AMT 65 Falcon "F/X" model

[427TJ]

Found this at the hobby shop today (see pic). Brand new re-release of the cool AMT '65 427 SOHC Falcon altered wheelbase "F/X" model. This new release has Phil Bonner "Daddy Warbucks" decals. Until now you had to pony up big dollars for the old release on eBay or buy a resin copy but this new release was $21. The only drawback is the tires are molded in white plastic, as is the rest of the kit. Yes, there is a nice chrome tree. I also noticed the old AMT '66 Comet Cyclone AWB model has been re-released too. Good timing---still in the middle of winter. Now I have a Ford to go with my AMT "Rat Packer" '65 AWB Nova hardtop.

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[427TJ]

Okay, here's a pic of my AMT "Rat Packer" Nova. I scrounged the "Distortion" decals out of my 30+ year old decal box and they were originally from the AMT '55 Nomad. I painted the motor Chevy Orange with "aluminum" heads.

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[427TJ]

Okay, okay, here's a pic of the "L88" in the '65 Nova.

[GM-26]

Show us more of your creations! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif

[427TJ]

AMT '66 Fairlane 427.

[427TJ]

Fairlane's engine. I don't get crazy with ignition wires and aftermarket metal-etch detail sets. I still build'em just like I did in 1975 when I was 13. Just for fun, nothing else. Another form of "therapy," just as is driving my '67 Camaro.

[427TJ]

Fender shot with the oh-so-cool 427 emblem. Note "Holleys" under the air cleaner. I just brush on some Testor's gold paint on the carbs and they look great.

[Salvatore]

That is some nice work Bill! Nice paint.I saw that Phil Bonner car run at Vargo a few times. I think the picture on the box is Cecil County Dragway va va va voomway.

[427TJ]

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That is some nice work Bill! Nice paint.

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Thanks Sam. I take great pride in getting impressive results from rattle cans. I am a maestro with those little spray model paints, if I do say so myself. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Salvatore]

Keep it up! http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggthumpup.gif

[Xplantdad]

Bill, those are too cool. Hmmm, the last model I built was a big block Nova..I painted it Hugger Orange. I spent the better part of a week building it. I think it was eventually blown up with an M-80. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/naughty.gif

I'm not a pyromaniac...no, really I'm not!!

Hey Sam, How's your son doing? We still keep him in our prayers.

Bruce

[GM-26]

Those two models came out perfect!

[MosportGreen66]

427TJ... Awesome Models! A tip that was given to me a little while back that makes a tremendous difference -- detail the battery either with red or yellow knobs!

[All American Racer]

427TJ, I'm into the old model trucks from the seventies that dad and I used to build. I'm wondering if all these new releases of old kits will drive the collectable market into the ground. My hunch is it will. One kit that will never be released again is the Petty Hauler. It is a Ford Car Hauler with a Dart Circle track car on top. Petty put and end to the kit faster than he said bye to Ford. Buy it if you can find it....very rare. I'm waiting for the Kenworth Mixer to be released again. They sell for a minimum of 150.00 now. A new release would help me but it's a waiting game. Nice cars by the way. Marc

[427TJ]

No, new releases of old kits will not hurt the collector market. Old kits will always be old kits. I'm all for the re-release of old kits so we can save our collections and build the new releases. I'd say that new releases of old kits, even with the original box art, makes the original kits even more valuable. People think, "Hell, anyone can have a new one, mine is an original."

Think of a perfect clone of a ZL-1 Camaro. Is it real? Well, it's certainly a real car, it's just not an original, factory-built COPO. Well-built clones bring large dollars but the same factory-built version will always be worth more.

Lately I've begun building some of my old collectible kits. I used to think that if I built an old kit then I was committing a 'crime' against history. Well, along came eBay and you can buy just about any old kit any day of the week all the time. Attached is a photo of an Aurora Fokker Dr-1. It's an original kit molded in the early 1960s. I bought it on eBay for less than $25 just to build. I built one of these in about 1969 when I was 7 and loved it. I wanted to build this one in the original candy apple red plastic that Aurora was famous for in the 1955-65 period. I call this one the "Candy Apple Red Baron." The crosses are hand-painted because the kit decals were way too old to be used.

BUILD THEM.

[All American Racer]

Manfred would have been stylin' in that candy apple! Looks great. I hope what you say about the collectable market is true. I still have a couple of my father's untouched kits. One has a receipt stuck to it for $7.00. Marc