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This is a fun thread; so much stuff that I never knew existed! Thanks (or curses?!) to Casey for showing those old instruction sheets from the '62 Impala convertible and the '63 T-bird. Both of those ( especially the T-bird ) are treasure troves of custom parts, and now I want one of each. Dang it, I think my wallet just had a mild stroke.

Nice job; only difference I can make out is he seems to be running smaller wheel/tires. Either way, your model is awfully cool! Well done.

Love that color, and this is a very sweet looking model! (Now I need one) One thing that bothers me is the back bumper; how does one lower the tailgate onto those bumper guards without destroying the license plate and/or the tailgate itself? ?

Cool models!

I think it's refreshing to see one not chopped! The little coupes are good looking just as they are. I really like that dark blue one; it just has the look and stance. Love the color on the gold one. What gold paint did you use?

Look forward to seeing what you do with this! Custom parts look interesting, could you post a pic when you get around to starting? I may need to grab one of these... Oops! Just saw that HpiGuy did a video review and gave a good view of all the sprues, so I got a good look. Several mentions of this kit on the forum, but no pics of the custom parts. Will be watching your progress, it's a handsome subject.

That's a sparkly turquoise, what paint is that? Nice choice for a '57 rod.

Almost certainly Code P, Ruby Red. A very basic, rich red. Cool project! Looking forward to your progress.

That worked out very well! Sharp little roadster.

Same here, just now seeing this, and it is simply amazing! Outstanding detail.

That's sharp! Well done.

Very cool! Agree that the color is a nice choice' it really flatters the car's form.

Nice job! Love the looks of this body style. Who makes this kit?

The engine is especially NICE!

Handsome body style, you can't go wrong with color!

Got it, thanks! I had always thought the bonus engine in the Merc kit was a 440, so that was what was throwing me off, though the kit instructions don't specify. I'm sure I read it somewhere. That's cleared up, and the other engine is better detailed, so back to the build. Thanks again fellas!

Ooooh, that is just PRETTY!

Love the paint scheme- proper red! The blacked out trim hearkens back to the 80s trend of "Euro-styling", when we were painting all bright trim black! I had a red '81 Monte Carlo I did in exactly this color scheme in 1988.

Cool project; love the '66s! Will be watching this one.

I'm working on a late 60s-mid 70s street machine sort of build, and I want to stick a 440 in an older body. (The sort of thing a low-buck kinda guy like me might have attempted back then with junkyard parts) I pulled a couple of 440 engines from the stash: one is the optional engine from the AMT '49 Merc, and the other is from the AMT '69 GTX 440. Here's my confusion; as you can see in my pic, one engine mounts the starter on the driver's side, and the other mounts on the passenger side. Which is correct? Were there changes in differing years of production? Is one of these engines incorrectly molded? It's a detail I'd like to get right!

+1! Nice to see real attention to scale fidelity like this. Great job, and gorgeous use of color.

Beautiful clean build, and the best use of Coke decals yet! Nice job.

If not, shouldn't be too difficult to make your own: First scan the decal sheet at a good high resolution, take the resulting image into your favorite image manipulation program ( Photoshop, PaintShopPro, GIMP, etc..) Use the color tools like "Hue-Saturation-Lightness" or similar to change the colors to virtually any color you can imagine, then print on decal paper. Will probably take a little experimentation to get the density, saturation, and so forth where you need depending on your printer, paper, and screen settings.

Right! That's a Landspeeder, from the first movie. I misquoted in my post; the others are simply referred to as "speeders" in the second movie. Early on, there's a scene where Han asks if the speeders are ready, and a technician tells him not yet, they're having trouble adapting them to the cold. That's when he has to go out searching on a Ton-ton. I think it was MPC who labeled them Snowspeeders, possibly to avoid confusion with other types? Would love to see one done up in some camo scheme, as might be used in a different environment. Yours is quite accurate to scenes in the movie.( I went back and watched it to check my "facts"! ?)

Wow! Great looking Mopar, and great looking model! Love the understated look of the steelies and redlines. Nicely done, and a nice gesture on your part.