Mark

Atlantis will probably prioritize tooling new tires based on how many kits can utilize those tires. If they have two or three motocross bikes in the same scale, that use the same tires, that would probably take priority over a tire that can only be used in one kit. As for photos of wrong scale kits, Revell did that a number of times. Several of their 1/25 scale drag car kits used photos of assembled 1/16 scale kits with the wiring and fuel lines left off. The funny cars' Cragar Super Trick wheels (fronts in particular) are the giveaway.

Adding replacement PE detail does involve removing or smoothing off the original molded-in details.

MCG puts as many items in their sets as will fit on the sheet. Seldom will everything be used. Other sets include scripts for lower-line models; for example, a set for an Impala might include scripts for a Biscayne or Bel Air. A few years back, I suggested smaller sets for some kits, with exterior script, emblems, and door locks only, so that the kit details could be smoothed off to ease painting the body.

If I remember right, the bird emblem decals are in the last couple of issues of the Revell Thunderbolt kit.

I don't think there was an "official" Ford Super Stock package with the combination of parts on this car. I'd put it in Modified Production the way it sits.

The lettering on the front fender, under the (possibly painted on) "bird" emblem, reads "Glasswork by Fibrecraft", which would indicate some fiberglass on the car. Hood: highly likely, possibly fenders, maybe doors. Any of those take the car out of Stock class. Maybe the car started out in Stock and evolved into a Super Stock or Modified Production car over time.

A D/Stock Ford wouldn't have that hood teardrop.

Looks like a toy piece, but one about the right size, and interesting enough, to work into a custom van project...

Those newer '55-'57 Chevy kits share a bunch of parts, so one version will often have extra parts from another. I thought all of the '57 V8 cars had the ram's horn exhaust manifolds, but it's possible that those with the 265 engine may have had the earlier ones. All of those were two-barrel carb/single exhaust, and I believe all had three-speed manual transmissions.

Of those Tri-Five Chevy kits, the '56 needs the most work as the last issue was unbuildable. The windshield and rear glass fell through the openings. I'd bet it won't be available as long as the newer Revell kit is available. The '57 Nomad probably just needs a bit of care in molding, as many of the bodies in recent issue kits have a sunken cowl on one side. Just going slower in production would probably fix that, as the early kits don't have that problem. The '55 and '57 hardtops are still buildable, though the hinges are on the sloppy side (but that has always been true).

No 348/409 parts pack back then, and I seriously doubt there will be one now. The original packs included two small-block Chevies, Pontiac, Buick, Cadillac, Ford 427 wedge, Chrysler 392, and a fictional turbine. One Chevy ended up in the '57 hardtop kit, and the Chrysler is in the Studebaker funny car now. The other Chevy, along with the Pontiac, Cad, and 427 Ford were reissued awhile back. That leaves the Buick and turbine, hopefully those will resurface.

Top one looks like a '59 Buick rear bumper. The lower one looks like a '65 or '66 Impala lower front pan. If it is indeed that, it wouldn't be chrome on the 1:1 car.

Those are the big boys, as included in the Jenkins Vega kit. The smaller ones (as in the '69 Chevelle kit) are available in a different pack, with four each slicks and front tires.

Any Yenko-badged car newer than 1982 or so shouldn't be a Chevrolet, it should be a Honda. Don Yenko sold off the Chevy dealership before his passing, but hung onto the Honda store.

Reminds me of that Three Stooges routine..."when I say 'go', we all point to the right!"

New ad campaign: "Red Bull, helps you do stupid things faster and with more energy..."

Round 2 has disclosed that they did not receive any tooling for tractors, wagons, or implements. Tomy kept those, presumably to keep them out of the hands of anyone who would issue them and potentially compete with the items Tomy offers.

For a correct stock version, a six would be included as with the original kit. Chevrolet didn't offer a factory installed V8 until '64, though the parts for the installation could be bought at the dealer's parts counter from day one. That said, AMT's '63 Nova hardtop and convertible annual kits did include a V8 engine, and not a six.

That seat is probably from one of the 1/20 scale MPC Ford Club Wagon kits ('70 or '71 passenger versions).

Can you return it, or contact Alumilite for a replacement? Chances are, you got old stock. I've always thought that the casting materials packaged as "hobby" items are industrial materials that have outlived their shelf life for industry. I'd contact Alumilite, send them a picture of what you have, and see if you can't get a replacement for that item only. If you want to try reclaiming the material you have, try screening out the particles and do a test mix.

Next time you think "I'll get it next time", think about the Revell '29 roadster and '30 coupe kits first time around...

At this point, I'd give up on using Molotow on trim like that. I've only seen two Molotow-on-all-exterior-trim jobs in person. One guy in the local IPMS chapter masked off an entire car body and airbrushed all of the trim with it. It looked great, but to my knowledge he hasn't done it again. The other was on an unpainted but polished promo body molded in color. Why not BMF the Ranchero? Even if the foil job comes out only half as nice as the paint, it'll still look great...

I doubt the automotive modelling world is holding its breath waiting for that engine in a parts pack. Let's see the ones that haven't been reissued (Buick, turbine, maybe the Chrysler) turn up in the separate drag car kits, that will do it for me.

I doubt there will be a 409 parts pack. It's probably there just to show the optional parts in the kit. That engine is still pretty well detailed even versus newer kits, but that transmission could stand to get swapped out. That's what I'm doing with a '55 that has been in the works for a while now.

The Chevy "W" engine is in the old Revell '55 Chevy hardtop kit. A simplified copy of same is in the Revell '53/'54 Chevy kits.