Sport Suburban

All the Revell 65-66 Mustangs are 1/24.

Not too difficult I thought. Here is mine. It is all Modelhaus and I used 2 grills, cut them both in half and used the right halfs to remove the R/T emblem. Sanded off the other R/T trim from the sides and rear panel. Dodge letters are photo etch meant foe a challenger hood. Strip is from Fred Cady.

Very nice! I have restored a number of these and its nice to see another one done!

Here is a pic of the conversion kit. I still have this but lost the rear spoiler. Note the hood is two piece vacuum formed.

Thanks, It is funny now because I bought a few of the kits and also did a few 70 Hemi Cudas too. For what was available back then they were great. The new 70 Cuda is awesome but I have not built it yet. I also have the MPC version as well. I also have the 95 version AAR and that one didn't bother me and I built that one too.

I really like the AAR Cuda and built this one back in 1990. This was built with a trans kit from MPB Detail and used the 71 Hemi Cuda and 70 Challenger TA.

They look awesome and I went to the sight to get them. That cost me a lot now. I started looking around and had to get the 2013 Shelby GT500 trans kit, and the 2014 Camaro Z28! I just realized I only got one set of the 67 wheels. They are for my 67 GT500 Super Snake project but I also have the HRM 68 convertible and a few others. Now if Model Car Garage would finally get the photo etch sets for these out I will be set. They announced them just over two years ago!

Also, that Resin kit predates the Revell kit. That Resin kit is based off the old AMT 66 Impala kit.

I have rebuilt many of my old builds but not all of them. Some I keep because they were some of my best at the time and I was proud of them. Others that were redone were ones I finished but new I could have done better. Some I just got a fresh kit and built it again and now have two done almost the same way but show my skill advancement. I do buy vintage built up kits to restore and have redone many of them. It is a little bit more work but I really enjoy the final results. One that I am currently redoing is a 68 Shelby GT500KR convertible that I built with a Mini Exotics Resin kit about 15 years ago. The paint was blotchy, I used silver paint instead of BMF, and the decals were Fred Cady. Stripping paint off Resin is a gamble and if I destroyed it I could not get another one. That changed when HRM released his Resin kit. I tore it apart and the paint came off with no issues. I ordered Keith Marks decals and now everything is well on its way. It is harder to redo one of my own old builds but much easier to redo someone else's. I'm currently redoing a 67 Thunderbird AMT annual and a Johan 70 Roadrunner.

What a beautiful build! I have one started and all roughed in and ready for primer. I have the Revell chassis and engine comp all kit bashed in and Missing links dash, front spoiler and a few other parts I needed. I just can't decide on the color combo!

Cool my order is only 531 away! Now serving??

Currently on my workbench at this very moment is: 70 AMX Resin Missing Link kit in Big Bad Blue with shadow mask paint. It is almost finished. 70 Roadrunner Johan in Moulan Rouge paint, it is painted and needs to have decals installed and clear coated. 67 Thunderbird AMT restoration in Midnight Blue and is ready for clear coat. 67 Mercury GT40 Daytona car in red. Bodywork mostly done and in first primer. 69 GTX Johan kit in final primer. Time to pick a color for it. 68 Cougar GT AMT kit in final primer. Also deciding on a color for it. 69 Charger 500 Revell kit in B5 blue. Body is done and cleared. Hood and plain steel wheels are getting repainted now. I have many more started and just off to the side of my work bench. almost done are: 60 Impala in black, 69 Camaro Pace Car conv, 68 Shelby GT500KR convert (old Mini Exotics kit that I built once before and repainted it), 69 Roadrunner Johan, 69 Grand Prix and many more.

I really liked the newer movie and I love 67 Shelbys so it was just a natural for me. The car was treated like a character in the film. It was his nemesis. The wild stallion that could not be tamed so to speak. The main character always wanted his own but seem to always get busted steeling one. He finally got his in the end. As for the fact that so many movie clones were made and the demand was so high for them blows my mind. Plus watching some of the clones sell for more money that the real Shelbys is crazy.

Just wanted to point out that the donor kit AMT 67 Shelby GT-350 was rereleased recently (amt800/12) and is much easier to find!

Actually GM never owned the name. SCCA did or does and GM paid them for fee for every Trans Am they made.

an original Paul Hettick interpertation of a Ford, misspelled to avoid licensing from Ford Motor corp.

I built one long ago and the resin parts I used are no longer available. Currently Harts parts lists a 69 Roadrunner grill for the AMT 69 GTX. As mentioned sand off the GTX trim and don't use the chrome piece for the trunk. The only exterior issue is the taillights. The GTX has tunneled taillights and the Roadrunner are more flush. Keith Marks offered some excellent decals for this also! Harts also offers better seats in resin for a Roadrunner if you don't want to use the GTX bucket seats.

You have a few options. First are you ok with resin? AMT did a 69 GTX and a few people offered Resin conversion parts to turn one into a Roadrunner. A 70 Roadrunner is also available in resin but is only the body parts. It is a direct copy of the Johan kit but donor parts may be an issue. In plastic Johan did both the 69 and 70 models in 1/25 plastic. They also did the GTXs. The most common is the 69 Roadrunner. They are all over eBay and get about 50-75 on average. The 69 GTX is rarer and gets a lot more. For the 70 kits the 70 GTX is more common than the 70 Roadrunner. I just watched a 70 Roadrunner that was busted up some sell for $130 but another nice one that is built up is offered at $200 but no buyers. 70 Superbirds from Johan are way more common and share many parts. Anything Johan is going to be more money if you are not familiar with them.

I would love more AMC muscle but I think their is enough interest in them. Like what was said before. Missing Link did the Hornet SC 360 and 70 AMX. I have one Hornet and two AMX. Devon resin did a 70 Javlin and so did Jimmy Flinstone. I have all the Johan Javelins and AMXs in my stash. I had even cast up my own 69 Javlin kit in Resin. I had close to 100 people who were serious about buying one but only 20 who actually did. Plus Fiat owns the copyrights to the AMC lines and may not be interested in licencing.

I have a few promos that I have modified. All were damaged to some degree so I got them at a good price. The one I did finish was a 64 Thunderbird hardtop. Roof was smashed and I wanted to do a convertible anyways. I got some Modelhaus replacment chrome and hood since the hood was molded in. I cut the hood and used what I needed from a 66 kit. It came out great but it would have been easier to start with a built kit. I usually go for restorable kits anyways. My other two promos are because no kits were offered of them. One is a 74 Cutlass that will become a 74 Hurst Olds. The other is a 64 Barracuda friction. The Barracuda had all the chrome beat up and stickers placed on the body. The body itself was in good shape dust sun faded. A kit was offered of the 65 Barracuda. The only difference between a 64 and the 65 as far as the promo goes. The 64 has Valiant script on the tail panel and a completely different dash. I got Modelhaus replacment chrome and hood and cut the promo hood out. I need to finish that one.

I can't wait to see the Eleanor convertible kit come out. He has had my master for awhile now. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/darkrapid/WIP/67 ELEANOR/Eleanorconvh.jpg

Very nice! I really like these Revell kits. I'm building a pace car convertible currently. Just a note, the SS package and Z/28 packages could not be combined even though they are very similar. Both could be had with the RS appearance package like yours. The SS package could be had with the 350 or a few different 396s with both automatic or manual trans for 69. The Z/28 comes with the special 302 and manual trans only for 69. The RS package could be ordered on any Camaro even a COPO!

I would love to see any of these race cars in kit form. It would have to have an accurate body for the race car. I think many would complain about a stock body in a race car kit at the current kit prices. Also having a race version of the 69 Trans Am would be kind of funny since it could not race in the series it was named after! I read in a book recently that that fact had a lot to do with why they only sold 600 of them but the Z/28 sold near 30,000 units in 69. They were allowed to race the 69 body in the 70 season with a 305 Chevy motor but was not competitive. This may not be fully accurate but it is what I remember reading.

I have the Revell kit and have yet to build it but I must say that this strikes me as kind of funny. I don't have an answer for the question but I remember when the only 70 Cuda was the MPC one. A few people offered resin conversions for the Revell 71 to make a 70. Here is my 70 AAR Cuda I built in 1990. It has an resin kit from MPB Detail products. Using the 71 Cuda and the engine and chassis from the 70 Challenger TA. Here are a few 70 Hemi Cudas built from the same parts but done much later. I think I built these in the early 2000s. The convertible I built shortly after the Nash Bridges kit came out. I was glad I bought so many of the MPB kits back then. I still have one more AAR kit still. This last one is a 71 Johan kit with a resin kit from Reliable Resin. I know have a MPC 70 and 71 to restore that will be done someday. And I will probably buy a resin 71 trans kit for the 70 Cuda if one does come out.

I like the ones Missing Link offers.