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That looks much better.

I also have a couple of these. I can't remember when they were first issued, but from the catalog number this has to be one of the very early ones. This is a great find and it does build into a very nice model.

I see what you mean. A couple of suggestions. The 1:1 continental kits usually had the spare tire set into the body extension. Think of the spare having say a third of its diameter below the top edge of the rear bumper. This may mean extending the bumper a little bit further back to drop the spare and lean it toward the body a little. The top edge of the continental kit should be even with the trunk lid. You may consider redoing the rear bumper. Most of the 1:1 kits would have body colored sheet metal between the body and the bumper that would curve down on the sides. Most of them even used the stock bumper and used the sheet metal to cover the area between the bumper and the body. Another thought would be to look in the '53 Ford kit that has the faux spare option on the trunk. That was a precursor to the big add on continental kits.

You are correct. GM used the 4 piston calipers thru the '68 model run on the passenger cars and went to the single piston "slider" calipers starting in 1969 models. I ordered a new '68 Bel Air and ordered it with the Disc Brakes which were the 4 piston caliper design. This required 15" Wheels and I paid very little to up grade those to the 7" wide Rally Wheels.

Great looking build. I like how you did the interior colors. The body color and the finish look very nice.

First off it's nice to see you back here. Man that paint is bright in a good way. I like how you detailed the engine and interior, all very clean looking.

Beautiful looking short track car. Your build looks like the start of the season and the middle picture looks like a Sunday morning toward the end of the season.

Beautiful restoration. Looking at the original build it's almost a shame to not save it. The color wasn't that normal at that time, I do remember one running around town back then but that was the only one I can recall. This is very cleanly detailed and nice to see you have both tops. The more you look at it the better it gets.

Great looking build. The shinny paint and the Maroon color and trim this really looks the '50's Kustom.

Great looking build. You really captured the car in the magazine.

Given a choice I would take the Gremlin. Not that it wouldn't get it's fair share of attention, but the Lambo just wouldn't fit since I stopped wearing the Mr. T starter kit around my neck.

A couple of nights ago the local TV talking heads were doing a segment on self driving cars. I don't recall the exact numbers they were giving, but there bit mentioned a very high percentage of drivers do not trust the "Driverless Car" technology at this time. The parking part is of interest as well as the lane departure protection. Again this is helping drivers that can't seem to keep a 4000 lb. projectile in a straight line. The message the TV Station was putting forward was that the majority of drivers were put off by the number of cars running into each other or running down pedestrians in Cross Walks while they're reading or what ever else they were doing in stead of controlling the vehicle.

I'd like to build the Red 442 Oldsmobile. I thought about starting with the Stevens NASCAR Olds but think it would be pretty hard to do a stock version, but a Pro Touring could be cool.

I use mostly Tamiya paints so my suggestions are based only on my personal experience. The Blue shade is close to their TS-15 Blue. In my opinion this shade would be at the dark side of the blue in the picture but only by a shade or two. The Red looks very close to their TS-49 Bright Red. There is also a TS-86 called Pure Red that is just a shade or two darker than the TS-49 color. They also offer a white, TS-26 Pure White that is a very bright White with no Blue tones to it. The link that Loe64 gave you should provide the most accurate color baseline.

I like many of the Revell kits offered in the last decade. The last of the AMT kits were also good. I haven't built any of the Tamiya kits and the like, they're usually a subject I'm not interested in.

I also miss his beautiful Ford builds.

Great looking truck. I like the minty Green and White two tone.

Very nice conversion. I noticed the added moldings around the rear fender color break, looks like something the factory should have done. The engine is great looking and the stance looks good.

I have an AMT # 31736 of an '88 Mustang GT fastback. This and many others were special issues for Wal Mart. They are easily identified by the dark and light Brown checkered box. I don't recall what all the deal was between AMT and Wal Mart but the kits were identical save the box color and Wal Mart was selling them at a better price point. I was trying to buy all of them I could find. The problem was not all of the reissues were available in each location. I never did find the "67 Impala SS, but I have seen them at Swap Meets so I know they were out there. Maybe post your wants in that section of the Forum, someone may be willing to trade you for something you have that they can use.

You may be correct about the scale, but what I found this morning digging thru the stash may muddy the water a little. First the Cougar kit I mentioned was purchased at a swap meet as a partial kit. My memory wants to say it was a Monogram but I can't find the old box at this point. Maybe with a brief description you can figure out what it as. The kit was done in Black plastic and the body didn't have a vinyl roof and just standard alloy wheels and no XR7 markings. I also came across a Revell #7166 T-Bird SC in 1/25th. The box is still sealed, but the info on the side mentions a Super Charged V6 and Aero Wheels & Body parts. The box art shows a built kit that looks to be a later model T-Bird than the one JollySipper posted picture. As for the Monte Carlo SS kit, while it says 1/24th it matches up with all of the 1/25th kits on my display shelf. I bought several of these kits when they came out since we had a new "86 SS in the garage that we ordered new and sold it in 2002. That kit was also done in black plastic and that may be the reason that I associate the Cougar and T-Bird kits with the SS.

Once the internet knows your looking for something all kinds of stuff is going to pop up trying to get you to look at their site. Any time I want to make a large purchase I'll just look at what ever it is I want to get and for the next week all kinds of offers will be popping up on your screen. I have even seen them on this forum when I've been shopping. Since your shopping, when you find a couple of cars you like just keep visiting their sites and pretty soon they'll start offering a rebate of some sort.

Both of these kits are very well done. They also had a Mercury Cougar issued at about that same time frame. That one had a V6 engine and I used the independent suspension on another build.

Beautiful looking paint work and I like the body modifications also. This could be a 1939 Corvette Prototype.

Those look very interesting. I know where to look of I'm building an actual commercial type rig.

That should look good. There are several kits out there that have some Shelby engine bits if that's a consideration. I look forward to watching your build on this one.