Fat Brian

My advice is to buy the biggest one you can. I bought a Sonic Mini S and its too small to print bodies, I wish I had spent the extra to get a bigger machine. I tried to be cautious and not spend a bunch not knowing if I could even do it but I've found printing pretty easy but now I'm limited by a small machine.

I agree with Steve that test fitting is extremely important, even moreso when you're making changes to a kit. The best time to find out that something doesn't fit is before there's paint or glue on it. Another issue is that the instructions might not be the best way to assemble a kit. The easiest way usually has you gluing painted body parts together, especially for newer cars. Test fitting allows you to find alternative means of assembly and see if you can squeeze the chassis into the body with the painted bumper covers on or where you need to trim to make it possible.

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Its supposed to be later this year, there is a dedicated thread in the kit news area. The Revell 57 Ford kits have very good 312 engines in them. There are a few engine options depending the kit, stock, dual four barrels, and the factory centrifugal supercharger. There might even be two different dual quad intakes, I want to say one is the original "towering inferno" intake and the one in the gasser versions is a little more modern.

The best thing about the Comet chassis is it is exactly the right length, you can butt it right up again the inside of the tailgate and have the wheels almost perfectly where they need to be. The Mustang piece will take a bit of extending to completely fill the rear of the Ranchero body.

I paid a visit to the stash and the wheelbase of the Moebius 65 Comet matches exactly the 61 Ranchero. You would have to narrow the chassis plate about 1/8 of an inch to fit the Ranchero body. The Comet inner fenders are separate pieces so you won't have to cut them out of the body but the Comet hood is a bit wider so you might have to add strips it the top to narrow it to match the Ranchero body. The biggest issue is going to be deciding what to do about the bed. The easiest thing would be to cut the entire inner bed out of the body and use the tonneau cover in the kit. Trimming the Comet interior door panels to fit the Ranchero would be a huge improvement too. If you can wait until the new versions of the Comet kit come out you would get a modern chassis and engine parts to swap in.

And to add to Marks point, Moebius is coming out with a pro touring style 65 Comet that may have modern suspension pieces but won't be massively tubbed or anything.

They're about equivalent to AMT, like AMT a lot are old promos and annuals that have been through the wringer to varying degrees. In fact, a few kits on the market are combinations of AMT and MPC parts, the 70 Superbee comes to mind immediately with it's AMT chassis and MPC body and interior.

Yep, I open every kit I get to inventory it. It's much easier to replace missing or damaged stuff when a kit in new versus ten years down the line when you finally decide to break it open and build it.

Most of the kits I order from Amazon come pre-crushed but I don't think they left the factory that way.

Everything Johan is sought after to a degree, they aren't making any more of them. Being a Pinto some people love this kit and others would never build it. If you're wondering whats in the box it's exactly like the 71 Mustang kit they did, just with a Pinto body. They're good kits and I like them though they can require a bit of clean-up, one of my kits is much more flashy than the other one. The tires will almost certainly need to be replaced, both of mine are goopy and warped. I guess the answer really depends on if you like drag stuff. I don't build many full on race cars so I cleared out a lot of my drag stash a year or so ago but I kept this kit and the Mustang because I new I would never find another one for what I paid for it 15 years ago if I did get a desire to build it one day. If you prefer other subjects I would definitely leave it wrapped and flip it. If you want to build it though, go ahead. The money you make you'll spend finding a replacement.

It should be noted that all the old AMT wheels are spindle mounts and the ones OP asked about are flange/lug nut mounted. This may or may not matter but it's worth pointing out.

Thank you, I only had to strip it 4 times because the paint kept bleeding under the tape or the tape would peel up the white.

The AMT 49 Mercury also has some flathead parts, Offenhauser finned heads and a dual carb intake.

3d Scale Parts sells those on ebay but they're pretty overpriced at nearly $20 a pair. The model is also for sale on Cults3d if you know someone who could print it.

Duplicolor has something called "Universal White" that is very close to that. It's between a true white and their Wimbledon White which I think is too creamy. This is Universal White This is Wimbledon White

The way the motor mounts work is different, I might try to use the Mustang oil pan because it has the mounts molded to it. They're pretty close otherwise, I think the 32 kit has more accurately shaped valve covers.

The Revell 32 5 window kit has a 302 with Mustang fuel injection and the correct transmission for your car. The 32 headers probably won't work but the ones from the Mustang kit should fit. https://ebay.us/m/3WqIG4

If the number of lug nuts doesn't matter to you Aoshima makes a very nice set with rubberish tires.

Yeah, that's the one that really crossed the line for me too.

The last two days there have been very inappropriate ads on the site with no visible option to remove it. These ads are for Temu, further solidifying my resolve to never spend another dollar there. I know the mods don't control the ads but someone needs to let the ad folks know to cool it with the pedo ads.

So to confirm, does it have both grilles in the kit?

That's the plasticizer leaching out and yes, they will eat the wheels over time. I don't know if anyone makes replacements. I have first issue Corvette GS and so far the tires on it are behaving themselves so I don't know what is causing those tires to do that. Does it look like it was stored in a hot area maybe?

I've also seen some tractor toys at second hand stores that could be used for parts.

Is a 4-71 among those? That's one I've really been after.