Chuck Most

This project is prompting me to model my old '83 Dodge van. Trouble is, where do I find scale leopard print shag upholstery?

Jeez, man! This thread made me ressurect my long-dormant Dodge van project. Thanks a lot!!!!

Hey, Marc?

Oh, oh, oh!!!! How about the MPC Dodge van reissued with the CORRECT GRILLE!!!!

I'm pretty sure I won't be overly impressed when I open the box to a Trumpeter Falcon, but then again, the first kit which ever really impressed me anyway was the Revell Edelbrock Midget... I think we're reaching a new level in the plastic hobby kit industry, kiddies? But, I doubt the Trumpeter will be anything close to that. Hey... I don't mind being proven wrong, and in this case I'd love that to happen! The best Trumpeter kit I've built was the Bonneville hardtop, and it's almost like each subassembly was designed by a different guy, and all the guys who designed those various subassemblies never spoke, communicated, or interacted with each other in any way during the process. Don't get me wrong- the kit looks great when it's completed, but some of the parts breakdown was just unnecessarily complex, and not even that convincing when done- the "Lego block" engine is a great example. I guess what Trumpeter kits mostly lack is 'consistency'- they're pretty good in one area, then fall flat on their keisters in another. I'd be happy of the Falcon and Ranchero kits were at least equal to the Bonnie, but I'd be elated if they were in the ballpark with a recent Revell tool. Again, I'll have to wait and see.

Very nicely done. The chrome trim looks very nice- especially considering it's NOT BMF!

Forgot one! Tamiya- bring back the Jeep Wrangler kit... but please, this time spare us the 'lace' alloy wheels and molded-in running boards!

In addition to many already mentioned (some really good ideas here, guys!)- AMT- Panel Delivery version for '53 F-100 Trophy Series MPC- Restoration of Panel Delivery body and floor to '32 Chevrolet kit Revell- '30 Ford closed cab pickup based on the Tudor kit Another request for a formal hardtop '72 Cutlass from Revell AMT- Standard Cutlass based on the '66 4-4-2 kit Revell- '51 Mercury based on '49 custom kit AMT- '49/'50 Ford or Mercury woody wagon based on the '49 Coupe kit AMT- '59 Cadillac Hearse based on Ecto 1a kit (Polar Lights version would be just as good, IMHO.) Revell- '99 Silverado 1500 updated to '03-'06 style Revell- Closed cab pickup and Fordor (yes I said it!) versions of the '32 Ford kits.

You had me at "Model T yard truck"...

Yeow... hello, Kitty! BEYOND cool! The superchared straight six and the flames are killer! Forget it... the whole car is killer!

I don't even get why magazines (MCM and others) still bother with putting the month on the cover. This thread is called "Model Cars Magazine #154", not "Model Cars Magazine November Issue", after all! If you dropped the month altogether, and just went by the issue number, who'd even know it was overdue? Yeah, there would be some event and sale notices that would be outdated by the time you got the mag, but I've seen that happen quite a few times with other magazines? Can't really say I'm trying to defend OR condemn MCM's chronic tardiness, this is pretty much just a brain-fart ramble, but why even use the month when everybody refers to specific issues of MCM by their number much of the time anyway?

I've been looking forward to this (and the 'Chero kit) since they were first announced on the ol' rumor mill several months back. I think I'll wait until I see the kit contents until I shell out any greenbacks for it, given Trumpeter's somewhat hit/miss tendencies with their automotive kits. If it's equal in quality to the Bonneville hardtop, great. If it's better, that would be ideal! Can't wait to see it!

This thing is going to be M-E-A-N.

I have purchased the Edelbrock V8 version, and I've sampled the Offy version, and I must say I'm impressed. And this is coming from a guy who doesn't see why the Grand Canyon is such a big tourist draw (it's just a big hole in the ground!), or who doesn't get his mind blown when told the universe is 'infinite' (it goes on forever? So what? So do most of my shifts at work.). My response to most things is 'Meh, whatev...". My response to the contents of these new Revell kits? "Wow!" Yeah, there are three or four things I don't like, but they're so inconsequential that they fall into the realm of nitpicking and I don't feel like wasting my time or yours pointing them out! My only real gripe is, because they're midgets, many of the parts would be too small to adapt to a traditional style hot rod model build. I'd love to have a set of those wheels and tires in a more appropriate (for a street driven rod) size for hot rod applications, for instance! I'll be buying quite a few more of these in the coming months. It's kind of like the old Grant King kit- quite a few variations possible out of box, and a pretty much infinite array of possibilities through kitbashing and scratchbuilding!

If it were mine, I'd be thinking along the lines of those big, fat meats and six-bolt wheels from the Revell Viper ACR. I have the Bobby Allison Matador kit, and I've been thinking of 'Viperizing' it a little.

I think they made a movie about die cast models making the transition from metal to plastic kits. "Lost In Translation", I believe it was called... Could the die cast Olds be adapted to a plastic kit? Of course. Will it happen? Who knows? I'd love to have one, even if it were 90% of the old AMT '51 Chevy kit (hint, hint).

Now THAT'S cool! I pass on this kit every time I see it, maybe next time I'll pick one up! I did build a rusty rod from the stock Monogram kit- I love these old Bulldogs.

Maybe its the late hour, but I think the black wash on the grille looks pretty good. I'm really liking what I see with the conversion parts.

I'm just glad to know I'm not the only guy with a Weird-O-Meter!

That would be cool, Mike! I guess I'll also have to dig out my copy of #138!

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... what? This all happened a decade or so AFTER the Lesney buyout. What's that have to do with the Olds kit not being produced?

I don't get how someone who's ageless can have a birthday, but whatev... HAPPY B-DAY, DOKTOR CRANKENSTEIN!!!!

Purple goodness!

In a few words? The frame in the GT6+ is NOT GOOD.

I don't see anything I'd change if it were mine. Must say your first chop and channel job came out way, way, WAY better than mine!