I'm not a big fan of '57 Chevys, except for the Nomad for some reason. I'd still like to see someone do a modern tooling of the '57. As popular as that car is, I can't understand why it hasn't been done yet.
I'm still blown away by Steve Gunthmiller's work. Got to see the above Invicta last spring at the NNL North. A buddy and I were just about knocked over when we saw the car. Especially looking at the detail of that Buick badge on the trunk. If anybody knows anything about puts badges and scripts of models, it's Steve.
Reading the flier above it sounds like they are old kits found, and will only be at the two events mentioned. Darn. I'd love to see those old JoHan kits come back. I need, well okay want, the '69 AMX. $27 sounds like a fair price.
Do we have a list of these kits? The only one I own has the Hurst Olds, the '69 Barracuda, and '69 Torino in it. At one time I had one with the '37 Chevy Coupe, '40 Ford Sedan Delivery, and I believe a '34 (?) Ford Coupe.
Darn Art, I was hoping you were going to sound in here with more info on the history of this kit. Especially the Diamond in the Rough version. Scott Aho
Very cool! Another good thread on Scout model kits. Again, I'd like to know about these kits and their different variations. I'm assuming from the grille and Rallye stripes, the last reissue of the Scout kit is a '78?
I love Scouts. Anybody know the full history of Ertl, later AMT Scout kits? What year does last version of the kit represent? I think it's a 1978, but I'm not sure.
Any chance we can see photos of the Diamond in the Rough version? I'd love to see the difference between that and other '39/'40 Ford Sedan kits. It's interesting that this version was only offere once. I wonder where the tooling is for that kit?
I never had the Diamond in the Rough '40 Ford. Did they do anything special to make it look beat up (dented fenders, broken glass, etc)? If they did make special parts for that kit in that release, it would be interesting to see it reissued that way.
Fun to see the Fast Buck and compare it to the Jinx Express I'm in process of finishing up. By the way, the combination for the safe door is, R-1, L-36, R-19. It's also stamped in the bulkhead above the driver seat.
Did real Road Runners in '68 come with bigger tires than those in that time period? 60-15s seem awfully big for any car coming from the factory back then. Most cars ran on 78s then. 70s were considered pretty wide tires at the time.