JAFFA Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Just wondering about how the kit glues up and all, inacuracies (did i just make a word up?) and so on, im in the bidding for one at a local auction site, and im not sure how far i want to go on it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrObsessive Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 I built one back around 1984-85 (sorry no pics) and it goes together pretty well without much drama. Since there are a lot of reissues out there, beware of ill fitting doors however as the tooling has aged a bit since the '70's. If I were building this today, I'd ditch the kit hinges and make my own----especially for this scale. IIRC there is a metal rod for the rear end so it can "roll"------but I can't remember if the front used the same. Appearance wise, the body is dead on accurate for a '55 Nomad...........the front grille has the correct "slant" as AMT never got this quite right for the 1/25 scale version. As Mark said, don't pay alot of money for one! AMT made a bunch of these the first time around in the '70's and as Mark and I mentioned, reissues are all over the 'Bay. You should have a lot of fun building one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Geisler Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Just wondering about how the kit glues up and all, inacuracies (did i just make a word up?) and so on, im in the bidding for one at a local auction site, and im not sure how far i want to go on it.. If you loose the auction, drop me a line, I should have an extra..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodBurNeR Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Bill , if you built one it must have actually drove! haha! I have two of them, one is a hard top and other is a convertible. Neither have been worked on yet. Actually one has , Bud Lefevre gave me the hardtop and he started it. I got the convertible for parts to finish the hardtop. That is a LONG term project and i won't be touching it until i have some room on the bench lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFFA Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 Yhanks for all the replies, looks like the kit will be worth its current 7$ but the auction ends tomorrow, so it'll probably start going up in price by lunch time.... hope don't get sniped! If you loose the auction, drop me a line, I should have an extra..... im on the wrong side of the pond, man, shipping costs are HUGE! but thanks for the offer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollinoldskoo Posted September 15, 2008 Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) Yhanks for all the replies, looks like the kit will be worth its current 7$ but the auction ends tomorrow, so it'll probably start going up in price by lunch time.... hope don't get sniped! im on the wrong side of the pond, man, shipping costs are HUGE! but thanks for the offer! lemme know if you get it.... i can send you some wheels..... my son crunched mine Edited September 15, 2008 by rollinoldskoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFFA Posted September 16, 2008 Author Share Posted September 16, 2008 I got it, about 20$ + 5 shipping! lemme know if you get it.... i can send you some wheels..... my son crunched mine Atleast someone got to have some fun with it Not going lowrider with it, but depending on what comes with the kit and what i set my head on, i will probably be interested in some chrome reverse or steelies, but i'm guessing you're meaning the wheels on that pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart-Resins Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 if you need steelies, let me know. I also have other various things available, though not much yet for that scale.Thanks.Jody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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