Atlantis Models has bought another lot of tooling/molds.....

[oldcarfan]

6 hours ago, Mark said:

The '55 Chevy is probably the "easiest" of the Revell tri-five Chevy kits to work with.  Atlantis will have to tool another set of tires for it, as the '55 didn't get converted over to the (wider than original) two-piece hollow tires by Revell.  Those won't fit, as the inner wheel houses on the chassis are quite narrow.  One side is narrower than the other, something to watch for if you are working on one.  The Revell Hot Rod magazine issue had wider tires and really wasn't buildable out of the box due to this.

If Atlantis gets to the '56, they had better tool some new clear parts as the original front and rear glass falls through the openings in any issue past the mid-Seventies.  I'm surprised they didn't at least tool a new rear glass for the '57 hardtop.

Of the three, I think the 56 has the best proportions. The 55 and 57 bodies seem to vary in scale from top to bottom and front to back.

[Robberbaron]

3 hours ago, oldcarfan said:

Of the three, I think the 56 has the best proportions. The 55 and 57 bodies seem to vary in scale from top to bottom and front to back.

To my eyes, the main sin of the '56 is the headlights that mount too low, so they always look perpetually surprised:

There's something funky about the roof profile in back too, especially near the base of the back window.

P.S.  NEVER buy the Revell Hot Rod version of the '56 shown above.  Nearly 100% of the bodies are hopelessly warped.  The last years of Venice-based Revell had zero QC.

[espo]

My thinking is that until Revell issued the latest '55 Chevy Bel Air hardtop, '56 Chevy 210 & Nomad as well as the '57 Chevy 150, Black Widow, and Bel Air two door sedan and Convertible the only other really correct tri-five would be the last issues of the AMT Bel Air hardtop with the open trunk. 

[Chris V]

11 hours ago, Robberbaron said:

To my eyes, the main sin of the '56 is the headlights that mount too low, so they always look perpetually surprised:

There's something funky about the roof profile in back too, especially near the base of the back window.

P.S.  NEVER buy the Revell Hot Rod version of the '56 shown above.  Nearly 100% of the bodies are hopelessly warped.  The last years of Venice-based Revell had zero QC.

In my opinion the '55 Hardtop is the best looking and easiest of the Revell "Tri-Fives" to build. However I strongly recommend narrowing the floorpan to relieve the structural stress on the fragile rocker panels.

Apart from the droopy headlight bezels the blunt shape of the headlight brows are accountable for much of the 56's funky look. 

 

I've often thought about combining the two kits to build a truly old school replica of Ed Roth's Ford-powered '55 Sedan from around the time he was working as a custom consultant for Revell.

[Bob Ellis]

I found the 55 Chevy most buildable and the 56 the worst fitting

[66c10]

Some old kits but kits for us model car builder 

[blunc]

On 5/18/2024 at 4:49 PM, ChrisBcritter said:

Hmmm. Will we get stock wheelcovers and grille along with glass for the '56 Buick?

really hoping for glass

 

[Mr mopar]

Coming late this year from Atlantis !

[niteowl7710]

1 hour ago, Mr mopar said:

Coming late this year from Atlantis !

 

So is this a different tool than the Cop Out? Because Revell clearly still owns that tool as it was just done as a Fire Truck themed kit (to go around the Tom Daniel licensing) last year.

[Dave Van]

4 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

Coming late this year from Atlantis !

That is a surprise.......as stated Revell had that tooling (Cop Out) recently. Both these kits are the same other than bodies and decals. Wonder if they will get the OK for the Hot Wheels logos??

[THarrison351]

On 6/11/2024 at 7:34 AM, Dave Van said:

That is a surprise.......as stated Revell had that tooling (Cop Out) recently. Both these kits are the same other than bodies and decals. Wonder if they will get the OK for the Hot Wheels logos??

Or the Coca-Cola logos that have been missing since the original releases

[Greg Myers]

"Atlantis has bought another collection  . . ."I think it's time for a new title.  Everytime I see something from this post, the first thing I think is, oh boy more cool stuff. Only to discover it's just more stuff piled on this trite title. 

[Mark]

Well, Atlantis IS announcing coming availability of more items to be produced from the stockpile of tooling that they acquired. 

It's one thing to buy tooling, another to actually get items produced from it into warehouses and onto store shelves (cough, Jo-Han, cough...)

[funnycarfan]

On 6/11/2024 at 4:03 PM, Mr mopar said:

Coming late this year from Atlantis !

 

 

OMG is this true? Where was this advertised. The Snake Cuda is one of my grails. I don’t want to get my hopes up too much just yet in case it doesn’t happen.

[slusher]

Are those 1/24 1/25?

[Straightliner59]

1 hour ago, slusher said:

Are those 1/24 1/25?

The Snake and Mongoose FCs? Yes. They were last released as a double kit, back in the late '80s(?), I think. I have an untouched Mongoose car, and all but the body of the Snake car, in that double kit box!

[Daddyfink]

15 hours ago, slusher said:

Are those 1/24 1/25?

1/24th 

[Straightliner59]

1 hour ago, Daddyfink said:

1/24th 

Yes!?

[OldNYJim]

On 6/11/2024 at 4:16 AM, niteowl7710 said:

So is this a different tool than the Cop Out? Because Revell clearly still owns that tool as it was just done as a Fire Truck themed kit (to go around the Tom Daniel licensing) last year.

That’s really interesting - unless there were two tools I guess?

I THINK the Cop Out shares the frame and engine with the 57 Funnycar that Atlantis has already reissued…but that begs the question of what the kit Revell released recently is?

I might pick up the new Revell kit just so I can see (I have a Cop Out too, but it’s in storage 700 miles away right now…)

[OldNYJim]

Edit - the 57 is a DIFFERENT 57 Funny Car I think…

[Mark]

The Tom McEwen '57 Chevy funny car that Atlantis issued is a wholly different kit from the Monogram '57 funny car.  Monogram's kit did use the chassis from the Duster and 'Cuda bodied funnies.

[Tim W. SoCal]

Scalemates shows the Outcast Monogram '57 Chevy Funny Car to be a 1973 new tooling and the Tom McEwan Revell '57 Chevy Funny Car to be a 1989 new tooling. Looking at the box art, the Revell Tom McEwan car is much more modern than the Monogram Tom Daniel designed car.

[OldNYJim]

Couple of new pre-orders announced today:

[66c10]

Some more kits to add to my collection 

[horsepower]

On 5/29/2024 at 7:57 AM, Rodent said:

Fast forward a few decades, and I think the hot setup would be to strip the plating, attach the trim, paint, then BMF. Especially if you use the Bel Air trim on the '56.

On 5/29/2024 at 7:57 AM, Rodent said:

Fast forward a few decades, and I think the hot setup would be to strip the plating, attach the trim, paint, then BMF. Especially if you use the Bel Air trim on the '56.

That's exactly what I'm doing with a set of the '56 Bel-Air trim I was given by a fellow modeler on this forum, and one of the latest releases of the '56 Del-Ray from Revell. Working on getting the kit molding off and the body smoothed out. Hoping to build two, one with the 265 two barrel, powerglide set up that was in when my best friend first bought it, and the factory Dusk Rose/White two tone paint, and the F-6 green, fenderwell exit headers, four speed, 283/with an Edelbrock C3-B intake and a Holley four barrel carb and Isky cam it had when I drove it as my everyday ride. But the 5 mpg of gas mileage on the freeway made it a little rough, even with 100 octane @ 25¢ A gallon for a sometimes part time working college student.