Fat Brian

There's also whether whatever inaccuracy spoils the look of the vehicle. I see the Duster window but it doesn't significantly alter the overall look of the car for me. On the other hand, now that I've seen the issue with the 68/69 Roadrunner/GTX rear fenders I can't unsee it and haven't built any of those kits until I commit to fixing it.

It may be worth it to you to check out the new Demon kit and see if the rear window shape is any better. If so you could try to swap them over.

Yeah, unfortunately superchargers are a part where the model companies took a lot of liberties with their shape. Modern kits are better but I can't think of many with full race engines though.

The 56 Thunderbird has one, it's okay but not great.

Yes, it certainly does. I had heard his products had gotten better but at least this piece is still junk.

Wow, they took an already ugly car and made it even uglier.

To add to Steve's comment, the Revell 68 Firebird is coming back with its single 4 barrel intake.

I bought a pack of popsicle sticks and sand one into whatever shape I need. I typically have one around sanded into a flat chisel point too.

Yep, I bought the same hood from the same ebay seller and it's hot garbage.

I got the car lowered a good bit and found some wheels that actually fit, there was no way to get the 20s on without more mods than fit the theme.

I didn't think there was any way we'd build this kit the same but we're certainly on the same wavelength.

Chevy splits the extra length and adds about a foor on the cab end of the bed and six inches on the tailgate end. This makes converting a Chevy bed a lot more work. When I made a long bed for the AMT Fall Guy truck I used the 72 bed as a reference because the beds interchange on the real trucks. If you want a 72 short bed just reverse the process and cut it down to match the Fall Guy bed. Honestly, at this point I'd rather wait on the Moebius list that's coming in '25. Here are some comparative pics of Chevy beds.

I was able to take some measurements of the available 90s Ford beds this morning. Making a 1/24 short bed would be pretty easy since Ford adds all the additional length at the cab end of the bed. I measured the AMT long and short beds and the Monogram long bed and was able to determine that if you shorten the 1/24 long bed 17mm to a length of 91mm it will make a correct short bed. Here is a pic of the AMT long and short beds together.

The AMT 70s Ford truck is really difficult because the rear wheel wells are moved back from the normal pickup location because the kit is a Camper Special model. Even if you cut the right amount off the front of the bed the rear wheels will be too far back. The rear wheel arches are also the wrong shape for a standard pickup bed. To make a good short bed or even a correct standard long bed you need to rob the rear wheel arches from the Bronco kit.

I build a Mustang every year, it's a little extra challenge I give myself that I enjoy. This is my sixth year doing it.

There's no way to know for sure but it's been a while since it was out and most common kits are on an 8 to 12 year reissue schedule so it should eventually rotate back into production. The surest way to get it to come back out is to go to ebay and greatly over pay for one. That seems to get them to dust off a tooling.

The wheel faerie paid me a visit today and left me some options to choose from, 18" Ponies or 20" 2000s stock style. I'm leaning toward the 2000s wheels, the Ponies have a bit too much tire but would be perfect on a 1/24 kit.

Thank you, I'll take a look.

There is a lot of this kind of stuff out that's not a whole kit but would sell really well if it was done right.

I'm collecting parts to build the first car I ever loved, my friends dad's 69 Roadrunner. It was a 383 airgrabber car and had the big Coyote Duster sticker on the air cleaner lid. I've never seen this sticker in a kit before, unfortunately. Does anyone have any idea where I could find one?

That's what I was thinking too, paint both and see how it looks when it's more complete.

I got the body kit on the Mustang this morning. I can't decide if I like the cowl hood or not.

Another low hanging fruit would be a 351 hood for the California Hauler.

Yeah, I had intended to put block off plates on the dumps and run mufflers under the car but kind of ran out of steam and wanted it done.

The AMT 67 Impala street machine has a really nice fuel injection setup for big block Chevy engines. There's also big block EFI in the AMT 68 El Camino street machine and AMT 70 Chevelle.