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It was part of the Millennium set of kits, and the 1940 was once a Trophy Series kit, and had a spot in the Cruisin' USA series, but was never a Prestige kit.

A quick search on eBay (by the way even if you hate the place, and refuse to shop there, it's still your friend for stuff like this) turns up... 1955 M-B 300SL 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 1963 Avanti 1963 Corvette Convertible 1963 Impala SS 1965 Pontiac Grand Prix 1965 Pontiac Bonneville 1965 Lincoln Continental 1969 Corvair Silhouette Show Car

It was part of the Monogram "High Performance" Series of kits, all of which were Factory Stock ONLY releases, that included spark plug wiring and heater hose. The kit does include the GNX specific fender flares and fender louvers, which are both (or well 6) separate parts. The kit also includes the GNX spec wheels, tires, and traction ladder bar. Not having the base GN kit in front of me I can't say for sure if the rear-end is also different which would be correct for the 1:1 GN vs. GNX.

Those Cobras can be very nice to loot for parts, and were a pretty decent kit assembly wise in their own right. The SVT Lightning? My LHS still the last reissue in stock, they coulda found something else in the tooling vaults to reissue. The GNX is the gem of the re-pop kits if you don't have an original, since it was only ever issued once back in 1989, unlike the GN which has been donked and repopped half a dozen times.

My guess is a certain amount of these kits made it into the "wild" with multiple sets of instructions when either someone at Round 2 caught the problem, or it was reported to them by the first purchasers. Because I bought one of these about 4 months after this thread was initially posted last year and mine only had the one set of instructions. Had to be cheaper to leave the kits with the multiple copies out there than recall them back to be repacked correctly. Who knows the number that have 6 sets, but I expect kits with them to continue to pop up from time to time as inventory is turned over.

I think it would look better with the "Highway Patrol" lettering on the front fenders deleted (maybe you could put one on the front edge of the hood - after you have the shop boys take off that push bumper) and move the entire stripe up to the edge of the fender/door/rear fender as it just doesn't flow well the way it's sitting now. I understand you're trying to fit a CVPI graphic onto a Mustang and ergo limited in what you could do with it. I like the interior light placement, gotta keep a car like that slicktop. Did you make the LEDs yourself, or are those some of Zoli's?

I think this tends to tread into that area of life called "How much effort do I want to spend?". Not everyone builds models necessarily to that exacting a standard. I know it would probably offend some of the diehard crazies around here, but I'm going to suggest that if the guy who built it is happy then he/she has the right to clean up, or not clean up whatever they want. Or perhaps he/she is a casual builder who doesn't even realize how much sacrilege they are committing. Everyone always says this stuff is "Modeling 101", but it's not like that class is mandatory for admittance into the hobby. I will full disclose that until I really started paying attention to my building as an adult (19-20 y/o to the present) I never once sanded a parting seam, filled a sink hole, or fixed an ejector pin marking because I was just being a kid. I didn't even see that stuff in my mind's eye. It wasn't until much later I was horrified by this deluge of unclean, seam filled messes I had created. But then again I was also cranking out about 5-8 models per month, not per decade...

Well yes and no. It depending how connected you chose to be. AMT during the late 80's/early 90's brought "The Blueprinter" back out, which was a direct pipeline of kit announcements from AMT/Ertl & MPC. I still get a chuckle when I find one of those subscription cards in kits of that vintage I find still factory sealed, since most everyone pitched them as soon as they opened the kits. The Chicago Hobby Show (iHobby now, RCHTA back then) and New York Hobby Show both still existed and laid out future releases. SA(E) used to offer coverage of the show news. Back before all the things that befell Tom Carter and imploded Hobby Heaven (Spotlight Hobbies now-a-days), he offered a pretty substantial print catalog which had ballpark release dates of new kits in it as well.

I know the connection and all(ownership wise), but who deemed Tower Hobbies as the be all and end all of release dates? Tower has over the course of the first 6 months of this year been wildly wrong about release dates numerous times, randomly swinging the dates around with little rhyme or reason. Example right now Moebius said this week their Great Dane trailer is coming out in Late July, Tower has it as June. Moebius '52 Hudson Convertible...has been in your LHS for the past week, I know I just bought one, according to T.H. they don't even have it in stock yet. The Tamiya Toyota 86 kit says "Order Pending", my copy I pre-ordered on HLJ was ready for shipment YESTERDAY! It's nothing against anyone here, the over-trusting of T.H. is rampant across several message boards I frequent. I guess I can appreciate the ballpark guesstimate nature, but they shouldn't attach a date to something when they clearly don't actually have a concrete date in the first place, and can't update their stock correctly when things do become available.

Negative. Nor are those two "Foose kits" per se, as they both have existed for at least 3 re-issues each. Neither are new, but rather re-warmed offerings with what you have to hope are an attempt at the 1:1 wheels, decals and perhaps some lowered suspension pieces. Changes beyond that...I wouldn't hold your breath. Not sure why Revell needed to hitch it's wagon to OverHaulin' which doesn't come back on the air until the 4Q of 2012 on Velocity (formerly Discovery HD), as I can't even find Velocity on the spectrum of "High Numbered Channels No One Watches" on my DirecTV. The show petered out on TLC after 5 seasons, I'm not sure anyone was clamoring for it's return. I understand Revell's hands were tied a bit if they wanted to milk this connection while spending the least amount of money, as they had to match something Foose did in those 5 years with something in the kit "archives", but the '68 Firebird is STILL in the CURRENT Revell Catalog, it was one of the Gearz contest kits. My LHS still has 2-3 '67 Coronets, from at least 2 of the last reissues. If they could tool up an all new kit of the '32 Ford for Stacey David, then why couldn't we get something actually new for Foose?

No they do not share any tooling, both kits are completely brand new, from the ground up Revell AG tooling. The Revell 2CV is a 1982 2CV Charleston, whereas the Tamiya is a base model representing a 1960's model. You also have to remember that the Tamiya tooling for both of these kits was done in the 1980's, and they were domestic market releases (meaning for Japan/Asia). If the Revell 2CV is any indication they're tooled up to current modern standards, and is just a wee bit better all the way around. The Revell AG tooling for these two kits is primarily a European market release that is nearly 30 years newer than the Tamiya kits. The internet has certainly shrunk the world of this hobby making it much easier to obtain kits that weren't aimed for the U.S., which makes it easy to do a "Why are they re-doing xyz?!?!" when in fact they aren't doing it for us in the first place. The 2CV was never reboxed for North America, if you want one you have to have one imported from Germany like you did if you wanted a Trabant, London Bus, or a M-B SLS AMG. So I find it interesting that Revell is going to rebox the Mini for the North American market. Also interesting that they are going to rebox the 599 GTO, but not the 599 SA Aperta. Overall these fall releases are a huge snore-festival to me. The only 3 pieces of new tooling on that list are the Mini, the Ferrari 599 (both of which aren't even domestic market Revell tools, and the Snap-Tite version of the Pirate Ship (which for those who want one, there already exists a glue version). The only reissue that would have interested me was the GNX, but I found one of the older "High Tech" original releases for $10 on eBay a few months ago. I would expect nothing but some half-baked attempts at the wheels in the Foose kits, much the way the California Wheels kits are done.

You may not have been able to find it in your LHS, but this kit and the others Galaxie Limited makes (sedan delivery, dragster, and trailers) have always been available directly from them via their website.

Geez doesn't anyone's scroll button on their mouses work? The old methods of uploading are linked directly BELOW the new Java uploader. Take a breath and actually look at things before inducing panic mood. Keep Calm & Continue Your Uploads...

I dunno, not to start an styling argument, but someone tell me how that '99 Concept isn't a '11/'12 Charger with the front end of a '99 Camaro tacked onto it.

Oh don't think I was trying to come off smug and call you cheap, I was rather being sarcastic in regards to Revell. Isn't it "convenient" they just happened to see fit to release the stock kit AND the Pro-Stock kit. Unless someone decides to resin cast the stock tail panel, I bet they move a fair amount of those stock kits just to people who want to rid themselves of that ZR-1 inspired nonsense. Reminds me of the entire "Yenko" Nova/COPO Nova debacle. Oh you can build a Yenko Nova, you just need a pile of parts out of this OTHER kit to do it correctly. I refuse to believe that they didn't know that going in, since R&D has to be further out than 6 months between the releases.

They thought ahead, the reissued the stock kit a few months back just so you can easily find the "correct panel"! Isn't that thoughtful of them?

It was on last month's release schedule which means even non Preferred Partner retailers should have it in stock by now. This kit, like the stock '67 is a reissue of a 90's kit, so anyone who has the original should be able to tell you what to expect (sorry I went the AMT route when they did their battle of '67's, so I've never seen the contents of either Revell kit).

Revell AG did a "BMW" Mini a few years back, I believe it was reissued not that long ago. Coming in October however they will be doing a '64 Mini Cooper which is the classic one like Nick's here.

Not to pick nits, but like all Tamiya kits, it's 1:24, not 1:25.

Depends on your taste in music! *Runs away from that can of worms*

So in your view there was some dark smoke filled boiler-room full of Senators and Big 3 Lobbyists in 1985 swapping money and influence so the Feds would make the Center High Mount Stop Light mandatory in 1986?

Ahh true dat. I see I had my segments all out of whack.

WHOOO! Do I get a t-shirt? Or maybe a Purdue bumper sticker?

Well what the heck DO you want it to look like? A '76 Chevette? Yes it's evolutionary, not revolutionary. Yes it also looks like a very angry squat Mitsubishi Evo X, but at the same time it's a "A" segment car, what all can they do with it? Put fins on it? Maybe about 100lbs of chrome trim? I'd rather have the edgy angry Evo X wannabe than the bulbous bland Neon you've compared it to (to say nothing of that Aztek in waiting Caliber that replaced the Neon).

What you mean you can't easily tell them apart? Why they have different...err....umm...BUMPERS! Yes look at those front bumpers, clearly individualized and spectacularly designed differently from the others...