RancheroSteve Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I seem to recall a kit (or kits) coming with a chrome disc brake as a display item - I'm thinking most likely some AMT kit from the sixties.Can anybody help jog my memory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevenGuthmiller Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 I remember them too.I just can't place which kits.I'm almost certain I have some kits that contain them.Some of the old '60s AMT kits had a "display" drum also. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 AMT '64 Impala had a display chrome disc brake. Looks like we have an all Steve thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) The original annual AMT '63-'65 Corvette roadster kits had a two-piece "display" drum brake. So did the AMT '64 Merc Marauder, reissued a few years ago. Disk brake? I think some of the Revell "California wheels" kits have separate disk brakes, but they're modern-era big. Not long ago I made some disk brakes for a project out of some junk-drawer washer and some scrap plastic. Edited December 6, 2016 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Some AMT annual kits had it as an option. Finned drum brakes too. The AMT 64 Impala came with it. I do not think the 63 did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 The '63 Ford Galaxie kit that I have, has the display disc brake in the kit... it's the "Prestige" kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted December 6, 2016 Author Share Posted December 6, 2016 Thanks for all the responses, guys! I built that '63 Galaxie years ago - I should have that disc brake around here somewhere, hmm . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelbuilder Mark Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 While not a kit, Scenes unlimited also has very nice brake parts that can be set up for display as well, and they are a member here on the forum.http://scenesunltd.com/collections Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Well, I've scoured all my parts boxes to no avail - I'm going to put a post up in the "Wanted" section.I even pulled out the instruction sheet from the AMT '63 Galaxie. Interestingly, it shows some other custom display parts, but not the disc brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Well, I've scoured all my parts boxes to no avail - I'm going to put a post up in the "Wanted" section.I even pulled out the instruction sheet from the AMT '63 Galaxie. Interestingly, it shows some other custom display parts, but not the disc brake.I looked up the instruction sheet for '63 Galaxie and it showed it--I was kind of surprised. I think the brake was in the wheel step, not in the final assembly step like the other goodies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RancheroSteve Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 I looked up the instruction sheet for '63 Galaxie and it showed it--I was kind of surprised. I think the brake was in the wheel step, not in the final assembly step like the other goodies. Thanks! Yes, I went back and looked at the instructions again and I see that now. I even have the jack stand from that step, but I still can't find the brake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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