niteowl7710 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, mikos said: It looks like they just added a different insert to make the hardtop out of the convertible tooling. The front wheel well shape has the same inaccurate stretched out flattened shape as the convertible. That is, unless they copied/cloned the convertible tooling and made a hardtop version out of it. I have no doubt the basic CAD data was shared, but it's a whole new body tool. Think about where mold/parting lines run on a car with a roof, and then realize that those areas don't exist on a Convertible so it's not a matter of adding a different top insert as there's no "side" (B Pillar, C Pillar) for it to meet up with... Also adjusting the front fender shape might also throw off the fender opening relative to how the wheel sits in it centered and since they were recycling the chassis and running gear out of the Convertible it had to stay as is to make sure it all matched up, otherwise you're now talking about tweaking at minimum the front suspension geometry or maybe even the front half of the chassis plate...and then the parts don't fit the Convertible's oblong wheel openings anymore...and now you're sinking money into new side inserts for that. It's a run away loss of profits. Edited October 13, 2023 by niteowl7710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikos Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Robberbaron said: For about the last 15 years, it seems like it's a 50/50 proposition whether Revell will manage to get the body correct on any new release. For every '68 and '69 Chevelle kit (which most people seemed to agree looked nuts on correct), you also get a '69 Nova or '67 Camaro kit with at least one major proportional or contour error (maybe only one problem if you're lucky). This one is especially infuriating because Johan already did the 70-72 442's with their typical great proportional accuracy. All Revell needed to do was get a hold of a USA Oldies '70 442 and give it to their team to clone the body. The Revell Chevelle is close, but it’s not dead nuts accurate. The rear wheel well opening upper line seems to be slightly too flat giving the illusion it tilts upward towards the rear. The front wheel well opening seems to be a hair too small. Also, I see problems with the upper curve height of the side windows…it seems to make the side window opening slightly too big in relation to the body or something. However, these are dead nuts accurate nitpicks. I think the original AMT kit got the wheel well shapes better on these cars. Edited October 13, 2023 by mikos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Metallic Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Does anyone know of a source for a bench seat for this? I did find and order a flat hood from Missing Link. Does anyone know if the hubcaps from Fireball Modelworks would be correct for this kit to "downgrade" it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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