spkgibsonfirebird Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 I'm looking for both of these, Any help would be great, I wish round 2 would bring them both back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Motor City Resin made an excellent 69 Cobra hardtop and I build it numerous years ago. I think he is done for now though. I would just make it a constant search on Ebay and see what pops up. I do believe that Modelhaus did a 68 Torino convertible . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 Btw there is a 69 hardtop on Ebay right now. They only want 895 for it............ Oh man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spkgibsonfirebird Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 I've seen that one, to rich for my blood. Hopefully Round 2 will reissue it like the other kits like the '68 Coronets and '71 Demon. I'm very surprised that they haven't, we've had the nice Talladega and Cobra sports roofs since it was reissued in 1990, the '68, and '69 Torino hardtop and convertible kits would probably fly off the shelves like those Coronets and Demon kits are going to do, I'm going to start saving to buy at least a case of the Demon and 68 Coronets. On 8/9/2023 at 10:47 AM, DoctorLarry said: 10 hours ago, drodg said: Btw there is a 69 hardtop on Ebay right now. They only want 895 for it............ Oh man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drodg Posted November 24, 2023 Share Posted November 24, 2023 On 11/22/2023 at 8:52 PM, spkgibsonfirebird said: I've seen that one, to rich for my blood. Hopefully Round 2 will reissue it like the other kits like the '68 Coronets and '71 Demon. I'm very surprised that they haven't, we've had the nice Talladega and Cobra sports roofs since it was reissued in 1990, the '68, and '69 Torino hardtop and convertible kits would probably fly off the shelves like those Coronets and Demon kits are going to do, I'm going to start saving to buy at least a case of the Demon and 68 Coronets. I agree and the sad thing is those resin bodies are going to be quite expensive now too. Maybe not 800+ dollars but still high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 One related car I’ve never seen in resin or 3D printed form is the ‘68-69 Mercury Cyclone GT fastback or Montego coupe. Would love to see those eventually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 7 hours ago, Rob Hall said: One related car I’ve never seen in resin or 3D printed form is the ‘68-69 Mercury Cyclone GT fastback or Montego coupe. Would love to see those eventually. Time Machine Resin cast a Spoiler II conversion kit, similar to a Talladega (It used the Monogram Talladega as a base kit). But no one has ever done a standard W-nose 68-69 Cyclone. A 68 or 69 Cyclone/Montego has long been on my wish list, 68 preferred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairlane1320 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 On 11/26/2023 at 6:49 PM, sfhess said: Time Machine Resin cast a Spoiler II conversion kit, similar to a Talladega (It used the Monogram Talladega as a base kit). But no one has ever done a standard W-nose 68-69 Cyclone. A 68 or 69 Cyclone/Montego has long been on my wish list, 68 preferred. Never say never! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairlane1320 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 On 11/22/2023 at 9:52 PM, spkgibsonfirebird said: the '68, and '69 Torino hardtop and convertible kits would probably fly off the shelves like those Coronets and Demon kits are going to do Don't hold your breath. The 68-69 Fairlane/Torino is the red-headed step child of the classic car universe.😐 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 1 hour ago, fairlane1320 said: Never say never! OK where did this come from? Someone did a fairly good job on the hood and bumper/grille but the ends of the fenders need to come forward a little bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JS23U Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) The AMT 69 Cobra hardtop kit utilized a separate (glue-on) roof to make a notchback out of the 68 Torino GT convertible (pace car). Modelhaus offered the 68 with molded on roof of the 69 Cobra to create a 68 notchback but didn't modify anything else. In my opinion it - and also the AMT 69 Cobra version - had severe proportional problems in the roof area. The quarter window shape is not captured well, and the rear window is slightly recessed on the original car, like on a 67 to 70 Cougar. It was unfortunately completely ignored by AMT back then and looks flat and square. I have a Motor City body for the 69 Cobra hardtop. That one is better, but still needs a lot of work to please my critical eyes. In short - in my opinion Round2 would need to modify the body considerably if they plan to bring a hardtop 68/69 Torino. I would applaud if they do, I really like these cars. Same for the 68/69 Cyclones, I agree. They are a huge gap in 1/25. Just my opinion... Edited November 29, 2023 by JS23U Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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