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Seems to me someone had a corrected resin boot for these but I can't find the pic. Great looking project, Mr G! Getting me closer to digging out and finishing my '70 johan 'bird to R/R conversion

Good to know... the unfortunate 'meh' attitude toward accuracy in this series of kits is disappointing. At least those who aren't salivating for another utility truck box know there's no real reason to spring for this issue as the aftermarket parts can be applied to any meob F100.

Looks a little better but they didn't dish the headlight reflector. They'll look like the monogram 65 Mustang headlights For my money, the rookie resin piece still wins Thanks Rob... would you perchance have a pic of the dash and door panel ?

It's possible you're thinking of the '80-up beams here. The dentside beams with disc brakes are a very popular and common swap on the slick and bump trucks. I've done a couple of transplants myself.

Details are great but at the expense of body envelope accuracy... not so much Not sure I'm smellin' what you're cookin' here, Roger. Having owned multiples of the slick, bump and dent 1:1 trucks, I've found that aside from earlier (pre '73) rear frame rail width and slight wheelbase differences, the cab floors, mounts and front frame rails are very close to identical from '65-'79.

And the '65 Valiant behind it

The problem actually seems to be rooted in the front fender shaping of the 1/10 master for the Revell '70, which was issued in 1/24. The body design was rescaled to 1/25 for the '69 kit; obviously the flaw wasn't seen for what it was until the '69 headlight parts were applied.

Not yet... Talked to him the other night and watched him jump climb in; grabs door and seat, braces left foot on tire and heaves himself up Reminded me of an old Dodge I saw in a parade- with front and back steering axles, he had it crabbing down the road. Jumped out and just stepped on a cleat to lift himself back up to the cab. Wish I had a pic.

Worse...

That looks great Steve. I've always preferred the '68 design over the one-piece '69 headlight doors. Interesting note on the '68 h/doors; the Beaumont parts were chromed castings vs the chevelle's stamped anodized aluminum parts.

Yessir Thanks! ... kinda thinkin' these might deserve a home on some kind of pontiac panel; either a conversion of the revell '53/'54 or maybe a '65 chevelle resin delivery with a gto front clip... hmmmm

While we're playing around here, does anyone remember where this one came from? Definitely amt... area above 'lighting bird' sez 'tuned by the medicine man'

The monogram monkees mustang also had the '83-'85 drivetrain in the updated '87 body shell... http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/88095-monkees-87-mustang-gt-50-monogram-124-ragtop/

Or maybe allowed on a case by case basis by application to a mod for those who have proven their chops in assembling worthy threads... you know, guys like Bill

That's an important and fortuitous consideration in terms of improving the base stock. As the windshield/cowl area is basically the same from '67-'79, the amt cab can donate the front part of the cab and roof to make the moeb cab more accurate. The metal axle parts from the amt can also be used on the moeb chassis to expand wheel/tire choices as well.

Looks like the fullsize and the camaro were both built at Norwood and Van Nuys... I'm just curious to know if they were made on the same line at the same time or if that's a pilot line shot like the following posed pic. Note there's no bushings in the rear spring eyes. This pic was probably taken at Lordstown.

Judging from a few of the comments in this thread, it appears the record should be set straight... First off, the proportions on the amt '75-'79 F series trucks are as close to perfect as you're likely to find in a regularly priced kit. True, the upper windshield molding needs finessing and it was indeed a questionable decision to go with the super camper special box. These issues are easily fixed, especially with the availability of the resin corrected box. Secondly, the much vaunted moebius 69-72 series borrowed much of its chassis and engine design from the amt kit. However nicely engineered these kits are otherwise, they share well known serious proportion issues in the roof design and other body areas. To be fair to moebius, this series design problems appear to be confined to this project alone, as their Hudson, Chrysler, Pontiac , Mercury and Plymouth kits appear to be well-spoken of. The '65/'66 F-series kits also show more effort spent on getting the proportions right.

If you can find an affordable '75 'star truk', it will have this chrome shot including the mirrors in it. With a '73-'75 grill, of course.

Measured a friend's '82 last night and it appears amt did get it very close. From the side molding extrusion on the fender side to the top is 9"(.36) on the front and 15"(.6) on the back. The lx coupe fender is too high in the front and low in the rear.

The easiest way to accomplish your project would be to find one of these kits. The 73-75 trucks are on the left upper side... ...and get one of these corrected boxes from MAD resin A more affordable and fairly current version of the truck is the flamed 78 4x4 (2wd parts included) along with the aforementioned rookie resin grill.

Having this one back opens up some potential kitbashing and backdating possibilities for the resin industry. A couple of comparison picks... with '84 mpc body and the, um, 'horse with no name' body For one thing, the '83/'84 fascia could be modified to the '85/'86 look for swapping onto this body, or even the revell body, along with other appropriate detail parts.