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That looks fantastic! Nice work!

I despised that thing in photographs, but I have to say, when I saw it in person, I "got it". That happens a lot lately...anything out of the ordinary just doesn't photograph well, but in person they make a lot more sense. In person this thing was really cool. I don't think I've seen any of the originals in person.

It's a neat kit, looking forward to seeing your work on it. I don't remember having any problems building it, and you really don't need to add brass to the thin pillar; the body is very strong. I spent an entire evening doing the very fine BMF work around the windows. One of my favorite models of all time Photo of built kit

Looks great. I can vouch for the perfect paint job on this GTO, seeing it in person is amazing. I would never expect the Krylon to look so perfect I'll be trying it out soon.

Thanks to all who shared photos, looks like fun! John, your T-bird blows me away! WOW Is that Alclad you used for the finish?

Invert the bottle into a shallow cup of hot water, the heat from the water will expand the cap making it much easier to remove...after you dry off the moisture.

This is what I want to build:

I got the diecast Charger police car as in insurance policy vs. the plastic kit. Now that it is no longer needed as such I can use the parts on another 1/24 police subject...the Revell "Uptown" Magnum kit. Baseline (non-SRT) Magnum kit. Fix doors in place, add door handles, put all the parts in a box and shake hard...and perhaps I'll have a decent Magnum police car

Those SRT-8 Superbee wheels are hideously undersized. Guess they only tooled one size tire-18". The middle wheels do not represent alloys. The police cruisers have silver plastic wheelcovers that go over steel wheels Obviously for ease of kit manufacture, the wheels are designed like alloys. Hope to see lots of variations of these kits built..marked cruisers, unmarked cars, detective cars, baseline cars...

Thanks; their PT Cruiser CV snap kit has an uptop, and I'm one of those guys that likes the option to display a convertible w/the top up when I want

Perhaps he drank two jugs ahead of that post, if that's the case

Thanks for the photos! Does the convertible snap kit offer an uptop option?

Well, partly because the 5.0 engine looks 10,000,000 times better underhood, perhaps? Or that the 2011+ wheels might look better? Let's face it...the 2010 Mustang is kind of a dog, an in-betweener with a new body but old engines. The 2011's across the board are big improvements. Model enthusiasts like those facts too, y'know? A model is a dream in a box...why can't the dream be of a brand-new car, not a used one? I'm sure the model will be updated at some point. I'll buy one of each, but definitely would rather have the latest and greatest since 2012 Mustang GT's can be bought at a dealership when the 2010 Mustang kit hits the shelves. 2010 Mustangs were a brief snapshot in time...for good reason. In fact, makes me wonder why the convertible has to be a 2010. Without the motor, can't they slap some 5.0 decals in it, and include the newer wheel styles? They do look excellent. Now, how 'bout some Boss 302 or Shelby love?

My biggest beef with this kit is the scale; 1/24 is the standard scale for this type of subject. Not when the kit was issued, but it is now. So it looks kind of puny. There's an expensive aftermarket kit all in white metal from England that is a 1/24 scale A-H 3000...but a bit rich for my blood, and rare. I was shocked at how nice it was in white metal, which I usually despise. In the meantime, it's a decent kit and a better set of wheels/tires can go a long way to improving the looks. The body goes together quite well, though it's funny when builders put the body together and smooth out the seam lines...seam lines that are supposed to be there

MadMax grill guard? I know the GA State Patrol units have massive wrap-around guards for handy-dandy pit maneuver jobs And I want to build a GA car...but might go w/SC just to avoid building a new guard.

Yep. That's SOP in this industry But the current car has been around for awhile, and will be commonly seen for another 4-5 years, so that's probably not going to limit sales. The 2011 Charger police car probably won't be a common sight for another year or so, I'm not sure if they're even starting production of the police cruisers until later this year.

Jealous? That's funny Just because McDonalds is the most popular restaurant doesn't make them "the best" nor make me jealous that my favorite restaurants are nothing like McDonalds. Just because Walmart is the most popular store doesn't make them "the best" nor make me jealous that my favorite stores are nothing like Walmart. Great racing series don't have to have the same coverage as NASCAR, nor be run like NASCAR. It's not nice of NASCAR to play dirty to keep fans of competitive series from gaining popularity, nor is it nice when the ALMS lets their own PR nonsense make them unable to be honest with their own fans. Some of the best televised racing I've ever seen is SCCA runoff races (those aren't even live, but at least the outcome of the races isn't blathered all over common news sources). Some of the most boring is NASCAR and F1. I grew up around sports cars/autocrossing and going to races at Road Atlanta. NASCAR racing bores me to tears, as does any racing that simply turns left; I don't care for it, but if others do, that's fine w/me. I'm not jealous that sponsors go for NASCAR...I'm disappointed that they take the path of least resistance, the easy happy-meal approach to advertising. Sponsor $ is down across the board, it affects NASCAR less than other series, but even as lame as the ALMS is in terms of PR and being "connected" to their fans and their inability to attract enough sponsor $ to regain access to live TV coverage, their fan base is growing. They are having no problems filling seats at races, unlike NASCAR. You don't hear about "record attendance" at NASCAR races these days. You do if you go to Sebring, Road Atlanta, Laguna Seca, Road America. With less accessible live racing coverage, those numbers will start dropping. Vicious cycle; sponsors will likely be even less generous. But jealous of NASCAR...good one

I'll certainly be "changing the channel" and doing something other than following ALMS any longer. Used to be my favorite racing, by far. With the ALMS getting the shaft by NASCAR/Speed/Faux News Corp and sponsors, they have set upon us the most annoying spin cycle ever. They have repeatedly badgered their true fans on Facebook by posting "our series is all rainbows and puppy kisses because of this awesome new TV/internet package! ABC! ESPN2! ESPN3! More people watch those networks! The actual press releases are bad enough. But the male bovine feces they are handing out to the fans is ridiculous. While completely glossing over the FACT that this year (unlike last year) there will be ZERO hours of live, televised coverage. ZERO. Last night on Facebook they had the audacity to say that the 12 hours of Sebring "only" had 8 live hours of TV coverage last year on Speed. This year the entire race and qualifying is online, and TV coverage is on ABC! What did they not say? Repeat after me,..ZERO live hours of televised coverage. VS 8 hours last year. On the medium that the vast majority of their fans prefer. Race summaries a day late on TV? No thanks, the coverage was horrible when they last did that. It's one thing to understand that the ALMS apparently cannot afford real, live, televised coverage due to whatever reason. Instead of humility, they put the spin cycle on high, and keep badgering fans who know better with fabricated "facts". That is what lost me as a fan. They can't be honest with us. They can't present what is going on in a way that I have any empathy for them. I only see the fact that I can't sit and watch the races as I have enjoyed them in the past. The ALMS is ignoring and glossing over the fact that they are a sinking ship, and they are clearly a part of the problem by their lack of taking their real fans seriously. They are treating their fans as if the fans are under-educated potential sponsors, people who might actually believe the spin put in front of them, in order for them to support the series...with their cash. Think the fans are unhappy now? I can imagine what the situation will be like in a year if they don't return to real, live, TELEVISED coverage. The package they have would work a lot better for the future, but right now it cuts out a lot of fans from seeing the racing they want to see in the medium that they want to see it in.

It's about time! I can think of about 3 agencies I want to build.

Blame Mercedes Benz, not Revell, for the fact that the US-packaged version has been canceled due to licensing issues.

Nice conversion work I've considered doing a similar conversion, but I'm lazy and want a few more of you guys to do it, so that Revell eventually offers this kit to us

I'm awaiting an email reply from inside Revell. Tower Hobbies shows a mid-February restock. I'm pretty sure the first run sold out fast, it's that good of a kit. This happened with the Revell AG Audi R8 kits. Sometimes what happens is a Revell AG kit is reboxed for US consumption, if the Revell AG boxed version sells out, it is discontinued by the distributor in anticipation of the kit from the US sales channel. Right now communications might be crossed. I suspect a licensing issue, or perhaps not enough pre-orders for the US version. Looking at the MRC/Aoshima page, they don't have the stock SL63 any longer, nor any indication of getting the SL 65 Black Series. Licensing issues w/Mercedes, perhaps?? It wouldn't surprise me. Don't freak out, the Revell AG kit will be still available, you just won't get the same price as a Revell US kit. For the $35 discounted price of the Revell AG kit, it's still a good model.

My April issue of Scale Auto just arrived... MCM issue #154 was excellent.

That came out perfect, incredibly cool and further cements your "style" to a "T"

Very cool. I might steal this idea for a Pontiac