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Looks GREAT Jeff! How about a droptop for a companion piece?

Thanks for the heads up Ron. Shortening the rear axle by 1/16" per side is no great shakes.

Years of experience with Future leads me to agree with the opinion that it is an excellent product but not for use as a gloss clear final coat over paint. Let's also not forget that being an ultraglossy clear was not the purpose an acrylic floor shine product was made for. Tamiya's clears, both bottled and spray, are definitely best of breed. However, I have used a product called Humbrol Super Clear for years now also. It is a thin, non-yellowing clear coat product safe for use over enamels. They also make a Satin and Matt (flat) version of the clear coat that I have used for years as well. The only sources I have experience with of Humbrol's finishing products (not the paints) is Squadron Mail Order in the USA or Hannants in the UK. If anyone else knows of a source for these products, please do post them.

Color looks just fine. White tonneau for the bed and white interior with tuck and roll should look like a gazillion bucks.

Nicely done, Ron. Nice to see that we both came to the same conclusions too. The LT-1 was not available in the 1969 model year, which leads me to question why it is in this kit. The only logical conclusions were either a) the '69 Nova Revell used as reference had a transplanted LT-1 in it, or 2) Revell either planned or PLANS to do a Yenko LT-1 Deuce at some point. In any case, conversion to a factory L78 big block Nova or a Yenko 427 Nova is relatively simple. I'm using the engine transplanted from Revell's '67 Chevelle in my Yenko Nova conversion and it works beautifully. All thats really needed is some work to adjust the stock pipes to connect up with the Rat motor's exhausts, and some new water hoses. Now, a Baldwin-Motion car....oooh now there's a subject near and dear to me...in high school I hung out with a guy who owned a Rally Green '69 Baldwin-Motion 427 Nova...that car was downright scary...whenever I rode in that pup I felt like the torque was gonna rip the big 12 bolt rear right off its mountings...seriously, that was too much engine for that car! Scary yes, but to this day I'm grinning like a cheshire cat!

Yessir. Kevin is a great guy and he definitely does quality work. Some of the best resin out there.

I'm with Bob on this one, Kenny, you nailed it! Great job!

Believe it or not, AMT DID consider doing just such a project in the 1970s. It never came to anything, though.

Thanks Lyle. I remember seeing in one of my myriad piles of magazines a '69 non-RS with those wheels and the DX1 nose striping. Now THAT would be interesting. Ah well, time to dig out another Revell Camaro!

The web site is still alive and kicking, though.

Hey Bill! How be ya pal? A few years ago I was able to grab about four or five Revell '69 Chargers for $4.97 each at a local Kay-Bee during one of their infrequent "let's dump the old stock" sales. Your suggestion of the JoHan Superbird is an excellent use for one of those chassis. I was planning to use one of my AMT '68 Road Runner undercarriages and Hemi for that, but now you got me thinking....!

Nice in-progress photos there Bryan! IIRC, the old MPC/AMT Charger 500 (and Dukes of Hazzard) had a Hemi rather than a 440 - and a not-so-well-executed Hemi at that. You might be better off adapting the chassis and drivetrain from the Revell '68 or '69 Charger kits. Good luck with the build!

Actually, Bob, the wheels are Chevy's factory "approximation" of the Magnum 500. The wheels were available on Chevelles and Novas that year. Never seen them on Camaros.

YES - ABSOLUTELY!!!!! Scale modelling is every bit an art form as painting, jewelry making, crafting, sculpting, macrame, etc. etc. etc. It is a CRAFT to be certain. Outside of the United States of America, most countries have regarded scale modelling as a craft for many years and still do, for that matter. It is only here in the good old USA that scale modelling is almost always equated with "toys".

Hey guys, Is Rainbow Products still in business? I e-mailed them with a couple of questions and never got a reply back.

It's been said that no two Baldwin-Motion cars were alike. From all the photos I have seen of B-M cars (and fond memories of my friend Mitch's '69 B-M Nova), I must agree. So the lack of Cragars is not a mistake. Some had the factory five-spoke Magnum 500-style wheels and some had American Mags. Apparently R-M based the mods to the kit on the green B-M '70 Chevelle from the Otis Chandler collection featured in Randy Leffingwell's excellent book American Muscle. There aren't many documented '70 B-M Chevelles around besides that one. I have a full review of the kit, researched to the 9s, hopefully in the next issue.

Ken, that's the kind of thing we used to see all the time back in the glory days of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. What kills those tie-ins these days is the dreaded word "LICENSING". Licensing fees for high-visibility items have risen to the point that only really high-volume items recoup the costs. Revell is already paying licensing to Audi AG for the R8 as intellectual property. Add the costs of licensing the trademark from Marvel AND the movie image licensing from Paramount/Viacom, and a Revell USA Iron Man R8 wouild cost a bit more than the "unbranded" one - likely, without Wal-Mart style volume sales, a losing proposition.

Chuckie my old friend, one look at the prototype 250GTO says that Fujimi is no longer bringing a knife to the gunfight. Come to think of it, Hasegawa's 250 TR makes pretty much the same statement. Ride 'em cowboy!

Terry, I think you can definitly expect Fujimi and Tamiya to be doing new tools of German cars, just not following Revell in doing an R8. What needs to be kept in mind is that Japanese manufacturers plan their product lines for their domestic market. Export sales to countries like the USA are second priority. That means, if the Japanese home market is hot for an R8, it may get done, otherwise its a non-starter. Aoshima's entire kit product line, with the exception of the ex-Revell/Monogram Jaguar XK120 and the excellent MGB, is just about ALL Japanese automobiles. Tamiya and Fujimi put more emphasis on exports than Aoshima does, witness the fact that Tamiya AND Fujimi have subsidiaries in Europe (both) and the USA (Tamiya only). BTW, I reviewed the Golf R32 for an upcoming issue of MODEL CARS. It's worth it.

Bob, don't even mention A/FX in Scale to me. That is a SERIOUS sore point. I ordered TWO of their '71 Demon bodies THREE YEARS AGO. They took my 70 plus dollars and all I ever got in return was an e-mail from Monica that "we'll get these out to you next week." Despite continued e-mails, I am STILL waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

Hey all, Anyone know of a RELIABLY GOOD source for a good quality '71 Demon 340 in resin to convert the AMT Duster? Im not sure but I think Modelhaus had it at one time. TIA.

I tend to doubt it, given Tamiya's laid-back recent selections of new material. Likely Tamiya and Fujimi (forget Aoshima on this one, they tend to stay with home market subjects) would invest the tooling dollars on the fish coming from the pond in Maranello. Not everything that comes across our path will be Tamigawa. Revell's R8 is a fine kit that builds up into a VERY nice replica. I prefer the Euro-boxed version, though, as the headlight reflectors and exhaust pipes are properly chromed (not in the US-boxed kit).

Ken, it was one of two 1/20 scale snap kits Lindberg first issued in 1972 - the other was the "Vega Voomer". Both kits are VERY simplified, but workable if you have a stash of vintage MPC 1/20 scale parts on hand.

Steve, I HAD the original PSM 71 Challenger and still have quite a bit left of it in my spares box. From memory, I remember the kit could be built stock, "Daytona" or drag, and was reasonably accurate. The Hemi didn't have the blower (that came later). Plated five spoke mags and Mopar Rallye wheels were options. And, the kit features the first vinyl radial tires of any American manufacturer (Firestones, I think). There were two hoods, plain flat (Daytona version) and dual-scoop - no shaker. The current hood was added later, probably when the blower was added. I know I have the instruction sheet somewhere buried in the "archives".... Hope that helps a little.

That was in the original '71 Palmer (PSM) kit, which COULD be built stock. Always did like that Daytona-style nose.