Chuck Most

I remember one around here years ago that was a similar color, you couldn't tell it was two-tone until you got up close. Always thought it was a cool look.

Acceptable? Acceptable? Brother, you pole-vaulted well past "acceptable" and ended up somewhere in the neighborhood of "unbelievable".

Body nastiness is dialed in... I strapped an alien on a pogo stick to the passenger's seat... And littered a shelf with a trophy, VW emblem, and some nudie mags...

Looks fantastic!

Been a while, but I've made some progress over the last day or so... The chassis is pretty much done, the Corvair engine is in place, and a bed floor, ladder rack, and front bumper guard have been fabricated. Next major project will be the interior.

But a boy can dream...

This began with the '71 Ranger, I mixed and matched components from the other Moebius kits to get this down to a base model '70. I retained the '71's big block and auto, but the spares box coughed up a transfer case, front axle, and leaf springs. The wheels and tires came from Scenes Unlimited along with the hitch, while the Warn winch is an old KFS piece. For all the bellyaching I hear about warped hoods with this kit, this is only the second one I've gotten with one, and since this was a beater I didn't bother to try and straighten it because I liked the "tweaked" look. There's a CB unit, a dash mounted fan, and a brody knob on the steering wheel, too bad they're nearly impossible to see on the completed pickup. Really less pleased with my mirrors every time I look at them, so I might redo those at some point.

This started out as an AMT 1990 Beretta GTZ promo. A few parts from a Beretta glue kit, a Revell Impala police car, a Revell ASA Thunderbird, and the spares box, along with some stock plastic strip and shapes....

What I want to know is- would any of these kits change hands for millions of dollars, like an authentic Honus Wagner card?

Very nice save! Just don't mention that spring-over lift in certain circles, believe it or not it's kind of a sore point among Jeep guys.

You don't even see that many Oldsmobiles clustered together in Lansing these days. Nice!

Their VW Type 2 (van/pickup) kits are the same way. At one point those were sold with resin interior side panels, but not on the latest reissues. Seems like quite an oversight!

As the owner of a 1:1 Bugeye Impreza, I approve 100%.

Use the kit with the van body if you want to install the race hauler body.

Exact same situation here. I have nothing else to add to this thread but for some reason I just had to comment on that.

^Corman is a minor god.

Given the last few "Originally issued as or intended to be pre-painted" kits by Revell, these will probably be hitting the clearance shelves more quickly than you'd think....

Bought mine for parts, so I'm pretty much satisfied. The tires are a bit of a loose fit on the whitewall inserts on the fronts. Not too bad but I see it on mine and it's just noticeable to bug me but I think I can get over it. No such problem with the rear tires, though. Trouble is, picking through this one, a few random observations come to mind, and I can think of all sorts of inappropriate uses for the contents... (feel free to steal any/all you like) 1. That chassis could work under a couple of other existing kits, some of which have already been mentioned. It more or less has the right look for any GM car of the period, and since it's not a stock item anyway it would probably work under just about anything, but sticking with the GM theme... AMT '51 Chevy comes to mind, but I'm leaning toward a Revell '50 Olds. Keep the Caddy air filter for another project, discard the big block Chevy into the nearest storm drain, and swap in the Aurora V8 from a Revell Shelby Series 1. You'd need to find a suitable transmission.... or go ahead and work in the rear-mounted C5 Vette transaxle from that kit. You'd have the best-handling "lead sled" in the land. 2. The rolling stock. GOOD GOD I LOVE THOSE WHEELS. I really wish they didn't have the pre-painted red stripe, but whatever. I can work around that. The white wall is so narrow they wouldn't look terribly out of place on a newer vehicle, though you may run the risk of giving the recipient a kind of narrow-white "old man" vibe. When the second kit shows up I have every intention of seeing what other tires will work with the wheels and vice versa. I want to use them as-is on a '30's luxo rod (Monogram Packard, maybe?) just because they'd look so perfect on it AND the very idea would cheese of the "Full Classic" automotive enthusiasts out there. 3. The big block does nothing for me personally, but the engine itself is fairly well done, and I do like that fuel injection setup. One of these engines might end up in a Revell Suburban. (I don't have a storm drain near me, but I do have another '66 Suburban). Dress it up like a GMPP crate engine and go to town. Might work in an MPC/AMT Chevrolet C1500 kit ('88 body style) if you still have a few of those kicking around. 4. Don't like the metal axles? That's what K&S rod is for. Replace the axles with pins cut from said material if it's that bothersome. Or save a couple bucks and cut down the kit-supplied axles. If you're into such things I think you could really wake up this kit's chassis with little more than basic painting/detailing tricks. 5. I spent about 25 bucks on this kit, and for that I got a nice set of wheels, the Caddy air cleaner, a radiator with molded dual puller fans, a presentable chassis with halfway decent C4 suspensions fore and aft, a workable engine (and if not, I could rob quite a few parts from it, such as the AC compressor, pulley setup, etc.), a couple of nice looking bucket seats, and a heaping handful of various detailing parts (some might need to be cut away from the host part, like the kick panel speaker pods). I shudder to think how much I would have spent for all that stuff had I gotten it piecemeal from various aftermarket sources. I might even come up with a use for the Cadillac body at some point or, gasp... built the kit more or less intact at some point, albeit with my own touches. I like Foose's overall design but I think I'd build this with a closer-to-stock Caddy grille and a hard top.

Very cool! Weird, I used those same Thumper decals on a pulling truck I built years ago.

Not a Mopar guy per se, but I figured I'd have a look. Glad I did. When did they start letting AMC products into Mopar meets? I mean, I might go to a few if I knew I was going to see... things like this.... *creepy moaning*... And that 4-door Barracuda prototype/one-off/thingie... I have a Revell '70 Hemi 'Cuda kit laying around and I've been wondering what to do with it.

I'd go with the Slingster body. Somewhere around here I have one I started reworking for use as a hot rod body. I filled in the wheel cutouts and the hole in the roof, bought plastic strip to recreate some of the beltline detail, and stopped right about there.

Pretty much just a box-stock buildup of the Academy kit, though I did fill in the licence plate recesses it make it more closely resemble a US-market version. I left the Korean market "waterfall" style grille just the way it is. I figure if Japanese car guys can get JDM parts for their cars, why couldn't a US Hyundai owner get a "KDM" grille for his Azera. The ZR1 plate is there just to mess with people's heads. I also deepened the door lines. This kit's one major flaw are the "barely there" panel lines. Other than a few required touchups needed on the window pillars (don't you just love digital photography?) I'm pretty happy with how it came out. In hindsight I wish I'd used the optional glass sky roof to show off more of the interior.

I think he bears an uncanny resemblance to James Doohan.

Very cool! I have a Big Al about half finished around here somewhere. I think that'll be what, the third one ever done in scale? I was thinking of putting it in a Bighorn but now I might need to formulate a Plan B.

Since I've been on a roll finishing long-stalled projects lately, I decided to ride the crest for as long as I possibly can. This is a mild street rod built by a guy who's fond of both Art Deco Chevrolets, and early Datsun Z cars. Kit is the weird old Monogram kit (Hey, let's have an opening rear door even though there are NO INTERIOR SIDE PANELS), with the Nissan L24 straight six from the Fujimi Nostalgic Racing parts pack. The wheels and front plate came from the Revell Datsun 720 4x4, and the tires are oldies from Satco.