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Put me down for a couple of sets of the PE if they magically appear.

I agree this car holds up well to "state of the art" even 50 years after release. I love the graphics. What kind of printer did you use. In face I love the whole car. Really nice job.

What surprises me in this whole discussion is no one has mentioned the wrecks or how much it reminds them of professional wrestling.

I'm certain that both kits still exist. Not only is this available as both a t-top and standard roof car, but the differences between the Camaro and the Trans Am seem quite minor.

I think you've nailed it on the head. Neither the advertisers or the subscribers are there to keep many magazines afloat. Looking old magazines you could follow trends. That will be lost with this electronic media. The print media had permanence to it. Now, the content is only available as long as the link is good. Sadly when I look at the newsstands, I don't see magazines I want to pick up. I used to pick up a magazine about once every two weeks. I subscribe to the Rodder's Journal. I don't believe I bought a magazine off the newsstand in a year. The last magazine I bought was at a hobby shop, Model Cars.

I've never seen it before, now I really want one.

Seeing this, I hope I don't go blind tonight so tomorrow I can see something, ANYTHING, else.

Wow.......(word not allowed) wow.......

I'd love to see these reissued. The build up is without a doubt the best I've ever seen. Typically they're glue bombs missing pieces and well above my price range. As for a reissue, there's a term snowball's chance.....

This is a great reminder of how good Revell's 1/16 kits are. Great build!

Wonderful article. I never knew there were so many ways to make a wash. I painted figures 35 years ago and see what the artists are producing now and am simply amazed.

Very nice build.

I've seen the annual but never the van parts used. It definitely reflects the 70's style customs. The Riverra dash looks perfect for the build.

Great build.....curious as to the website you got help from.

I'd just like to finish a kit from start to finish.

I've got one of this on my shelf. I never opened it. Now I see your I realize this is where the Dodge Zinger went to.

The lighting effect on the runes is very nicely done. Overall the color shifts seem seamless. There's ton of details you don't see at first glance. Looking at it for the third or fourth time I see new details. The one thing you failed to mention is just how big is this behemoth? Very impressive artwork.

Guess it's 2020.....the zombie threads are roaming the face of the Earth again.

That looks like fun!

I remember seeing the recreation and being very impressed with it. I'm also impressed with your 1/8 replica. What's next?

MPC really tried to make 1/20th work for the US market. My first kit was a 1969 1/20 Corvette (I'd love to have another one). Bet the body fo the funny car came from that. I'd never seen the Spitfire and had forgotten the Baja Bug. I agree the underpinnings of both the Baja Bug and the altered were derived from the funny car.

I remember seeing this being blown out on clearance 50 years ago..... Any idea where MPC sourced the parts from? The Logghe chassis looks typical for their 1/25 funny cars but this is supposed to be 1/20th.

Text and Numbers are best done in vector. Nothing in your files would be hard to create in vector. Take a skilled person one to two hours depending on what you had to submit for the wolf head. The license plates may best be rendered with the background in bitmap and the numbers in vector.

A few points here. What you supplied was a bitmapped file. A bitmap file is made up of dots and not lines. Whenever you change the size of a bitmapped file, there is a real likelihood of the image changing and producing what are called artifacts. The artwork may have worked better as a vector based file. The second issue is that most printers work in some variation of cyan, magenta, yellow and black ink. A purple would have elements of each of those in it. To achieve various colors they print halftone dots with the intent of fooling the eye. If the artwork had been vector based, the halftone dots may have been smaller but still present. The light silver would have printed better with a silver foil which is only available with a handful of printers, the ALPS being the most common.

Matt the issues wasn't Revell but Revell's owner Hobbico. In the simplest explanation, Hobbico tried to corner the US hobby market and seriously over extended the company. When Hobbico declared bankruptcy, the Hobbico assets were sold. Revell sold for much less than anyone would have expected. For the most part, the buyer bought the inventory on hand and got the mold, trademarks and other intellectual property for free.