58 Impala Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I have a question for resin casters kit there. Being that we don't know if and when Revell will start releasing the 30 Coupe again, and we have a lot of the roadster kits that made to the shelves (I have a few). Are there any resin casters out there casting, or are planning to cast parts to make the roadster into a coupe (roof and 32 grill )?
Mark Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 The roadster body is a '28/'29...very different from the '30/'31. Aren't both kits out of production due to whatever happened?
DrKerry Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 From what I hear both are out, email from Bill says they're still not sure as to the future of the molds....
tim boyd Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Replicas and Miniatures still makes a '30 Model A Coupe body. It is excellent in its own right, and includes a couple of cool features - a louvered decklid and a windshield visor with holes, that are not in the Revell Model A Coupe. Ironically, I sent an article to Model Cars in late 2015 showing how to use that R&M of MD body, and the extra floorboard that was included in the '29A Roadster kit by mistake, to make a '30 A Coupe model....this was about 9 months before the Revell '30 A Coupe kit became (briefly) available. Harry immediately formatted the article for issue #204, but as we know given the switchover and associated issues, we have yet to see either that issue or the one before it. Here's a leftover shot of the completed project. TB
Mr. Metallic Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Apparently Revell is working feverishly to get the molds back into production, they were hoping in the 1st quarter last I heardI would love to see a 28/29 Coupe body. I've thought about doing the conversion myself. Upon first look, and this is in no way scientific, it looks like the 28/29 body is much narrower than the 30/31. So, transplanting a roof from the 30 as a starting point would require quite a bit of surgery. But, I could be wrong. Maybe someone could enlighten us?
tim boyd Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Apparently Revell is working feverishly to get the molds back into production, they were hoping in the 1st quarter last I heardI would love to see a 28/29 Coupe body. I've thought about doing the conversion myself. Upon first look, and this is in no way scientific, it looks like the 28/29 body is much narrower than the 30/31. So, transplanting a roof from the 30 as a starting point would require quite a bit of surgery. But, I could be wrong. Maybe someone could enlighten us?If anyone wants to try this conversion, you may find these photo albums (which were set up for this purpose) helpful......TIMhttp://public.fotki.com/funman1712/correcting-or-kitba/192829-model-a-coupe/http://public.fotki.com/funman1712/correcting-or-kitba/193031-model-a-coupe-1/
tim boyd Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Cool A Tim!!! More pictures please! Gary....here you go.. These are missing some header extensions that were added before the car was photo'd for the article that is ???? .
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