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REALLY looks good in BMF! Weren't these made in an oddball scale, somewhere between 72nd and 48th? Or are they 48th scale?

R&R's 68 comes with chromed bumpers and red cast taillights.I used the 69 442 chassis for mine,.Much nicer detail that the old AMT Chevelle chassis.

I was talkin with a fellow member and he was mentioning the scale fidelity of MOST jap kits. BUT we BOTH noticed that they are almost double the cost of OUR kits. So REALLY maybe it's WHY they cost more than ours, simply because the add the cost of PROPER research to the final cost. But are WE willing to pay 40 bucks for a new Vette or Mustang to GET that scale fidelity? not me.I'm easy. as long as it LOOKS like it SHOULD to me, I'm happy, but thats just me. If those who WANT that kind of fidelity are willing to pay for it,maybe they can petition the jap company's to offer MORE of a variety of AMERICAN cars that would be good sellers. I call them toys because to ME no matter HOW well you build it, ANY kid will play with it as a TOY. ME I appericiate the work that goes into them, but in the end, they're JUST plastic little cars, no matter WHO'S ego say's different.

Name calling is even more immature. Maybe its time for Casey to do his thing and dump this thread. jus sayin.......

Tom I can't BELIEVE someone ELSE agrees with me! It's PLASTIC! It DON'T mean the END of the world as WE know it, just cas theres something we seem to feel is wrong with it! TOO many guys act like these toys ARE THEIR LIVES!!! Yeesh, getta grip! They ARE only toys . WE make them to ENTERTAIN ourselves. If someones life REVOLVES around model cars, I DO pity them, cas SOMEONES got their priorities VERY confused! I AGREE TOTALLY with what you said!!!!!

no thanks.

HOW you gonna bulge the rear quarters out?????

If its built in someones garage, it IS a custom car, kit car or not. If it's a ONE off, HOW are we to ID it IF THERES ONLY ONE?????

Prudhommes Dragster???? I never knew he drove a PURPLE rail.

I've got an SMP original two dr sport coupe i'd let go for ALOT less than that...

CAN'T go wrong with ANY products from MAD! He's gotta 71 Pinto Wagon comeing out as this is typed!

WOW! That's a BIG truck in REAL life, as a model It'll be a BIG model! It should look REALLY nice! Nice ta see a new company out there!

Yeah, Ray, I'm no metalurgist, but that looks like disintigrating metal to me. If it's the ONLY one you got, I guess you should be thankful, cause even though I've never seen it on a DIE CAST MODEL, I have seen it happen to pot metal. I'd say you got a model cast from a bad patch of pot metal. I DON'T think theres much you can do with it. Be glad ya got TWO! Good move!

Had subscribed since the 60's! Dropped them a few years ago, along with Car Craft AND Popular Hot Rod. They are ALL just advertisement rags now. Kinda like a mechanical Cozmo magazine. just useless ads an an ocasional GOOD article. I only kept Hemmings Muscle Car and Muscle Car Review. Only two that intrest me anymore. Guess I'm just gettin old.

Charles, yes, depending on WHERE your from slums are different A Chicago/Detroit slum is NOTHING like what you pictured, but they are slums just the same, just different geographical areas. Me, I've been to Mexico and have seen with my own eyes slums EXACTLY like you pictured. BUT, liveing in Detroit, we have NOTHING quite like that, in fact NOWHERE NEAR that, but the are impovershed folks just the same. As one member so eliquently put it, You don't get THAT kinda realism in MOST dioramas. It is VERY nicelt done even if it IS of a scene we don't always wish to visualise. Thank you for shareing it.

'Em 'r some SHORT carby rators ya got there sonny. Must be prone ta missfirein, runnin two setsa plugs like that, hu?

It looks GREAT! VERY nice,so far!

My buddy just got a notice on his E-Mail that he had won a model over the website contest. He said he'd just follow their directions and see what happens. Cool if it works out. Anybody else win? I KNOW he isn't the only guy here that won something.

VERY nice! A very clean build, looks real! You did a GREAT job!!!

Hey, he just lowered the bar for ALL of us!!! If he can build that and call it proffesional, WE ought to do half as good!!!! I LOVE it!!!

VERY COOL! Wondered what the cables were till you turned it over! They are the electric leads for the lights! I LOVE IT!!!!!

Mike's right on this, This is an old MPC kit. it came in a blue narrow box. like the early AMT/SMP sized ones.

Nope, they're two peice an can be clocked,IF you can get them. They ARE NICE!!!!

Yep it sure is! An Yep it do! (Lol)

WOW!!! And the music goes GREAT withit!!!!