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Sport Suburban : those are some gorgeous builds there ! How I wish that the 1972 Road Runner would be reissued ... or at least the '71 , so it could be combined with the ModelHuas '72 reproduction bumpers / grille / tail lights *sigh* I'm so freakin' happy about this reissue !! I'm planning to stock-up on a few of these ; the excellent TorqueFlite and its mate , the righteous 440 Magnum , are worth the price-of-admission alone ! Not all cars came with the coveted exhaust tips ; certain counties in California required that cars be sold with the Noise Reduction Package , and therefore , no tips ; just the turndown exhaust . Wish I still had the Street Machine version which I built as a Super Bee 340 ( motor from one of the '71 Duster kits that was otherwise incomplete ; and the trans from the Charger kit ) . Certainly , it wasn't a 'correct' representation , but impressive nevertheless . I gave it to a friend for his birthday back in 2003 . A 1:1 Charger S/E with the 440 Mag is a fairly rare piece , as the 383 Mag was supposed to be the top engine choice . I've subsequently seen : - '71 S/E with the factory-installed 440 Mag ( from the L.A. plant ! ) - '71 Super Bee with the 440 ( a small batch of those were run-off as well ) - '71 Super Bee press-release vehicle ( in a magazine from Octobre 1970 )

My thoughts exactly ! Those wheels / tyres actually look very nice on there !

As much as I've heard about this kit , never once -- until now -- did I realise that this is a new moulding ! Needless to say , I am impressed with it . Certainly , its origins date-back to the excellent Funny Car kits from Monogram during the 70's ( and there's not a single thing wrong with that ! ) , which is why I believed it to be a "generic" reissue ; its chassis looks like the Mongoose-turned-Cop-Out ( Tom Daniels' custom ) Duster . I agree 100% with the assessment regarding the critiques of a new release . This is one fine effort by the folks at R-M ; its alleged "short-comings" ( e.g. , the contemporary wheels ) are such small apples . I'm certain that their R&D folks had a bit of a time trying to recreate a vintage-but-restored-with-updated-parts Funny Car . The provided , vintage photos ( IRWINDALE !!! ) are case-in-point : just look at different rear wheels and their changes throughout the car's tenure ; gold , then aluminum . It's quite difficult to attempt to recreate or replicate a vintage race car : Sponsor changes ; colour changes ; tyre and wheel changes ; year-to-year changes ; and multiples of the 'same' car ( refer to Match Race cars of Stock / Super Stock / Pro Stock classes ) much like the Sox & Martin cars , plus changes for different sanctions and classes ( Modified Production to Pro Stock to Stock , ad infinium . ) Thanks , Len , for your review and photos

Very clean build ! Those slicks are super realistic looking . It seems that these photos were taken at one Woodley Park , 'Home of the Spring and Fall Fling MoPar Shows ' . ...

In scale , there are enough differences to make a conversion a bit of a task , but not an impossible one ; here's a list of what needs changed / modified : - side marker lamps . pull a foil impression of of the recently re-released AMT '76 Dart Sport ( called a "1975 Duster Hardtop" on its box ) ; - doors . either smooth 'em out , or make some of the '72-only Charger Rallye doors ; - engines were painted Chrysler Engine Blue with orange air cleaners ( regular motors -- slant six , 318 and 400 two barrel -- were blue with a semi-gloss air cleaner ); - the centre caps for the Rallye wheels changed to a flower-shaped design ; - an evaporative emissions canister ( col. , charcoal canister ) was added to the passenger-side of the engine compartment ; - a coolant recovery tank was an option ; it was added to the passenger-side of the radiator , against the radiator itself . Certainly , there are many more subtle changes ( esp in 1:1 scale ); however , in scale those changes are a little less important ( not easily recognised ) . A conversion to a '72 has been on my list of kits to build for many years now ( ever since this kit was released !! ) . The most difficult part would be the addition of the '72-only Rallye doors ... resin casters , are you listening ? How difficult would it be to cast some doors based-upon the MPC annual of the '72 Charger ?

thank God this kit's becoming available again !!! find it on e$ay ??? I'd rather kiss a hobo than deal with e$ay in any capacity ! I see that Hobby People is already listing it in their catalogue , which is a good sign

More beautiful work , Len ! I can almost see the B&M "J" Converter in that T-Flite ! I'll have to dig out my old copies of Scale Auto and look up the '83 issue that has the original build-up of 2 Hustlin' Hemi SS Darts

Cool Buick ! It's interesting to see what looks to be the ol' "Slim Jim" Roto-Matic trans behind that NailHead !

I'm a new member on this forum as of today , so I apologise if this is topic has already been addressed . I'm wondering if there are any model car clubs in the Murrieta , Ca. area ? Thanks you for your replies .

Len - I found your review (as well as this forum) by simply Google-ing "Revell '68 Hemi Dart" , and am glad that I found both this site and your review ! The "Hustlin' Hemi" photos brought back lots of great memories ; I remember first seeing these conversions in a 1983 or 1984 issue of Scale Auto ! Correct me if I'm wrong regarding the Hustlers' builder : Bill Coulter ? Thanks again for this review and its subsequent w.i.p. !