Snake45 Posted December 14, 2017 Posted December 14, 2017 9 hours ago, Ron Hamilton said: I am not in agreement with your assessment of the two kits. The AMT kit does have problems with the side sculpture, but the Revell greenhouse is too short, and is curb side only. I have a " Red Alert" build under way, using the AMT kit. Interesting. I've never noticed the "short greenhouse" problem on the Revell snapper, but I'll take another look at it. I have a pretty good eye for these things (I spot a LOT of problems others miss) and I hadn't seen anything that bothered me, but as I said I'll take another look. Thanks for the headsup!
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 14, 2017 Posted December 14, 2017 46 minutes ago, Snake45 said: I have a pretty good eye for these things (I spot a LOT of problems others miss) ... Ah, the curse of the calibrated eyeball...
Snake45 Posted December 14, 2017 Posted December 14, 2017 2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said: Ah, the curse of the calibrated eyeball... Or, as we say in Model Airplane World, the Mark I Eyeball. As in, "If it looks right to my Mark I Eyeball, it IS right."
Snake45 Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 On 12/13/2017 at 11:20 PM, Ron Hamilton said: I am not in agreement with your assessment of the two kits. The AMT kit does have problems with the side sculpture, but the Revell greenhouse is too short, and is curb side only. I have a " Red Alert" build under way, using the AMT kit. Someone just posted a built Revell snapper Under Glass, and I took a good look at it. Only thing I can see that's "too short" on it is the cowl induction bulge, and yes, that's too short. Is that what you meant? When you said "greenhouse," I first thought you meant the roof area. But I'm not seeing any obvious problems there. Did you mean it's too short in length, or in height (if that's what you meant)?
Ron Hamilton Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Snake45 said: Someone just posted a built Revell snapper Under Glass, and I took a good look at it. Only thing I can see that's "too short" on it is the cowl induction bulge, and yes, that's too short. Is that what you meant? When you said "greenhouse," I first thought you meant the roof area. But I'm not seeing any obvious problems there. Did you mean it's too short in length, or in height (if that's what you meant)? Yes, the roof is too short. There are other issues with the body, but it goes together very nice, and has good detail. I did one of the green ones as a slump buster, and I am very happy with everything bit those goofy stickers for the stripes.
Ron Hamilton Posted January 3, 2018 Posted January 3, 2018 On 12/14/2017 at 2:10 AM, Daddyfink said: I built one of those back in 1970. I never had the "Motor City Stocker" version. I liked the kit.
crowe-t Posted January 3, 2018 Author Posted January 3, 2018 The cowl induction bulge does look a bit too short on the snap kit. I like the AMT glue '70 Chevelle. The side bulges won't be too hard to correct and the rest of the body, including the cowl induction bulge, looks about right.
Casey Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 The 1/25 AMT '70 Chevy Chevelle SS, kit 1143, coming late 4th quarter of 2018:
Daddyfink Posted October 1, 2018 Posted October 1, 2018 44 minutes ago, Casey said: The 1/25 AMT '70 Chevy Chevelle SS, kit 1143, coming late 4th quarter of 2018: They seriously need to do a new tool for this car. A 1970 and a Not a 1970 tool would be awesome.
1972coronet Posted October 2, 2018 Posted October 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Daddyfink said: They seriously need to do a new tool for this car. A 1970 and a Not a 1970 tool would be awesome. 100% new tooling , with options galore : - Decals for 396 and 454 engines - Period-correct "Day Two" parts ( headers , 'Fly Eye' air cleaner , Cal Customs 12 bolt cover , sidepipes , Spyders wheels , etc. ) - T.H.-400 and 4 speed option
Rob Hall Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 IIRC all the modern issues of the AMT 70 have the stock 5 spoke mags and a rather ugly set of 90s style aftermarket wheels.
Casey Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rob Hall said: IIRC all the modern issues of the AMT 70 have the stock 5 spoke mags and a rather ugly set of 90s style aftermarket wheels. This kit would be a good argument for "less is more" if they (wisely) left custom wheels those out. Looks like the kit will have both black and white skunk stripes, pad printed Goodyear Polyglas GT tires, and being a '70 Chevelle SS, it won't need much more help to sell to the masses. Edited October 3, 2018 by Casey
Bob Ellis Posted October 4, 2018 Posted October 4, 2018 The artist rendering shows side sculpture not on the real car; where original AMT went wrong. Model can be sanded though.
Snake45 Posted October 4, 2018 Posted October 4, 2018 36 minutes ago, Bob Ellis said: The artist rendering shows side sculpture not on the real car; where original AMT went wrong. Model can be sanded though. Many, many photos of shiny '70 Chevelles show reflections that look exactly like those bumps in the kit (and in Monogram's). But it doesn't look like that in real steel.
Bob Ellis Posted November 29, 2018 Posted November 29, 2018 The sides on the AMT 1970-72 Chevelles have always had a wierd side sculpture. Almost like an artist rendering reflection was interpreted incorrectly. The MPC Chevelle had better sides. Unfortunately the MPC 72 annual became a NASCAR racer and it was ruined for stock. As a return as the SSlasher, it had some funky details. You can fix it. The Revell snap has the best side features, IMHO
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