Mark

But the snapper hasn't got T-top inserts, and those side pipes are molded as part of the chassis, to hide where the body snaps in place. I'm wondering if this one isn't an ex-Airfix kit. Those kits use the same body for both Camaro and Firebird versions, with the body being more correct for the latter. If anyone has to bother with those, the one to have from that bunch would be the Type K Sportwagon.

That doesn't look like the Monogram glue kit. I know the stock wheels were changed at some point, but don't recall that style being in that kit. The wheel openings look funky too, as if this body could be shared between this and a Firebird kit...

I had a Miss Deal Studebaker kit in AHM packaging. I remember when those AHM kits first appeared in the early Seventies, the retail prices were higher than AMT, MPC, or Revell.

Moebius' Plymouth kits have the 8-3/4" axle. You might be thinking of the Lindberg '64 Mopars, those have the Dana 60 axle as the 1:1 car used in development of their Dodge kit had one (as well as widened rear wheel tubs).

The picture is of a '70, so the '71 kit will have a different grille and front bumper.

Someone has stated that the second version of the Mustang will not be another body style, but rather another fastback with a 429 engine.

All right! I've got a Polar Lights Coronet AWB in the works, a new build of a CAR MODEL magazine cover car that I got about three years ago. The PL body needed to be "de-sectioned" (area below the beltline raised by adding material), its wheel openings are too high also. It will be interesting to see Moebius' take on the Dodge also. You just can't have enough altered wheelbase cars!

Boy, that's helpful. They usually give a brand name and color, at least they have for the sheets I bought. Hopefully someone here has already built that car, they'd be able to steer you in the right direction.

Most guys buy several colors in one order, which would trim the shipping costs a bit. Ordering one of anything from anywhere will create killer shipping costs.

At least you don't have to deal with the fade on the scoop. I'd first check against any blue you already have, then use the photo of the sheet to check any paints you see. Keeping in mind of course, that the color of the rattle can top is seldom an exact match to what is inside. Slixx decal sheets usually include color suggestions...what does that one say?

Only issued once, not many seem to have survived. Larger than 1/25 scale, some boxes (not mine) list the scale as 1/17 or 1/18.

AMT '57 Chevy has two, for the rear. Avoid the Round 2 molded in blue version, as that one has all of the optional parts deleted. Pre-1969 issues won't have them either. There is a Round 2 AMT wheel pack (no tires included) that includes a set also.

The Ming Green promo seems to be by far the "more common" color. I have one also, in great shape. Somehow the metal clip for the hood got lost, but the hood did not. I took out the chassis, stuck in another clip, and put the chassis back. I think I have another Ming Green one in lesser condition, minus the hood. I haven't looked at the promo in a while (though it is in a display cabinet); I recall the engine as not having exhaust manifolds attached, but having a plated air cleaner which is unplated in the kit. One detail not on the kit body is the V8 emblem, which should be on each front fender. I'm glad it isn't there...building one as a replica of my 1:1 (six cylinder) '62 many years ago, I wouldn't have wanted to remove them and then try to use touch-up lacquer to paint the body as I did. I did remove the engraved references to the V8 from the chassis and underside of the hood, those areas were a pain to smooth off afterward. The plastic used in these kits was on the cheap side, and soak up lacquer primer like a sponge. The promo body might be better in that respect, it is probably Cycolac and not styrene. After buying my 1:1 in 1984 (still have it), I went on a bender buying unbuilt '62 kits. I ended up with five (plus some built ones), three of the unbuilt kits were $20 apiece, one was $25, another $15. Average exactly $20. I built one, sold one at NNL East a few years back for $100 leaving the three remaining ones paid for. I'd buy another promo, but it would have to be the "other" color, be in mint condition, and have the box which the green one didn't have when I got it.

The "new" version of the 442 may have been planned all along, previous ownership just didn't follow through with it. A guy I knew in the early Eighties (now deceased) told me he was contacted by Monogram (not yet part of Revell); they were looking for 1:1 cars to measure and photograph for potential kit releases. This was around 1983-84, back when Monogram was still working in 1/24 scale. One was the '70 Olds 442. The others were a Ford Thunderbolt and a '46-'48 Ford station wagon. The 'Bolt did appear a few years later, the Ford wagon some time after that. The plan for the 442 (at that time) involved three versions: a W-30 442, a Rallye 350, and a convertible Indy pace car. I'd suspect that, now as then, that anyone doing a 350 engine variation on an Oldsmobile would simply cheat and use the bigger engine as opposed to tooling another engine, when the visual difference isn't apparent to anyone but an all-out Olds fanatic.

For anyone who cares, here are the '55 Nomad pickup version roofs. Left: reissue piece. Right: first issue piece. From the looks of it, the original part's tooling was altered to produce the newer piece. Why, nobody knows...

Oops, forgot the '62, and I've got one of those!

I'd bet Round 2 will eventually get around to the Ivo streamliner, and improve on the small/incomplete decal sheet that was in the original...

Nope, that's correct. Chevrolet initially dropped the Nova hardtop and convertible, but reinstated the hardtop and SS. With the convertible gone after one year, that means there was never a Nova convertible with a factory installed V8.

The Nomad is (in most issues) a 3 in 1 kit, don't forget the custom pickup version.

The 1:1 Streamliner was actually the previous car with some updates. Ivo mentions in his book that AMT wanted to get another hit off of the dragster tooling, and offered him enough to convince him to paint the "new" car blue instead of his preferred red, so they could mold the kit in blue. Up until this picture appeared, I was puzzled by that info as my Streamliner kit is molded in white.

The original pickup roof is the entire roof except the A pillars and vent frames. You were supposed to cut off the whole Nomad roof leaving those areas in place. The original piece didn't match up well with the windshield. I've got one of the original pieces, but it's warped. I don't know why they (re)designed it the way they did...I'd have just cut the roof off at the tail end of the B-pillars, and fashioned a surround for a new rear glass that would have plugged into the space. I've seen a couple of Nomad/Safari wagons turned pickups; I recall one had an early Comet sedan rear window, the other may have had a Thunderbird glass back there.

Some of those wheels in the Boyd Coddington kits are really out there...the '57 Chevy wheels place the brake rotors BETWEEN the wheel halves...

4 is from the AMT Meyers Manx. 1 might be '62 Ford; I remember some of the Ford kits having the interior mounting posts closer together than usual.

Those wheels took up space on the parts trees that would be needed for the more normal wheels that were in all of the other issues. When those Boyd kits were issued, they included only those wheels...several knowledgeable people stated that the deal for those kits specified that no optional/other wheels or tires were to be included. Some of those kits also included non-stock suspension parts. I picked up the '57 Chevy out of curiosity...the rear axle was changed to some sort of goofy articulated setup that never appeared in the real world.

I'd bet on the first issue box art, even though the custom pickup roof piece in that one is different from the one in all of the other issues.