Greg Myers Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 From the Comet kit another nice "BOSS" Ford check out the Tunnel Ram choices.
Greg Myers Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 I've never built this one, got a few in the stash. Check out that blower though.
Greg Myers Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Detail under the body did vary wildly. JoHan could compete with the big boys easy.....when they wanted to. Check any of the classic Caddy kits. And the engine and chassis on the 1972 Gran Torino is mechanically great even though it lacks some engraving......almost like they spent so much time on some details they stopped short. The promo based kits can be simple but I'd buy EVERY old simple JoHan kit made if offered again. (and hopefully yje 59 Rambler will soon) Have a look : http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/johan-instructions/nascar/johan-torino-oval-t/ if this is the kit you're referring to.
om617 Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 (edited) I guess the only downside is the chassis,but this also are common on vintage AMT screw bottom kits. Do not have many mint ones,have become to expensive because of shipping over here. But i try get build ups and try fix them,i love the many cool subjects,also with the vintage AMT and SMP. Btw the Lindberg 64 Color Me Gone chassis is close to perfect fit on the 63 and 64 Polara`s from Johan if you decide to get detail chassis and arent to concerned about it having to be 100% stock. The Johan engines are as nice as any other engines besides having a hole in the block for the wheel axle. Edited July 3, 2015 by om617
gtx6970 Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 There all over priced junk. send them all to me so I can dispose of them properly
slusher Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 The Johan is a 500k -- actually there are two of them, a coupe and a roadster -- and the Monogram is a later 540k, based on a Cabriolet A (it also has a very inaccurate coupe version). The Johan kits are superb...very accurate and crisply detailed, made with direct access to a 1:1 source. The best plastic wire wheels I've ever seen at 1/25. The 1/24 Monogram can be a very nice model, though not as detailed and accurate. Thank you Skip i did not know the difference, ...
slusher Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 So is the Testors 71 Comet and the Johan 71 Comet the same model?
BIGTRUCK Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Testors made a few kits that Johan did, may have been HSO kits , also came with pot metal wheels for whatever reason.
gtx6970 Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 So is the Testors 71 Comet and the Johan 71 Comet the same model? As far as I know...yes
BIGTRUCK Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Have a look : http://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/mkiba-build-under-c/johan-instructions/nascar/johan-torino-oval-t/ if this is the kit you're referring to. That's this one, the multi piece chassis. Then the 59 Rambler wagon that Okey brought out had the promo style plate. When these came out loaded with extra items and multiple ways to build.3 full decal sheets and a note from Okey
Dave Van Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 I think today the vintage JoHan kits have a 'It's hip to be square' factor.....cool stuff....
disabled modeler Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 I think today the vintage JoHan kits have a 'It's hip to be square' factor.....cool stuff.... LOL...if Johan kits are hip to be square I am in...by the way...anyone with too many of them can always send them to me...
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