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i was thinking about this a week about this a week and a half ago that in australia back in the 70's ford chrysler and holden all offered their performance option more then just the coupes/hardtops but also on the sedans and utes which kinda puzzeled me as to why ford ,gm and chrysler/dodge/plymouth north america did not offer the performace options on their sedans i do know they did at least offer them on the ranchero and the el camino but never the sedan cars that also had 2 door coupe bodies it seems to me it is a missed opportunity so i decided to make a pair of super bees one a coupe and the other a sedan i also painted them both the same exterior and interior colors as well as having both have the same color super bee stripes i also used the same rims on both the first is the hardtop coupe it is a mpc 68 coronet rt hardtop kit the rims i got from andrey bezrodny the tires dash and steering wheel i printed from andrey bezrodny's 68 coronet sedan kit files i painted the body rust oleum 2x flat black primer and then a coat of rust oleum 2x gloss clear i painted the hood and tires and chassis rust oleum 2x flat black primer i used a red super bee bumble bee stripe decal from a mpc 68 coronet rt convertible kit's decal sheet i brush painted the interior a base color of apple barrel matte tuscan red acrylic paint and then brush painted sections in apple barrel gloss hot rod red acrylic paint i brush painted the gauge faces apple barrel gloss dandilion yellow so they would be the same color as the sedan's guages which were done with the yellow gauge face decals from a mpc 68 coronet rt convertible's decal sheet since i only had that one set of those i used a ultra fine tip black sharpie to make the gauge faces needles i painted the bumpers and rims and center console insert and exhaust tips rust oleum bright coat aluminum i brush painted the grille and tail light panel and seatbelt straps apple barrel matte black acrylic paint i painted the exterior trim and interior trim and seatbelt buckles folk art metallic sterling silver with a dead ultra fine tip sharpie i painted the rt badges apple barrel gloss red acrylic craft paint 1968 dodge super bee coupe.mp4

The mpc grumpy’s toy kit with a swapped out small block painted with testors white and gold enamel. I pieced the decals together from various slixx sheets. I just can’t build enough of these pro stock Vegas there a nice easy quick build that look great on the shelf. I’ve built 9 so far and have decals for at least 4 more. I think it would be great if Steve G and the folks at round 2 would reissue the pro stock pinto with the earlier 1972 skinny bumpers , and the Sox & Martin duster .Thanks for checking it out, mike

This is a mostly an out of the box build with the a rear wheel substitution from the polar lights funny car kits . In my opinion this is the best slingshot dragster kits of the mid to late sixties era , and their our a lot of aftermarket decals available for it . So kudos for round 2 for reissuing this fine kit. I found that it goes together real easy . I definitely don’t get into a slump building these rail jobs and I’ve built quite a few of them. For some reason this issue of model car science is kinda tough to find. Until next time thanks for looking ?, Mike ind

This is the fantastic mpc blue max funny car kit . The color is testors light blue enamel topped with slixx decals cut to fit the mpc body. Until next time thanks for looking ?. Mike

This car represents the early days of pro stock or heads up super stock. The mpc kit has just about everything you need I added the correct wheels, and made up a set of headers out of solder and aluminum tubing I also added side windows which I cut from clear plastic sheet. I covered the body in testors purple lacquer with wet look clear. The decals are from smp. This mpc kit is a all time great , and builds up real fast and easy it’s not overly detailed like the modern tooling of today’s new kits . I’ve built quite a few of them into super stockers and they all look great on my shelf. Until next time thanks for looking ?, Mike

This started out as the mpc Dyno don kit painted with tamyia white topped with their clear pearl . I found these decals from a eBay seller. The hemi , and wheels came from my parts box. This is a kit that builds into a nice replica, and the chassis lends itself to a lot of resin bodies. Until next time thanks for looking ?, Mike