1/25 AMT '65 Chevelle Surf Wagon

[Casey]

On 7/26/2019 at 8:11 PM, slusher said:

Do you know what the roof rack looks like Casey?

Sorry, no.

[espo]

5 hours ago, chepp said:

That's true. I think that if I was going in that direction I'd make a phantom '66 2DW. Here's a link to a real one for sale: http://www.2040-cars.com/Chevrolet/Chevelle/1966-chevrolet-chevelle-2-door-wagon-w-454-fresh-engine-400-turbo-trans-427566/

I'm guessing that it was made from an El Camino.

 

I did just that a few years ago using the Revell ''66 Chevelle 4 door wagon. I used the El Camino get for a guide on door size and B Pillar shape and location. The door lines had to be redrawn and the old lines filled. I raised the window sill level where the rear door was to match the appearance of the 1:1 '64 & '65 Chevelle 2 door wagon. The B Pillar was made using the back side of the second door on both sides and all of the molding details line up pretty well. The last side post was piece of spruce and I used the clear plastic from a new dress shirt for the side windows. As for a 1:1 '66 Chevelle wagon, there was a national Chevelle owner's meeting and show in the area a couple of years ago. One owner created his own by using a 2 door Chevelle body shell and then added '66 Chevelle front sheet metal and modify the tail light area to match the correct Tail lights. All of the interior and exterior trim was '66 Chevelle specific including Lemonwood Yellow paint and the tutone beige interior. You would have to know that Chevrolet didn't build a '66 2 door to know this wasn't a showroom restoration.  

[Casey]

[hpiguy]

OOOO, wood panels and sweet surfboard decals.  Nice. 

[Mr. Metallic]

And newly tools board and roof rack. BOSS

[Casey]

Looks like this kit is available now...anybody purchase one yet?

[Dave Van]

6 minutes ago, Casey said:

Looks like this kit is available now...anybody purchase one yet?

My dealer sold out instantly....I'll have to wait on 2nd round.

[SfanGoch]

Don't you mean, "wait for Round2"?

[mk11]

2nd round of Round2 wagons 

[mikemodeler]

Modelroundup shows it available Tuesday, get em while you can! I would guess the usual places got theirs.

 

Casey, have you checked Model Empire? I remember they always had the early shipments.

 

[ozmodeler]

Wow, I love the box art, I have the older version of the kit, but I will buy this one for the boards and art !

 

[Daddyfink]

My LHS already has them, but I didn't buy one. I already have a few of the earlier issues.