Chris V

In your case the best choice would be Revell’s 1957 Chevrolet “Black Widow” Sedan as it includes two sets of engine/transmission halves for either automatic or three speed manual transmission - both with provisions for oil filter.

Another way to reinforce the glue joints is to slightly rough up the back side with a sanding sponge, apply dabs of thin CA glue, place a suitably sized piece of paper tea filter over the area and dab it in place with a damp paper towel saturating it with glue in the process - just like a fiberglass reinforcememt.

@krassandbernie is currently working on creating a resin transkit to accurately convert Revell’s ‘31 Sedan to a Coupé.

Just got my latest order of parts including the new 1957-64 Olds/Pontiac 9.3” Rear ends, custom “mirrored” 1953-54 Studebaker front pans, and 4-71 supercharger package for Revell’s 1950 Oldsmobile. The surface detail is amazing so do yourself a favor and order the parts in the clear superfine detail resin. It’s definitely worth the higher price!

1) I agree - and actually think the colored plastic makes it kinda cool. 2) They appear to be the same BBS-style wheels that have been included in every reissue since the mid-nineties tooling update.

I’m not trying to be smart, but it’s virtually impossible to tell from a picture, as the color will display slightly differently on most digital screens depending on type and settings.

Many of Round2’s recent AMT reissues include tall early fifties’ Firestone Whitewall bias-ply tires with pad-printed Whitewall inserts like the type, you’re looking for. They have even been issued as a stand-alone parts pack some years ago. Sources include the latest reissues of the following AMT kits: 1932 Ford Victoria “Lil’ Viky” 1936 Ford Coupé 1941 Plymouth (Coca Cola) 1949 Ford Coupé 1949 Mercury 1950 Chevrolet 3100 Stepside 1950 Ford Convertible “Showboat” 1953 Studebaker Starliner (tin box) 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air “Pepper Shaker” 1957 Ford Fairlane

I have an awful hard time imagining that an El Camino version has not been a part of the plan all along… 😉

The closest thing you’ll find to a Lincoln Y-block is the engine in AMT’s “Customizing Boat Kit”. Given that the kit is from around 1960 the detail leaves quite a bit to be desired. However I’ve found that the bellhousing and transmission from the OHV V8 in AMT/Lindberg’s 1934 Ford Pickup lines up well with the molded in starter for installation in a vintage style build:

Ukrainian based Red Wheel Models (sold stateside by Iceman Collections) offers a fully detailed Curbside 1948 Cadillac Sedanette (less engine) and has a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr Coupé in the works. They’re close to $ 200 a piece, but beautifully detailed multi media kits.

If you’re looking for 1:24 wheels, look no further than Monogram’s 1978 Chevy ElCamino

Gravity-Colors and Zero Paints offer seceral engine colors (Zero toned theirs after the Testors bottles).

This kit is an ‘83: https://diolexproduction.com/products/1-25-3d-print-resin-cadillac-fleetwod-brougham-1983-transkit-for-revell?_pos=4&_sid=975e53a7d&_ss=r

You're welcome! A few days ago i stumbled across this German 3D Printer, who offers a number of full kits of this generation Cadillacs in 1:25 scale: https://diolexproduction.com/search?q=Cadillac&options[prefix]=last

No need for transkits: Revell made a “Nash Bridges” ‘71 Convertible kit based on the old Monogram 1:24 kit.

That's great news!!! Hopefully I can get him to print some sets of Campagnolo wheels and tires for my Gunze/Mr. Hobby Fiat Abarths.

No, they’re from AMT’s 1939/40 Sedan kit. The lower set is from AMT’s original issue 1936 Ford Coupé/Convertible.

I unenthuisatically opened this topic, expecting to see just another box stock “gasser” build of the old AMT kit… What I found exceeded my wildest imagination: I deeply admire the effort you’re putting into correcting the (many) flaws of the kit! Another thing you may want to correct is the lower leading edge of the front fenders: The kit fenders have an aestethic, but incorrect, bulging shape, whereas the real fender has more of a straight line with a slight downwards taper towards the middle.

That would likely be Robert Burns aka. "Too Many Projects" on Facebook. It seems he has temporarily stopped taking new orders to deal with a backlog of orders.

Be very careful with the tires from earlier issues. The tires in the "White box" issues from the nineties/early 00's have a nasty habit of melting/softening any plastic or paint they get in contact with for prolonged periods of time.

As already stated by others, the Hasegawa "1966" kits were shamelessly copied from AMT, Jo-Han and MPC annual kits, and all include the same generic interior and chassis. You're better off getting Revell/Monogram's nicely detailed new '65 Impala or an AMT-reissue of the Buick and Thunderbird, the Hasegawa kits were copied from. The Cadillac is more or less the only game in town, unless you want to spend ages looking for a rebuildable Jo-Han annual. The Pontiac can be somewhat improved by using the chassis and interior from AMT's reissued '65 Bonneville.

Are you sure about that, Tim? As far as I've heard, the AMT '66 Hemi Under Glass was technically much closer to the Tom McEwen "Rear Engine Cuda" Funnycar

Oh I beg to differ... 😉 Seriously though: AMT's Piranha Spy Car has a beautiful set of 13" Blue Streak tires with Good Year lettering.

IMC made a 1948 Ford Convertible and Coupé based on the same tooling. The Convertible was reissued by Union, and later both were reissued by Testors (Caution: Some of the Testors Coupes were molded in a rather soft plastic). They're quite fiddly kits with multi-piece bodies and mainly good for nostalgic value, as Revell's line of 1946-48 Fords is far superior in every sense.

The Japanese brand Aizu Project offers a series of masking tapes as narrow as 0.4 mm. The quality is very similar to Tamiya masking tape.