Brett Barrow

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We seem to get a lot of questions lately asking whether an AMT kit is a vintage annual kit or a modern new-tool kit from the AMT/Ertl days, so I thought it's be a good idea to start a list of all the modern AMT/Ertl kits. These would be muscle cars, pickups and classics that were done following the AMT/Ertl 66 Nova and MPC/Ertl '69 Olds 4-4-2, around 1988 or so - that will be our cutoff for what constitutes "modern". No need to do the new kits that were current cars at the time, just the older cars. As new additions come in, I'll update the opening post so hopefully we wind up with a complete list. I'll kick it off with a few off the top of my head: 1932 Ford Phantom Vickie (not to be confused with Trophy Series 32 Lil Viky) 1934 Ford 5-Window (stock and street rod) 1939 Chevy Wagon Rod 1941 Ford Woody (stock and "custom" street rod) 1950 Chevy Pickup 1953 Ford (Victoria and Convertible) - Lindberg 1955 Chevy Pickup (stock and street machine) 1956 Ford Thunderbird 1957 Chrysler 300C (stock and custom) 1957 Chevy (stock and street machine, old one is also still around) 1957 Chevy Pickup (stepside and Cameo) 1957 Corvette (stock and street machine) 1958 Plymouth Belvedere 1958 Edsel (stock and custom) 1960 Ford Starliner (stock and street machine) 1960 Chevy Custom Fleetstide Pickup (stock and street machine) 1961 Chevy Impala (stock, drag, convertible) - Lindberg 1962 Pontiac Catalina (Stock and Lowrider) 1962 Chevy Bel Air (stock and Super Stock drag) 1962 Chevy Impala Convertible 1962 Ford Thunderbird 1964 Plymouth Belvedere (stock and Nascar) - Lindberg 1964 Dodge 330 (stock and Super Stock drag) - Lindberg 1966 Chevy Nova SS (stock and pro street) 1966 Chevy Chevelle SS - Lindberg 1966 Buick Riviera (Stock and Lowrider) 1966 Olds 4-4-2 (convertible and W-30 coupe) 1966 Ford Fairlane (GT-GTA and 427) 1967 Chevy Chevelle (stock and pro street) 1967 Shelby GT-350 1967 Ford Mustang GT Fastback 1967 Mercury Cyclone (there is also an older annual) 1967 Chevy Impala SS 427 (stock and street machine) 1967 Olds 4-4-2 - Lindberg 1968 Plymouth Road Runner (stock, pro street) 1968 Chevy El Camino (stock and street machine) 1969 Olds (4-4-2 W-30 and Hurst/Olds) 1969 Plymouth GTX (convertible, hardtop, pro street) 1970 Chevy Camaro (Z/28 and Baldwin Motion) 1970 Monte Carlo (stock and lowrider) 1970 Dodge Coronet Super Bee (original MPC body with modern underpinnings, stock and pro steet) 1970 Corvette LT-1 & ZR-1 1971 Dodge Charger (stock and street machine) 1971 Plymouth Duster (stock and street machine) 1972 Corvette (LT-1 convertible and street machine, also sold as 1971) adding Lindberg 90's stuff, too.

1/25th scale, of course!

Hart's Parts does the 4-4-2 grille in resin. I've got one coming. http://www.hartspartsresin.com/resin-parts-list/revell-monogram

Good advice all around. My experience is that hobby-type paints (Testors, Humbrol, Tamiya, Vallejo, etc.. the stuff you find in hobby shops) tend to play nice with each other whether they are lacquer/acrylic/enamel, etc since they're typically mild versions of those types. But as advised above, test on a sprue or in a hidden area to be sure. When you get into automotive or hardware-store paints, then you have to be more careful with compatibility.

As I mentioned in another thread, I'd love to see AMT take the Torq Thrusts out of the 62 Chevy, chrome them, and offer them in a parts pack with either the red lines or Goodyears (better yet, red line on one side, RWL on the other !). They're already on a small sprue with just a few other parts, should be easy to package them by themselves. Also the restored Chrome reverse from the 37 Ford would be nice too, and they're already on their own sprue.

We really need a comprehensive list of all the 90's new-tool AMT/Ertl muscle car kits. I think I'll start one tomorrow it's bedtime now.

I'd use clear even over black. I think it creates another level of reflections or something that enhances the effect. I've seen examples of clear over black and they just looked better than black alone. You have to use clear over the alclad aluminum because it's not glossy by itself. I like the silver base because you don't get dark spots or a weird color if your coverage is spotty. You also use far less product, with a silver base it's literally one or two passes. Believe it or not, the spraying at an angle makes the biggest improvement of all of it for me. I always would get spots where it turned out perfect, but overall was not pleased. Then I started seeing mentions of it (I think Gregg wrote an article in the mag about it) and it clicked, those spots where it was perfect must have been where it was hitting at an angle. It's like magic when you get it right.

I do mine a little differently, I use a silver base (regular Alclad aluminum) then clear (Tamiya TS 13 or Mr Color 46) then I polish the clear (Novus 2) then apply 1 or 2 very light coats of Spaz Stix at a "glancing" angle - this angle really is the key to the whole thing - I can get results that rival kit plating.

14-year veteran of the hobby business here. Tom Daniel kits sell really well for reissues. Uncertain T would do well, too, but reissue-type numbers. It's not something I would invest new-tooling dollars into.

The redlines are out but scarce on the ground! They are the Polyglas tires, just with red lines. I've been bugging them to do white letter Firestone Wide Ovals for a while....

Tamiya or Mr Surfacer. I always smooth it with really fine sandpaper until it is perfect. Primer is the key, honestly.

Tamiya TS-14 is my favorite.

(I thought you meant replacing just the tires on the stock wheel.) I agree, where they need the standardization is how the wheel mounts to the suspension. AMT has a really nice set of Torq-Thrusts in (certain issues) of their 62 Chevy, I'd love to see them use those as the basis for a Parts Pack (if they gave the rears a little deeper offset it'd be even better!) . I've even gone so far as to suggest it to them . I've got a set resized to fit the big & little Goodyears all ready to go on something. After seeing that Satellite that might be what I end up using them on! And yeah, I spend 0.0 hours per day looking at the inner bead but there are some really well done inner wheel/brake backing plates in some of the 90's AMT/Ertl kits that really look sharp when paint detailed right. I'm working on the 70 Camaro and 66 Olds right now that have them

That Gravedigger looks great! I've helped build several of those in Make n' Takes. It's a tricky kit!

I just thought that with all the talk of swapping tires that he meant they needed to be swapped. If the wheels and tires look good and fit well as designed then there shouldn't be any need to swap them. I haven't gotten a good enough look at these to tell, I'll have to get it in my hands first. The Revell 70 Cuda can use the AMT Parts Pack Goodyears as a direct swap, so I'm thinking maybe this system is going to be the industry standard going forward. I might be in the minority, but I like this type of wheel and tire system. I also don't have a very deep parts box, so I'm not that attached to the old style. Most of what I do have in solid tires is Revell anyway, and in most cases they are larger than the old AMT standard and would only fir Revell wheels anyway. I like that the new hollow tires (in most cases) are sized to the AMT standard.

What's so wrong with the tires in this kit that they need to be swapped out? And Japanese wheels have thick, flat, non-prototypical inner rims because they use that system.

That works, or alternatively you can use Tamiya paint over the whole wheel and remove it from the machined areas with alcohol on a q-tip. Test on the chrome tree to make sure that the alcohol doesn't remove the chrome.

I want to see more of the Manx at the start.

Dubai + money.

That's looking great. BTW, Speed City Resin is working on one of these on their in progress section.

Just announced a few days ago at Wonderfest, Round 2 is doing an all-new (nothing in common with the old MPC kit) 22" Eagle Transporter kit. They had a 3D printed prototype at the show, it's not not a plastic test shot. It's is based on the 44" filming miniature used in the show, so think of it as a 1/2 scale model of a studio prop! Word is it will have functioning spring-loaded landing gear and there will be an accessory set of turned metal engine bells that will better capture the details than plastic can. Price will be in the $85-$100 range, they're saying November of this year for it, but knowing how new tooling usually goes these days, I think that's probably a long shot. I hope they can get it out by then, though! Photos by Todd Morton of the Eagle Transporter Facebook group:

I'll post them here in case anybody else gets blank ones.

The Hasegawa was clearly* inspired by Monogram's Phantom Mustang but it was not directly copied or pantographed down from it. It's half the size and pretty horrid. The Monogram's not half bad. *see what I did there?