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'79 Oldsmobile Cutlass 1/25


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He produces a lot of castings and generally starts with the same platform. He does 73-77 GM A bodies like a Buick Regal and Pontiac LeMans and bases them off the Revell 77 Monte Carlo kits. The wheelbase is wrong for the LeMans and Regal (too long), which anyone who knows the cars can see in the pictures and he generally just copies the Monte Carlo interior tub, seats, dash and chassis (again, all wrong for those cars). I can't tell the quality of the castings but he is doing a lot of cars. To me, these are not just small detail errors but pretty big ones. it appears that the same might be true for this Cutlass that he is using one platform but not too concerned about accuracy.

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Here's another example, a 75 LeMans. The body appears to be based on the longer wheelbase Monte Carlo (the area in front of the wheel wells is way too long)792124222_EBAYLemanskit.jpg.52871c30f3781916798794c711245baa.jpg335508920_EBAYLemans.jpg.8ae732f328a65c7805ee2d38312aa857.jpg. The interior and chassis are exact copies of a Jo-Han 75 Cutlass. Body all wrong, interior all wrong  for this car as well as the general body shape. Caveat Emptor.

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I don't think the Olds on ebay is the same as the OP.  After he answered what the casting included the hood, light's were all listed as seperate from the rest of the car. The ebay olds has the hood casted closed. Also note that the Op's master was most likely made from the Revell 83-85 Olds kit. The body lines of the op's is vastly different than the ebay seller has.

Olds cutlass 1.jpg

Olds cutlass 2.jpg

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