Pyro '30 Packard Sport Coupe

[unclescott58]

[unclescott58]

Doing reasearch on the 1930 Packards, the above model represents a '30 only from the cowl forward. Everything looks right there. But, from the cowl back, that is not a body that was offered on a Packard of that year. The body looks like a custom body designed for Packard by the coach building firm of Dietrich. And first offered on 1932 the new Twin Six (V-12) chassis only. All the coupes offered in 1930 had flat one piece windshields and a more a square body than we see on the above model. Plus the '30 Packards were all straight eights in 1930. Which the Pyro model correctly represents. Despite the kit not being a factory correct car, I like the looks of the it. 

My fictional theory, is someone liked their '30 Packard, but about after 5 years or so, want to update the looks of the car. Which is something especially in the 1910's and 20's the rich would sometimes do. I don't know of anybody ever putting a later Dietrich coupe body on a '30 chassis. But, it was not impossible. So that's my explanation for car. And I'm sticking to it. 

Edited April 12, 2020 by unclescott58

[stevez]

that mold looks exceptional crisp and clean, WOW!

[Dave Van]

You do not see that kit often......

[unclescott58]

On 4/13/2020 at 7:33 AM, stevez said:

that mold looks exceptional crisp and clean, WOW!

The kits that were actually originally molded by Pyro, that I've picked up, are mostly in that good of shape. Some details on some of the kits are a little questionable. Some kits have chrome parts. Others do not. In the case of the kits without chrome, the parts that should be chrome, are a lot times molded in with part should not be. Like Pyro's '34 Plymouth convertible I'm presently working on. The grille is molded in with the hood. Front and rear bumpers are molded on to frame rails. Plus the back frame rails are part of the main body. The fronts are not. 

The Pyro kits are all over the place from kit to kit. Some are really nice. Others are, "What were they thinking in designing this one that way?" But in general I like most of these Pyro 1/32 scale kits. Most are not bad. And they're have a lot of subjects others never offered. But I'm interested in.