Dave Van

Got word Olds kits are on the way!!!! PS.....the Hudson skirt issue has been corrected as of the Marshall Teague kit and going forward. Moebius deserves a nod!!

Nice and clean.....

I cut off the odd kit valence and made a new one from stacked sheet plastic, sanded to shape. .. The Intrepid did not share much sheet metal with the Concorde. Doors were very close (same shape overall) and a pillars are the same. The rest is unique to each model. The roof is very different. I found this when I parked next to a new Intrepid a few days after I bought mine and saw how much different the two cars were. The Concorde having a more formal roof with more headroom and a rear window smaller and a high degree. PS rear view mirrors are from Lindberg Caravan kit!

I bought a 1999 Concorde new in late 98. It was the bast hi-way car I ever owned. I was rear ended in it while I sat at a stop light by a driver 'looking for my cigs'. The crash knocked me out and the car eneded up in a bank parking lot half a block away. It was totalled needless to say but I was unhurt, other than the black out) so I credit the car for that. My model started as the curbside AMT kit. I removed all the molded on aero spoilers and wings. Made a new lower valence for the front clip. The kit had no emblems so I made some on my ALPS printer. More stock like wheels were found in a aftermarket Japanese wheel/tire kit. Candy Apple red paint was matched to the factory option color (that cost me $500 extra on the real car) One of my favorite models. I'd like to build another with a interior and engine bay.....but the chassis is from a first gen Concorde and not the 1999-2003 car as the model has the motor mounted side to side but the real car had the motor front to back.

Thank God it was no worse than it was....sounds like it could have been!! Reminds me of what my mom would tell me the day after I'd come home a 2 or 3 am......'nothing good happens after midnight'!! I hated it when she would say that...but understand better now that I have 3 kids!!

I'd love to atteand a model show of any kind.....but you also need to remember many more folks live in areas that never have shows than live in areas with shows. The last show that was within 3 hour drive was 5 years ago and must not have done well as it didn't happen again. Our Wally does not have models and would not carry what I buy anyway. My local hobby shop is 3 hour drive. If Wally did carry models I'd check them when I went (not often) but just to kill boredom while the wife shops.

Pretty sure I recognize those prose.....even if condensed some!! Having seen the kit myself it will be great. The hobby as a whole is bringing out some great stuff......Just wait for iHobby......we will all need 2nd jobs!

Got mine yesterday and this issue is better than my 1969 version!! With clear and green tint glass, glossy box and diorama and the solar power roof sticker is back but with a slightly different pattern but thumbs up to R2 for putting it back in. Didn't need more of these as I stocked up when my LHS dumped the 2000 version for $9....but this is nice.

Glad someone is doing this one!!! It's on my movie car list....but so many in front of it I'd be lucky to get to it....Good start!!!

Who won overall??? I was schd to go....but things happened.

SLOW DOWN!! You are excited!!! I am too as this is the first 'famous' NASCAR racer. And a great choice for stock, custom, drag and oval racer....it will be big...and it's just the start!

Me too!! Even if I'm a little older!!!

None here as of yesterday.....they have had a few online for a long time.

Beyond cool!!!! Hard to drive I bet!!

A few items to educate. A 2012 NASCAR Cup car has a chassis that has strict tolerances but every chassis manufacture's design is a little different. Why else would a driver get out after a race and say 'this is a new car'?? Engines are DESIGNED and cast by the manufacture or a vendor the manufacture hires. None of the current makes share any parts other than radiators and the such. All NASCAR Cup engines are Fuel injected not a single carb in sight. It's TBI set up and not direct.....but not a carb. In 2013 ALL Cup cars will get a makeover and retain more 'stock' look. They will also get unique body sides which is new. 2012 NASCAR Cup sheet metal is the same from the A pillar back. Each make has it's own hood, nose and C pillar window shape.....so no just decals would not work. The grief model companies get for a wheel arch shape being 'off' in a few folks eyes would not compare to Ford decals on a Cup Chevy body!!!! YES...NASCAR stock car do share parts. The Ford 9 inch has been the rear axle of choice since NASCAR allowed parts swapping. And GM truck arms where the standard rear suspension for years. But they were Ford, GM or Mopar parts. I for one hope the numbers are there for Revell to do a NASCAR Cup kit. But if they don't here will be TONS of new stuff at iHobby to keep us busy.

Very nice work on that conversion!!!! I was lucky in that my buddy bought a 77 when we got out of HS......but his looks about like yours...or my model of it does!!! Mine is just box stock with new wheels.

What's inside???? No one has reviewed the reissue. The 90's reissue was missing stuff and the display. I love this kit and have a rare 1969 version in dark blue plastic.

Yep....the Wal Mart issue of the 66 Mustang had 12 tires in it. (3 sets of 4) I bought them just for the tires......at under $10 it was worth it!

The 66 issue had all three with the pin off the back...it made it easy to install the headlights as a kid!

The explanation I got years ago was the extras were for the promo version AMT did for Ford. The Tail lights at that time had small pins that could be heat sealed inside the body and trap the red lens. They were a bit fragile and easy to break and loose. The headlight was heat sealed too and seems they were dropped or lost easily....that's the story I was told anyway! Wish they had returned it to 1966 spec 100%....but this is OK.

Living in NC from Dec 1969 to 2002, meeting my wife there and my kids all born there......you'd think I would have a good memory of NC.......WRONG!!! I won't waste Greg's bandwidth here to explain....if by chance you want to know.....I'll inform offline....but all I can say is 'Thank God and Greyhound I'm gone!!!"

I had plans on going.......then got a FOUR MONTH JURY DUTY notice in the mail. Anyone else have jury duty this long??? I really needed to go....was going to vendor....but now jury duty #2 in 5 years....both 4 months!!! I think this is a bit long......in NC it was one week every 5-6 years.

1960's Whittier CA here!!! The local The non chain drug store up the street had a Testors paint rack and always 30-40 models in stock. I can recall getting a note from my mom to allow me to buy a tube of Testors glue!!! And a hardware store is where I made the best purchase ever. I found a old hardware store in the NC mountains around 1977 that was stuck in 1966.....models from 1962 to 1966 ....about 50 of them. Took me 3 visits to get them all but I did. Ended up selling most of them....and buying my 1/1 scale 1973 Javelin so it was a good deal for sure!

If you are as old as me.....you remember when every drug, grocery and even 7-11 carried model car kits.

IMHO these do not compare with the slick set. Much higher cost and lower count per package....or at least how many models it will supply. I'm passing....