NY Modeler Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Was going through the stash and found this box which I'd kept after building the kit. It's not collectible in a monetary sense, but rather as a conversation piece. Has anyone else come across anything similar? -Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Oh ya, the old 429 Vette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-409 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 This is a good thread on a bit similar subject: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/69554-box-top-blunders-omissions-false-advertisements/#comment-859988 This is my favorite, it's Revell '64 Impala Lowrider: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Revell's '69 COPO Nova. There was no '69 COPO Nova.The MPC '66 and '67 Corvettes had big-block hoods, but small-block engines.The AMT '66 Corvette Coupe kit had an (optional) big block engine, but no big block hood for it. It also had no air cleaner (for the 427), because it wouldn't have fit under the regular small-block hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 How many of you all bought the AMT 65 Chevelle wagon kits that had the blue car on the box cover and opened it to find a 63 Impala HT inside...??? I think it was the 90s reissue...? I opened a sealed kit of the Revell Unimog snowplow truck to find no wheels or tires in the kit...too bad I did not open it till it was out of production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfast boyo Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 How many of you all bought the AMT 65 Chevelle wagon kits that had the blue car on the box cover and opened it to find a 63 Impala HT inside...??? I think it was the 90s reissue...? I opened a sealed kit of the Revell Unimog snowplow truck to find no wheels or tires in the kit...too bad I did not open it till it was out of production.GOLDEN RULE! always open a new kit to check for parts/short shot mouldings etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1930fordpickup Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I have that wagon kit with the wrong body. I picked up the kit at a swap meet for a later build and opened it up years later to a surprise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I have a few of the 2 blue built box art issue of the AMT 65 Chevelle Malibu wagonI must have gotten luckyAll of mine were complete Wagons2 have donated their roof & interior sections for Tempest GTO Wagons65 is well underway just needs 65 GTO interior cut and modified64 is in Preliminary stagesWagon 4dr Door lines drawn on GTO body Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Greg Myers Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Seems like they lose it with the "RED" cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Continuing a proud tradition: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTallDad Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 In most cases, the errors are apparent. I'm not sure what's wrong with this one, unless the body colors are wrong. Continuing a proud tradition: Help me learn what's wrong with this box art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 In most cases, the errors are apparent. I'm not sure what's wrong with this one, unless the body colors are wrong.Help me learn what's wrong with this box art.It's a Dodge 330. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagedragcrazy Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Back when lindberg came out with the color me gone they had the box with it being a super sport instead of a super stock.vince Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarheelRick Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 (edited) Don't remember Plymouth making a Duster with a Dodge grille. It's hard to see on the box top, but it does say Dodge. Edited January 12, 2017 by TarheelRick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Haigwood Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flynlo Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) Don't remember Plymouth making a Duster with a Dodge grille. It's hard to see on the box top, but it does say Dodge. this one happens in 1:1 as well. Worked in the service department of a plymouth dealer in the mid 80s. Brand new Plymouth Horizons would come in sporting Dodge Omni grilles and badging. We stocked the parts to make it right as it happened so frequently. Had fun making "Dog" nameplates out of the leftovers and tagging unsuspecting beaters driven by our techs.? Also recieved a new car once with no valve stem...not even a hole for one in the wheel. Thought it was an incredible joke until i worked for a company supplying oem tires and wheels. Their automated mounting equipment inflates the tire through the bead so it made sense then.? Edited January 13, 2017 by Flynlo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Ok, so what are we missing here ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Maybe it would be helpful to those of us not in the know on some of these less obvious kits to include an explanation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 (edited) On the real car the letters are recessed, on the model raised. Ok, so what are we missing here ? Maybe it would be helpful to those of us not in the know on some of these less obvious kits to include an explanation. What is the correct spelling of the Present Participle of 'to rally'? Edited January 13, 2017 by Junkman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 MPC 1988 Chevrolet C-1500 pickup kit "Manufactured Under License From Ford Motor Company"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 GOLDEN RULE! always open a new kit to check for parts/short shot mouldings etc.Yep I have to train myself to do just that...I bought 3 of them that day out of town and 2 were wrong...bummer I like wagons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Not a mistake, just an oddity: The original annual MPC '66 Corvettes were molded in gray, not white. At least the four I have personal knowledge of are, all from different parts of the country (so presumably not all from one odd production lot). I've never seen another MPC or AMT annual of that era that wasn't molded in white. (There might have been some colored JoHan annuals around then, but every one of those I ever bought or saw was also white.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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