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Picked up a couple of goodies last night at our MCCM meeting. First I got the new "Art Series" '65 Grand Prix. Very nice. I talk a little bit about it in the kit review section here. Then another member had brought in a few older kits he was interested in selling. First, I got from him the 2004 reissue of the GMC Astro 95. I was a little disappointed in that one up. (It was still sealed.) Even though I wanted the Astro for its own sake, I was hoping the kit still came with the gas turibine engine like the original. It did not. Still it will be a nice companion to my Chevy Titan. The other old kit I got from him, is the old 1/16 MPC '63 Corvette. Been wanting one of these for several years now. This is the Ertl release molded in black plastic. So, I may need to find some of that pink Tamiya primer. For I plan on building it Red with a Red interior. The box is a little beat up. But the contents look complete. Everything is still in their sealed bags. The only thing that is missing, which other members thing would have just been thrown in the box lose, are the springs for the working front suspension. Is there anybody out there that might have a extra set? Got all three kits at reasonable prices. Especially the Vette. So I'm pretty happy camper.
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Back to Grand Prix itself. I got mine last night at the MCCM meeting. Got the "Original Art" version. Mainly for the white plastic. Very nice to open the box and see an old, untamped with, friend. I love the extras in this kit. Even if I never use them. A good old traditional AMT kit. I love it.
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VW X-wing
unclescott58 replied to GrumpyGrowly's topic in WIP: All The Rest: Motorcycles, Aviation, Military, Sci-Fi, Figures
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Very nice.
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I wish I could help you with the glass. But I only have the set that came in my Prestige version of the kit.
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All of you who would like to see me post pictures. One of you needs to come over here and show me how to do it, and how to up set up the links to make it work. Until that happens, you'll be seeing no pictures from me. So I'd like to stop hearing about it for now. I would post pictures if I could!
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59 Cadallic-Revell: Has anyone built this kit
unclescott58 replied to 69NovaYenko's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
I believe this was the first 1/25 scale, rather 1/24, kit that Monogram design after merging with Revell. And it was a considered a landmark kit at the time. It's a beautiful kit. Very accurate in design. And builds up very nicely. I built one shortly after it came out. It turned out very nice. But, within a few short years the chrome started disappearing from were my fingers had touched it! Revell/Monogram's chrome was not the best at that time. Still I liked the kit enough, that I bought another one. Which someday I need to get around to building. -
Your right overall John. The 225 odd-firing V6, which started off as a 198 cu. in. odd-firing V6, was a design spinoff from the 215 aluminum V8. Neither engine is considered a "nail head." As for the difference between the Olds and Buick aluminum V8s? The overall the engine is Buick. The only change to the Oldsmobile version are the heads and intake manifold. Why this was done back in 1961, is beyond me? But, Oldsmobile wanted and designed their own heads for the the engine. It was a different time, and each GM division ran things the way they saw fit. And they looked at other GM divisions almost as much of rivals, as vehicles from other manufactures. So god forbid, a Oldsmobile that would be powered by a totally Buick designed engine back then? It was not be. Well.... Not completely. The tooling for the Buick odd-firing V6 was sold to Kiaser-Jeep in the late 60's. Though the engine was installed in Jeeps before the sale of the tooling. After AMC bought Jeep in 1970, they then proceeded to design the Jeeps to accommodate their own straight-six. And put the tooling for the V6 in storage. The fall of 1973 fuel crisis hit, and Buick was looking for a way to make their cars more fuel efficient. They found out that AMC still had the tooling for the V6 and was willing to sell it back. A few years after Buick bought and brought back the 225 cu. in., 3.8 liter odd-firing V6, they modified the crank and turned it into the even-firing version. With modifications this engine would have a very long life powering Buicks and other cars. It was finialy discountinued in the mid 2000's as Buick's famous and bullet proof 3800. And most of you know what happened to the aluminum V8. Buick designed a cast iron variation of it starting in 1963 model year, at 300 cubic inches. This was later enlarged into Buick's 340 and 350 V8s. It is not the exactly a cast iron version of the aluminum V8. But, like the V6, it's overall design is very closely related. The aluminum V8 and it's tooling were sold to Rover in England. Which got what? Another 35 years or so, out of the tooling? A well designed engine by Buick. But, it cost more to build than cast iron V8s. Which is the only reason Buick and Oldsmobile got rid of it.
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Sound like good news, but...... Looking at Yuri Andyushenko's build of the Buyer's Choice kit in the "Underglass" section here, makes me question a few things. There were a few things that didn't look quite right on the model in his photographs. Which make me question if the original tooling was lost in converting the kit to the 2+2? Then later, Ertl realized the mistake they had made and tryed converting it back to the Bonneville? I hope I'm wrong on this theory. And that the Bonnevile dies/tooling is still intact. The few things that make me question if the tool has been messed with? On Yuri's Bonneville the front fender badge, just behind the front wheel well is missing. I'm also not seeing the Bonneville nameplate that should be in the driver's side upper segment of the grille. And I can not tell from his photos, but the rocker panels don't look quite right to me. They look too smooth. There should be horizontal ribs/fluting on the rockers. He also shows some very nice photos of the interior before he installed it into the rest of the kit. There is some talk here that Ertl changed the upholstery pattern in the dies when converting the Bonneville into the 2+2. Is the upholstery pattern in Yuri's build correct for the original Bonne kit? Or has it been changed? By the way, Yuri's Buyer's Choice Bonneville is a beautiful build. As nice of a AMT Bonneville as I've ever seen. So the problem isn't Yuri's build from what I can see. I'm waiting to hear his reply on things I questioned about his kit. The only thing I know for sure, from what I can see in his photos, are the missing fender badges.
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This is good news. There is some debate on what came in this box. Was it really the Bonneville? Or the 2+2? There was some question if the dies/tooling for the Bonneville were lost to the 2+2 when Ertl made the 2+2. The closer I look at your model, the more I wonder about it. On the original AMT Bonnevilles there was a badge of some sort on the front fender, above the the wide rocker panel, just behind the front wheel. It's shown on the box art above, but missing from your model. Also the rocker panels don't look quite right in your photos compared to the original kits. Your rocker panels look smooth. The original kit's rocker panel have horizontal ridges, fluting. Also, I believe the original kit had the word Bonnevile in the driver side upper segment of the grille. Which looks like it's missing on your build. This makes me wonder. Did Ertl ruin the tooling for the Bonneville in making the 2+2? Then realized their mistake, and tryed to convert the the tooling back to a Bonneville? The mystery deepens.
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Fun videos. The Isle of Man looks beautiful.
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Holden Ute ad, 2007
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A very beautiful build Yuri. I'm wondering if it was built from an original kit? Or if a reissue, which one?
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Interesting. I was going by the box saying it was the Bonneville in there the last time out. I did not buy the kit, so I really don't know what is in the there. If it was not a reissue of the Bonne itself, and the original tool was modified to give us the 2+2, I am not a happy camper. I'd rather have a correct Bonneville, than an incorrect 2+2. Thankfully, they did not mess with the Grand Prix. So we've gotten that one back. Losing AMT's old '65 Bonneville kit would be a sin. And one of the worst mistakes ever made by Ertl.
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I love Future floor wax. Just built the Polar Lights "SnapIt" Stone, Woods & Cook '40 Willys Gasser. Other than painting the grille, headlamps, and taillights, I left it in the colored plastic it was molded in. After assembly and applying the decals, I then took a cotton ball wetted down with Future and wiped the car down. It looks great! So easy and so shiny! I love the stuff. And Wayne, you were at the NNL North? Do you know, did we meet? If not, I hope we do in the future. And I'm not talking about the floor wax in that case.
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Two beautiful Mercs. I like them.
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Very nice job. I like it.
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I like this idea! A lot! But, then again, I'm kind of a weird person.
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I've been on a "car-toon" model kick lately. Mainly focusing on Revell's Deal's Wheels kits. Just today in the mail I received the ZZZZZ-28. It will look especially good a long side it's sister, the Tirebird Trans Um. I use to stay away from these types of kits for two reasons. First, they weren't "realistic" enough for me. Second, I hated the idea of hand painting the figures in these kits. Well, in the last couple of years, I found I have a bit of a talent at hand painting figures. In fact I now enjoy it. Plus, I've loosened up a little. I use to dislike caricature kits like the Deal's Wheels or MPC's Zingers. I only like cars that looked "right". Cars I could see myself driving on the street in real life. For the same reason I didn't like race and drag cars. For I could not see myself driving them on the street. I don't know what changed all of that? But, in the last couple of years I've began liking all of that stuff. And I'm having a heck of a lot of fun building a wide variety of stuff now.
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The type of plastic used on promos until about 1962 or so, was very prone to warping. It was nice and shiny compared to styrene. But that was about it. I have a very nice 1960 Ford Galaxie 4-door hardtop. Beautiful. But it looks like it's been t-boned on one side. Beyond that it's not badly warped at all. There is some debate on what causes this. A friend of mine has a impressive dealer display with eight or so Ford promos in it from 1956. The display was setup by the factory mainly to display some of the available colors. Mostly two-tones. All the cars in his display show no signs of warping. But, he keeps the display covered with a black vinyl cloth in front of it, to keep light away from the models. He believes that it's light, not anything else that brings on this warping problem. And looking at the condition of the cars in his display, it's tough to argue with him.
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I'm not so sure Ertl modified the Bonneville tool, as much as copied it for their 2+2. For the Bonneville has been offered at least one time again after the appearance of the 2+2.
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I know your pleased. But, shouldn't this be placed with finished models, rather than here? I always thought this thread was for things other than builds. It is a very nice model, by the way.