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The Hands wheels were used on Corvair Fitch Sprints and Sunbeam Tigers. The only source for them in scale that I know of is the original 1967 Corvair Monza AMT kit. The wheels in the AMT parts pack are similar but the spokes are flat not curved. These flat wheels I think are in the AMT Corvair funny car kit or one of the other funny car kits. The Corvair Club newsletter article mentions the various copies that were available. I've got a few 1:1 sets and my 1966 Corsa has the 13" Offy copies on it. I also have a couple sets of 14" 4 lug versions that will go on my early ( 1960-1964) Corvairs. About 10 years ago there was a reproduction run of the Hands wheels in 13" 4 lug and 5 lug. I think these were done in cooperation with the Sunbeam Tiger owners as well as the major Corvair parts supplier. I do have a set of these reproduction wheels as well. I've been searching for a long time to find a set of 14" or 15" 5lug 4.75 bolt circle to use on my 1965/66 Corvairs with no luck.

Very Nice Build Randy! Just picked up this kit and would like to know if you painted the body and if so what color did you use on it?

I was also going to suggest Scale Hobbyist.

Really Nice Corvair! Love It.

Nice Job! Would love to do some unpaved road rallies in a full size of it.

Revell drag version of the Cobra. Baldwin Motion?

Vairy nice Job!

Always will have a liking for the Revell 1/16 funny cars. I was around 10 yrs old when these were first issued and ended up my best looking builds back then. Between the metallic molded bodies and the included wiring and plumbing they were stand outs.

Vairy nice trio - good job!

He also does an El Camino version, comes with the interior bucket and chassis. The couple bodies that I have are cleaner than the one in this pic. Very nice casting.

It's an interesting car and yours will be fantastic as usual. I just grabbed one of the curbside resin versions and it's pretty decent. Will need to come up with exhaust outlets though.

I filled out the request for the missing parts in the '30 coupe kit back in November. Did get an email confirming my request but nothing received. Did fill out the request last night for the bad Porsche body. In the instruction manuals and online there are notes that say the online request is for Europe only. US issues are to return kit to retailer. Having never received the missing parts requested last year I expected it was because of the location. Will see, I'm no good at fixing warped plastic bodies but can fix resin no problem. Porsche body looks like a case of pulled and packed before cooled rather than just packaging issue.

Just opened my US boxed Targa kit that arrived yesterday. Body really badly twisted and also smushed windshield frame. Had another recent Revell release with a couple missing parts.Too bad there is no support to get missing/damaged items replaced. Revell will be getting much less of my $ until they offer support for their screw ups. It's on them - not the retailers.

Very nice build, interior colors spot on. Love It!

Tamiya TS34 Camel Yellow is a decent match for Kodak cars

Ray Parsons of R&R did the '59 Edsel wagon along with hardtops and convertibles. Picked one up 15 yrs ago. Not sure how long he had it available.

MCW still does special mix colors - if they have the formula. If you call them with the factory paint code they will let you know if they can mix it. Just had a few special colors mixed by them that are not in the catalog list. I've had them do real obscure stuff so they have a very comprehensive reference for formulas. From the material I have the Desoto's used 300 numbers for color codes but there is no 303.

The Premier Rampside kit is pretty rare - used to be all but impossible to find. Actually not a bad kit but it is a bit undersized and more like 1/28th scale. No glass included. About 15-20 yrs ago it was reissued in resin by a company known as Corvairmodels. This resin kit came in a reproduction box and was a direct copy of the Premier kit. Recently 2 Rampside kits have been released in resin. The one from Best models and another by Robert Burns. Both are available on Ebay, The Best models is pretty much always listed. Both of these are very nice kits, more correct in scale, and nicer than the Premier version. Just wish either Best or Burns would get the Greenbrier and panel Corvair vans released. Robert Burns does list a partially one once in awhile.

The convertible boot first showed up in this issue of the Corvair kit. It was not present in any of the 1965 - 1969 original annual kits or in any of the 1970's reissues or the prestige series reissue. The boot exists as a remnant from the original annual convertible promo models. When this early 2000's issue was released many former "blocked" gates on the sprues were opened up on many older AMT kits so parts that were never seen before or had not been in other earlier reissues showed up.

Great Job!

Only aftermarket company that I've been ripped off by. Order was never received - only excuses ( for years) - and never a refund. A $60 - $80 learning experience.

Either the Fred Cady sheet or original/copy of the Corvair annual kit decals with stripes and emblems can be found on ebay. Search for "corvair decal".

Plain Testors Gloss red will work fine, Number 1203 in the small bottles but I don't know the spray can number. Or Guards Red in the Model Master line.

Appreciate the review Robert. And Beautiful build Steve. In 1975 my parents inherited my great uncle's 1962 Galaxie 500 4dr sedan, oxford blue with blue interior. It was 13yrs old with 13k miles on it. In 1978 it became my first car. Have a few restorable promos and a couple of the cvt kits - it's time to actually do something with them after seeing that black beauty!

Clear lacquer will mess up chrome or gold foil decals - even when dusted on very lightly. To solve this I put a layer or 2 of clear decal film over foil decals before clearing.