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Wow! 53 views in 22 hours, but no comments? Good, bad, or otherwise? Was I wrong to post this here? I am okay with that if that is case. If that is the case, and I buy and build another one, I will not post it here. I just thought others here might have found it interesting.

Gee, I really hadn’t thought about buying one. I just more curious than anything else. But, if the price is right, the parts are there for the “rough” sedan, I may consider it. I really don’t need the truck or trailer though.

I still probably don’t need another one.

I hear a lot of negative things about this old Revell, now Atlantis Jungle Jim Camaro. I understand its inaccuracies vs the real Camaros Jungle Jim drove. But, it was one of the first funny car models I built back in the day. Plus, I like it’s quirky looks. It’s not a bad kit to build. The decals seem a little big, crowding each other on the kit. Other than that I found no major problems. And that really wasn’t a problem. I’m very please with how well the silver trim worked out. I just used a Metallic Silver Sharpie for that. The main body was paint using Tamiya’s TS-54 Light Metallic Blue. Again, despite it’s inaccuracies, I’m please that Atlantis gave me another chance to build this kit. Despite not doing a great job on first one. I did as good as I could at the time. And I still have fond memories of that first one. Naturally by building skills have improved since I build that first one 50 (!!) years ago. And I’m very pleased with how this one turn out. I can’t wait to show it to my friend who remembers me building the first one. He has a semi-fun story he likes to tell about that one.

Look very good.

Thank you. And interesting comment and look on this old kit. Looking at it that way, then many of Revell’s old car were not designed or “engineered” to specifically go together.

Six of the eight 1/32 scale “All Star” kits have been reissued. The only two that have not are the ‘40 Ford sedan and the “Indy “500” Winner.” I’ve purchased and built the other six as they were reissued. I liked these kits a lot. I suspect others were not that enamored with them. Some of the six reissues are still very easy to find. Making me doubt we’ll see the other two again. Or any of AMT’s great 1/43 scale that first appeared in the late 60’s. Or the great Lindberg Mini-Lindys, where I suspect the “new” AMT 1/64 scale garage comes from.

Any pictures of “Diamond In The Rough” ‘40 Ford before assembly, so we can see the damaged parts?

A question I’ve always had about the Diamond In The Rough version of this ‘40 Ford. Did that version come with damaged fenders and broken windows? Or is that something you had to do? Modify the parts to represent the damage? Looking at instructions online, I’m confused on this point. I’ve never seen the actual “Diamond In The Rough” version of the kit. I have the “undamaged” version of AMT’s ‘40 Ford sedan. I’ve always wondered if the Diamond In The Rough was worth pursuing for a damaged, beat up version? On a side note. I’m wondering when Round 2 will ever get around to reissuing there old “All Star” 1/32 scale Ford?

Thank you for your kind words gentlemen.

After just learning about this kit this morning, could this be it? It fits the bill. And too me anyway very cool. I’d love to Round 2 bring this one back.

After doing some research on the web, I want one. I’m hoping that maybe Round 2 still has the dies and might consider reissuing it.

Interesting. I have a Fujimi 917. The question is do I want another one in a Revell box? As nice as Fujimi’s 917 is, I doubt I’ll buy another in Revell box.

Very kool! I’ve never seen this kit before. Which is interesting since the V-Rod was put out at a time where I was following and lusting for just about every model car that was out there. Now, I’m going to have to dig out some of my old Auto World catalogs from ‘71-‘72 to if the kit appears in there? I also wonder if Round 2 still has the dies, and they might consider reissuing sometime in the near future?

Very good job on an old classic kit.

That looks like a Corvair power plant, rather than VW.

Somebody in another thread mentioned something about Revell issuing a new Porsche 917 kit? I see no mention of it here. Anybody know anything about this?

Revell is coming out with a new 917? I missed that somewhere a long the line. I’m very interested in that. Next to the GT40, its still one of my favorite race cars.

With all the speculation here, I bet you’ll be right that it’s going to be disappointing in the end.

I don’t know if this counts as an actual “model kit” or not. This is a COBI block model kit of a 1/32 scale Fokker DR. 1, the Red Baron’s famous tri-plane. For those who don’t know, COBI is a Polish company that makes Lego like building block models. In fact their blocks will interchange with Lego’s. Advantage of COBI over Lego is price and more custom pieces. This is my second COBI model (the first is the Citroen 2CV seen in one of photos below), and so far I’m impressed. I’m thinking I may buy more in the future. The building was fun. No glue or paint needed. No decals or sticks. All marking and logos are pad printed. It took about two hours to build (under one hour for the Citroen).

Okay, I had a lot of fun building my COBI Citroen. If it wasn’t for missing tire, I would have had the kit done in less than hour. The missing tire was not big problem. I called Brickmania, and they said they could replace it right away. So, down I went to Brickmania for my missing tire. Well, since I was there, and I had so much fun building the Citroen, I decided I had to pick up COBI’s Fokker DR.1 “Red Baron” kit. I got a thing about anything dealing with the Red Baron. I hope the “Red Baron” kit builds as well, and is as much fun as the Citroen was. If it is, I saw there that COBI makes a model of a Schwimmwagen. That maybe my next purchase.

Yea, the “Dungeon,” Scale Model Supply is still as great as ever.

They’re trying to lure me over to the “dark side.” Once a month, a couple friends and I go do to Scale Model Supply in St. Paul, MN. After words we go to lunch. One of the starts telling us about this cool store he found over in Minneapolis, called Brickmania. They mainly sell Lego building kits. Sophisticated and very expensive Lego building kits. They also have quite a display of built up kits. The stuff is cool. But, between the expense, and the still brick shapes of the completed models, its not for me. But, look around, they also carry a brand called COBI. I first spotted their car kits. They looked pretty good with more rounded shapes and a much lower price. So I had to buy the Citroen you see below.

The first two ‘57 Nomad boxes have the same content as later two. So if you were uninspired by what you found in the Hot Rod and Skip’s Fiesta versions, you’ll be uninspired by what you find in the other two too.

Fairly minor damage. And very cool. This by the way, this was my first “regular” model car kit that my Dad and I build together back in 1965. With my Mom’s help, I had built Aurora’s Frankenstein’s Flivver and Dracula’s Dragster before that (plus a German Me 262). Used a little Testor’s bush on paint with the two Aurora kits. But, nothing with the MPC Corvette (or the Me 262). Still, it was cool at the time to this then seven year old kid. And, other than the lack of paint, my Dad and I did a pretty good job. And looked cool sitting on the shelf next to my molded in red Cox gas power Corvette. (My Dad assembled the Cox Corvette without me. And I’m not sure why? Since it was purchased about that same time. Also, we never got around to taking it out, and running it. It was something we were always “going to do.” The Cox Corvette just sat on the shelf, next to my other model kits until I joined the Navy. Where it, and my other models from there? I can only guess.)