Edsel-Dan

I would't say no!!! (Not with my name now would I??)

It will likely fit both fairly equally, But I bet it Was for this one. I seem to remember it being done Before P-L did their version I believe it to be a Superior Crown

Both AMT & Monogram would have been better off casting the Headlight bezels as separate parts, thus allowing the fender to extend to its correct location. The Gunze 1/32 scale 59 Eldo has the headlight bezels cast with the body, With the dividing line in the correct location leaving the body color band separating the grill from the headlights.

The 4 Corner Spot lights that mount to the rooftop equipment rack are era correct for a stock Ambulance. The A pillar spotlight will need to be relocated. Most on vehicles of this era were Fender mounted. The are went through the fender to the dash. The picture of my built above shows the modified mount but may not be sharp/large enough. I need to foil it though.

Yes, I believe the convertible had the standard bumper. I believe the only difference is the position/location of the parking lights. in the outer corners of the slots in the bumper standard. Moved in-ward to allow for the ram-air Scoops on the W-30 version. All I did was cut them out & remount them o9n my hardtop. I had several matched pairs of these kits for trade a few years ago. Wish I still had a few now!

I believe the Iveco is the only version of the Italeri DLK to be re-issued period!! over 80% of all I see are the Iveco!! I have seen the DAF a couple times, and the renault once or twice!! Without catalogs, I forget all the Fire kits Revell Of Germany has issued!! Like the Peterbilt Pumper, & the Airport Simba 8x8. I had 3 of the original TLF 8/18 kit. Got that all VERY Cheap Long time ago. Traded/sold 2 years ago, now have added the ones I listed. I have the chance for another RoG Benz DLK !!! just have to get my car fixed enough to get me to them to help for a day to pay for it!!!

Thanks for the vote guys. The Pink/White Deluxe promo is the only one I have that came with an interior. The Turq. toy version only had the tin-plate chassis, and Gray bumpers/grill. I replaced the missing PMC pieces with Revell Chrome. I have 2 Front seats from the Reveel Fairlane 500 Skyliner in there. No interior panels yet Yes the couple from a yellow '74 issue of the Skyliner are in there!! I will take more pic's of the chassis, etc. (When I can remember to that is) Chassis & engine are straight from the Rev Skyliner, rims are from AMT's 56 Vic, tires are also AMT Prestiege kit white stripe Firestone square side wall's. I took a Pink one of the Styrene toys and started an EDSEL Villager too!! I did start the cargo area floor out of evergreen 'V' groove sheet.

I went to the trouble of back-dating one of these to the original. Then of course Polar Lights came out with their kit. The P-L kit appears to be based off the same masters as the AMT 1A kit. Though the rear axle is too far back in the opening. Also the separate dark tint window section is wrong. Both movies had a clear stripe in the side & rear hatch/door window with the top & bottom areas dark. it is not easy to see in my built 1A above. * One side is painted with window tint, the other is tint film. I could not get the stuff to spray/settle well. It ran terribly. It took 2 layers of film to match the Testor's spray!!

Agreed. No laughing here. Maybe crying though!! I want that Benz 1017 TLF so bad!!. Hard to get here in the US, though I do have their TLF 8/18, RW-1, & DLK 23-12, as well as 2 of the Vanagon ELW and Volvo & Iveco versions of Italeri's DLK I Built Revell's F-12 Globetrotter too. (Got to take pictures of her!!!)

I have that Ford LN transported with a Richard Petty Dodge Dart "Kit Car" Sportsman racer Petty Enterprises Sold these "Kit Car" racers for a SHORT time. There is also the Mach1 set with a 69 or 70 Mustang Drag racer. I believe it is a "Super Stock" rather than Pro-Stock. It was in the 72 AMT line up. Beat me to it!! I forgot the Pinto set Look for Revell Of germany, Italeri, Heller Semi kits to find Racing Semi trucks. Although they Started here in the US, NO US Series exists now. ALL Truck racing is in Europe, Asia & Australia, therefore, all kits Of the subject are from over there, and rarely imported.

Yea, He has the Budweiser set with a Mustang2 Funny car, not the "Plymouth Arrow" Funny car Pulltractor Tennessee Thunder set. You can still seer part of the Bud decal on the roof of the Mustang. I am betting the Yellow Malone transported was Custom painted for the Ertl Race version Transtar 4200+ Eagle. I do not know if any other companys used a transporter like the Malone trucks, But AMT only issued the 2 KW Aerodyne transporters, Super Boss' Papa, & Bandag Bandits version. I had the Bandits carrier, but no Bandit.

Yes, Those are the AMT Hollow Goodyears. Original Boxart showed BF Goodrich T/A's on the Actual car though. MPC's BFG's are a little smaller in diameter, so I shaved the letters off mine I also Narrowed them one tread row. I never could see why AMTY put 2 Amber flasher/rotators on the lower grill/bumper, I only ever see the one double wide on the left. Her is the 1A finished.(Original issue) Here is the album: http://s145.photobucket.com/albums/r229/EdselDan/Models/Ghostbusters/ Notice the Modified signboards.

Only the 2 Malone Transporters used the body. AMT Did offer the KW Aerodyne As a Semi cab & Licensed for the TV series BJ & The Bear. The LN race hauler in the Petty, Tennessee Thunder, Mach-1, and other sets had a different body. It was designed for a shorter Single Drive chassis while the Malone transporter body fits a longer Tandem Drive chassis. I had one of the Bandit Transporters. Only $10.oo at the time. They said they had Cases of the 4 kits at the shops. but that was the only one they had any left of in the traveling sales trailer. Yea, wish I had kept it! Wish I had had More $$ then. I would have bought 2, 3 or even 4 of that truck! They closed shop didn't they? They were Here in my town, right out my back door at a Bandag Tire dealer. Had Super Boss, & Papa, plus one I had never seen before. Tandem drive . Don't remember its name

I have the "US Truck with Baywatch" trailer, It Is the Western Star??? and it only had the Aussie Dash set up It would be nice if they included both sets in kits like that I must say, I am surprised at "Florida" License plates on an Aussie Semi!! Plus, Baywatch was from LA County California, not Florida!! They Could have used Hawaii License plates as they did move there for the last year or 2. Yes I know that also did a One-Time appearance Down Under, but...........

The 'Miami Vice' kit is the Original of that Scarab Speed boat. I have one. Looking at what I need to do to make the Baywatch Scarab out of it

Forgot something. The "Heavy Petal" Black 72 Longbox Stepside Chevy pickup from MPC was the second of 3 issues of that kit. First was a fairly Sock version molded white showing a Gold built on the box. It included a Yamaha Dirt bike The Heavy Petal is not exactly like the box art. It shows the stock front bumper, but includes a heavy-duty type. also, though deep set, the grill is a Stock 71/2 style rather than the tube type on the box. I have both the 74 issue with motorcycle & Heavy Petal. Last was the "Rolling Thunder" molded in Blue and has a "Sleeper Box" added. I am still looking for one of those, But 2 unbuilt of the Heavy Petal, and 1 unbuilt plus 5 Built restorable of the first issue will hold me for a little while!! (sadly, only the unbuilt boxed kit has the motorcycle!) I need to take some pictures of those. And a lot of other kits I have Like my 3 Different Isuzu BDX-30 Bonnet Buses.

I have seen that MonkeeMobile also sold as the MoonEyes GTO molded in Yellow. I was wondering if anyone else had seen the 2 Injection Molding machines! I have the AMT Escort, a 1/32 scale Decotora Van, MPC's Ski Doo snow mobile, and the Testor's Supervan. I believe it was also an IMC kit they re-issued. I love the Odd Police kits I have seen, and the Vauxhall wagon. (ANT Wagon!) I knew about the 1/32 scale Owner's club Cedric/Gloria convertible/Open pheaton, but not he 1/24.. Here are a few others no one has listed; (Sorry for the evilpay links, but I don't have the kits myself, or have pic's in my photobucket to post them here) Pioneer Boom Box http://www.ebay.com/itm/PIONEER-RUNAWAY-SK-900-1-6-MODEL-KIT-AOSHIMA-JAPAN-/370570523468?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5647b9734c Sony Liberty Component Stereo system http://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-Liberty-type-1-1-6-MODEL-KIT-AOSHIMA-JAPAN-/370544494674?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item56462c4852 I have also seen Fork lift & pallet trucks, a Pull tractor called an "Off-Road Truck", A Bath-tub Hot-Rod; http://www.ebay.com/itm/YUKYLINE-BATHTUB-JAPAN-LUPIN-III-MODEL-KIT-MARUI-/370506536578?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5643e91682#ht_3019wt_1030 Aoshima has Several City Buses in 1/32 scale!! I could not find the Drum Set kit, but I am still looking. I use to have it in my watch It was molded in clear red metallic like the Chase version of the Meyer's Manx. The Japanese & Chinese kit manufacture's will make a kit of just about ANYTHING!

The Vette is AMT 1/32, I recognize the hubcaps. Tires are 2 pc styrene. I have a few I was watching this lot got eh AMT 1/43 Cougar myself. I have one, but I like Cougars, and 1/43 scale. I have the Monogram issue of the 1/32 65 GTO, but the body has been soaking in Break Fluid for 15-20 Years!!! Good ole Testor's #3 red fisheyed terribly, and Never would strip!!! I am not even sure where the rest of the kit is now, it has been so long!! I bet the Mustang is AMT's 66. Many re-issues since the Count-down series No doubt on the Maverick being Palmer I see the tell-tale Palmer hubcaps (I have had Too many to miss) and the separate roof, Only they did

I remember the PINK Revell 57 Chevy that had those!! I have at least 3-4 of that kit in pieces!! 2 got lucky and were built

Yea. I Miss that show. Wish it was re-running somewhere!! I need to find the DVD sets. My W-M only have the first one, maybe the Second season too, but Never got anymore!! Now I never see them. You know why I was happy to find the DVD Of the episode in the Kits!! That Chain drive for the Rail wheel was not a good idea. They needed a heavier chain, and to have one on Both sides of the tire!! Too bad they Diecast & kits did not sell so well. I would have liked to see more of them offered!!

The reason I did mine the way I am, is since Ford used the 2dr Ranch wagon to create the Ranchero They used the tailgate area straight from that wagon' If Edsel had also produced/offered a Ranchero They would have done the same. They 58 Wagon Boomerang tail lights would have been used Not the winglet style of the passenger car. Yea I know of at least one resin offereing of an Edsel Wagon or Ranchero with the standard Car tail lights. But, How do they allow for the tailgate?? Did you know the 57-59 Ford Ranchero's all have the 2dr Ranch Wagon cargo floor Under the Ranchero bed?? I should have used this picture instead of the rightside. This one shows the cove/inset chrome inplace, while the rightside pic only shows the lower fin being created On the wagon, and this Ranchero, the tips of the tail light line up with the fin tips. ie, Cove/inset chrome surround I kept the EDSEL tooling roof since the Revell Ranchero kit had such a drastic Chop to it.. I was guaranteed a Stock roof height this way

Actually, The RX7 was a Sand Rail They Used a New Mini for the Snowmobile. He raced Richard Petty!! Builds I know were issued as kits besides the Pontoon Boat/Bus are the Suburban/Wedding Chapel And F-150/250-Tree shaker. I have the Lincoln Limo/Fire Truck, Mustang/Mower "Switchblade" & Explorer/Trash Truck Diecast Sadly, they are not all to the same scale. I think Switchblade & Trash Explorer are closer to 1/16 while the Lincoln is closer to 1/32. The Mini Dicast are like Hot Wheels/Matchbox/Johnny Lightning, made to a similar size not scaled to each other There is a Pontoon/Bus on evilbay right now only $8.75 opening bid. It has floated there for a while dropping price everytime it is relisted.

Beauty!! I have 2 of the Craftsman kits to restore. a 61 Styline I got a few years ago, and one of the Dessert Race/Rally series "El Ranchero Grande" kits I bought New back in 67/68 Both had the stock hubcaps, and 13 inch tires. The Original kit had a Bed cap not a sedan Delivery option. That would take a complete new body. Though with a LOT of work you might be able to simulate a 'Delivery with it by blending it into the body work instead of it being a separate piece. I did not know the last issue had the wall mount display in it again, and I have at least one of those kits!!

Did you know a few of them were available as Kits?? More as Diecast in different scales, but I preferred the Kit. It included a DVD of that episode. here is one I built when first offered; The stanchions were not included in the kit. I am looking at the ones in the AMT Customizing Series chrome tree for them. This one does not count. OLD build.

I can't promise how much I can do (No place to work now) But here is a look at what I have so far. [i started this a few years ago] The front clip is from the Modern Tool Pacer, the Ranchero clip is from the black Chopped top issue. The roof is still attached to the Pacer front clip, the B pillars & rear window frame are Evergreen sheet & strip. I simply copied the pillar from Revell's last Stock height roof Ranchero, and the frame from a PMC 59 Ranchero Toy issue The Window frames, right, left & rear are held in with masking tape, the paper in the bed is the template for the side trim & inset/cove. So is the card board under the bumper mount. Notice the Other EDSEL projects in the background ! I have to decide if I am going to replace the Door Pacer trim, or remove the fender piece.