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Round 2 has reissued the old MPC Beverly Hillbillies truck under the Granny's Hot Rod name. I've seen them listed on a couple of mail order sites and eBay. Has anyone seen the kit at a Wal-Mart, Hobbytown or HL? Thanks!

This has the look of the local racer of the 60's and early 70's. Great ob. I'm curious as to what printer you used to print the decals.

Nice collection! Nicely built and great history lesson of the Woods.

Two part question. Have you tried Indycals. Two, are you the Paul Fisher of casting fame?

The Hot Wheels Charger is the PL Charger funny car.

Please don't think I was criticizing your build or suggesting you're idolizing Stepp's non racing activities. Stepp and Freddy DeName both had a bit of fun with their reputations. I think I saw this car run. His Challenger is one of my favorite drag cars that I'd love to find decals for. If we were to start a list of drag racing characters, there were several that spent time with the government for drug running. You're building a great model to celebrate a great race car.

Billy Stepp was from Dayton, Ohio. He had an interesting reputation. According to an article in the Dayton Daily News upon his passing, "William Elias "Bill" Stepp was the most famous mobster, gangster and notorious hoodlum the Miami Valley has known." See https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news/26339861/

Interesting to note there are three cars with George Barris licensing. I wonder if that relationship is ending.

Mark nailed it. If AMT had done 1/24 or had entered the market first at 1/25th, there kits would had been the standard and Monograms would have been viewed s the second tier kits.

When trying to distinguish NASCAR tooling that Round 2 has, there's several generations between AMT and MPC. MPC's earliest efforts was a Dodge Daytona which is ripe for reissue. After that kits success, came the adjustable wheelbase cars that included a Roadrunner, Charger, Torino, GTO and Chevelle all using the same chassis and engine with different bodies. That mold was reissued with the Torino body in the past five years. The chassis mold has been used a bunch of times to create mediocre kits. With Salvinos offering a Charger and Roadrunner, I doubt we'll see those repopped in the near future. With the exception of the GTO and the Torino, I don't expect to see any of this series reissued as Salvanios/Monogram offers superior kits for that body style. The Johan Torino is better than the MPC but a bit more difficult to find. AMT did a series of GM based cars such as the after mentioned Lennie Pond kit. I always found them lacking. AMT did their series of 1990's Nascar kits which are what I believe you're talking about. Sadly these excellent kits were looked down upon for being 1/25 and not 1/24. While I'm not a fan of scale snobbery, they are much smaller than Monogram's dominant 1/24 cars. These never were as popular as Monogram kits, maybe due to scale or the plastic they were molded in. Irregardless, if the same subject mater was available by both manufacturers, people would buy the Monogram kits. With the availability of AMT's Nascar kits for low prices at shows, I've seen as low a $3 in the past three years, I can't imagine them being reissued. Sad, as the kits deserve better.

Looks killer. This build yells its time to reissue this one.

I think you're right. How many of us care about things that were popular 20 years before we were teenagers? For example, have you watched the prices of tinplate Lionel. Prices have dropped as those who were serious collectors have left the collecting hobby.

A sad update. Chuck apparently passed away in November 2023. A good guy and one of the folks that helped modelers in an era when the manufacturers were not repopping kits.

Who's waiting to hear from Steve Scott? I wonder if he'll claim to start legal action if its exhibited as the Uncertain T for violating his rights?

Congrats on the courage to build a rare kit. Looks nice. A few questions....is this the same chassis as the AMT Vega? Is the body a stock body? Also, where did you source the decals?

A nice build of what I think is one of the best looking CART racers. I do wish it had been more successful on the track.

Just checked in today....as always very impressed. I appreciate your showing the scratch building. Truly educational and inspirational.

I sent a PM earlier today.

First off, I wish you the best with your father. When my Dad was dying there was so much I wanted to know and sadly much of that I still don't know. I look forward to seeing this model built as I've got a resin body that should really be built. That can wait. Time with your family will pass too quickly.

I just re-read my earlier post. First off, this is a really nice build of a fidgety kit. Congrats. I've got one waiting to be built and those screens on the rear wing are accurate and a challenge to get shaped will. As for my comment about seeing one built to a high level, it was intended as a gently nudge to someone who was doing an amazing job on one a few years ago to finish it.....

I'd really love to see this kit built to a high level.....I remember one being started on the forum.

I've had great luck using real dried dirt. I got a used blender for $3 and use it to pulverize the dirt and apply it with a soft brush.

Is this the 1967 Buick Rivera Cougar edition? Hard nope for me.

Yes.....Monogram used these and a couple of other front wheels in various funny cars and pro stocks. The tires are fairly universal to both series.

40 Dodge P/U? Who makes a 40 Dodge P/U?