Chuck Most

Love it. It wears the years pretty well.

*cough cough* Personal massager. But seriously, if the story of that particular model isn't the best example of the resourcefulness of modelers... then I really don't know what is.

I was talking to a guy a few months ago who bought one new. He wasn't fond of the front end, but he loved the dash layout, and "... because when I'm driving I'm looking at that and I can't see the front end of the car so what does it matter?"

I'm not Art, but I'll offer this... I've talked to a ton of old-timers about them... seems to be just like today, it was "love it or leave it" as far as the styling. There were people who thought it was stylish and distinctive, and others who thought it looked like a half-finished concept car nose slapped onto a Ford.

You can boil it down to this- expensive car with oddball styling, introduced during a recession where upper mid-priced cars were taking a hit across the board, and a board of directors who had good intentions but didn't quite know how to make it work in the long haul. Add them up and you get the Big E.

Yeah, it was him, but whatever. Everybody's entitled to their off days.

I'm with you 100% there, trouble is, seems like the majority of modelers want the classics. And, one more time, I have absolutely no problem with that. But for those of us who want something even a tad bit more modern, it's a never ending sore point.

Looks great to me, and I really like that color.

I have a guy like that I go to whenever there's a job I can't/don't want to do on my vehicles. Back when I worked for Advance Auto Parts I got him out of a few jams with customers and cut him a few good guy deals, and he's the kind of guy who remembers that stuff.

I'll second that!

Since that has the bubble roof, I'd think that the AMT '62 Bel Air would be a better glass donor.

But seriously, even though I'd very much prefer the '82-up design, I'd love to see this one come back.

Spoiled child, not sausage.

Lots of nice stuff, everybody! A few of mine- 1971 Ford F-250 'Bagged Beater by Chuck Most, on Flickr 1980 Dodge "Slamcharger" by Chuck Most, on Flickr "Army Brat" Show Rod by Chuck Most, on Flickr 1977 Ford Courier by Chuck Most, on Flickr 1980 Jeep J10 by Chuck Most, on Flickr

I love it! The rack, the makeshift dually fenders, the dull-but-even paint job... I think we all remember a pickup or two like this floating around our hometowns somewhere, sometime. Was this shown in a magazine's show coverage? I SWEAR I've seen it before.

This very way of thinking is what always baffled me about the relative lack of modern 'Vette kits. The average 'Vette owner is in his late 50's/early 60's (and I say "his" because it's mostly guys buying "Vettes)... and it seems like a lot of modelers fit into that age bracket. But when it comes to the C7, all I seem to hear from guys in that age bracket are things like "The taillights are ugly" (probably because they aren't round), and "It looks foreign" (whatever the hell that means), never mind the fact that it's those same similarly-aged guys I see driving real C7's. But the more I think about it, the more it makes sense. It seems like the majority of modelers are "in it" more for the sake of recreating the past than replicating the present. In a hobby where nostalgia seems to be the driving factor, maybe this C7, with it's "pulled-straight-from-a-Forza-rendering" creases and bulges, sacrilegious non-round tail lamps, and heretofore nonexistent quarter windows, is just too alien to them. With a model it's really all about the looks, you don't need to deal with any of the 1:1 car's shortcomings. It just has to look pretty on a shelf. Would a big chunk of the market really want a Corvette that would look so out of place among their muscle cars and '60's drag machines, never mind that even a base C7 would be a better performer than any of them in real life? Combine that with the fact that just about any kit of a "modern" domestic vehicle usually ends up in the clearance bins within a few months of first release and... yeah. C7 Z06? Sure, it would find some buyers as a full detail kit. But I'd think that given the mindset of most modelers, a good full-detail kit of a 1963 Z06 would be a better business decision.

The car's current mix of gold paint and grey primer reminds me of how I remember most of these early '70's B-Bodies looked by the time I was old enough to retain memory. In fact, replace the gold with dark metallic green and this one would almost be a dead-ringer for the one I used to see around my school in '87-'88.

Nice! It's amazing such utilitarian vehicles can be the most stunning hot rod subjects.

Yeah- but going through the posts got me thinking about that particular approach

You know- if somebody did a GL conversion kit for the Revell kit (decals, wheels, brush guard... and any other thing I might be forgetting), I think that conversion kit would be a decent seller.

Yeah- I remember the cagey box art during that time. Remember the green Daytona that had the K-H wheels from the Barracuda and an obvious '68 Road Runner chassis and engine bay that weren't included in the kit?

That reissue came out after the F&F Charger, didn't it? I'd say that the body with the flush rear window still exists. I hope so because I'd like to see the 500 make a comeback at some point.

Maisto is the same way- the scale on the box seems to be more of an average than an actual number.

Cool! Looks like it could have been a factory variant.

This. On the other hand... maybe I'll buy one or two just to encourage them. Come on, you KNOW some decal printer will have graphics for the 43 Petty car within a few weeks of this kit's release.