Casey

AMT-1173 1/25 1977 Ford Van w/Coca-Cola Machine

Some images of the last two(?) reissues, for reference:

Checks out.

Scale Motorsports has a few different decal sheets, one of which might work to replicate the texture of the inserts. keep in mind that in 1/25 scale, the scale height of the texture is going to be minuscule, so don't go with anything which will look out of scale. https://www.scalemotorsport.com/decals/upholstery-pattern-decals.html Here's Scale Motorsport's Cane upholstery decal:

Not sure if this was touched upon in this topic or not, but I re-read the five pages and didn't see it mentioned, so here goes. Is they Chevy Blazer/GMC Jimmy gone for good, never to return? I am assuming when the mold was modified from the Blazer/Jimmy into the Pulldozer (Blazer/Jimmy body sans rear roof section being the most obvious change), there was no going back and the stock Blazer/Jimmy version. I know it was mentioned the Blazer mold suffered some damage and the re-engraved door handles were now smaller on the later versions, but perhaps there was more or additional damage that was deemed too great to repair? Maybe it was decided to scrap the rear roof section and significantly re-tool into a pulling style truck as a permanent change at that time.

And another in the line of Monogram's 1/24 Chevy K-series pickups has been reissued as kit #4486:

No factory 4x4 Dodge, Plymouth, nor Fargo vans were ever offered. The front overhang is too short for leaf springs (think Jeep Commando short), so the aftermarket companies used coil springs and trailing arms to locate the solid front drive axle. I have also seen some homemade 4x4 van conversions using leaf springs up front, but most have frame extensions for the reason I mentioned above.

Sounds entirely accurate to me. Since Funny Car was a new class for NHRA in '69, I;m sure AMT wanted a piece of the action, so three bodies which could be used with the same basic chassis made for a good internal sales pitch, I bet. I doubt accuracy was a huge concern for AMT in '71, and while they clearly were influenced by Lou Azar's "Funny Gremlin", the kit's wheelbase was ridiculously short, likely for the reasons Mark mentioned, when compared to the real car: The Logghe style chassis had fallen out of favor by '71, too, and solidly mounted rearends were soon to follow. At any rate, we can enjoy they for what they were, and while not accurate, they can still be fun:

It's too bad *edit* people don't want to discuss scale models.

Sorry, no.

http://www.rightonreplicas.com/blog/?p=6133

I would think so, but have yet to see anything concrete.

Bertone sure loved that funky rear wheel arch. Looks better on the Bravo than the Ferrari Rainbow IMHO: https://designyoutrust.com/2019/06/amazing-photos-of-1974-lamborghini-bravo-concept-the-dream-car-that-never-made-it-into-production/

The '70 Firebird and '76 Chevy 4x4 are available now:

I'm going to guess Revell does not have the licensing to produce the "Trans-Am" wordmark, hence why it was specifically labelled as a "Pontiac Firebird". Here's the decal sheet from the previous(?) Motor City Muscle reissue in 2006(?)?:

Yes, a near-straight reissue, with (likely) improved decals and the same pad-printed Firestones new Revell included in the '69 Boss 302 Mustang kit.

There's a general camper topic in the Truck Kit Reviews & News section, and I am pretty sure I requested (reported) this topic to be moved to the Resin/Aftermarket section, too, but, not my call. Either would work. Here's your topic, Mike:

Decal sheet, please.

It's back:

The fact that I posted a reply should tell you I have an interest in discussing a defunct aftermarket company which produced a unique camper kit.

Another SJS Details offering, and a camper to boot.