly interested in it to build a post-Apocalypse vehicle.

Sweet! That does help, Mike! Funny- saw that in a Google search, but couldn't get a decent size image of it!

Actually, it is not the '85, it's a '73 wagon!!!! Still would like to see one.

Just wondering if anyone has any photos of this, built up or in raw kit form. Thanks!

I like the classics, but I haven't really been paying much attention to the genre lately, to be honest. Kind of a 'been there, done that' thing for me.

Nice! The chrome will really pop against those colors.

Out here in the sticks, I've seen maybe 15 of them since they came out. Which kind of suprises me- you don't see too many $75k + rigs out around here, but they do seem to be replacing the Freightliner Columbia as the #1 'luxury rigs' in my area.

Oh, it's a go- just a matter of finding the Revell/Glencoe kit now.

Yeah- the way they did the sides on those headlamp bezels always bugged me, on both the AMT and Monogram kits. It's pretty easy to blend in the necessary portion, you just need to mask off that bumper/grille during the bodywork/paint phases!

The Monogram grille/bumper fits pretty well- about all you need to do is put a shim under the bottom of the hood and blend it in.