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correct my mistake i ccompletely forgot about that. My disappointment is the fact these tires will be in the upcoming missle car will be completly wrong... I dont undestwnd tooling up all new tires that arent correct for the advertised kit in any way shape or form. if the roof remains unchanged will only make it worst.

My primary standby is my 1998 Ram 2500 with the V10. Otherwise my rides are what ever car i have on hand to resell

I hate to keep being a negative nelly. And I really want this kit much more so than the hardtop. But as far as I know NO 426 wedge ( max or otherwise ) ever used the large oval air cleaner shown. and on a RB series engine,,,,Chrome valve covers were 426 street wedge only The oval air cleaner is 426 Hemi Only

Competition Resin makes a 500 style body

Looking sweet.

The Imperial wheelbase is longer than the 300 by 3 inches . so if you use the 300 chassis you will have to stretch it slightly. Other wise you got nothing else even close

Ditto, Same for the goldlines in the Deora kit. Other than the tires I have zero interest in either kit .

So glad to see it coming, but the tire choice is a HUGE disappointment as I assume these same tires will be in said upcoming Melrose Missle kit .

Yep, its either an original MPC 1969 Charger promo body...or a body for the Mr Norm funnycar kit. ( its the exact same body ) " Hmm. Wonder if you could build a pseudo-promo out of this?" -------- Yes, you can use the interior and chassis from the Dukes kit. The one exception to this,,,,, on a true dealership Promotional , there are 2 molded in stands to attach the chassis in the front to with screws exactly like the rear, The Mr Norm body only has the 2 rear stands . So if there are no signs of a the stands modeled to the bottom of the hood its Mr Norm body

To the best of my knowledge, his 1967 and 1968 cars were factory colors. The blue would be QQ1 , which is a medium metallic blue . I can only assume his later cars were also factory colors. but the blue would change to B5 for the 69 - 70 cars I've seen the 1968 Hemi Dart and his former 1970 Charger in person and I would dare make a bet I am right ( I am a diehard Mopar guy ) His old 70 Charger was still in original paint. the red looked like R4 , with B5 blue accents, the silver ,,not sure but I think testors silver is pretty close .

You can still do the BMF work with the glass in,,you just have to ba little more carefull. But is WELL worth it to do so. Especially on a 59 Caddy

Nice ummmmm, Fenders . Yea thats it,,,,,, fenders .

Depends on what you consider ' Normal' AMT produced the Lincoln annuals from 1959 up thru at least 1965 ( maybe later years ) . The early annuals can be had for decent money. I have two 1960 convertibles and I dont think I paid more then $65 for either one of them .

Thanks for the link. I think its pretty cool,,,,but not $350 cool

Great looking build. I never knew a kit of this car existed So i have to ask.....how much is one if i go looking for one

I think there were some 413 and 426 valve cover decals on some old Fred Cady sheets from years ago

well phoey, That means I have to find a set of originals I guess.

I have what I thought were 2 original issue 67 kits. as well as one of the blue re-issues kits unbuilt I now think one of my builtups has the wrong front seats in it So which one is correct for a 67 GTO one still in the body or the one next to the tree

I actually plan to get to the bench a few times this spring , before 1/1 show car season starts back up. I am restoring a 1/1 1968 Charger RT for a client and the bodyman has it now for final work and paint. I Just talked to him this morning. He plans to get it back to me by early / mid march, then I will be on it full time to get it done by summer. So before then I have maybe a half dozen builds in various stages of complettion. I want to get them all done before starting anything new. Then the plan is restore a few early annauls I have . in the que to finish are - AMT 1971 Duster , to replicate my little brothers actual car Johan 1962 Dodge as the Blairs Speed shop car. Johan 1970 Road Runner to replicate my old car MPC 1970 Challenger to replicate another one of my old cars Polar Lights Mazmanian 1968 Cuda funnycar, one of the clear red molded body cars. Then move to a few builtups I want to work on SMP 1958 Buick convertible annual SMP 1959 Corvette At least this is my plan,,,but we all know how well plans work out

I use the cheap rattle can stuff from my local auto parts store. it has a decent nozzle and if you pay attention to what your doing it goes on pretty thin. I use the light grey almost exclusively . Then mostly Duplicolor rattle cans for exterior paint. And Plasticote or Duplicolor engine enamel for engines

After a good friend passed several years ago without much warning and then watching what his family went thru to sell off his 1/1 collection of cars and parts . I came to the realization I was never going to build everything I had. So I sold a major portion of the stash , some on ebay some at swap meets. I am not down to something in the 450 or so range. Even at that I think I might thin down a little more . At the age of 56 now, I know I'll never build them all , or even come close . And a good portion of mine are kits that will not bring big money . But, I do have maybe between 50 and 100 kits / builders that would bring decent cash even in todays market . I plan to retire in the next 5 years and move to Arizona to be closer to the wifes family and much warmer weather. Once settled models will become a major time waister if I have anything to do with it . So fellas . I say look at your age and or health and think about what your family would have to deal with .

Looks killer..wheels and all.I

I have a section of the downstairs family room partitioned off for model stuff . It has pocket doors I can close and no one sees anything

I've seen a few of them built with the Revell Thuinderbolt chassis and they look good

Great pictures, Oh how I remember those days very well . Spent many hours walking the hobby isles in Sids Elsmere drug store in Elsmere Ky back about 1965 or 66 or Johnnys Toys in Latonia Ky in the early 70s