stavanzer

Very Nice.

I was just looking at the AMT/ERTL International Scout II Hardtop kit. Since they just ran the SSII roadster kit, give us the hardtop, include both optional parts trees, (Stock & Custom) and the generic Red AMT Red Clear parts tree with Domes on it, and throw in some Beach patrol and other LEO decals. A 2'n'1 kit, with no new parts needed. Just new decals. I'd be down with some. Warts and all, it's a great kit.

Wow! what a butt-load of work. It looks so smooth and professional though. Great job.

I'm watching this too. Great Work so far.

However, at this point, I have about exhausted my high school French vocabulary. It has been over 35 years, and I have lost most of it.

I was thinking of a Themed Gift Pac, maybe for the Holidays........ But, you are probably correct. Stand alone kits might sell better.

Oui, Oui.

I too would like to see the Haul-a-way trailer back. Either pair it with the Ford Tractor, or sell it as a set with the three cars (all of which have been out recently). I'd prefer a different tractor, but I'm not sure if AMT or MPC did anything that would be period correct. The Lindberg Dodge might work, but that is a fiddly build. Are there any other kits that might work as motive power?

Beauty! It makes a great Street Rod, as well.

Mine, your build reminds me of the articles in SAE written by Bill Borgen. Great Stories, even better Builds! This is a home run build. I'm a terminal Manager for an LTL company, and even our trucks run mis-matched tires. Always in Four's but we have front and rear drives different all the time. Looks real.

Tres Bein, monsieur!

Man, I'd like to see some of those Ford Galaxies. I'ma hafta go looking for some.

Well, It's my Name. Alan Alexis. When I signed up for this forum, my usual handle "Stavanzer" was not accepted. I don't have a clue why. If I could, I'd still like Stavanzer. The Stavanzer was a large land dwelling, whale, written about by the Sci-Fi author Alan Dean Foster, in three novels he wrote back in the 1970's Icerigger Trilogy Icerigger (1974) ISBN 0-345-23836-2 Mission to Moulokin (1979) ISBN 0-345-27676-0 The Deluge Drivers (1987) ISBN 0-345-33330-6 I always liked his books, and the Stavanzer was the neatest thing I'd read about in years. The Name was always one I choose when signing in on other forums.

Very Nice Rig! Great Colour too.

This kit was never great, IMHO, but it was(and still is) workable. As far as older issues goes, I'd say yes, if only because the flash on the chrome tree gets worse and worse with every new issue of the kit. Revell's QC on this kit seems to have failed in the 1980s and it has never recovered. I like the kit, it it is poor in many ways. A local VW guru also informed me that the Body in the Champion Spark Bug/Baja Chopper/Killer Bee is a One-Off, Unique body style used only on the Champion Racer in 1-1 scale. There was only the one car built and raced, so all of these kits represent a very rare machine.

Wow, great build. I have fond memories of building this kit in the Square-ish 1970's boxing. I remember my grandmother buying them for me at Sav-On's drugstore, with the then new "NOTOX" lemon glue. (it didn't stick for beans, but it was all I was allowed) She got me all of the ones that Sav-Ob carried. I recall building this Racer, the Travel-Aire Mystery Ship, the Curtiss RC Floatplane, the Laird Biplane, and the little Mike&Ike Racer. I never had the GeeBee, and didn't learn about Mister Mulligan until going on the Internet in the late 1990's. I brush painted the Gold, Silver, Orange paint out of the little Testor's Square Bottles. What great memories! Thanks for bringing them back.

AS for the Dodge P/U, I'd expect it sometime in the summer. And that is Okay. It will get here when it gets here.

Snake. Send me a PM with your addy. I have some Georgia Shaker Decals if you still want them.

I want that Revell (ex-Aurora) 250. Maybe the Italeri kit, if I can find one. I'd rather have the unloved oldies, rather than a new super kit.

I had known nothing of this kits rather checquered history. This thread has taught me much. I'll be keeping my eye open at the next swap meet for an older, original kit. Maybe even the first issue.

Rich, all those extra parts are a hallmark of Switchers kits. By design, there were lots of optional parts in the kit. Enjoy.

Killer Paint! Killer Stance! Great Build.

ROI? Negative Number in this case. It just does not(and probably never will) pencil out. The Buyers who want this kit are ageing out of the market, and the few younger buyers who might want this kit, are outnumbered by the younger buyers who want totally different subject matter. And All model companies (not just Round2) have to cater to the market that is growing, so they can grow also. Not to say that this is a Never Gonna Happen situation, just that those of us who pine for these kits, are not the market demographic that will make the ROI on re-tooling them work. All I can suggest is Win the Lotto. Then profitability will not be an issue.

To answer Adam's question about the Engine in this kit. It is not a 305 Chevy. It is a Poncho. The chassis, engine and running gear from the Squad Rod Nova, were originally a Pontiac Ventura. MPC worked up the Nova body later. Note that the Ventura is a 1977. https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/mpc-instructions/automotive-cars--pi/pontiac/1971-1980/mpc77pontiacventura7703/?view=roll#1 If you are not TOO worried about period correctness the Small Block from the Old Pro Nova, is molded in black and could look like a 305.

Great Review! I have one of these and two Fuzz Dusters. Just a huge pool of Malaise Era Goodness.