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Anyone tried to use the new Revell 1970 Cuda kit , as a parts only ? Such as the interior in an original MPC body shell as an example. reason I ask, I have a spare MPC 1971 Cuda body. ( Its the Don Schumacher funnycar body with the hood molded in ) . , but nothing else . And was wondering if the revell glass, interior and chassis will fit under it without to much work

This,

In the Mopar community. the car is pretty well known of. If memory serves me right , there was a 1968 or 69 Dart done very similarly

After looking at a few of the Revell kits in the box. The multi-piece body scared me off I did just this. I picked up a real clean builtup 1959 Sunliner kit a while back.

As a rule, I dont bid till the very end anyway. I'll bid a touch above what I really want to spend . If I win , great. BUT If I dont win it, so be it ,,,,,, I feel I didnt really want to pay that much for it anyway . Especially if its hard to find item . I guarentee there WILL be another one soon enough . Case in point. I was looking for a clean builder 1958 Buick. But they kept going over my max budget of the $75 range. I just kept watching for one and sure enough I got one, For far less than my max budget. Another one is .I got a near mint unbuilt 59 Edsel kit for about what I clean builtup sells for . You just HAVE to be patiant and leave your emotions at the sign-in page 2nd,,,,,,I dont bid til the end because I dont want to have the sellers buddies run my bid up only to max it out to see my max bid. I've been down that road several times only to have them retract there bid then THEY snipe it at the end As far as Ebay a good thing or not. Without it, I wouldnt have a tenth of my stash . ( my wife might thnk that might be a good thing ) Me personally I like it,,,you just have to use it to YOUR advantage ( see bold comments above )

right down to the correct orange spark plug boots,,,nice touch I'm tuned in

Steve, I have an extra AMT 1960 Bonneville convertible builtup Just say the word and its yours. I havnt forgot , I owe you BIGTIME

Ditto, I assume these are all 1/16th scale

My deepest condolences to his family and close friends. I think he was around my age so 53 would be about right. Which is far to young to make an exit. I had talked to him a few times over the years about decals and bodies bouncing pontential ideas off his head. I have a couple of his decal sheets and they are VERY nice

Now THESE I would most definitly buy several of . Especially the Delahaye

If so ,,,it Sounds like the version is marketed to represent an actual 1965 Race car for the period yet the tires are for modern times . So basically the tires are all wrong for the model as represented on the box art????? Which means to build an accurate car as shown on the box, the builder has to use tires from the aftermkt or parts box ( IF they have one ) A very bad decision IMO

I've had some issues with Slixx decals sheets splitting apart when trying to remove them from the water / apply them. But as far as I know I havent had any yellowing issues with any decals once applied . Be them kit decals , slixx or Fred cady. And I have at least one build with fred cady decals thats well over 20 years old now

what tires are going to be in this kit

I have 3 total.,,,One has diecast cars and dealership promos and some of my wife's Precious Moments figurines , 2nd one is models and shares space with my 2 girls sports awards My main one,, in the family room downstairs is all models . That one my Dad made for me a few years back .

I would dare say , she did that to a lot of teenage boys back then cool model . Doing Figures is something I have never thought about getting into . Might have to rethink that .

Great project idea ,,,,, Great movie. This should be good. replicating the inteiror should be interesting , especially the smoke

I just realized I never postd in this thread. I've had the pleasure of dealign with Jon several times over the years in the 1/1 Mopar world we both traveled in . My deepest condolences for his wife, family and friends . He will be sorely missed

I just went thru and cant edit any post I've made in the past 3 or 4 days ?????? something new change or been added to the board ?

When I was over his place a few weeks back , I asked where he gets his inventory . His reply was probably 90% of the items Ebay seller Floyd426 sells , he bought either as a complete kit or part of an entire collection . He purchased off of Ebay. So a buyer who wanted it whole already had there chance to buy it as such . .Like it or not,,,,, Anyone can call it anything they want. BUT,,,IMO , his cash = he is free to do with it as he wishes . I have no problem with it in any way shape or form

Just in case it matters to you. But the hood is 1968, If not Carry on 1969 has the vents open towards the top

From an idea I see . sometimes here, sometimes elsewhere. Other times just looking thru the stash a light bulb goes off. But to be honest I've hardly touched a model in months,,,,that needs to change

Excellant,,,,,,,makes me wish there was a 1/25th scale version. I have a soft spot for the brass era cars. Especially the odd balls . And I never even knew Bianchi existed before this . Well done sir .

If theres a site dedicated to restoring old kits, I dont know abut it . I started getting interested in old annuals a year or so ago . Prior to that it was drag cars and Mopar factory stock builds . It lite a fire in me when Steve ( posted above ) restored a 58 Sunliner kit last year. That one got me thinking I wanted some of the old kits. Unfortunately its snowballed just a wee bit .. Started off looking for the 1959 annauls ( year I was born ) Then I bumped it to annauls from 1958 thru 1961 , And now even thats bumped slighty to the 1963s . All of them are convertibles ( I like open cars ) I started with a built but unpainted 1958 Bonneville convertible kit. It felt pretty cool working with plastic that was older than I am . And I am extremely happy with the finished product. And when I took it to a local car show this past summer to show a friend of mine who is into Pontiacs,,,,,,. I turned down some pretty serious cash for it .

Steve, Have you considered the wheels from the Polar Lights 65 Dodge ? My 65 convertible kit is still on my desk and I just stumbled onto a set of the hubcaps from a PL 1965 Coronet parts kit ,,,so I did some digging on the net ,,,,,,,and I am pretty sure they were the same between body lines that year

Agreed, I've seen the ' looking for a sucker ' sellers a few times and just chuckle a bit when I do . Although I have no problem paying up to get something I REALLY want but i am not going to get to crazy . Steve, I' have been casuallly keeping an eye on some of the early pickups ( I keep telliing my toy fund I need some of them,,,but it keeps telling me NO I don't ) But decent builders run in the $50 - $60 range and up depending on whos after it ,,,IMO Not likely an unbuilt will be under $100