1/25 AMT '83 Camaro Z28

[echoxrayniner]

Thanks for the box pic, Pack rat!

[kelson]

Hopefully keith marks will offer different colored decals and Firebird designs i think is the name sells decals on ebay,maybe he may offer some decals.

Edited June 15, 2017 by kelson

[mikemodeler]

Kool!  Only thing worries me are those bias ply-lookin' tires on the box. All this kit needs are the radials it's always had, hope those are the "Polysteel" ones mentioned on the lid.

Would be even better if those were wiped on the sidewalls and tampo-printed "Eagle GT"...

Fireball Modelworks has the Eagle GT tires for this Chuck. It just wouldn't be a '80's Chevy without Eagle GTs!

 

[echoxrayniner]

Fireball Modelworks has the Eagle GT tires for this Chuck. It just wouldn't be a '80's Chevy without Eagle GTs!

 

Hah literally just made an order for 'em, some Eagle GTII outlines as well.

[Luc Janssens]

Hah literally just made an order for 'em, some Eagle GTII outlines as well.

When that kit was designed, I wonder if the rimsize was reduced for existing tires.

Cuz at that point in time, when low profile tires were widely introduced (or so I think) kit manufactures weren't ready yet.

Think it took Amt/Mpc/Ertl 'till '88 to make a low profile tire, Monogram '85 (with the new 'vette) only maybe Revell of Venice Ca. with their '82 Camaro and Firebird...

[magicmustang]

I got a project planned for one. Grumpy's last Toy?

 

Edited September 13, 2017 by magicmustang

[Can-Con]

When that kit was designed, I wonder if the rimsize was reduced for existing tires.

Cuz at that point in time, when low profile tires were widely introduced (or so I think) kit manufactures weren't ready yet.

Think it took Amt/Mpc/Ertl 'till '88 to make a low profile tire, Monogram '85 (with the new 'vette) only maybe Revell of Venice Ca. with their '82 Camaro and Firebird...

IIRC, the MPC Camaro and Firebirds were the first appearance of thier infamous BFG Radial T/As, which was a pretty good size for the kits. The Revell kits had narrow rubber tires, maybe appropriate for a base Firebird or Camaro but too small for a T/A or Z-28. I never had one of the early 3rd gens from AMT or Monogram so I can't comment on the tires.

I do know the standard size tire for a Z-28 or T/A was 215/65-15, so not really a low profile tire compared to what we have today. That's the size of the Eagle G/A tires my T/A's wearing in this pic, as you can see, not what most people would concider "low-profile".

[Luc Janssens]

Not really a low profile tire compared to what we have today. 

But not your average tire either...

BTW love your T/A

[echoxrayniner]

I got the '83 Camaro and the '02 re-release, they both have pretty close to the legit tires/rim size. They're sliiiiiiiightly downscaled(on the real car the rim would reach the middle door trim in height, the model is just short of it), but nowhere near as bad as the weirdly scaled MPC tires from the '84-'92 tooling.

[lordairgtar]

Well, I didn't mention a Confederate flag sticker in the back window.  Thought of it but didn't mention it.

or the "No Fat Chicks" bumper sticker

[Chuck Kourouklis]

Fireball Modelworks has the Eagle GT tires for this Chuck. It just wouldn't be a '80's Chevy without Eagle GTs!

 

WHUUUUUUUUUUUT??

AWESOME!  Need me some o' that action for the '83 Olds too!

Off and googling...

[highway]

This is the AMT kit, not MPC.  Remember, the MPC annual was updated every year through '92.   The AMT '83 was last reissued in red on the box art back in the early 2000s.

So it will be the one in this pic???

Good to hear if it is, because I prefer this kit much more than any other 3rd Gen Camaro or Trans Am from MPC/AMT. 

[Don Sikora II]

So it will be the one in this pic???

Good to hear if it is, because I prefer this kit much more than any other 3rd Gen Camaro or Trans Am from MPC/AMT. 

Yes, that's the kit.