AMT VS. REVELL '69 CAMAROS

[Bob Ellis]

On 5/24/2009 at 5:18 PM, Art Anderson said:

 

Back in the day, AMT Corporation got the deal to produce promo's of the '69 Camaro HT and Cvt for Chevrolet, while MPC had to be content with the Pontiac Firebird. Somewhere along the way, MPC sloppily retooled a '69 Firebird into the Camaro, in both HT and convertible form, but it was nowhere near accurate, as you correctly observed. In contrast, the AMT Annual series '69 Camaro's were as correctly done as any annual series 3in1 kit was ever done, but along the way, through bankruptcies, buyouts and mergers, apparently the old AMT tooling has been lost, or at least is unidentifiable today. When AMT/Ertl bought out MPC in late 1986, they simply put the bastardized MPC'69 Camaro back into production.

 

Revell's 1990-vintage tooling for the '69 Camaro is very nicely done, in contrast, although it suffers from not having correct tires, but that is a problem with just about everyone at some time or another.

 

Art

Art has a good point. Remember the AMT Camaros became funny cars and ERTL rebadged the MPC Camaro as an AMT. To me , the MPC Camaro was too small and the AMT looked better. I compared an AMT Camaro to the Revell and they seemed pretty close. The Detroit boys and their wooden 1/10  patterns were usually on the money

[Mr. Metallic]

22 hours ago, Casey said:

To be clear, the below exhaust system is sourced from the Revell Special Edition 1/25 '69 Chevy Nova SS kit:

And before anyone asks, the Revell 1/25 '68 Pontiac Firebird exhaust system in place on the Revell 1/25 '69 Camaro's floorpan:

Wish someone would offer one of those in resin rather than breaking up complete kits just for the exhaust

Edited July 2, 2019 by Mr. Metallic