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No.... as far as I know. If you do not like the R&R kit you may use the modelhaus Bonneville and the station wagon roof from Flintsone 1960 Chevy to create your own, with a lot of filling and sanding of course. And, if I remember correctly, you have to adjust the wheelbase because the Wagons (again, if I remember correctly) have shorter wheelbase than the Bonnevilles. Or you may start with Flintstone '59 emergency and shorten it with a roof from the 1960 Chevy as mentioned.

Jimmy Flintstone, MCW and Promolite make fastback 'Torpido' Olds conversion bodies. R&R and Hendrix make '49 Olds fastback kits which I beleive can go with the Revell kit. I have not put my hand yet on any of them to make a judgement. But as far as the master making WIP of Promolite goes (have a look on his Fotki pages), it seems to be the only '50 fastback body with the proper roof line. As for the Pontiac, Tom Coolidge (Promolite) made several copies of that car several years ago. Maybe he will consider an additional run if there is sufficient demand. An email costs nothing. Contact him and maybe you have luck. Ronald386, an Ebay seller, used to sell this car for quite some time. It is not included in his list anymore (see below link), but, again, you may contact him and ask. http://www.ebay.com/sch/ronald6386/m.html?item=390557185612&pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item5aef05b64c&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562

This does not show the Grand Prix, but you can have a look on a number of Modelhaus models: http://public.fotki.com/jsharisky/modelhaus_resin_items/

I did not mean in reality. With 'sad' I was talking about the lack of model kits of this period. And as far as four door and wagons my interest in them is not because I hate fast sport car, rather, to me at least, model building is a re-creation of reality in small scale. It could not be in reality that people drove only convertible Bel Airs, Nomads and Corvette in 1955. But if we take that year as an example, we will nothing in the kit world but these three (Ok you can the two door HT and the 300C).

.... for full size car kits. Except for scarse examples like the 1970 Impala & Bonneville, and the 1976 Caprice, which does not even belong to the mentioned period, there is nothing in the full size. And when it comes to four door models, lower trim levels or station wagons the picture is even more dramatic..... I am curious how many of you share the interest in this segment? Are we strong enough for our voice to be heard?

That is one of the good points in subscribing to forums. I have never found such a 501 in old brochures like this one for example: http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Dodge/1957_Dodge/1957_Dodge_Brochure/dirindex.html Did it share the HT roof? I mean could it be converted to Royal lancer by removing the pillars.

Yes there is, or at least there was '68 Bonneville in Resin from R&R

Finally a Ferrari with some testerone, sepite the name.

... if there will be a 2014 Stingray and Viper in 1/25? Plastic kits I mean not diecast

Short update: I received my latest R&R creation few days ago: 1958 Dodge Royal..... This kit is far better than the ones mentioned above. Except for the interior, which is a useless promo style interior, the quality is very reasonable and the kit is buildable. Not a Modelhaus level but very reasonable.

I wanted to build one of these in yellow to stand side by side with a 2012 Camaro. Your color choice made change my mind. Too 'era correct' the yellow simply cannot be a match to.

From time to time my a certain project idea dominstes my thoughts for a while, then fades away before the work starts mostly due to excessive complexity and/or lack of refrence materials. One of these ideas has been revived by an ongoing review of Revell new 1962 Corvette kit. I have a pile of AMT 1962 Corvettes in my stash, an old kit that never has been praised by anyone, and I was always wondering if it suffice to cut the back of that AMT and glue it to 1959 AMT (which is actually an 1960 car) and replace the grill by the 1962 grill to get an 1961.... I know the interior needs modification and probably an after market engine, but is that is all for the body? Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Let me be put it this way, what should have the priority? A new version of an existing 'bad' kit or a totally new long waited for one? Revell did it right with the Tri five bringing missing versions of the Chevy model array, like the 56 Del Ray and Nomad, but in my opinion another 57 Bel Air sport Cope was unnecessary. A new 1959, 1963 and 1962 Corvettes are not as interesting as the missing 1961, 1965 and 1966 (in 1/25). The 1957 Ford Custom was a brilliant decision, but it would have been silly to ignore the lack of a 58 ford and to make another fairlane 500 club victoria.

Now it is my turn to (re-) fuel the fight.... It seems to be a habit of model car makers, Hasegawa, Fujimi, Revell, and now Revell of Germany to re-edit the same subject over and over again while there are tons of interesting subjects crying out to be made and finally fall to the Die Cast world, which whose share grows everyday at the expense of plastic model kits. I can fill pages with examples, but I will mention only few: Revell 1962 Corvette, 1963 Corvette, Haswgawa's Countach and finally ROG Mini and 2CV. Do not tell me they brought improvements with respect to older versions, I know that. But do not forget we lived with these older versions for decades and have been looking for complementing models for decades also..... Can you remember when was the last 1961 Corvette released? or the last 1958 Ford Fairlane? or when was the Renault R4 or Citroen DS ever made? Or, if it had to be a mini, why not a Clubman? While I give those companies, especially both Revell branches the credit for the numerous new and desirable releases, like the 1950 Olds, 57 Ford, 57 Chevys and several modern Ferraris, I still do not understand why do we need another version of an overkill thing like Austin mini?

Which hub caps did you use?

Maybe you can find some inspiration in the following link: http://public.fotki.com/Zelkam/stock/ford-1957-sw/ What about a pahntom sedan delivery or emergency with a custom interior?

Sorry for the disappointment is not Britney Spears posting here, just a poor modeler.... I did it again and ordered R&R kits. As far as Steve at Star Kohler is concerned I can only say five stars service, but Steve is not the problem, rather his supplier..... I always thought about combining Modelhaus '57 Ford custom 300 and the Country Squire Wagon conversion kit to make a Tudor Ranch Wagon Del Rio, but when I saw the pictures of the R&R model (http://resinrealm.net/Star/RRGalleries/Ford/index.html) I thought why the hassle? It was clear from the pictures that the Del Rio was based on the ancient Revell Ranchero. This did not annoy me because what can go wrong during converting a Ranchero to a Del Rio by a professional caster? What I received was a clean but poorly cast model blown in the middle like a melon with a hanging down roof. While this may be (hopefully) corrected with some hot water and a bit of pressure, the second kit is, to me at least, a total fiasco.... The second kit is an '58 Edsel Roundup (http://resinrealm.net/Star/RRGalleries/Edsel/Edsel.html). Again, blown in the middle like the Ford. While both cars shared the 116 inch wheel base, preliminary inspection revealed they did not in model. The Edsel is apparently mastered from a larger model. Door grooves are not there and front fender recess is too shallow. The major disaster is the side trim. It goes too deep down to the vent window, and is too faint to apply bare metal foil. It seems I will have to sand the side trim, glue a front from an AMT body, and finally apply new side trim to get this model done. But if we take the useless interior into account, which I was going to redo anyway, I keep asking myself why the hell did I buy these kits if I am going to re-engineer them from the bottom up?? Frustrating frustrating frustrating.....

1-Citroen SM (any year-any version) 2-Citroen DS convertible (any year) 3-Mercedes 280SL Pagpda 4-1948-49 Oldsmobile 98 Sedanette 5-Any 1967-69 full size Oldsmobile

Thanks for the reply. If I understood correctly Ford had three roof styles in 1957: Hardtop for the Fairlanes. Fairlane sedan. Custom sedan, right?

The 1957 Ford came in four main types, Custom, Custom 300, Fairlane and Fairlane 500, with numerous derivatives thereoff. Besides a longer wheelbase, the Fairlane and Fairlane 500 series were distinguished by the hardtop body style in two and four door designated repsectively Club and Town Victoria. In addition, there were the Sedan type in two and four doors similar to the Custom and Custom 300. Now my question: Did the Customs share the same roof with the Fairlane (B-Pillar) sedans? Or to put it simple: Can I fit the new Revell '57 Ford Custom on an AMT Fairlane 500 Club Victoria to get a Fairlane Club Sedan?

This kit is known to have an inaccurate front end. However, I could not figure out what is wrong and how to fix it. Any hint?

I will certainly use your excellent building tutorial when I start building this kit. You corrected many flaws in a simple and brilliant way. Thanks.

Shawn Carpenter used to make a '54 Olds 88 Coupe, but I do not know if it is still available: http://public.fotki.com/jsharisky/model_projects-1/1954_oldsmobile_88_coupe/

I wrote this summary in another forum maybe in 2005. I made a copy and paste here with updates in red.

No, the wagons had a different trim than the main line.