More Vintage Model Car Ads

[1930fordpickup]

2 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

I've never seen the two kits above in real life. I'm wondering if they were announced by AMT, but never produced? Like their Porsche 911 kit back in '67. And their garbage truck in the mid-1970's.

The VA Va Vette was produced as someone on here restored one with changes. Not that I have looked on EBAY but I have seen the body before in a parts lot. 

[Bob Ellis]

On ‎12‎/‎10‎/‎2017 at 1:49 PM, 1930fordpickup said:

The VA Va Vette was produced as someone on here restored one with changes. Not that I have looked on EBAY but I have seen the body before in a parts lot. 

The garbage truck was collateral damage from the AMT strike.

[unclescott58]

On 12/10/2017 at 12:36 AM, 1930fordpickup said:

Saw photos on the web of the two kits above. And first time ever, I have seen two kits I hope Round 2 never reissues. Both were pretty ugly. 

[Draggon]

I had the Wackie Woodie. My teenage youth and inexperience thought it was an accurate model with way out goofy 60's box art. Boy, I cannot describe the disappointment to find what was inside matched the outsides. So many kits fudged what was in the box,  yet this one was accurate. 

[FordRodnKustom]

[unclescott58]

How about some Jo-Han's? 

[Casey]

On 12/10/2017 at 10:05 AM, unclescott58 said:

I've never seen the two kits above in real life. I'm wondering if they were announced by AMT, but never produced?

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by Casey

[DonW]

I built that old Packard by Renwal when I was a kid. I remember it as being very simple and there was a distinctive smell about the plastic...

Really evocative, great thread, thanks

-Don.

[VW93]

Great topic with some great ads.

Sure takes me back in time!

unclescott58, you mentioned you had another thread with vintage ads. I did a  search and could not find it. Do you have a link to it?

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by VW93
spelling corection

[SfanGoch]

It's on Page 4:

Comic Book Ads

[ZIL 111V]

Kool! topic indeed:

 

 

Edited January 2, 2018 by ZIL 111V

[VW93]

1 hour ago, SfanGoch said:

It's on Page 4:

Comic Book Ads

Thanks

[VW93]

Grabbed from the web

 

 

[VW93]

Another web grab

[ChrisBcritter]

Some items found on eBay listings a while back:

 

[DumpyDan]

Thanks, really enjoy looking at the hay day of models.  Wishing they were still around.

[mr moto]

2 hours ago, DumpyDan said:

Thanks, really enjoy looking at the hay day of models.  Wishing they were still around.

A few of them still are. The Hubley Rolls and Triumph TR3 are still readily available in the Academy/MiniCraft re-releases. It makes you wonder what happened to the rest of Hubley's old tooling. They were very short on detail but good starter material for gassers, customs, etc. and most of the subjects were never available from any other company.

[unclescott58]

So many of these Hubley kits I'd love to have today. They were curbsides. All looked pretty good. I was able to pick a Mercedes 300-SL convertible a couple of years ago. And I would love to get my hands on their '60 and '61 Ford wagons and sedans. Plus the Silver Cloud, a Metropolitan (convertible and hardtop), a TR-3 convertible, and even the Renault Dauphine. I guess I basically would be pretty much happy with one of each! 

[mr moto]

Don't you love the Dauphine with flames and chromed fender skirts!

[unclescott58]

6 hours ago, mr moto said:

Don't you love the Dauphine with flames and chromed fender skirts!

Yes I do. Great kitsch. Though I probably would not build the kit that way. 

[disabled modeler]

13 hours ago, unclescott58 said:

So many of these Hubley kits I'd love to have today. They were curbsides. All looked pretty good. I was able to pick a Mercedes 300-SL convertible a couple of years ago. And I would love to get my hands on their '60 and '61 Ford wagons and sedans. Plus the Silver Cloud, a Metropolitan (convertible and hardtop), a TR-3 convertible, and even the Renault Dauphine. I guess I basically would be pretty much happy with one of each! 

Love that 61 Ford Country Sedan wagon....It would look great in my wagon collection...!

[VW93]

Looks like their ad copy checker made an error

Kit #1201 61 Ford station wagon on the first page sure looks like a 60 to me.

[Anglia105E]

Well Scott, I have to say these vintage scale model car advertisements really appeal to me. I was looking at the Hubley ones, as I have an original Hubley promo model in blue plastic (acetate) of the 1955 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II, which does not have the friction motor, but probably did originally. Apart from the ridiculous out of scale Spirit of Ecstasy bonnet (hood) mascot, this is a superb model. The body shell in particular is very accurate and well moulded. As we know, the Minicraft and Revell kits that followed later all have the crude representation of the 6.2 litre V8 engine in one piece, but then there are less than 30 pieces in those kits. I have replaced the V8 engine with a 4.9 litre 6-cylinder engine for my builds of this kit, which was fitted to the Silver Cloud I that was produced from 1955 to 1959. The Hubley version is still interesting and with quite a bit of work from a skilled model builder the car can be made to look much better.

David

[Anglia105E]

Sorry Scott, I meant to say 1959 Silver Cloud II

[Casey]

On 12/14/2017 at 9:13 AM, unclescott58 said:

Saw photos on the web of the two kits above. And first time ever, I have seen two kits I hope Round 2 never reissues. Both were pretty ugly. 

They are definitely both very much in tune with the time they were released, when wacky, zany, and krazy were "in", so you can't really fault AMT for trying to capitalize upon the fads of the day. I'd honesty rather see the Va.Va.Vette reissued over either of the two Stroker McGurk kits they chose, but I digress. I looked over both kit at a show a few weeks ago, and they are quite a bit larger than I would've thought, though in fairness, the box lid does list dimensions. There's a Va.Va.Vette on eBay currently, so I snagged these pics for reference: