unclescott58 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 One of our MCCM members (our fearless leader) bought and opened the new Impala reissue at the meeting last night. The reissue looks good. No or little flash that I could see. Great box art. And very nice tampo printed tires. Wide whites on one side. Gold stripe on the other. The guy who brings the new releases for sale to the meeting, had a couple of them. Those tires almost got me to buy one. But, I have one waiting in my "to build stash" for several years now. I decided just to buy AMT's whitewalls for that one. Rather than buy a whole nother kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 very nice tampo printed tires. Wide whites on one side. Gold stripe on the other. Perhaps Round2 will release those in a stand alone Parts Pack, like they did with the redline tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Is the kit molded in gold? If so how does it look (swirls, etc.)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss2000 Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Is the kit molded in gold? If so how does it look (swirls, etc.)?I picked up a gold one yesterday. Same parts as all issues, I see the metal hood clip has returned. The gold isn't swirled too bad, but I think it's impossible to mold without them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FordRodnKustom Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 One of our MCCM members (our fearless leader) bought and opened the new Impala reissue at the meeting last night. The reissue looks good. No or little flash that I could see. Great box art. And very nice tampo printed tires. Wide whites on one side. Gold stripe on the other. The guy who brings the new releases for sale to the meeting, had a couple of them. Those tires almost got me to buy one. But, I have one waiting in my "to build stash" for several years now. I decided just to buy AMT's whitewalls for that one. Rather than buy a whole nother kit.Makes sense. I'll no doubt do the same. I have a few in the stash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 Has any-one purchased the gold-coloured version ? If so , would you please share some photos ? Thanks . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Ellis Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 The gold stripe tires are typical of 1965-1967. A nice touch.Round2 has done a nice job keeping the AMT/MPC flame burning. I am impressed that they reintroduced missing parts in the old kits. The 58 Chevy has been pretty much complete over the years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickcaps55 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Everytime I saw this kit and instructions I saw that there was the old plastic pins to hold the front wheels on and they are posable. I went to local hobby shop to see if any new kits came in saw the re issue of the Impala, saw on the box contents that now it has two metal axles. Do you think they changed the parts? I have 5 or 6 of these kits I like them it is one of 4 or 5 kits that AMT still puts out that are today as they were when they first came out I'm 64 I have had them from the first but I I do because your right on the pins being plastic they will bend or brake so I went to Ace and got a small pack of nail's that are the same size with a head and clipped them to the right length a small pack is $1.60 and I have used them in the AMT and the Rev kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 BUMP ! Still awaiting for some-one to post photos of the gold version ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtx6970 Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 I was in my local hobby shop this afternmoon. And this one was on my radar. sadely he didnt have one yetI want to see these tires ,, a friend of mine wants me to build a replica of his car ( early Corvette with Goldlines ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted January 25, 2016 Share Posted January 25, 2016 Hmmm. It always had a metal axle for the rear wheels .Plastic pins on the front. Maybe they got some complaints about breaking the pins. I didn't know it had been reissued. When I was much younger-way back,I had the original version that had the soft actual rubber tires. I guess that didn't work because as far as I know they never did it again.Those neoprene rubber tires were a left-over from AMT's "Authentic Model Turnpike" slot racing cars and sets--I believe those got sent the model kit assembly line for the '58, just to clear them from inventory, as by the time AMT produced the '58 Chevy, the Turnpike had been discontinued (IIRC, that racing set was a pretty dismal failure, sales-wise)Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Lapham Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) I remember i had both the first issue 58 Impala and the first issue 59 El Camino both light blue,they both had the Darlingtons and real rubber Firestone slicks.In the seventies a friend bought a bag of leftover Darlingtons in a resale store in Downriver Detroit.He said they had lots of bags. Amt also wholesaled their leftover 1/43 scale tires in the 80's.I have a friend who bought several hundred thousand and he still has a bunch left! Edited March 3, 2016 by Lou Lapham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 I've never seen an El Camino kit with the soft rubber tires. The '58 Chevy came out in late '63 or early '64, the El Camino in '65...by that time the supply of those tires would have been exhausted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 (edited) double post...oops Edited January 26, 2016 by Mark double post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 12/14/2015 at 3:47 PM, pack rat said: The original issue had the so-called "Darlington" rubber tires that were also used on the Turnpike cars. I still have the set from my original kit. They didn't age well over the years; they're ozone-cracked and brittle, although I recently got another original kit in a collection with like-new tires (?). From a vintage AMT '58 Impala currently on eBay...I think these are the Darlington tires you mentioned? For that "touch of realism...": Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 AMT 1301: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoke Wagon Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I like when Round2 does these vintage box art releases with the white background, black borders, and no words on the box top. I might get one, build it, then cut the box top off and put in in a picture frame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 This kit is still on the shelf at the local Hobby Lobby. At least it was last month. Not sure there is much need for this kit right now...... But, It will have some different decals at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972coronet Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 I'm glad that this classic is back again. I still have the last reissue (the c.1969 box art edition) , having purposely purchased the moulded-in-gold version, as it's on my "polish the plastic" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzy63 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Casey said: AMT 1301: I have a copy of this picture taped over my modeling desk; I've been planning to build it...and that day is coming soon (I recently bought a new Dremel tool and a solid front axle from the Revell '54 Chevy kit is ready to go). P.S., if anyone has any of those old, soft Firestone Darlington tires or slicks lying around, feel free to send some my way. Thanks! Edited January 20, 2022 by blizzy63 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 44 minutes ago, alexis said: This kit is still on the shelf at the local Hobby Lobby. At least it was last month. Not sure there is much need for this kit right now...... But, It will have some different decals at least. HL stores around here blew the last issue out for $7.50 apiece, the last time they did that (pre-Covid). Not that they had bunches of them; I only saw one, and bought it. It's still a great kit, probably about time for another issue. Most of these Trophy Series kits were out continuously in the Sixties and Seventies, with a change of box art every couple of years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabbysdaddy Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 That's my oldest surviving build. Not sure how old it is though, it's molded in baby blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 The most recent reissue (molded in Gold) was in 2016. So while it doesn't seem that long it has been 6 years since the kit was current. I think the molded in color thing stunted sales the last go around since those kits never seemed to sell very well, at least not locally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 Pretty sure the previous issue was available in both gold and white, with a sticker on the box to denote what was inside. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Mark said: Pretty sure the previous issue was available in both gold and white, with a sticker on the box to denote what was inside. Right, but the gold ones are the ones that are still languishing on shelves, at least at the 3 local brick and mortars locally. It's been that way with pretty much all of the dual color run releases over the past several years. It was a shot in the dark to find white B/M 70 1/2 Camaros or '67 Shelbys, but the molded in color ones hung around for months. Shops could clearly sell all the white ones they could get their hands on, I have to wonder how it impacted total sales to have a part if the run get passed on, because those are orders vendors aren't placing to wholesalers when you can't move product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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