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Old 01-08-2007, 05:30 PM
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Re: 70 Firebird

How long have you been building models? The Revell '70 Firebird kit is fairly old, I think it was a kit tooled many years back as a later '70's Monogram T/A and backdated in the early 90's to represent a '70 Trans Am. For it's day, it was a very good kit, and quite a lot better in most respects vs. the original MPC '70 Trans Am kit that came out late in '70. If you want to know how bad that kit was, just look inside an MPC or AMT "Smokey and the Bandit" Trans Am kit in all it's vintage "glory" Kits back then generally looked good on the outside but the details were pretty crude.

I'm glad it's reissued; it wasn't designed in the day of pro-touring or G-machines, so you'll have to do a bit more work to make it to your liking-the kit was stock-only until this issue, the custom wheels are an attempt to get younger builders interested. They couldn't afford to shell out $250K for a new tool like the '68 Firebird, which is pretty much state-of-the-art for musclecar kits.

If the '70 were an all-new tool it would be worth complaining about, but honestly for it's day it's pretty decent. A lot of people missed out on the first issue and it's been a long time out of production. I'm sure you'll be able to overcome some of the vintage details and personalize it to your liking Those small front wheels won't look so small when you lower it down where it belongs.
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