7 Muscle Cars I Hope Will Be Kitted Soon

[espo]

The Montego in "Arrest me red" looks great. I recall a NASCAR Montego kit a few years a ago. If you could find one I think it would give you a good base to work from. 

[tim boyd]

9 hours ago, 69NovaYenko said:

Even though it didn't make my list, I concur the `71 Mustang is  one of the truly unsung Mustangs. If my memory services me correctly the only1/25 kit of this subject was released by AMT way back in the day. It would be nice to see a fresh resurrection of this subject. In fact for the past three years there`s a 1:1 Dark Green `71 Mustang 351 Boss that's been sitting on the parking lot a of a car restoration garage that`s a stones throw from my backdoor. It`s in truly TRAGIC shape. I only assume whoever owns  it will be eventually pull the trigger and start restoring it someday.

Greg....both MPC and AMT kitted the 1971 Mustang in annual kits.  Both are sitting in a case about five feet away from me painted and with completed interiors, but awaiting chassis and engines.  Both kits had non-stock engines only, so to complete them properly is going to require some kitbashing…..TIM 

[tim boyd]

9 hours ago, 69NovaYenko said:

 

 duplicate submission, please remove....thx.  TB

Edited April 23, 2019 by tim boyd

[Dave Van]

On 4/16/2019 at 1:27 AM, Sledsel said:

It will never ever happen, but.............. 

 

They'd have two buyers at least!! 

[StevenGuthmiller]

3 hours ago, Dave Van said:

They'd have two buyers at least!! 

Make that 3.

I would be happy to buy one, mostly because it's something different.

But, my guess is that we will get another Camaro instead.

 

Steve

[Dave Van]

8 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Make that 3.

I would be happy to buy one, mostly because it's something different.

But, my guess is that we will get another Camaro instead.

 

Steve

As stated....not gonna happen....but Revell has the guts.....just need a body and modified interior......

[Monty]

I can't be the only one hoping someone (Moebius? Revell?) might issue a better '71-'74 AMC Javelin.  The Johan kits were passable for the time, but came with a previous generation V8 (Imagine buying a '70 Mustang kit and finding it had a Y-block engine) as well as a mediocre chassis. 

Also, no fans of the '70 Cougar?  I'm guessing MPC's version is the only game in town there, and they are virtually impossible to find, not to mention prohibitively expensive.  

[MININORTHFORDMAN]

revell is relesing the 70 firebird sometime this year . 

[sfhess]

13 hours ago, StevenGuthmiller said:

Make that 3.

I would be happy to buy one, mostly because it's something different.

But, my guess is that we will get another Camaro instead.

 

Steve

Four.

 

[Sledsel]

5 hours ago, Dave Van said:

As stated....not gonna happen....but Revell has the guts.....just need a body and modified interior......

Ohhh... the Torino as a base would be horrid.... Just my opinion tho

 

[afx]

On 4/11/2019 at 12:33 PM, Rodent said:

I would like to see Revell do a stock Fairlane 289/271 from the Thunderbolt. I have a resin flat hood and bench seat, so all I really need is an engine to build my own.

This:

plus the engine from any of these:

I've used the 1/24 scale 289 in a few 1/25 scale projects with not fit issues and it looks right.

AMT 1/25 scale Cobra with the 1/24 scale 289/260.

 

 

Edited April 24, 2019 by afx

[Rodent]

20 minutes ago, afx said:

This:

plus the engine from any of these:

I've used the 1/24 scale 289 in a few 1/25 scale projects with not fit issues and it looks right.

AMT 1/25 scale Cobra with the 1/24 scale 289/260.

 

 

Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind. I have a Thunderbolt that predates the one you are showing. I have forgotten where I got the resin hood and bench seat, but I have had them for a while.

[Mr. Metallic]

12 minutes ago, Rodent said:

Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind. I have a Thunderbolt that predates the one you are showing. I have forgotten where I got the resin hood and bench seat, but I have had them for a while.

I believe Modelhaus made the conversion at one point, before the revised kit came out. I think that's where I got mine.

[Dave Van]

1 hour ago, Sledsel said:

Ohhh... the Torino as a base would be horrid.... Just my opinion tho

 

Why so??? I thought the chassis was pretty well done.......better than the bodies roof. 

[Sledsel]

18 minutes ago, Dave Van said:

Why so??? I thought the chassis was pretty well done.......better than the bodies roof. 

The Chassis is decent, the floor is bad. I ended up cutting the rear (under the rear seat) out of mine and raising it to make space for the mufflers so they did not hang down. Revell has the entire thing flat from cowl to rear end, it is not.

As for the body, I will not even go there, I do not feel like typing that much. 

[Dave Van]

2 hours ago, Sledsel said:

The Chassis is decent, the floor is bad. I ended up cutting the rear (under the rear seat) out of mine and raising it to make space for the mufflers so they did not hang down. Revell has the entire thing flat from cowl to rear end, it is not.

As for the body, I will not even go there, I do not feel like typing that much. 

The body can be better. I noticed the front windshield shape was wrong right off. If you built many JoHan or MPC 72 Torino kits you saw it!  If they tooled a good Montego body all would be forgiven!!! 

[afx]

3 hours ago, Rodent said:

Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind. I have a Thunderbolt that predates the one you are showing. I have forgotten where I got the resin hood and bench seat, but I have had them for a while.

The Thunderbolt was only available in '64.

[Classicgas]

22 hours ago, Dave Van said:

They'd have two buyers at least!! 

5 buyers lol.

[Rodent]

4 hours ago, afx said:

The Thunderbolt was only available in '64.

Sorry, I meant that the Thunderbolt kit I have was made before the  street machine version was released. Not that is a magical 1949 Thunderbolt. 

[Oldcarfan27]

Why is it the local (US) model car manufacturers have fed us with this "not enough interest to invest tooling dollars" bull for so long that we now have come to expect that answer for anything we like that's different from the usual Camaros, Mustangs and 57 Chevys that they've given us over and over for the past 40 years? They've already diluted those subjects so much that I don't even pay attention when they announce another one to be released. 

They won't invest tooling dollars but yet other far off companies release stuff like this

Cartoon bodies on the first 2 and 43rd scale to boot. The Chevy I could do without, but how I wish the 55 Cadillac was an accurate 1/24 or 25 scale.

Weak detailing on the 58 Caddy, but it's all there is.

I guess these companies didn't get the memo about "not enough interest"

[Kmb0319]

I’ll throw my 7 requests in... trying to consider Revell’s business model.  So, my list is made up of either kits that could utilize a lot of existing tooling or a new tooling that would then offer all kinds of possibilities for future releases to get the most out of them.

1.  1969 Mustang Coupe -  I like the 67-68, but I feel like the 69 is completely forgotten as anything but a fastback. They have almost all the tooling there... new body, rear glass and interior bucket is all that’s needed.  Not as well known this way, but she’s pretty:

2.  1971 Pontiac Grand Prix - they already have most of the platform and engine with the excellent 72 Cutlass kit or the 68 Firebird 400.  This is my favorite of the early GPs with its rear single headlight and bumper/taillight shape.  This also provides the platform to go forward and put out some later MC/GP/Cutlass kits, as I believe the chassis stayed the same until the downsizing in 1978.  They even have the later MC body from their snap kit tooled up and ready.

3.  1971 Chevelle - The excellent new 68 Chevelle gives them the chassis.  I think the 69 is coming, but it’s nearly identical to the 68.. the 71-72 would capture the last of the era and be more differentiated as a kit without having to tool up a lot of new pieces.  The 427 and 454 had a different crank but were nearly identical outside, other than no chrome valve covers by 71.  Heck, they could use the 350 from the 69 Nova and I’d be happy, too.  It’s still a Chevelle, one of the all-time great muscle cars, but the end of a great generation that hasn’t been kitted in a long time.  A good kit of this would sell very well.

4.  1970 GTO - Another product of the 68 Chevelle chassis, with some suspension components and the 455 from the 72 Cutlass with minor changes.  They are unlikely to remake the 69 GTO in 1/25 scale, so this adds the first decent kit of a very popular generation of Goat with a lot of the parts already on hand.

5. 1972 Ford Torino GT - My favorite of the Torinos, the curvy body was unique.  You already have the 70 Torino, which is an excellent kit, and the 75 to draw from.  I know Johan had their 72, but that’s been off the market a LONG time, and was a popular kit when it was available.

6.  I’ll join the chorus calling for a nice kit of the 71-73 Mustang.  The AMT/MPC one gets re-released occasionally, but it’s a terrible kit, right up there with the 72 GTO.  I know it would be a new tool, but a 71 Boss 351 would be amazing.  It’s just a huge gap in the modeling industry that there has never been a good kit of this generation of Mustang.  They could certainly utilize the chassis to make a same generation Cougar, probably a Grabber Maverick... (btw, it’s not one of my 7, but couldn’t the 75 Torino chassis be used to make a mid 70s T-Bird?)  Also, please make the kit with these wheels:

7.  My last one is different.  If Revell isn’t going to redo a 1/24 kit into a 1/25, there’s no point in asking for a better Challenger or 71 Road Runner.  They’ve got the Foose Coronet out there, so no point in asking them to redo that or put something out where there already is an offering from another company. A 72 Cutlass coupe or 442 fastback is easy, but might not be high demand.  So, I’ll make a big departure here.  There are a lot of builders out there who really enjoy the full-size cars, and it seems even a few young car enthusiasts I’ve talked with have a fascination for how enormous these 70s cars were.  (I was just at a classic car lot with 3 teenagers... they loved the Mustangs and Cudas, but couldn’t stop talking about the sheer size of the 75 Eldorado and the 69 Impala)  My last request is for an early 70s boattail Riviera. There’s a whole thread on this site longing for that car to be made into a kit, so I know it would sell, and it opens a market where nobody is playing right now.  Additional kits that come to mind immediately are an Eldorado, an Olds Delta 88 and a Pontiac Grand Ville convertible, but I’m sure there are others.  But in the meantime, they’ll get some mileage out of one of the most unique designs in automotive history:

Finally, I’ll ask Revell for a part, not a kit.  PLEASE.... give us some good muscle car tires!!!!  You make the best kits by a significant margin, but the tires offered are sorely lacking.  Round 2 gave us the Goodyear Polyglas big/little setup, and they’re good, but we need something more from you.

I know that you’ve started to pad-print... first redlines, now Firestone Wide Oval on the new Boss and 70 Firebird kits, but we still have nice printing on crappy tires.  Just cast a nice set of 235/60s, and maybe some 255/60s for those who want to stagger the rear.  Every one of my suggestions above could use them, as well as the AAR Cuda, all of the 67 and 69 Camaro kits, the 68 Chevelle and Charger, and in and on.... 

It’s really frustrating to get a great Revell kit and immediately have to spend more money to get tires.

 

 

Edited August 12, 2019 by Kmb0319
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[Trendsetta68]

PLEASE before it's to late ..... can we have a Buick "boat tail" Riviera !!!!! 

[MrObsessive]

6 hours ago, Trendsetta68 said:

PLEASE before it's to late ..... can we have a Buick "boat tail" Riviera !!!!! 

I agree! That one would be especially hot among the lowrider set! You can imagine the possibilities for detail!

[Bucky]

I would absolutely LOVE to have a Boat Tail Riviera kit! The brown one pictured above is GORGEOUS!!!

[slusher]

9 hours ago, Trendsetta68 said:

PLEASE before it's to late ..... can we have a Buick "boat tail" Riviera !!!!! 

 

2 hours ago, MrObsessive said:

I agree! That one would be especially hot among the lowrider set! You can imagine the possibilities for detail!

 

2 hours ago, Bucky said:

I would absolutely LOVE to have a Boat Tail Riviera kit! The brown one pictured above is GORGEOUS!!!

X4 always admired tha car! The one that was in.Armored was sharp..