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I had this kit for a while, and maybe is time to build it... The idea is to build it stock, I mean not the "Little Eliminator". 

The kit looks nice! there are few extra parts that can be use with the model. I was surprised to see a lot of flashing around the parts.
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The stock wheels are made not very well, they are off center and too big. When installed on the tires, they wwill cover part of the white wall. The kit also has chrome wheels, but not tires for it.

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Hi Fabrizio!

This is a very basic, but mostly, very OLD kit. It dates back eons. The flash is no-doubt a consequence of old molds, polished many times, who don't "close" on each-other ass well as they used to. I bought one a few years ago, noted the same flaws you mention, and ultimately used the box only to mash-up a "Nova-mino". The jury is still out as to what to do with the remnant parts, alas...

CT

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3 hours ago, Claude Thibodeau said:

Hi Fabrizio!

This is a very basic, but mostly, very OLD kit. It dates back eons. The flash is no-doubt a consequence of old molds, polished many times, who don't "close" on each-other ass well as they used to. I bought one a few years ago, noted the same flaws you mention, and ultimately used the box only to mash-up a "Nova-mino". The jury is still out as to what to do with the remnant parts, alas...

CT

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Agree, you did good on your! 

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That tool was probably cut back in 1960 as the 1961 Ranchero, it was recycled in 1962 as the customizing kit. Both were curbside kits. Move forward a decade and it was recycled with an open hood and Chevy V8 from the 1966 annual.

As far as a tool, it suffers from body thickness and simple chassis of any early 1960s kit. Then it’s been messed with and run multiple times so there’s wear factors too. All told it’s a classic kit we are lucky is still around and a favorite of mine. I have a bunch of early customs I’ve collected.

Also a builder from back in the day told me that in the days before sheet plastic was available for custom building, the bed cover from this kit was valuable as sheet plastic! 

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7 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

That tool was probably cut back in 1960 as the 1961 Ranchero, it was recycled in 1962 as the customizing kit. Both were curbside kits. Move forward a decade and it was recycled with an open hood and Chevy V8 from the 1966 annual.

As far as a tool, it suffers from body thickness and simple chassis of any early 1960s kit. Then it’s been messed with and run multiple times so there’s wear factors too. All told it’s a classic kit we are lucky is still around and a favorite of mine. I have a bunch of early customs I’ve collected.

Also a builder from back in the day told me that in the days before sheet plastic was available for custom building, the bed cover from this kit was valuable as sheet plastic! 

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Hi Tom!

Well,. it has to be the most extensive collection of custom early Rancheros under one roof in the free world. Interesting. 

ct

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6 minutes ago, Tom Geiger said:

Thanks Claude!  The last three are mine, restored from old glue bombs of the original issues!  The rest are the work of modelers back in the day.. cleaned up a bit, maybe replaced a missing part or two but kept them as the original builder intended!  The folk art of our youth!

Indeed!

CT

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6 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

That tool was probably cut back in 1960 as the 1961 Ranchero, it was recycled in 1962 as the customizing kit. Both were curbside kits. Move forward a decade and it was recycled with an open hood and Chevy V8 from the 1966 annual.

As far as a tool, it suffers from body thickness and simple chassis of any early 1960s kit. Then it’s been messed with and run multiple times so there’s wear factors too. All told it’s a classic kit we are lucky is still around and a favorite of mine. I have a bunch of early customs I’ve collected.

Also a builder from back in the day told me that in the days before sheet plastic was available for custom building, the bed cover from this kit was valuable as sheet plastic! 

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Nice collection! When I saw the custom roof, I though was a hood. But after I realized it was meant to be on the roof, and I though it did not look good. But looking at the green one, I dig it more and more!

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5 hours ago, RancheroSteve said:

If you want to build an accurate stock version, you have some work ahead of you, but whatever you do with it,  I'm sure it will be good. I'll be watching!

There's a long thread on the kit here: 

 

THe idea is to build it stockish... Since the kit has a V8. Thanks!

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23 minutes ago, Sam I Am said:

Hey Brizio !

Glad to see one of your builds again. I saw this thread last week and thought of you. ?

 

I never stop building. Sometime the problem is finding the time... :) Nice Vespa, I build one in 1/9 around 20 years ago, was made by Protar. cool kit! Mine was not stock... Never had a Small frame stock... :D I hope is all good with you, in this crazy times!

 

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25 minutes ago, Brizio said:

I never stop building. Sometime the problem is finding the time... :) Nice Vespa, I build one in 1/9 around 20 years ago, was made by Protar. cool kit! Mine was not stock... Never had a Small frame stock... :D I hope is all good with you, in this crazy times!

 

Very good, thank you. My son still wants a Vespa. ?

Hopefully we can see each other again at a show next year.

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8 hours ago, Sam I Am said:

Very good, thank you. My son still wants a Vespa. ?

Hopefully we can see each other again at a show next year.

I will keep an eye out is I see a  Vespa for sale. 
Agree! Hopeful for next year things are getting better.

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Start to work on the ineterior. The interior is molded in one piece, not the best solution. I prefer when is in few pieces, so it make easy to paint.

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I decided to make a new steering wheel.

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The steering wheel completed.

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Steering wheel and column.

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10 hours ago, NOBLNG said:

I just pulled this one off the shelf yesterday...then put it back. ? Sad to hear the tooling is in such bad condition. I also like to build mostly stock. I will be watching your build with interest.?

Is going to be fun anyway! :)

10 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Note- nobody said you need to use that interior! Back when I redid my first original I was missing an interior. I used a shortened 66 Tbird bucket with the Ranchero dashboard. 

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The 66 Tbird look good in it! I'll keep mine stock.

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