Atlantis Jungle Jim Camaro

[Daddyfink]

On 1/27/2022 at 7:07 PM, Robberbaron said:

Think you're mixing a couple different kits together here.  "Funnyhugger" and "Funnyhugger II" were AMT, with first gen Camaro bodies:

Reissued via Model King not so long ago:

I was surprised to discover that there was a similarly named "Heavy Hugger" version of the Revell Camaro, possibly the original issue (pre-Jungle Jim version)?

Tell me that cover picture isn't false advertising...

Yes, you are correct, I had Hugger in the brain! LOL! 

Sadly the body is pretty cartoonish, almost a Deal's Wheels design to it, and the other stablemates to this kit fared no better. 

 

The Mustang body was butchered from the stock '69-'70 kit.  But nobody ran a Mustang funny car with the coupe body, so they messed up a mediocre stock kit to create a mediocre funny car kit.

 

On 1/26/2022 at 9:43 AM, magicmustang said:

 

Be aware that old Revell body was "Tom Danielish" almost "Palmerish".

I’m aware of all the “problems” with this kit. I still want it. Mainly for nostalgic reasons. 

 

On 1/30/2022 at 10:46 PM, unclescott58 said:

I’m aware of all the “problems” with this kit. I still want it. Mainly for nostalgic reasons. 

To me that is the real reason to get one. I already have one, but it is the one with the updated parts. I want one with the Steam Roller slicks and weird Crower Hat! 

 

On 1/30/2022 at 10:46 PM, unclescott58 said:

I’m aware of all the “problems” with this kit. I still want it. Mainly for nostalgic reasons. 

 

On 1/31/2022 at 10:51 AM, Daddyfink said:

To me that is the real reason to get one. I already have one, but it is the one with the updated parts. I want one with the Steam Roller slicks and weird Crower Hat! 

Make that 3..... I want all of them

 

On 1/30/2022 at 10:46 PM, unclescott58 said:

I’m aware of all the “problems” with this kit. I still want it. Mainly for nostalgic reasons. 

Yeah, me too, especially the Mustang. That was the first Revell kit I ever built, and it had a very different feel then the MPC and AMT kits I had built before it. Boy, did I glue bomb that thing, but I appreciated the authentic (to my 8 yr old mind) drag racer vibe of the Revell kit, and it turned me on to Revell dragsters and hot rods of all types. Years later, long after mine was scattered to the winds, I saw another a friend had built and realised just how bad that kit was. Nonetheless, to this day, every time I see one nostalgia kicks in and I want another. Especially if molded in that cool metal flake blue. And yes, with the steamroller tires, horrible Ansen wheels and Crower blower hat intact.

The Maverick looks equally cool/horrible. I never knew that one existed.

 

On 1/31/2022 at 10:51 AM, Daddyfink said:

To me that is the real reason to get one. I already have one, but it is the one with the updated parts. I want one with the Steam Roller slicks and weird Crower Hat! 

 

On 2/2/2022 at 12:38 PM, Sledsel said:

 

Make that 3..... I want all of them

 

On 2/2/2022 at 1:56 PM, Bainford said:

Yeah, me too, especially the Mustang. That was the first Revell kit I ever built, and it had a very different feel then the MPC and AMT kits I had built before it. Boy, did I glue bomb that thing, but I appreciated the authentic (to my 8 yr old mind) drag racer vibe of the Revell kit, and it turned me on to Revell dragsters and hot rods of all types. Years later, long after mine was scattered to the winds, I saw another a friend had built and realised just how bad that kit was. Nonetheless, to this day, every time I see one nostalgia kicks in and I want another. Especially if molded in that cool metal flake blue. And yes, with the steamroller tires, horrible Ansen wheels and Crower blower hat intact.

The Maverick looks equally cool/horrible. I never knew that one existed.

I am glad to see there are others out there who understand the idea of building for fun and/or nostalgia. Not everything has to be perfectly actuate, or fun that matter, be built to show quality. As long as your enjoying it.

 

On 2/3/2022 at 6:42 AM, unclescott58 said:

 

 

I am glad to see there are others out there who understand the idea of building for fun and/or nostalgia. Not everything has to be perfectly actuate, or fun that matter, be built to show quality. As long as your enjoying it.

Well, if it was a new tooling I'd be in no way interested, but being old, I will not complain. Build as-is or do my best at improvements.

Right now I am making am attempt at making something nice from an old Pyro '48 Lincoln.

 

I know this thread started out as being about the Jungle Jim Vega. But, it’s kind of been taken over by the Jungle Jim Camaro. Atlantis is now taking pre-orders for the re-pop of the old Revell Jungle Jim Camaro funny car. I have my order in!

 

I’m wait for the Jungle Jim Camaro that is supposably coming from Atlantis very soon. 

 

Atlantis shared this image of the windshield mold for the 1/25 Jungle Jim Camaro F/C yesterday:

 

 

On 1/26/2022 at 5:18 AM, unclescott58 said:

I’m wait for the Jungle Jim Camaro that is supposably coming from Atlantis very soon. 

Be aware that old Revell body was "Tom Danielish" almost "Palmerish".

 

Believe it or not, other than the roof, that Camaro body ain't bad.  (But the roof is enough to kill it, as is the slanted front fascia.) 

The front end is slightly longer than stock.  I cut up a Revell body last week to do a front end stretch on an MPC annual kit body. 

Even the portion of the Revell front fenders matches up with the MPC stock body, which it should.  Funny car bodies weren't usually narrowed or otherwise messed with until 1971, when the subcompact cars were allowed.  Teams using bigger car bodies were allowed some latitude in resizing them to match the subcompacts, otherwise everyone would have switched to those.

The front end on the MPC body ends up a few scale inches longer, which it should.  Next up will be to piece in the Revell lower front fenders to stretch the wheelbase (after shortening the wheel openings a bit).  I decided to stick a '74 front end on, but initial work involving the Revell grille onto the MPC front fascia indicated that everything lined up.  Piecing an AMT or MPC roof and decklid onto the Revell/Atlantis body might work too.

 

And there are those horrid Ansen 5-spoke wheels again, too. The primary tube spacing on the above header looks...oh boy. It can't decide which 1:1 engine cylinder heads it want to fit properly. ?‍♂️

 

 

A little over 20 years ago Lyle Willits and Pam.

 

On 1/26/2022 at 10:43 AM, Casey said:

And there are those horrid Ansen 5-spoke wheels again, too. The primary tube spacing on the above header looks...oh boy. It can't decide which 1:1 engine cylinder heads it want to fit properly. ?‍♂️

 

Yeah, for such an obscure 1:1 wheel, Revell sure seemed to put them in a lot of kits.  I suspect someone at Revell liked the fact that they didn't need to create any intricate bolt-on center cap detail, like on a Torq-thrust.  Just machine a big ol' schnoz on there - it's the Jimmy Durante of custom wheels.

As for the primary tube spacing, it really resembles a Buick nailhead, of all things.

 

On 1/26/2022 at 10:43 AM, Casey said:

And there are those horrid Ansen 5-spoke wheels again, too. ?‍♂️

 

Well, most likely on it's last re-issue, before Atlantis, they did upgrade the wheels, tires, injector hat and steering wheel with their more current offerings in the early 70's. And they even included a supplemental set of instructions to show you how they worked! 

Although, they did put the original parts back, sorta, for the Funny Hugger re-issue a few years back in their SSP line. 

 

 

On 1/27/2022 at 10:55 AM, Daddyfink said:

Well, most likely on it's last re-issue, before Atlantis, they did upgrade the wheels, tires, injector hat and steering wheel with their more current offerings in the early 70's. And they even included a supplemental set of instructions to show you how they worked! 

Although, they did put the original parts back, sorta, for the Funny Hugger re-issue a few years back in their SSP line. 

Think you're mixing a couple different kits together here.  "Funnyhugger" and "Funnyhugger II" were AMT, with first gen Camaro bodies:

Reissued via Model King not so long ago:

I was surprised to discover that there was a similarly named "Heavy Hugger" version of the Revell Camaro, possibly the original issue (pre-Jungle Jim version)?

Tell me that cover picture isn't false advertising...

 

I cut up one of those Revell bodies a couple of weeks ago, I don't recall any panel lines.  I'd bet they used an AMT or MPC body on their then existing Mustang/Maverick chassis to cob the prototype together.  I'd stick my neck out and say MPC based on how well the profile of the body sides match up between them.  How Revell made a mess of that roofline and slanted the front end inward at the bottom is a mystery, though.

 

On 1/27/2022 at 7:28 PM, Mark said:

I cut up one of those Revell bodies a couple of weeks ago, I don't recall any panel lines.  I'd bet they used an AMT or MPC body on their then existing Mustang/Maverick chassis to cob the prototype together.  I'd stick my neck out and say MPC based on how well the profile of the body sides match up between them.  How Revell made a mess of that roofline and slanted the front end inward at the bottom is a mystery, though.

No doubt it was one of those.  The crazy thing is they kept running this con through the late '70s.  There was an Advent reissue of this kit, with a different box art photo, but obviously the same prototype (guessing it was an alternate shot from the same photo set):

 

On 1/27/2022 at 7:07 PM, Robberbaron said:

Tell me that cover picture isn't false advertising...

 

How about the original box cover for false advertizing!

 

The JJ Camaro was rushed out right after Revell signed him up.  The Heavy Hugger was first by a couple of years.  

As for the Advent box, yes they just used photos of the original mockup.  Advent was a short-lived side gig for some of the Revell employees.  At least one other Advent box (the custom VW split window van) had box art that was different from what was inside the box.

[unclescott58]

Atlantis is now taking pre-orders for their re-pop of Revell’s old Jungle Jim Camaro funny car. I have my order in. And I looking forward to getting it, despite the criticisms others may have of kit. I like it.