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    Thanks everyone and good info Chuck .... if the round headlamp grille is still correct I guess I'll call it a '77 F350 from now on. FYI, I just added back the missing photos that Fotki moved on me since the original post. -Steve
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    Missing Link does an excellent set of Chrome plated Pontiac dog dish hub caps just like those. I believe they cover 64-71 depending on the model. -Steve
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    Well done Chuck !!!
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    Finally getting a chance to post the finished photos. They are courtesy of my Daughter Rachael, I had to wait until she was done with her school finals. The model was actually done it time to display at the NNL East. All in all I'm very pleased with how it came out. It did fight me all the way, mostly due to me and Murphy's Law although it's 40 year old plus design did make for a few challenges. Of course you may want to consider I was building out of my mostly factory stock element. The photo above probably shows the paint best. The Metalflake effect was actually done with course metallic and pearls. I thought it would look more in scale then the Metalflake paints I've seen. The kit decals includes just about variation, I chose to go with how it looked on the Car Craft magazine cover. Thanks for looking, If you missed the on the workbench build up here the link .... -Steve http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=87997&hl=
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    Thanks guys ! I should probably take some new photos as I added a few more details to it recently. -Steve
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    I agree .... I used his photo collection as reference for my build up. They were a big help, thanks Vince !! -Steve
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    That's easy, unless you got a short shot they're on the chrome tree to the left of the upper front suspension. See the attached photo. -Steve
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    Dave, It was very nice talking to you at the NNL East. The '69 and '71 Ford Pickup truck test shots looked great to me, I wish I had taken some photos of them. The 61 Catalina is a natural spin off of the Ventura and I can foresee some easy Super Stock drag possibilities. The Ace Wilson Royal Pontiac come to mind. The big surprise to me was the 65 Plymouth Satellite, I can foresee all kinds of variations, NASCAR, Super Stock and Stock models. Lindberg missed the boat by not converting their 64 Belvedere a long time ago. Great job all around ! -Steve
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    Chassis is completed ..... I'll I have left is the final assembly and decals. Hopefully it should be done tonight. One small change I made is adding a flat mounting plate for the chute which also is spacer to bring it out farther. The rest is out of the box -Steve
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    Not Duplicolor this time although I'm sure they have a silver blue that would work. I used some custom mixed PPG lacquer that was leftover from a earlier project. Here's how it looks outside, you can see the "flake" effect better ......
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    Here's the latest photos. The chassis is almost completed, I just have to paint the seats which are going to be a pain as they're striped. The paint was the hardest part, I started with Ford Nordic Blue as the base. It then got a mid coat of silver and blue pearls with some coarse metallic. In good lighting it gives a in scale metal-flake look. I then fogged some of the edges with blue pearl. Next was some foil trim and the final clear coat was done this morning. In a few days I'll polish it and add the final trim and decals. The color looks darker in these photos then it really is ..... Hopefully I'll have it done on Thursday, just in time to hit the road to N.J. -Steve
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    Awesome build Sean !!
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    Looking good Tom !! .... can't wait to see it up close
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    This is going to be a basic build up with just a few minor modifications. I've already built up the engine and started on the rest of the chassis parts. The firewall has been tacked in place along with a few other parts for test fitting and will come apart for painting. Considering it's age, I think the engine builds up as a decent replica of the SOHC 427 Ford as compared to my reference photos. I noted the the front timing cover wasn't a precise fit and the location of what I think is an ignition box isn't clear. I did strip the chrome off the blower case and timing cover before painting. My goal is to have this done in time for the NNL East. We'll soon see..... -Steve
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    Look for them to be available from retailers the week of April 19th. -Steve
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    It's not quite out yet, should be just a few more weeks. This is a production review sample courtesy of some really nice folks at Round 2.
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    Here's the rest of the parts. If I missed any other changes please feel free to point them out, I'm no expert on this kit by any means. That should cover it ... there some additional photos at the link below. http://public.fotki.com/SteveG26/67-mustang-malco-gasser-/ This puppy is going on the workbench tonight ..... I should have some in progress photos starting this weekend. Stay tuned ...... -Steve
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    OK, here's the glass and tires ....
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    Let start with the chrome trees ...... This one looks like it's all new .... Here's the newly tooled 67 style nose ..... I'll post the rest of the parts shortly. -Steve
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    Here's one that I've been waiting to get my hands on. I'm going to highlight the changes for now starting with the box art and decals, you can see all the photos at the link below. I'll get to the parts next .....
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    Outstanding build Charlie! Hopefully I'll get a chance to see it up close at the NNL East.
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    That depends, I know the CAD design work for the Testors - Lindberg Charger kits was done here. Some additional parts were hand mastered in China. The Chinese still do a lot of hand mastered parts in plastic and will make resin copies for approval. I've personally held samples in my hands. Below is a photo of the hand mastered body parts for the soon to be released Moebius Ford Pickups. It took this photos at last years Toledo NNL. It looks to me that all the design and engineering for that kit is being done in China. I believe all the recent Moebius car kits are done this way. I'm pretty sure that their Lonestar and Prostar kits were done with CAD design with support from I-H so I would say they were designed here. I can't say for sure about Revell or Round 2 but I guess the majority of the all the new tooling work is being done in China based on the finished products.
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    I can think of two good reasons. First the lack of support from the big automakers. Without a dealer promo market all the big guys really care about is collecting licensing fees. Accurately depicting there products is a distant second thought at best. The real issue is the dependency on the Asian market for tooling and manufacturing. Sure there are communication and deadlines issues but I think the real culprit is lack of subject knowledge. I don't care how good the photos or drawings are. How are you supposed to really duplicate something you've never seen with your own eyes. I can't say I have any idea about the life of a Chinese toolmaker but I doubt they have a Muscle Car in their garage and take vacations to the Woodward Dream cruise. I'll bet they've never been to drag strip or circle track. I doubt they've drooled over their Father's or Grandfather's new Detroit Iron that they saw for the first time as a kid. Those are the kind of experiences many of us have had so that when we open up a new kit we know what looks right.
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    No offense taken Casey ...... your right on both points. Without going into a long explanation I don't see either group of kits seeing the light of day any time soon. However the later "IMC" group of tooling is still in the U.S. Not likely doesn't mean never, I'm just not very optimistic about either situation as things stand right now. -Steve
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    Here's the story straight from Ernie Petit, I just got off the phone with him. Seville did do the first run of those Testors kits and they were not leftovers. After that Testors bought the tooling from Seville and did the HSO versions. Those were molded by an outside vendor overseas as they needed some repair as I said before. After Ernie took over Lindberg he contacted the vendor but they could not locate the tooling. Ernie isn't hopeful of them ever being found and that's were things stand as of today. -Steve
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