Old Revell "H" part # kits

[Edsel-Dan]

I have that 3 car set waiting

The 57 is in the 78 box art scheme

I built one just before graduating High School th match the box art

I sold it a few years later

only change I made was using AMT Firestone Supreme White-Stripe tires 

in place of the 2 pc 'Delryn' type kit tires!!!

The 55 in that 3 car set has OLD SKINNY Goodyear Polyester's!!!!

Almost Too small for the car too!!

 

I also never had any problem with the many I built

In fact, one of the 56's is waiting to be Finished as a Nomad

Roof is from AMT's 55, interior panels are a combination of Revell 57 & AMT 55 Nomad pieces!!

And Yes, I did Most of the work BEFORE Monogram did their 56 Nomad

And Mine Matches shape & size of that one!

Just have to add the body trim!!!

 

I only ever saw the Lowrider issue in Pink

Not Lavender, And NO Metallic effect either!!

 

Also, Did they do a Skip's issue of the 57 Hardtop? or Just the Nomad??

Mine was a VERY Dark Blue Metallic, Not black!!!

I used that one for parts on the 56 and to restore a built original 57

 

I also have an Unbuilt, Boxed Original 1969 issue of Revell's 57 Nomad

 

[Ace-Garageguy]

I just got the '73 release of the '57 Nomad. While I remember the '57 hardtop being challenging but basically a pretty good looking model, the '57 Nomad is the result of sloppy tooling modifications, obviously, to make a wagon from the existing shell. It's going to take a TON of correcting to look really good, especially the rear of the signature Nomad roof. So much in fact that I'm seriously considering pickup-trucking this one. And it's not "warpage". It's just incompetent and ham-handed re-tooling work.

Too bad, but it really is a mess.

[unclescott58]

I'm not a big fan of '57 Chevys, except for the Nomad for some reason. I'd still like to see someone do a modern tooling of the '57. As popular as that car is, I can't understand why it hasn't been done yet.