Spied at my LHS

[bigphoto]

Hey Gang,

I spotted the GT500KR on my LHS today as well as the 51 droptop chevy's earlier this week( I like the box art on the Chev

as it calls for Pactra paints!!) Also spotted the MPC 70 Superbee

[Joe Handley]

The HTU I work for got one of the 500KR kits in, but haven't seen the '51 Chevy Convertable just yet. I also was looking at the box for the "MRC" '70 Cornet at the I-Hobby show and if you look at the pictures of what's included in the kit, that is the 90's era AMT B-Body '70 Cornet in a box with "period style" box art.

[george 53]

Actually Joe, The "New" AMT Coronet, is really the old MPC 70 Coronet. The box pictue is a photo touch up of the original 70 release.I have that original kit, and the hood is missing the "pitchfork" scoop from the original issue. The new kit has the Ram Air Hoodscoops instead.It still has the "bucket "style interior too.But it's still a cool kit.I might get one just to have a box for comparison.I bought a mess of 'em a long time ago to use the chassis for my older Mopar builds. (what's a HTU?)

[BigGary]

Pactra Paints? I haven't seen Pactra Paints for about 20 years.

Gary

[Brett Barrow]

(what's a HTU?)

Hobbytown USA?

A note on all these Round 2-AMT-MPC kits - they're all very limited edition runs, so buy 'em when you see 'em!!!

[Joe Handley]

Pactra Paints? I haven't seen Pactra Paints for about 20 years.

Gary

Check out the RC paints next time you're at your LHS;)

[Joe Handley]

Actually Joe, The "New" AMT Coronet, is really the old MPC 70 Coronet. The box pictue is a photo touch up of the original 70 release.I have that original kit, and the hood is missing the "pitchfork" scoop from the original issue. The new kit has the Ram Air Hoodscoops instead.It still has the "bucket "style interior too.But it's still a cool kit.I might get one just to have a box for comparison.I bought a mess of 'em a long time ago to use the chassis for my older Mopar builds. (what's a HTU?)

Are they mixing parts from teh two then? The pictures of the parts trees on the bottom of the box show the newer AMT Cornet.