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I'm planning to build it as a phantom DOHC Hemi (from the AMT '70 Super Bee Pro Stock) with Vanke's livery.

Any updates , @rattle can man ? Perhaps I've missed some of your posts. as a side note : ever hear of or read about this fellow ? I'm not suggesting a compare and contrast - just felt compelled to mention him.

Exactly. Doesn't even include optional rims / tyres. The decals are quite nice. Too bad that I can't use the originals ; they're in perfect condition, but are also 54 years old. They're dated "05/1971" on the back !

"Suppose we were talking about machine guns..."

Thank you for the correction. I'd forgotten that the '72 P/S Duster still had the stock interior ; the others being 1973 models.

Every one of those MPC annual A-bodies are equipped with a console, but with a manual trans. This includes the new 1971 Demon 340 : console with automatic shifter, manual transmission. Exceptions ? The Pro Stock Series Duster kits ; those have stripped down interior buckets (no rear seat, no console). Yes, the 1976-1980 annual F-bodies have a 318 (under-scale) with an automatic. The first new Demon 340 I've been working on ; I used the block / transmission from the 1980 Volaré , with the Demon's heads, etc. Fits like two left-handed gloves, no sweat.

I likewise have an original , unbuilt example. The new iteration is - according to images I've seen - sans console ! YEA ! The interior will provide the correct , 1972 upholstery and dashboard, which will work to convert the '71 Demon to a '72 with zero tedious work.

A Few Sprues Loose offers 3-D printed conversion grilles for the MPC Nova : Chevy Nova SS Rally Concours 3D Printed Grille for 1:25 MPC Model Kit | eBay

16:20 on 20-4

Any retailer in the U.S. have this available ?

180-SX ! Hopefully it'll b have a LHD version , and 240-SX livery.

Cockeyed tillers , and those which either touch the seat or are so far back that even Twiggy would have a hard time fitting - that drives me crazy. Shifters, the same ( though I've seen some in 1:1 which were "unreasonable - think : "Suicide-BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH" on motorcycles ). Insofar as my own builds ; close-enough-to-present-realistically is good enough for me... AMENDMENT : Not sure as to why "SHIFT" got a "BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH" whereas its precursor didn't ?

13th day of the month ad seq. (e.g., "13-5-2025" vs. "12-5-2025" ) is the easiest giveaway. Today is 31-8-2025 , for an instance.

I'm just guessing here -- perhaps a Retro-Deluxe packaging bearing a strong resemblance to the MPC 1972 annual .

I maxed out my credit cards buying tix to the Swift / Kelce wedding, but I'm sure that I could find some loose change in the fountain at the local nudists' colony. The AMT '69 Chevelle has some nifty , vintage customising parts - likely grab one of those. '76 Nova... why not ? I haven't built one of those rascals in 40 years. The '69 H/O Cutlass ( not to be conflated with a 4-4-2 ) is super nice. I positively love the Hurst Dual-Gate shifter and console ( nice piece to use in any vintage 1967-1972 race car - the '68 Hemi Dart comes to mind ) .

Gov't spending has been spent on other frivolous projects...

Perhaps the dumbest traffic-flow "improvement" I encountered while travelling through Arizona was those asinine traffic circles on US 60 !

Step 1 : Leave California.

There was a lot of discouragement being spread around during the 1980s : cinema, television, advertisements, etc., etc. ( social engineering ? ) . The dead-centre Middle Class was on its deathbed . 99% of the shop classes were D.O.A. before I arrived high school. So, I took drafting classes (just as I did in middle school), as that was the closest I could get to automotive classes. Then CAD came along - at least that was my first time learning of it - and I gave up on drafting, too. Bitter victory here. It's great to see a return to calloused hands and missing teeth and other Blue Collar indicators. On the same note ; I'm still angry that those courses were stripped away during my formative years.

A reissue with stock option would be boss ! I'm keen on those long bed step sides (or whatever GM's nomenclature was).

Ah, yes... the "San Francisco Stuffed Potatoe" !

There's a handful of YooToob videos I'll watch - subscribe to if the content doesn't irritate me terribly - and , yes, that prattling on about nonsense gets under my (Celtic) skin immediately. As others here have mentioned , I prefer the "ASMR" kind of builds - no jabbering, no ad nauseam instrumental tracks , no rubbish. I can cite Mr. Lin and A4 Garage as two of the best that come to my mind. Mr. Lin provides English subtitles ; A4 does not. Apparently, Louie "Autistic Modeler" was slagged HARD recently. He happens to be one of my favourite content providers. Being Autistic myself, I know how difficult it is to provide content (let alone get though daily requirements - work, etc.). But, yeah... those nut jobs whose performance-content is akin to someone who took psychedelics before starting their gig...

I have some original, bootleg recordings of Shakespeare ( Live ! At the Lyceum MCCCCCCCCCDC ) , and I can totally hear his voice when thinking of opening a sealed , vintage kit.

I seem to remember the B&M 'J' converter from c.1967, 1968 being one of those early , high-stall , "loose" converters. Those were in the '68 Hemi Dart and Barracuda models.