lordairgtar

You are somewhat correct, but it is advertising ilustration that required a bit of artistic talent I imagine. During the time these were made, that kind of art was evident everywhere, in clothing ads, rock band posters and album covers...so I guess I know a bit of what the artist was trying to evoke. Most here just don't think it was any good. I will tell you that when these were current, I bought em. LOL

I defo would say badly if yer eating at Pizza Hut...LOL

Another self taught artist here. Art has always captured the mundane and the beautiful. Before cameras and phones, the artist put onto canvas nature's beauty and to honor the beauty of the human form. Art told the tale of the hunt from early cave dwellings to 18th century paintings of hunting dogs with a bounty of pheasant. It told the news, taught history, and entertained us. We decorated our homes and bodies with art. Art also can be political. Art became a way to provoke thought or incite emotion. The first picture is art. I do not know what the original artist thoughts were when he or she did the work but I see Taz in a good mood. The second piece is gross, but it does what the artist meant it to do...revile, evoke a response? The third is art as well, it captures a moment in that person's life. It also humanizes the wearer of that military armor which is to take away the soft human side and replace with a non feeling machine appearance to fear. But what we are discussing is box art. Is it art? I prefer to use the term illustration. Commercial illustration meant to sell a product. When I go to a car show and draw someones car, is it the same as an advert of the same car? No, it is not. My drawings add such personal touches as number plates and added mods well apart from the ads of the same car...so that would be art in it's true sense. I captured a moment in time, I paid tribute to the designer's eye of the car. I captured it's beauty.

Market demand. With modellers not knowing what will happen with the German firm that bought Revell US, some have speculated the market and priced accordingly. Your best thing is to order from established businesses like Model Empire or others to get a good price. Individuals are hoping to capitalize on the rarity of all Revell kits.

Trying to figure out if the Revell 442 Hurst Olds front will fit the MPC El Camino body. Olds appears a lot wider than the Elky so nope, won't work.

Yes, it's a bear to glue. ACC and Testor's will work. It did for me. I noticed the chrome plating is very tough and will stand up to extreme handling. My model is aging not so gracefully as chrome side trim has fallen of in spots and the black paint has dulled abit. But I will post it if I get a chance to pull it out of the display case

That rear quarter is 73ish, but the front of the car is 72 it seems.

I have built the enclosed roof version. Yes it's a bear to build, especially the interior. I had to scratch build interior door panels as the kit had none. I also have the open roof car in the stash as well as another version by another company molded in red. On my build I filled in all the holes on the chassis to make it more accurate. I used 1/20th scale GMC pick up Lindberg kit for the front and rear suspension. It just looked better to me. Supposedly the engine is a copy of Chrysler's poly sphere 318 from the fifties. The chrome lump of an engine in the kit really did not look like anything so I used the big Ford engine from the Otaki T-Bird kit and removed the FORD script off the valve covers and painted it an industrial blue/grey color. I would someday like to redo the whole kit.

and 1/12th scale Ferrari engine blocks.

I bought one today. That interior floor pan has me scratching my head. Looks like it came from a toy.

X3

His brother had the store on 82nd and National. Talk about a grouch and a paranoiac. He always went on about how other hobby shop owners were out to get him and ruin his business.

No, it wasn't. The US did see the Subaru 360 however which falls into the same class I think. Malcom Bricklin of the Bricklin car imported and sold these.

Different in Milwaukee than in Brooklyn I guess. We never got shooed away. They knew we would be back on allowance day.

You are a good son to help your mother take care of her car.

My pet peave? Modellers who paint the headlights with a white/gray wash. It does not look like any head light I've ever seen. I know the chrome plated headlight isn't all that realistic but it is still better than white paint. Drop a bit of Elmer's clear glue on the head light if you want to add realism.

Model Car Garage I think had a 69 Chevelle photoetch set that included the bits needed to make a Beaumont including script and grille pieces. One just needed to scratch the tail lamps and source a GTO or LeMans/Tempest dash board. I'm still after all these years working on a 68 version. I'm just lazy I guess.

True, but they did not do any favors to Chrysler.

Plus the fitment of the battery box in said model tanks

It's HO. Made for use on HO train layouts or on OO (British) layouts at 1/78 scale. Slot cars (Aurora) were in the beginning at 1/87th but the sizes grew to accommodate larger motors (TycoPro) and chassis. All the way to 1/64th scale. And those bigger cars are not necessarily "in scale" but tweaked to fit over the chassis.

Oh, you mean like Daimler Benz did to Chrysler?

Kinda hard to do Nuremberg...Nurburgring would work better as it is an actual race track.

Ford Nordic Blue will match the blue from what I hear but seems a bit dark. Not sure on the orange but I think Tamiya has a close match for that.

Idiot wagons

In 1963 all model makers were still using the little pieces of tape to seal the box, JoHan included. The shrink wrap didn't appear until maybe 1966 or so.