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Cortex
Beautiful build, thoughts on the kit?

Alberto Traverso
thank you Cortex, the kit has good details, clear instructions, fit is very good, really nice kit, I would buy it again.
Kit includes PE parts, 3D printed parts, clear parts, only thing I will replace are the tow cables (kit original part is a string)

Cortex
Thank you for the feedback!

Alberto Traverso
👍

Jv
Sure following
Love crusty builds always butiful in there own way

d hadley
Thank you Jv!

Munkyslut
Watchin……… Jv took the words right out of my mouth 😂

Bob Hall
Count me in 👍 !

d hadley
Thanks guys!

Jv
I noticed pistons in the block
a detail I haven't seen on a kit before
and not at the same hight as is correct so heads could be left of and the build would still be correct
The machineing for the valves is also a fantastic detail
Very cool kit with options I haven't seen before
Great kit I will have to look for it

d hadley
The block and valves did not come with this kit. I had them in my parts box. I wish I knew where it came from, but I have no idea. I can tell you that the block and valve heads were black and the oil pan was clear.

Jv
Ok that is sure indeed
But sure something I haventbseen before
I am sorry to say you should probably save that fo something werte you want to display that
A very interesting detail

Bob Hall
Lot of the older AMT/MPC kits came with separate cylinder head and valves. Just checked a few kits in the stash and the 1970 Super Bee and 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro have that detailed engine.

Jv
Thanks Bob very 😎

Munkyslut
That block looks great with the piston crown detail, perfect for a garage dio ……… gonna start scouring the aftermarket now👌

Bob Hall
Build up something like this.

Munkyslut
That's perfect Bob! Remember the fantastic garage dio that Bill did?

Bob Hall
Absolutely, I'm not that talented, so that's why I picked up a few of those garage kits.

Jennifer Franklin
Following 👀

d hadley
thank you all for the great comments! JV, this is the build I was saving this block for. I have another one in my parts bin for another build in the future.

d hadley
That garage kit looks cool! I like that it is self contained. I think I might build up the barn around this Camaro in a similar fashion!

Jv
I got 2 fugimi garage kits
Just got to get a few kits with tool boxes and stuff like that
I will have to have a look in some of my amt and mpc kit for that detail

Jv
Had a look through mots of my amt and mpc kits
None which has the cool detail of showing the pistons in the block
But I did find a impala kit which has a crank shaft
And also shows the rockers

d hadley
That's cool! Which impala kit?

Jv
The amt ertl
Kit no 31760
1958 impala
It also has options of stock parts for engine or modified

Jv
I also got a few engines in a parts bin
Will have to go through them now 😆
Unfortunately I don't have much of amt or mpc kits
And most not so old

Jv
I think I just gained a new interest in amt and mpc kits 😆 🤣

Jv
Sorry Bob I had a look at the Baldwin camaro kit
Just looked at a few reviews
I was thinking if thay made a kit pree chist thay probably wouldn't change much
In the next few thousand of years
The early kits were about 2000
The kit does have rockers showing in the heads
And yes you can see what resembles pistons
But all at the same level of the bore
And the 2 pistons on each end of the block on both sides
Have lining up blocks across them
The latest kit in that family still has those details
In the case of the block D Hadley is uesing
The pistons are at different levels and there is nothing over the pistons
Further more the pistons are machined for the valve clearance

d hadley
Thanks for all that amazing detective work! So many great details!

Bill Newcomer
$55 and free shipping on Amazon after a recent $45 price drop. I figured it was time to jump on it.

Bozzer
Makes perfect sense to me. Enjoy buddy 🙂

Bill Newcomer
Thanks Bozzer. It should make it so that I have both AMT 359s and both Revell 359s that I want.

Bozzer
Did you pick up the AMT small window, 359?

Bill Newcomer
Yes, I had heard that it had not been out in quite awhile. So I got one when became available.
Peterbilt 359 (AMT AMT1327, 1:25)

Bozzer
I can't remember if I picked one up or not? I'm pretty sure that I have, but I'll have to check my inventory. It's always good to have a variety. I'm also chasing down a Peterbilt 351.