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  1. 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. 

     

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  2. 1 hour ago, Dennis Lacy said:

    Looks great from here!

    These Custom Car Parts sets were more like suggestions, not so much specifically engineered to go together. ?

    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. 

  3. 18 minutes ago, RSchnell said:

    The 1/32 '32 Ford has been reissued. I picked one up at HL a year or so ago. Wish I had grabbed two! 

    My memory of the Diamond in the Rough '40 Ford is the same as Mark's. I wish they'd reissue the kit, I haven't built one since the one I got as a Christmas present in the 80s!

    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. 

  4. 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? 

     

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  5. On 7/25/2022 at 2:08 PM, grodudulle77 said:

    Awesome look !! ??

     

    On 7/29/2022 at 1:14 PM, Street Rod said:

    Very cool!

     

    On 7/30/2022 at 2:43 AM, slusher said:

    Looks Terrific, really great work!

     

    21 hours ago, TonyK said:

    Your model looks great! Enjoyed reading your building experience as I'm just about done with mine and could relate to your comments. I didn't have any problems with paint on the chassis and I'm going with the unpainted body also.

    I like building this type of model every so often since they are usually fairly easy and you can paint some things whatever color you like without having to reference a real car.

     

    17 hours ago, 64Comet404 said:

    Looks good to me, and totally agree on the updated graphics by Kelly Daniel. Imagine what Tom Daniel could have done if the decal-printing technology of today had been available back in the late 1960s and early 1970s?

    Thank you for your kind words gentlemen. 

  6. On 7/31/2022 at 6:25 AM, dbostream said:

    As far as I am aware they are reissuing a Fujimi based kit this year not a brand new tool.

    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. 

  7. 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? 

  8. 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). 

     

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  9. 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. 

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  10. 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. 

     

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  11. 1 hour ago, 64Comet404 said:

    I agree about the first two boxings being the kits which inspired me to build the '57 Nomad. The Hot Rod and Skip's Fiesta boxings were uninspiring for me, both in artwork and in the kit contents.

    As for the Round2 Retro boxes, I like the idea of differentiating between new reissues and ones which came before. Most of the newer releases come with some mold clean-up, as well as better decals, tires, and chrome finish than their older reissues. 

    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. 

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    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.) 

  13. I’d love to know the full story (pun intended) on this one. Maybe see a video of it action. Here the owner’s/builder’s thoughts on this. 

    This brings up another question. Since we’re all pretty much in agreement on the lack of practicality of this thing. Is it maybe nothing more than photoshoped? 

  14. 1 hour ago, Motor City said:

    just speculation on my part; Atlantis recently announced that the '57 Nomad release would be delayed 

    Yea, I’m sure its taking a bit to fix that one up. As the years went by, the molds for that one got a little ruff. Plus, the kit was not the best in the first place. It would be nice if somebody did a totally new ‘57 Nomad. As there are problems with both the 1/25 scale Revell and 1/24 scale Monogram ‘57 Nomads. But, at the same time, I will buy the old Revell Nomad as soon as it becomes available. Mainly for  nostalgia reasons. That’s why I hope it comes in a variation of the original box art too. 

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