Ragtop Man

Ultra sharp! Great build of that kit, brings out its best.

If you don't have the R2 '65 or '68 GTOs, you are missing out, IMO. Both extremely well done, fixed a lot of details that AMT and MPC got wrong in the day. The '64 Chevelle was either a rare resin or you paid through the nose for a Craftsman. None of those annuals or the AFX were accessible or affordable in their original iterations, if you could even find them.

Assume you have seen the Revell '68 and '69? Plus the '70 Snap WOF from a few years ago? Chevelles are the last thing I'd say are being ignored.

Amen to both - the '77-8 is the icon TA, but had the 7" honeycombs, and not the deeper offset 8" included in the kit. (That said, in the day, anyone with an SE who could track a set of the WS6 wheels down would do it in a heartbeat.) With the turbo wheels in the '79, and a decal sheet, you have the 10th Anniversary, last of the red hot lovers, so to speak. The Turbo 350 is not correct for the Pontiac engine, but again, 3D. Have contemplated reproducing the '80-81 Turbo specific parts, but, that is not a cheap date. Requires a LOT of mold rubber and knocking a bunch of parts off the trees. Not sure the market is strong enough to make it a breakeven proposition.

This would probably be a great place for Steve G. to step in and give a little testimony to what has been cleaned up / updated on the SSlasher and Weekend Warrior. I'll also go out on a limb to suggest the 3D industry will be on the case for grilles and decals to do the many versions of these classic Chevys (if they are not on the water already.)

Late to this party, but yes, the '64-5 are completely different than the '66-69. No shared content in either.

First build I've seen of this, and you knocked it out of the park and on to the beach. The real wood "sticks" are fantastic! Where did the decals in the windows come from, I loved seeing those in car windows when I was a kid - usually on a family car trip.

Crispy clean, nice work on an under-rated kit. I think more of these got blown up to be donors for other A-Bodies than actually got built as Oldsmoboogies. Have had a mind to chase down a predec (I know, I know) to build one of these knowing my fat fingers were not in alignment with flimsy decals. FWIW, the guy who striped the early cars was a local Dearborn Heights painter, Paul Hatton. Lived a few miles down Cherry Hill Rd. from our house, had a garage door with an ENORMOUS old english "H" embellished in gold leaf. Always something cool in his driveway.

You did a great job with it, looks tight and clean. Great color choice too, friend of the family has one in a similar shade. Question, tho: Have you built the Revell new tool E-Type? How did it compare to the Gunze? I recall the H-Tech kit being out for a hot second, passed cos I had several others that I'd never touched, and now regretting...

Seriously: I washed an IDENTICAL 'Bu when I was a porter at a Chevy dealer back in the late '70s. That is as close as I've seen, superb job with the conversion and scratchbuilding! Made my day!

Really nice! Love the 308s.

Like taking an umbrella to a ballgame, or sunglasses to the beach. That said, I know Steve is a fan of the T-Bird and HCDJ, so anything is possible with support and funding.

Hey, can we get back to what is currently announced and in progress? Maybe wish lists could be its own thread.

Kevin Lutz, to the Big Bad Blue courtesy phone please!! Check this build out, it really sings.

I love the coupes, but would dig that even more as a Roadster. Your speculation is spot on - and I really like how it turned out. Scooping up Blue Banditos wherever I can find them...! One question tho - Are there other Monogram-sized wheel covers for the insert whitewall tires beyond the Olds Fiesta (last seen in the '58 T-Bird) and the excellent Dodge Lancers in the '59 2-in-1 Revell kit? (or was it the '60?) I'm briefly excepting the T-Bird spoke wheels in the pickup... but they might be interesting at some point.) I really enjoy the look on an early rod, very "roadsters in roto" look of quality home built rods, where real "mag" wheels were just out of sight even for a bucks up guy.

Strolled through That Outlet Place and happened upon a stack of the tankers, figured it would be a good slump breaker at some point. Shaking my head going through the kit - if it had only been 1/25 or even 1/24 it would have been a sensation at the time. Anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.... the markings in the Atlantis kit are uninspired. Thinking something like a Texaco, Gulf, Mobil, etc. would be much more rewarding to build. Esoteric, to be sure, but gotta change it up now and then.

Imma take a wild guess that when AMT was knocking out the Craftsman / Trophy Jr. series the toolmakers and job setters were working to get product out and might have just grabbed the Coupe/Convertible insert. Wondering how many production runs the Craftsman version of this had before the tool was scrapped (Which Steve G. confirmed in my discussion.)

Yessir - that hood does open and when I did peek inside, the compartment looks like a good amount of thought went into the design. So, we can cross fingers for a Stovebolt or good rendition of the W-Engine.

Got to look at the buildups at the show, cautiously impressed with the table 'presence' and engraving of both the wagon and Barracuda. The wagon "X" frame was particularly well done, had to look twice to see if it was a traditional platform type. Should respond well to weathering/painting/washes. Hoping the dimensions lend themselves to bashing with the outstanding Revell '60 Impala...

Thank you - I will check that out.

I'd look at MP Firefighter as the base to build SD, just enough of the stock bits from the AMT kit to pass. Excellent 429 in the Revell 007 '71 Mustang, and not far off, either. Ansen slots for F/R might be a tougher ticket, I'm not recalling many in scale even though they were ALL over the street in the day. I'm sure someone here will know a good source.

I wasn't aware that was a thing in the late '60s. But not juding, here.

Before or after release? That will be a help, regardless. Appreicate the heads up.

Is the roadster body in there, too?

That is amazing looking - to get an incredible build out of a relatively crude kit. Nice work, and I agree 100% on the paint color! Was this mostly box stock, or did you have a lot of scratchbuilding work to get to this point?