qtan said:
I had no idea that Testor's ever re-released that kit! I've got the original Hawk kit sitting in my stash. One of these days I'm going to have to get that one built...
I remember building that original Hawk Muni-green kit as a kid. It was 1967, or before. Just to be extra sadistic, Testors once re-issued the kit in a semi-translucent white. The other Testors re-pop version I have is an opaque medium gray.
One problem is that the kit was first made in the late 50s, when the real cable cars were at their ugliest. For instance, at the time, the real cars were using chrome-rim auto headlights. Also, the kit features a bizarre, non-symmetric deck roof. To confound things, the prototype cars pictured on the boxes had totally different Bombay-style roofs.