Here's Revell's "Mainstreamer" 1962 Chrysler Newport Convertible builtup box stock....

[ChrisBcritter]

My thread on this kit. My cross-country move and subsequent living situation have pretty much curtailed my building for now; looking forward to getting back at it:

As I've mentioned elsewhere, Revell made some running changes in the first edition of this kit. Tim has an early version which has three differences I know of from the later one:

• "C H R Y S L E R" lettering embossed in the upper part of the grille surround ('61s had that; '62s didn't)
• The aforementioned trunk lock trim piece
• No trim surrounding the rear license plate

Most Newport kits I've seen have had the corrections made, so I'm guessing the early ones are pretty rare - wonder if Chrysler Corporation spotted the errors and insisted upon having Revell fix them?

The purple Metalflake version had some pretty nice mags added, along with tampo-printed narrow whitewalls. The tan ones had blackwall tires with wide whitewall decals.

Besides fixing the curved trim, I cut a notch about 5/32" in the front bumper where it mounts to the body so it would line up with the fender openings, and raised the notch where the chassis fits into the front of the body about 1/8" to get it to sit right, as well as shortening one rear screw post maybe 3/32" to level the chassis.

One other note: The plastic in the tan ones I've found is rather brittle (good luck finding one with an unbroken w/s frame!); the Metalflake is a bit softer.

Edited May 11, 2022 by ChrisBcritter

[tim boyd]

4 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

My thread on this kit. My cross-country move and subsequent living situation have pretty much curtailed my building for now; looking forward to getting back at it:

As I've mentioned elsewhere, Revell made some running changes in the first edition of this kit. Tim has an early version which has three differences I know of from the later one:

• "C H R Y S L E R" lettering embossed in the upper part of the grille surround ('61s had that; '62s didn't)
• The aforementioned trunk lock trim piece
• No trim surrounding the rear license plate

Most Newport kits I've seen have had the corrections made, so I'm guessing the early ones are pretty rare - wonder if Chrysler Corporation spotted the errors and insisted upon having Revell fix them?

The purple Metalflake version had some pretty nice mags added, along with tampo-printed narrow whitewalls. The tan ones had blackwall tires with wide whitewall decals.

Besides fixing the curved trim, I cut a notch about 5/32" in the front bumper where it mounts to the body so it would line up with the fender openings, and raised the notch where the chassis fits into the front of the body about 1/8" to get it to sit right, as well as shortening one rear screw post maybe 3/32" to level the chassis.

One other note: The plastic in the tan ones I've found is rather brittle (good luck finding one with an unbroken w/s frame!); the Metalflake is a bit softer.

Thanks for the added insights here, Chris.  Really interesting!  I have a Metalflake kit somewhere, guess I need to drag i out and check out the changes. 

As for your build thread, my kit had a broken windshield very similar to yours, too.  

Did you ever finish your own project?  

Best....TIM

[Butter 1]

On 5/9/2022 at 8:01 PM, tim boyd said:

Ron...I've been checking that one out and really like what you've done.....but thanks for the heads-up.  I was thinking that there had been a gap in your building and was very excited to know you are back at it!   TIM  

Hi Tim. Thanks for looking. See you in Salt Lake!