Modelling Oddities/Mistakes

[Ace-Garageguy]

'Mallot' is a style of women's bathing suit, I think..I think they meant 'mallet' like a large hammer.

"Mallot" is a word in Finnish and Catalan (not in English) and a city in Pakistan.

A woman's one-piece swimsuit is a "maillot", with an "I" in the middle.  

I hope that wasn't too rivet-counting-confrontational, critical and crude. 

Edited January 15, 2017 by Ace-Garageguy

[ChrisBcritter]

 

As an aside, has anyone ever seen one of those "special crayons" for "striping on 'chrome' trim detail"? A few old AMT boxes mention them. Was this an accessory AMT was going to produce but never did?

[ChrisBcritter]

I also mentioned on the Modeling Quiz thread that AMT initially engraved the word "LeMans" upside down on the rear chrome panel of the '63 Tempest promo; it was corrected at some point.

The AMT '61/'62 Buick Special wagon and the Jo-Han '61 Olds F-85 wagon have the same error: there should be two vertical moldings in the tailgate window to represent the center sliding glass (this was standard on the deluxe trim level the models depicted).

MPC never offered correct wheelcovers in their '71-'73 Cougars; they used the '70 wheelcovers on all of them.

Edited January 15, 2017 by ChrisBcritter

[MrObsessive]

Another oddity/mistake that I don't think was mentioned was AMT's original run '66 Chevy II which had the rear view mirror molded to the windshield!  This was a leftover from the bad 'ole days when AMT did this all the time with their windshields and rear view mirror detail.

Folks screamed about it loud enough and it was corrected not long after the initial release. Mine had the original molding, but of course, when I built it I replaced the front and rear glass with clear stencil sheet so it didn't matter to me. 

[Mark]

AMT only did a couple of windshields with the molded-on mirror that I can think of: the Nova, and the '68 Camaro Z/28.  That one was done during the Lesney era.  I remember seeing a Matchbox car or two with that detail, maybe Lesney thought it would work in 1/25 scale also.  When Ertl took the mirror off of the Nova windshield, they did the same with the Camaro also.

[MrObsessive]

I thought I saw a few others besides those that had that mirror detail........but yeah, I got a Lesney era Camaro that's stuck with that. I didn't know they removed it off the Camaro tooling which is a good thing.

[Greg Myers]

This is turning in to quite the "Spelling Bee" 

[Casey]

As an aside, has anyone ever seen one of those "special crayons" for "striping on 'chrome' trim detail"? A few old AMT boxes mention them. Was this an accessory AMT was going to produce but never did?

Ooooh, that's good stuff, Chris. The search is on...

I also mentioned on the Modeling Quiz thread that AMT initially engraved the word "LeMans" upside down on the rear chrome panel of the '63 Tempest promo; it was corrected at some point.

I think the wheel mismatch in the AMT Chevy Blazer kit was mentioned there, too. Six lug wheels on one end and five lug wheels on the other, was it?

[Atmobil]

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.

 

Another kit of the same brand of car but different model brand. I got Fujimis kit number Mercedes Benz W124 300CE with the box calling it a Mrcedes-Benz W124.
Misspellings can be made by anyone and I guess there is probably thousands of different products around the world with words spelled wrong on them. In this modern day of journalists being just monkeys with keyboards, many of the newsarticles I read have bad spelling and loads of factual errors in them.
I chuckle when I see something spelled wrong on a modelkit box but I despair everytime I see a "journalistwritten" news article with bad spelling and errors in it.

[Snake45]

Another oddity/mistake that I don't think was mentioned was AMT's original run '66 Chevy II which had the rear view mirror molded to the windshield!  This was a leftover from the bad 'ole days when AMT did this all the time with their windshields and rear view mirror detail.

 

What? I don't remember this on any other kit than that one.

I just sanded and polished it off of mine. Not a big deal once you get over your fear of clear styrene.

[Snake45]

The AMT '69 Chevelle SS396 has, in every issue since 1969, retained the lower body chrome strip leftover from the '68 SS396. It's wrong for a '69 SS, but is correct for a Malibu, so if you want to build a plain-Jane Malibu, you got that going for you.

[Rob Hall]

The AMT '69 Chevelle SS396 has, in every issue since 1969, retained the lower body chrome strip leftover from the '68 SS396. It's wrong for a '69 SS, but is correct for a Malibu, so if you want to build a plain-Jane Malibu, you got that going for you.

And for some issues, the AMT '69 still had the '68 window glass w/ the molded in vent windows (the body didn't have the frames). 

[Jon Haigwood]

What about the re-issued hemi under glass cuda with the wrong year body in it.

Tell me more on this. Since I have found that there was a 65,66,67 and a 68 HUG what body did they put in the box?

[Rob Hall]

Tell me more on this. Since I have found that there was a 65,66,67 and a 68 HUG what body did they put in the box?

The 2006 RC2 MPC reissue had a '69 on the box, but the AMT '66 HUG kit was in the box..there is one on eBay now.

 

 

Edited January 15, 2017 by Rob Hall

[TarheelRick]

The AMT '69 Chevelle SS396 has, in every issue since 1969, retained the lower body chrome strip leftover from the '68 SS396. It's wrong for a '69 SS, but is correct for a Malibu, so if you want to build a plain-Jane Malibu, you got that going for you.

There is pretty much the same issue with the Revell '65 Chevelle Malibu.  It is supposed to be an SS, but it does not have the SS rear fascia, only the plain Jane Malibu.

[Rob Hall]

There is pretty much the same issue with the Revell '65 Chevelle Malibu.  It is supposed to be an SS, but it does not have the SS rear fascia, only the plain Jane Malibu.

The trim on that kit is correct for an SS 396 Z16...not the same as a regular SS.  Only 201 Z16 versions were built.   http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/1965-chevelle-ss396-z16-201-built-and-a-common-396-engine-misunderstanding-resolved/

Edited January 15, 2017 by Rob Hall

[Jon Haigwood]

The 2006 Round 2 MPC reissue had a '69 on the box, but the AMT '66 HUG kit was in the box..there is one on eBay now.

 

 

Thanks ,I haven't added a HUG kit to my stash yet. Good to know

[pack rat]

The 2006 Round 2 MPC reissue had a '69 on the box, but the AMT '66 HUG kit was in the box..there is one on eBay now.

 

 

Round2 had nothing to do with that....it was RC2 at that time

[Rob Hall]

Round2 had nothing to do with that....it was RC2 at that time

Yes, RC2...typo

[Snake45]

The trim on that kit is correct for an SS 396 Z16...not the same as a regular SS.  Only 201 Z16 versions were built.   http://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog/1965-chevelle-ss396-z16-201-built-and-a-common-396-engine-misunderstanding-resolved/

Rob is correct, and this irritates me about this kit. Without semi-major conversion work, you can ONLY build it as one of the 201 Z16s--and IIRC they were only built in three colors--yellow, red, and black.

If you can scrounge up a rebuildable AMT '65 Chevelle funny car body with all its trim intact and usable, you can graft in the lower quarter panels from the Revell Z16 and build a common '65 SS Chevelle (with an engine swap, of course).

I've been thinking of building a Z16 in yellow with Dave Strickler decals on it as a phantom A/Stock or B/FX racer. I have a set of Fred Cady decals for one of his earlier Chevies that are in black, but should have been in turquoise.

[lordairgtar]

Revell's '69 COPO Nova. There was no '69 COPO Nova.

Wouldn't a Yenko or Nickey Nova technically be a COPO

[lordairgtar]

Ok, so what are we missing here ?

Mispell of the word Rallying

[Snake45]

Wouldn't a Yenko or Nickey Nova technically be a COPO

Absolutely not.

Now, the '70 Yenko Novas were COPOs. They were built at the factory with LT-1s, otherwise unavailable in Nova. But, unlike Camaros and Chevelles, the factory built no '69 427 Novas, though some dealers did.

[lordairgtar]

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.

 

If yer not using the stock tail lamp for the Monaco, would you sell me the chrome piece that sits inside the red piece?

 

[lordairgtar]

Absolutely not.

Now, the '70 Yenko Novas were COPOs. They were built at the factory with LT-1s, otherwise unavailable in Nova. But, unlike Camaros and Chevelles, the factory built no '69 427 Novas, though some dealers did.

Thanks for the info