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I'll take it out again this evening and look closer. Not that I want to start building it, with the three new projects I already have going. Can only work on them when my overly curious and unbelievably determined pet raccoon is asleep. My first one managed to do a number on a bunch of models I had on a shelf I _ THOUGHT_ she couldn't reach..... trust me, there's no such thing as a shelf they can't reach

I'd only encountered solid color metallic plastic on Monogram kits before, never translucent like this one. My first AMT Cobra was molded in a near-translucent white, but not metallic. It will be interesting to work with. I'd built the previous issues before. I only opened these out of curiosity if there were "restored" parts... which, btw, I still don't know whether there are or not; the colored plastic threw me.

Nothing but excellent results from this quarter. Quick shipping and always accurate description of condition. I recommend them heartily.

By the way, the other one is molded in plain old white styrene.

Picked up a couple of these last year to share with my grandson, but he's not interested in building models anymore. So, they've been sitting in the closet, until today... I opened one out of curiosity and it is one of the Kat kits, molded in translucent orange metallic...... First time I have encountered one. How in the world can you preserve the molded color and still build it?

my mortgage is actually 1/3 to 1/2 what rent of the same size house would be... and banks are constantly trying to get me to refi for a lower rate. 21 years in, with all the nuisances of ownership it's STILL one of the best decisions I ever made. Actually wish I had stayed in my old house in Lynchburg VA, but, water under the bridge etc

The engine assembly is so fragile! The details are lost under covers.. manifolds are so small, and cementing surfaces so small! Terribly tempted to do it curbside and show the engine separately.

This kit was probably the third or fourth I built as a kid; I got it from a cousin who had stopped building at the same time I started. It was molded in an almost translucent cream styrene, and I painted it lime gold Testors bottle paint with a brush.... those were the days. It's probably one of the best kits AMT ever produced; it goes together like a dream and looks good out of the box. Great job!

Excellent choice. LIndberg just didn't capture the shape of the heads correctly IMHO. They could be true to scale for all I know, they just don't "look" right. AMT seemed to get it "right", especially with the '53 F100 heads. Lindberg's block is excellent, though, especially if you had a plan to show an engine with a head off, and the separate exhaust is killer compared to the molded on blobs on the '49 and '50 Fords. Remember, though; that the '53 Fordomatic did NOT have oil cooler lines running to the radiator; it was air-cooled by fins welded on the torque converter and had air vents on the bellhousing.

As a matter of fact, the factory stopped putting the headlights on the fenders with the 1937 models. This design is a complete fiction.

Gonna be on the hunt now

That's one of the benefits Round2 has given by putting the parts breakdown on the box bottoms IMHO; seeing what the makeup of the kit is helps inexperienced builders judge whether to try that kit. Now, if they would replace one side view on the box with a photo of the parts, that would be even better than simple silhouettes. No other maker seems willing to show their parts. BTW, makers, if you're listening: cool box art only fools a buyer one time... if the kit is junk, then admit it.... don't keep fooling people with something only a master builder could create from what's in the box.

who else almost quit reading Street Rodder when they dropped the model articles?

I remember a book that our high school library had, in the mid to late '70's up to 1980 anyway, that had the Parnelli Jones Mercury and a lot of other stuff in it. I tried to have that book constantly checked out myself.... wish I could find a copy of it. Lots of index card and plastic wood used in those days.....

depending on the subject matter, I can go either way. Too many parts, if they're not accurate and need fettling, get in the way. the reverse is true, too. Too spare of detail detracts from the overall build. I will, however, glue a hood shut and build only a "show" engine to keep the engine compartment from being empty. Getting the external "look" right is more important to me these days.

I built one of these when I was in high school; as I recall, it was either a birthday or Christmas gift as I didn't "do" drag type cars then... I used regular spray can lacquer red on that kit, many coats, until it looked like it was made of blood! polished the dickens out of it, it looked great. There's a good model in this kit once you scrape off the flash and decide where to go with it.

I notice the restored car is missing the upper windshield corner trim piece, at least on the passenger side... picture also shows the bit of forward quarter panel cut away to clear the slicks; something Revell missed when mastering the body. Still, it's one of their best kits and I won't speak ill of it.

You're not foiling and painting the side trim? Photos seem to predominately show T-bolts had the side trim intact, so I was wondering.

Found this relic in Goodwill for just over two bucks, couldn't pass it up. It is a 1990 issue, brown styrene. The instructions fail to call out the FOUR induction options, ignoring the single and dual 4v carb versions. They also fail to call out the unplated versions of several chrome parts. Starting up again after a seven month hiatus, I fiddled with this one a bit Saturday, along with my Piranha and a 66 Galaxie. Have to be ready to close up shop on a moment's notice, got a curious pet who is relentless and industrious....

Delighted with the kit, less so with the instructions. The engine parts are poorly numbered and the instructions are less than helpful. Fortunately, being aware and alert, tragedy was averted. I had bought the parts pack corvair engine to transplant into the kit, but decided against it.

I had a succession of GI Joe's and Johnny West figures before model cars came along... at one point, I had inherited nine Joe's, a grocery bag full of gear, and a Chief Cherokee, Johnny West himself, and a Captain Maddox.... sadly not one of them survived. I do have modern replacements for the Joe's, but not the JW stuff. Several of my cousins were roughly the same age as myself and we shared common interests as kids. One cousin got both of the big Marx Revolutionary War and Civil War playsets one Christmas, and we played with those for months....

Munster Koach?

I wonder where the tooling for those cars went.... replace that PRV engine and it'd be a darn sight more reliable and practical. They're actually quite attractive cars.

Pretty nicely done; I have one I completed this winter in the same color, almost. I replaced all the kit glass with sheet styrene except the windshield, which I cut out and shaped to fit into the opening from the front, trying to get it flush. Stock '40's cars already sat high, so expect it to look "high-pockets" unless you're building a custom.

That's pretty nice for such a maligned kit.