Mark Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Not a mistake, just an oddity: The original annual MPC '66 Corvettes were molded in gray, not white. At least the four I have personal knowledge of are, all from different parts of the country (so presumably not all from one odd production lot). I've never seen another MPC or AMT annual of that era that wasn't molded in white. (There might have been some colored JoHan annuals around then, but every one of those I ever bought or saw was also white.)My MPC '66 Corvette is gray too. It didn't include a big-block engine, but MPC did include a second set of cylinder heads and valve covers to dummy up the small-block. They're pretty lame.As for molded in color annuals, the MPC '65 Dodges (the full-size cars, not the Coronet sold by AMT) were both molded in gold. Sometimes extremely swirly, brittle gold. I've got a convertible kit with a body that is in three or four pieces, broken along the swirl lines. The convertible I built in the early/mid Eighties didn't have so much swirl in the plastic, and I don't remember having any trouble with that one. I want to stick the second one together with the custom parts. I've got a couple of hardtop kits too, no problems with brittle plastic in either of them.A few of the AMT '63 annuals were molded in color. The Mercury Meteor was molded in light blue (in addition to white), and the Fairlane was molded in light blue, cream, and white. I've heard of Ford Galaxie convertible kits in light blue too, but I've never seen one of those.
FordRodnKustom Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 Ok, so what are we missing here ?Ralling?
Snake45 Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 My MPC '66 Corvette is gray too. It didn't include a big-block engine, but MPC did include a second set of cylinder heads and valve covers to dummy up the small-block. They're pretty lame. As for molded in color annuals, the MPC '65 Dodges (the full-size cars, not the Coronet sold by AMT) were both molded in gold. Sometimes extremely swirly, brittle gold. I've got a convertible kit with a body that is in three or four pieces, broken along the swirl lines. The convertible I built in the early/mid Eighties didn't have so much swirl in the plastic, and I don't remember having any trouble with that one. I want to stick the second one together with the custom parts. I've got a couple of hardtop kits too, no problems with brittle plastic in either of them. A few of the AMT '63 annuals were molded in color. The Mercury Meteor was molded in light blue (in addition to white), and the Fairlane was molded in light blue, cream, and white. I've heard of Ford Galaxie convertible kits in light blue too, but I've never seen one of those. Good info, thanks for sharing!
Greg Myers Posted January 13, 2017 Posted January 13, 2017 On the real car the letters are recessed, on the model raised. What is the correct spelling of the Present Participle of 'to rally'? Dang! I shouda seen that.
MrObsessive Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) I'm surprised no one's mentioned this yet.......................... I don't remember the year this was intro'd (sometime in the '90's?), but I do remember more than a few guys were a bit miffed that what was shown on the box, was nothing like what was inside. The box shows a Bel Air two door sedan, but what's inside is the same two door hardtop which was the "new tool" kit intro'd a few years earlier. Talk about being slipped a red herring! We would have to wait quite a few years until Revell intro'd their "Black Widow" '57 two door sedan, which was logically followed by an ACTUAL Bel Air version. (pic courtesy of eBay) Edited January 14, 2017 by MrObsessive
PARTSMARTY Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 What about the re-issued hemi under glass cuda with the wrong year body in it.
disabled modeler Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 What about the re-issued hemi under glass cuda with the wrong year body in it.Yep...I ended up with one of those too.
PARTSMARTY Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 I think I still have my misboxed hemi under glass.
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 I guess that you could just call this an oddity. The Johan boxes for 1961 have a list of several '61 convertibles that were never produced. I think that we could all agree that it would have been great if we would have gotten the '61 Chrysler 300 convertible!! Steve
Rob Hall Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 What is the correct spelling of the Present Participle of 'to rally'? Rallying.
Rob Hall Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 Another recent goof--the Round 2 reissue of the Lindberg '67 Cutlass spells it as 'Cutless' on the box art.
Rob Hall Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 Yep...I ended up with one of those too.Got one of those also..and an extra MPC '68/69, so maybe I'll do one to match the box art eventually..
hack-n-whack Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 Ok, so what are we missing here ?Where's the "y" in rall-ing?
Rob Hall Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) Well, there is 'railing', which one meaning of is the hand holds on the side of stairs, etc. And there is 'rallying', which is a form of motorsport. There is no word 'ralling' in the English language that I know of...Edit: according to the Urban Dictionary, there is a slang term 'ralling' for taking Adderall, but that is a different context. Edited January 14, 2017 by Rob Hall
Rodent Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 Another recent goof--the Round 2 reissue of the Lindberg '67 Cutlass spells it as 'Cutless' on the box art. "Cutless" is my goal every time I pick up an Ex-Acto knife. I frequently do not achieve my goal.
FordRodnKustom Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) From the same AMT box with "Ralling" Mallot? Edited January 14, 2017 by FordRodnKustom
Junkman Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 I guess that you could just call this an oddity. The Johan boxes for 1961 have a list of several '61 convertibles that were never produced. I think that we could all agree that it would have been great if we would have gotten the '61 Chrysler 300 convertible!! Steve Nah, it wouldn't. It would be as woeful as all the other Jo-Han rubbish, yet some morons with more money than braincellswould price them out of reach of any intelligent form of life.
Junkman Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 From the same AMT box with "Ralling"Mallot? How could this go past the litho guys?Let me guess, there weren't any spell checkers back then and they always passed the spliff around?
Mike999 Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 (edited) This old ESCI kit of the 1979 Bandama Rally Mercedes 450 SLC contains 2 really subtle errors: 1. The text on the front of the roof should read "SUEDE," not "SWEDE." ("Suede" is the French spelling of "Swede.") 2. The co-driver's name was Hans ThorSzelius, not Thorzelius. Edited January 14, 2017 by Mike999 error
Rob Hall Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 From the same AMT box with "Ralling"Mallot?'Mallot' is a style of women's bathing suit, I think..I think they meant 'mallet' like a large hammer.
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 Nah, it wouldn't. It would be as woeful as all the other Jo-Han rubbish, yet some morons with more money than braincellswould price them out of reach of any intelligent form of life. That's a little harsh! I'm assuming you're joking. Steve
Junkman Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 The truth is often harsh. Let's call it "satirical".
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 14, 2017 Posted January 14, 2017 The truth is often harsh. Let's call it "satirical"."Truth" is subjective in many cases, as is price. Steve
StevenGuthmiller Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 So is a sense of humour.I think someone is having a bad day.There was nothing in either of your posts to suggest that you were anything but serious.Why would I suspect otherwise? Steve
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