Is the 1957 Chevy the most kitted ?

[Greg Myers]

Can you think of any other car that has been kitted more than the 1957 Chevrolet ?

[Greg Myers]

and in more scales by more company's ?

[bbowser]

Maybe C2 Corvettes?  The '57 is an icon, for sure.

[Jantrix]

I built this one as a kid. When I was done everything opened and closed, and rear side windows went up and down. To this day, I've no idea how I did it.

[henry57]

and not a single one of them has ever gotten it right..

 

 

Edited July 24, 2018 by henry57

[jaxenro]

1932 Ford?

[Snake45]

In 1/25-1/24, I count: 

2 different AMT kits

4 different Revell kits (counting snapper, Nomad, and 150/Bel Air sedan--or should we count that as 5?)

1 MPC kit

2 Monogram kits (counting Nomad)

1 Testor Chezoom, a more-or-less '57 Chevy

And then there's a Monogram funny car, a Revell Pro Mod, and is the Revell funny car different from the Monogram or a reissue? 

And I assume we're not counting '57 Corvettes or Chevy trucks here....

Edited July 24, 2018 by Snake45

[Sport Suburban]

I was wondering the same thing? Are we talking number of tools made of this subject including modified retooling? Different box art issues of the same kit inside? 

Definitely an interesting topic. Much like the 69 Camaro, 32 Ford, and 69 Charger.

[Snake45]

58 minutes ago, Sport Suburban said:

I was wondering the same thing? Are we talking number of tools made of this subject including modified retooling? Different box art issues of the same kit inside? 

Definitely an interesting topic. Much like the 69 Camaro, 32 Ford, and 69 Charger.

I was talking about different major tools, not modified reissues. But where does the Revell Black Widow 150/Bel Air 2DS fit in there--it's two different bodies, so does it count as two different models or just one? 

'32 Ford might give '57 a run for its money in number of distinctly different kits. But not '69 Camaro. AFAIK, there are only four basic tools or "families"--AMT, MPC, Monogram, and Revell. With the possible exception of the MPC Dick Harrell funny car, all 1/24-25 plastic '69 Camaro models have come from one of those four basic tools. (AMT's Funny Hugger was modified from the original annual tool.) 

[Richard Bartrop]

I think a Mercedes 500K/540K would be right up there.  It seems nearly every company has made a version at some point.

 

[Luc Janssens]

What about the VW Beetle?

• Revell Venice
• Revell Germany
• IMC
• Amt
• Gunze
• Hasegawa
• Tamiya
• Imai
• Airfix

[jaxenro]

Just scan though the posts here almost every page of under glass or on the workbench has at least one variation of a 32 from Vicky to roadster to 3 or 5 window coupe. Stock, chopped, hot rod, salt flat, and on and on

if it isn’t the most kitted, and I would bet it is, it is definitely the most modeled 

[PARTSMARTY]

IMHO-i''m not sure but i would say 57 chevy or 32 ford.

[ChrisBcritter]

On 7/25/2018 at 2:48 AM, Luc Janssens said:

What about the VW Beetle?

• Revell Venice
• Revell Germany
• IMC
• Amt
• Gunze
• Hasegawa
• Tamiya
• Imai
• Airfix

• Pyro

[Mark]

I remember reading somewhere, that the Lamborghini Countach is the subject of more model kits than any other car.  The Japanese in particular were obsessed with it, and kits were made of concept and pre-production versions as well as numerous production variations.  Throw in the many scales they tend to manufacture kits in, motorized and non-motorized variations, also that there are numerous companies there producing kits that aren't known outside their home market, that few of us see or know about.  And then add in the European manufacturers.  It's not as farfetched as you'd think. 

Other possibilities might include the VW Beetle or military Jeep (though where do you separate one version from another with the Jeep).  The '57 Chevy is iconic in some parts of the world, unknown in others...

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Here are a couple more recent '57 Chevy kits.

 

Steve

 

[philo426]

Revell did a nice job on the 1/32  version!

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, philo426 said:

Revell did a nice job on the 1/32  version!

 

Their 1/25 snapper is quite nice, too. 

[philo426]

Yes body proportions look right for sure!

[peteski]

My Gunze Sangyo 1:32 '57 Chevy was a really fun build and it could be considered famous (the car on the BMF packaging).  It is a great little kit and the proportions look "right" to me.

Edited July 30, 2018 by peteski

[Greg Myers]

On 7/24/2018 at 1:43 PM, henry57 said:

and not a single one of them has ever gotten it right..

 

 

Care to enlighten us ? 

[henry57]

Some of them are close, but nearly every one of them have something that's just way off from the real cars.

The first AMT the trim on the side of the car is way to high on the body. The monogram looks a cartoon version of the car. The first Revell is just a mess, not sure they even used a tape measure to make that one.

The later Revell sedans are the most accurate. The Revell convertible is pretty good but the tops of the doors aren't right.

Edited July 30, 2018 by henry57

[Snake45]

1 hour ago, henry57 said:

Some of them are close, but nearly every one of them have something that's just way off from the real cars.

The first AMT the trim on the side of the car is way to high on the body. The monogram looks a cartoon version of the car. The first Revell is just a mess, not sure they even used a tape measure to make that one.

The later Revell sedans are the most accurate. The Revell convertible is pretty good but the tops of the doors aren't right.

Agree. The trim on the MPC flipnose is whack, too, which is a shame because otherwise it's pretty nice. 

The second AMT, the Revell snapper, and the Revell 2D sedans are almost certainly the best of the lot. 

[Southern Fried]

" 32 Ford

[slusher]

11 hours ago, Snake45 said:

Agree. The trim on the MPC flipnose is whack, too, which is a shame because otherwise it's pretty nice. 

The second AMT, the Revell snapper, and the Revell 2D sedans are almost certainly the best of the lot. 

I have a flip nose 57 Chevy  that I took all the body chrome off it's not finished but it's close. I really dislike the wheels but have not found anything to interchange the with.