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FineScale Modeler
March 2021FineScale Modeler teaches you to build models of aircraft, armor, ships and more. Clear articles show you how to assemble, paint, and finish the latest model kits. Every issue includes unbiased reviews of kits that were built and tested for accuracy, product announcements, tips from the experts, and a gallery of readers’ models.
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The Starsky & Hutch 1976 Ford Gran Torino, also known as Zebra 3 or by the less flattering moniker the “striped tomato,” became an iconic TV show and, later, movie car. My plan was to build an accurate replica from the parts provided in the Revell 1/25 scale Starsky & Hutch Ford Torino kit (No. 85-4023) and add minor details where appropriate. What I realized was to do that, I’d need to find a car that matched the parts that came in the box. Discrepancies between the kit and both the TV vehicle and the 2004 movie car abound, so I went hunting on the internet where I found (I think) the reference car used for the kit. But even it had differences, like the dual-quad carb in the kit as…
