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Muscle car models
Posted by BarrettDuke on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:00 AM

I'm thinking of building a few of the late 60's early 70's muscle cars. I'll never own one, but I can at least do this. Can anyone recommend the best kit makers for this period? I'm just not too impressed with the Revell and Monogram stuff.

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Posted by rommelkiste on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 10:07 AM

BD, You may not be impressed with them but R-M has a pretty good selection of muscle.  If your into Novas, Camaros, Dodges and Cudas, R-M has some nice offerings.  The AMT 66 Fairlane and Comet weren't too bad and the 62 409 impala is a good builder---if you want to call that a muscle car.  Their 66 and 69 Olds 442 kits are nice as is the 68 roadrunner and 71 charger.  None are perfect but any of those can be a nice build with some care.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 2:43 PM

I like AMT/ERTL kits better. Those kits gives you a choice to build what version you want - stock, custom, dragster, etc...

When I did car models and I wanted to beef them up as muscle cars, I usually kit bash them. An engine from this, valve covers from that, I don't want chrome air cleaner but I want a supercharger though, tires from this, wheels from that, etc... Well, you get the picture.

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Posted by mississippivol on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 7:47 PM

Monogram's 66 GTO kit is a great kit. I also like AMT's 70 Camaro kit.

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 9:56 PM

Another kit brand I love to get is MPC. A lot of nice classic cars by them as well.

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Posted by BarrettDuke on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 2:36 PM

Thanks for the input, everyone. It seems there isn't anyone making fine scale car models on par with the more detailed military models. I think I'll give the Revell 1972 Olds 442 a try. It looks like a good effort. And then I'll see from there. I suppose you can buy upgrade kits like you can in military modeling. Any guidance on how to track those down would be appreciated.

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