Greg Myers Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 (edited) Now for some information from members on this board First William Just http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/?showtopic=78785 next John Agugaliaro http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/?showtopic=46663 Edited January 10, 2014 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc49 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hey, I'm thinking about dropping a Revell Parts-Pak Caddy in an AMT '36 Ford, does the engine come with a suitable transmission? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl LaFong Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 David, With the parts pack Caddy, you have a choice of a Hydramatic or an in-out box. If you are doing a drag car, the in-out should fit with no or little problems; the Hydramatic may take some finagling to fit underneath the floor board. You'll also need to make a motor mount and check for clearance with the wire axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merc49 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Thanks. I was planning on doing a mid to late fifties style hot rod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Bernard....cool recap. FWIW, the 392 Hemi is rebopped in the Revell Miss Deal kit. It's identical as far as I can tell, except for the different exhaust headers, and the point that all the pieces are chromed in the Parts Pack version, vs. only those you'd actually want chromed in the Miss Deal kit. I agree that the 327 Chevy Parts Pack is the hardest to find. Also, I haven't read the entire thread so apologies in advance if I'm repeating something already said but many of Revell's full model kits of the early 60's contained engines that were designed in the same manner as their Parts Pack engines. I'm particularly fond of the Cadillac in the Outlaw kit (which is similar to the Parts Pack Cad but has different building options including the intake manifold/carb setup), the blown Olds in the Beatnik Bandit (some really cool parts on that one), and even the 409 Chevy optional engine in the original Revell '55 Chevy kit. In any case, like others have said here, these Revell Parts Packs are cool engines, with excellent period-correct speed accessories, that are generally a fun and authentic build. TIM The 327 Chevy pack was pieced into the Revell '57 Chevy kit (the old opening-doors one, due to be reissued this year). If you have one, check out the tree with the unplated engine parts...you can see the "parts pack" style tree that surrounds the parts. Some parts inside the tree are deleted because they weren't needed on the Chevy, or were redundant to parts on the existing plated tree. I believe the switch was done around 1968, when other changes were made to the Chevy: different hood and trunk hinges, addition of the supercharger option (which was part of the parts pack), the drag front axle, and deletion of the roll bar and spare tire in favor of a molded plastic "tire cover". Prior to the reissues, the 427 Ford was probably the toughest engine to find, as it was the last one released (in 1965, one of the last few packs released). The 327 Chevy might be a tough one, but I'd say that the Buick and the funky turbine are tough too. People still pay a decent chunk of change for the Chrysler, even though it is available in the Miss Deal kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Here is the Ford motor I used a few years back, and I like the results. They can be "fiddly", but hey..sometimes that just is the way it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 The 327 Chevy pack was pieced into the Revell '57 Chevy kit (the old opening-doors one, due to be reissued this year). If you have one, check out the tree with the unplated engine parts...you can see the "parts pack" style tree that surrounds the parts. Some parts inside the tree are deleted because they weren't needed on the Chevy, or were redundant to parts on the existing plated tree. I believe the switch was done around 1968, when other changes were made to the Chevy: different hood and trunk hinges, addition of the supercharger option (which was part of the parts pack), the drag front axle, and deletion of the roll bar and spare tire in favor of a molded plastic "tire cover". Prior to the reissues, the 427 Ford was probably the toughest engine to find, as it was the last one released (in 1965, one of the last few packs released). The 327 Chevy might be a tough one, but I'd say that the Buick and the funky turbine are tough too. People still pay a decent chunk of change for the Chrysler, even though it is available in the Miss Deal kit. Just to confirm...everything Mark says here I agree with....TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 (edited) Here is the Ford motor I used a few years back, and I like the results. They can be "fiddly", but hey..sometimes that just is the way it works. Mark...that looks very sharp. And here's how I used it on one of my projects...http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/from-the-pages-of-y/from-the-pages-of-m/ TIM Edited January 29, 2014 by tim boyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexSpeed Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'm surprised I haven't seen this thread before. I bought 4 of each of the re-makes many years ago and they have been sitting on a shelf ever since. Recently, I started pulling them out to build. The first, was the misnamed 354 Cadillac, which is really a .030" over 331 Caddy. Two transmissions, two intake systems and a REALLY neat little kit. I have nothing to put this is, because I just like building engines. I haven't wired this yet because I have too many projects on the bench right now, but it will be finished soon. Hand-cut aluminum injector stacks, Altered States OE valve covers and a couple of other little adjustments round out a stock kit. Chrome stripped from everything and the resin valve covers were Alclad chromed. Nice little builds, for sure. Anyone have a nailhead they don't want? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I'm surprised I haven't seen this thread before. I bought 4 of each of the re-makes many years ago and they have been sitting on a shelf ever since. Recently, I started pulling them out to build. The first, was the misnamed 354 Cadillac, which is really a .030" over 331 Caddy. Two transmissions, two intake systems and a REALLY neat little kit. I have nothing to put this is, because I just like building engines. I haven't wired this yet because I have too many projects on the bench right now, but it will be finished soon. Hand-cut aluminum injector stacks, Altered States OE valve covers and a couple of other little adjustments round out a stock kit. Chrome stripped from everything and the resin valve covers were Alclad chromed. Nice little builds, for sure. Anyone have a nailhead they don't want? Sharp!!!! TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdan delivery Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I love all the parts paks/packs and have used them since forever. I have them being used in a couple of my projects right now. Here is a question for someone who does as I do not have a '58 hemi one presently: Does the pak have the upper portion of the bell housing cast into the block like the 331 and 354 actually had? The 392 did not have that so that would show if it is indeed the same as the Miss Deal (which does have it). happy modeling! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 I love all the parts paks/packs and have used them since forever. I have them being used in a couple of my projects right now. Here is a question for someone who does as I do not have a '58 hemi one presently: Does the pak have the upper portion of the bell housing cast into the block like the 331 and 354 actually had? The 392 did not have that so that would show if it is indeed the same as the Miss Deal (which does have it). happy modeling! Pat...the block castings are identical between the Parts Pack version and the Miss Deal version. And they both have the upper bellhousing as part of the castings. But to my understanding, only the real 331 Hemi had the integral bellhousing, it was removed for both the 354 and 392 Hemis that came later. Best regards...TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Mark...that looks very sharp. And here's how I used it on one of my projects...http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/from-the-pages-of-y/from-the-pages-of-m/ TIM Tim, I recall that article very well. Really liked that truck. Does it show my age too bad if i added "seems just like yesterday" ?LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Tim, I recall that article very well. Really liked that truck. Does it show my age too bad if i added "seems just like yesterday" ?LOL Mark...not at all. I think I read somewhere a long time ago that every year you live seems to go by twice as fast as the year before, and with two months to go until I turn 60, that sure seems to be the case here. Having said that, I sure don't feel anything like I'm 60 years old. Maybe model car building keeps us young at heart??? Best...>TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Mark...not at all. I think I read somewhere a long time ago that every year you live seems to go by twice as fast as the year before, and with two months to go until I turn 60, that sure seems to be the case here. Having said that, I sure don't feel anything like I'm 60 years old. Maybe model car building keeps us young at heart??? Best...>TIM Indeed! Plus, each day you live, is proportionally a smaller and smaller slice of your life, so that may be wife the time seems to go so fast! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatz4u Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 http://robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/partspacks.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharoah Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Wow,there were some packs that I had never heard of before. I would like to see some of those reissued again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Seems like I remember a all chrome motorcyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah there was a Harley and Triumph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 and more : http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=65815 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramfins59 Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Yeah it would be great to have a bunch of those reissued. I got 2 of the Blueprinter Parts Packs with the engines and grilles way back when they offered them and I still have a lot of stuff left from them.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 now on the bay : http://www.ebay.com/itm/3908254696129?_trksid=p2048036 Yep I know thery're Revell, but parts pacs none the less Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Does anyone happen have a digital copy of the instructions for the motors in the Blueprinter pack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 what is strange to me is that that corvette engine seems to have the same exhaust headers (eg: mooneyes staggered exhaust tips) as the 283 which was the basis for the mooneyes engine (potvin front mounted blower for one giveaway). in fact it kinda looks like either a lot of the parts were replicated between the two but the sprue was reconstructed with new parts. look at the fan for instance: four blade in one and five (or six? looks kinda funny) in the other. and of course different induction system. but same block parts, same transmission, same headers and same a lot of other parts. don't think I have ever seen that corvette motor parts pack before...along with the buick nailhead, lost in the mists of time. the motorcycles in their various incarnations are bringing 50 to 100 on ebay with regularity...what is holding up the reissue besides some imagined "oh won't sell" when all indicators seem to show otherwise? jb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBorg Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 The motorcycles that most want are the Harleys..... I think Revell has doubts the price of the kit with the licensing fee would be too high for most hobbyists. The licensing fee would more than likely push the price to $12-15. It would sell to some diehards but most would pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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