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100% . That kit was a HUGE deal back then ! Its production was delayed at least one calendar year , IIRC. That "two-dimensional" moulded-on interior rear view mirror was definitely a black eye ! I remember many folks buying up the Jo-Han '62 Oldsmobile wagon just to use its windscreen ! That was the recommended fix for the Nova back then (haha) ; others "simply" sanded-off that ridiculous mirror. Monogram was really coming around, too, to the serious builders ; the '37 Ford you'd mentioned being chiefly among their efforts ; the 1986 Monte Carlo SS and the 1987 Thunderbird TurboCoupe being the other, memorable kits of the late 1980's.

I'm only 5'10", and I have a devil of a time even reaching into the centre of the bed of the '22 Ranger (company vehicle) ! The 1994 F-150 longbed I drove for a long time (another company vehicle) had a bed that I could reach-into with zero issues ! I dunno whose idea it was to raise the bed rail by 77 feet (only 59 feet on the Ranger) on newer pickups , but they should be publicly stoned for it (and the jerk stores who approved that asinine rubbish for production) !

FJ5 or FJ6 would look nice on that '70 ( I'm more of a fan of the slightly-darker FJ6 ) . May I recommend a complementary green interior ?

Inline six = good (better than a V6). Turbo / turbos = avoid ! Especially with a daily driver ! ( .C.A.F.E. standards need to get seriously revamped... if not entirely eliminated... at least when it comes to trucks/ vans / commercial vehicles )

I'd drive the "BLAH_BLAH" outta a pink 340 Duster !

FM3 Panther Pink / Moulin Rouge was a Spring 1970-only colour. I'm surprised by the number of 1970 cars which were slathered in FM3! Apparently, it was also special ordered on a couple of 1971 cars , and, allegedly on a couple of 1972 models ( I've only seen the 1971 Charger R/T in FM3 ; its paint code isn't the usual-for-Chrysler "999" - it's "148" or something rather unusual.)

Not too far off , really - Cymræg is based heavily in Old Latin (like many other languages... including German). I cannot imagine modelling instructions written in Cymræg ! Haha.

Calan Gæaf Hapus !

There's a couple of Chrysler colours which folks seemed to have stayed away hard from ; one of them was offered only two (staggered ) years (1969 & 1971) , and one which around only for 1971 : - EL5 Butterscotch (Dodge) / Bahama Yellow (Plymouth) - GY3 Citron Yella (Dodge) / Curious Yellow (Plymouth) These colours look much nicer in person 1) Curious Yellow '71 'Cuda 2 ) 1971 GTX Hemi in its original paint , EL5 Bahama Yellow

Personally, I'd rather see a '70 Duster 340 based upon the new tooling Demon & '72 Duster. The c.1998 AMT '71 Duster has many great points to it... but, some warts as well ; to wit : - Moluded-on , virtually shapeless wipers - Roof's too "round" - Requires some filing / sanding on the doors / rear quarter glass area underneath the DLO , inside of the body, in order to get the door cards to seat properly - Too much of a P.I.T.A. to rework / modify tooling from that era ( witness the troubles encountered in modifying the 70 1/2 Camaro to the full-bumper facia ). Bottom line : we need a '70 Duster 340 ! Likewise, a '70 Swinger 340 .

The , uh , "Blue" pill...

I found this AMT/Ertl Cord 1937 Supercharged Phaeton 1/12 scale I don't remember ever having seen either of the latter reissues ( maybe the 1970s reissue in Hinshaw's in Whittier, Ca. ; definitely not the c.1990 reissue ).

Gwyneth Paltrow's "Sunning" routine seems to be in spite of that old adage...

That colour looks like something a seagull would drop on a beach table.

yeah... the influx of "East German Grey" and "Moscow Metallic" is as bland as it gets. Then there's the "Poodle Poop Pearl" on some trucks (seen quite a couple of Colorado in that colour) . On the other end of the spectrum ; the brighter colours don't look right on these monochromatic TupperWare rigs .