Chuck Most

So... guess that means goats are off limits, huh?

Anybody remember the "Return of AMC" April Fool in Hot Rod a few years back? And, GM itself is saving Pontiac, using the "Jack Kevorkian's Guide to a Better Life" self-help series! Think about it... no longer will the great Pontiac name be sullied on substandard turd-boxes like the G5, G7, GWhiz, and whatever the hey-all other alpha-numerically named models in the Pontiac lineup!

That's what I'm talkin' about! We 'serious' (?) modelers get some sweet wide whites for our '32, and the casual modelers don't have to worry about making it fit! I'm guessing I'm a tad bit more optimistic on seeing it happen, but if enough people want to see it happen, I'm sure Revell would be more than happy to see it through. Provided, of course, it's profitable for them! (And that last sentence is not a slam- I simply understand the fact that it makes no sense for a company to invest in a product that no one, or very few people, will purchase. Revell is in it to make money- just like every other manufacturing company out there!)

Spock says "Logical assumption."

I know All American Models did a resin '88-'91 GM crew cab dually kit, but I've not seen one in years. I think he also did a duallly bed for the AMT '92-style Ford kits, but I'm not 100% sure on that. Yeah- to echo what everybody else has said, your choices for a dually pickup kit are pretty much limited to the Monogram Ford (a very nice kit, by the way), or the AMT snappers (again, both nice kits, but not full detail).

I once was watching one of these conspiracy programs about 'secret underground societies' plotting global domination. One of the Mason leaders interviewed could barely stop lauging at the idea. He couldn't even believe some consider the Masons a 'secret society'. He said something to the effect of " We have buildings with our names on them, we have Masonic symbols and bumper stickers on our cars... we're in the YELLOW PAGES... certainly we aren't doing a good job of being a secret society!" There is one hope for world peace Harry.... crude and primitive 'behavior modification' experiments! That, or like the great prophet Geroge Carlin forsaw, a world restored to it's former pristine beauty... after the wildfires, floods, earthquakes, wars, and exploding meth labs destroy life as we know it! That last scenario sounds doable, no?

I believe the coil was located on a bracket on the manifold, just to the left of the distributor. I had a '71 Mopar small block years ago, and I'm going entirely from memory, so it may have been to the right of the distributor, but it was in that general area.

I've built this kit a couple of times, and yeah, that interior is a tight fit into the body! Wait till you build a Revell '06 Mustang... THAT one took me four attempts to get everything stuffed up in there the way it needed to be! It's probably a bit too late in the game for this particular build of yours, but did you catch all the molding flash along the edges of the body and interior sides? Sometimes, there may be a tiny little ridge of flash along the surfaces where the top edges of the interior panels contact the door sills on the body. This is a pretty small ridge we're dealing with, but on a model car, small amounts can make the difference between an easy build and a big ol' pain in the arse! I always lightly sand the top outer edges of the door panels on a model with a multi-piece interior like the Starliner. I'd also check and make sure that the interior side panels are good and tight up against the backseat and dash, and that the panels are as close to perfectly vertical as you can get them. I built an AMT '62 Pontiac Catalina awhile back (the Catalina's interior is designed in a similar manner to your Starliner's), and had a bear of a time getting the interior/floorpan to settle up into the body. I finallly noticed that the passenger's side door panel was not setting right up against where it glues to the backseat, and that little amount it was off (about .030") was causing just enough interference to prevent the interior from fitting into the body. After I'd adjusted the fit, it was still a pretty involved process to get the interior in, but much easier and a lot faster than the first few attempts!

Some guys (as they've already pointed out) like a soldering gun or a heated exacto. I've always used the tip of a heated flathead screwdriver. A small one, maybe 1/8" wide or so. Or, as someone else pointed out, you can just glue the steering in any ol' postition you like!

Hey, a boy can dream, right...?

Well- the whole Star Trek message is a good one- that one day we'll all live in peace and harmony in a hig-tech, utopian world. I'd love to believe that will happen, but the pragmatist in me screams "BS!!!!" Even if mankind ever lived together n peace and harmony... five minutes later, the Klingons would show up and that would be that! On the other hand, whenever I see somebody with a Bluetooth earbud I think: "Well... Looks like the Borg drones are already here!" Sometimes it creeps me out when I think about how reliant upon technology we've become.

Can't say I've ever seen a Civic built up like THAT before! Me likey!

Same here.... and I've never even owned an '82-'88 Cutty! Wouldn't mind an '83 Hurst/Olds... hey,if Revell ever pops this puppy, there's your second hit off the tooling! And a '79 Hurst would pretty much be able to use everything from the alleged '87 Cutlass but the body and brightwork. Two likely scenarios, and one that's a bit off the wall. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only modeler who'd like to have an '87 Cutlass, '79 Hurst, or '83 Hurst on my shelf! But if push came to shove, I'd be happy with just the '87, pleasethankyouverymuch !

No, Mr. George- The Boyd version was the old MPC Switchers version- I think it was molded in burgundy and had some really, tragically, epically, MONUMENTALLY horrible wheels with it. The one Ed got his paws on is the old Trophy Series version. Looks like the same deal as the last issue (green car on the box, then a red one later), except in a new box and with new decals. Starting to sound like standard MO these days! I really like this kit, despite the fact it's as crude as a cave painting! It certainly builds a lot quicker than a Revell Deuce! There's also a pretty nice engine stand in the Revell Special Edition Charger kit. It's about the only thing that kit's got going for it besides the headers (ho, boy... I can feel the villagers rounding up their pitchforks now....) Alright, fine, I like the Hemi headers in the Charger kit, too...

I can't believe press releases and threads STILL get some folks all hot and bothered! Sheesh- I don't even get excited when I see test shots anymore. Thank Revell and their supposed '87 Cutlass Supreme kit that still ain't out yet for that. Of course, the fact that I've have been, am, and forever will be a pessimistic (expletive deleted) probably helps !

You ain't kiddin'! The plastic in Trumpeter kits rips apart like pulled pork whenever you do anything but cut it off the sprue! I've never built the Monte, but I can say the 'weak engine' issue also plauges their '60 Bonneville kit. Kind of pleased to see you chose to repower it with a V6!

Mine sure will never look this cool!

You ARE going to keep us posted on THIS one, too, right?

I like the chop, but I LOVE that chassis! Nice to hear it's getting a 427 as well! I've never seen the '49 with that box art- last time I saw it on the shelves, it was the brown car on the gray background. You mean I MISSED a recent issue of this kit?!

I have no idea what it's supposed to be (looks like the love child of a Jeep J10 and a '69 Ford F-700) but I like it! Wouldn't want to actually use the thing though- think of how gunky and nasty that paint and those wheels would look after you used it to haul a load of sod off to the jobsite! I might need to find a Structo truck of my own now!

Way to make the best of a bad situation, Jody! Nice.

Interiors are overrated, Al! Just means you got to spend more time on the stuff people will see, and it looks like you spent that time wisely!

I believe Maisto did a 1/24 diecast of one, too, but it was kind of toyish in execution. I had one, I think I traded it for some kits. OR a case of Dr.Pepper. Or was it Faygo Moon Mist... I don't remember. And Spyder- I'm well aware of the '65 Connie kit with the optional wagon version. It's one of my ALL TIME favorite kits. I've got... jeesh... forty? Fifty of them squirreled away? I meant I've never seen a 1/1 scale Lincoln wagon. Now that I think of it, I don't even see the kit built as the wagon too often, even though it comes with that halfway decent woodgrain decal! Though personally I could do without the big bubble window in the roof, it still builds into a nice phanom Lincoln wagon!

I do agree with you for the most part, but hey, isn't the "Here, you make these work" concept pretty much the standard M.O. with the vast majority of resin kits? On the other hand, I guess a 'casual' modeler isn't going to dive into a resin kit, so I suppose that makes the 'resin kit concept' theory of mine pretty much moot. Although I believe Revell lists this as a Skill Level 3 kit, which might rule out any casual modelers. As far as the two-piece whitewalls, if I recall, the wheels supplied in any of the '32 kits will fit. I can't be 100% sure of this as I usually kitbash my builds beyond all recognition, but I seem to rembember using the inner/outer wheels from the '32 with the '29 tires, without significant modification to the wheels or tires. If nothing else, it probably wouldn't be a big deal to tool up some inner wheels that fit the whitewalls AND snap onto the '32 stubs.The way Revell is operating nowadays, that wouldn't really surprise me. And I said it once already, but it does bear repeating- I'd be up for a Revell Deuce pickup, regardless of where the fuel tank is located! This ain't a replica-stocker after all, right?

Bah... they could just leave it there, and leave it up to the modeler to remove it. Kind of like how on the old AMT S-10 you had to file off the side moldings yer dam self to make the SS version of the truck. A '32 Ford pickup done to Revell standards? I'm in no matter whether the tank is in the right place or not! I'd really like to see an issue of the '32 include an I-beam style axle in place of the tube axle, and perhaps a buggy spring/quick change setup in back. I was very happy to see the hairpins as an alternative to the four-links in the 5-window kit! Also, what's stopping Revell from including a set of whitewall tires, like the ones in every issue of the '29 pickup and '31 Tudor I've ever had? They'd have been a natural on the recent Tudor version of the '32, and they'd look unbelievably badass on the 5-window. (Just picture the blue box art model with whitewalls... yeah.... THAT'S what I'm talkin' about!