Mr mopar Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 can someone tell me what decals are in this kit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 are they these decals ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 5 hours ago, Mr mopar said: are they these decals ? Yep, that's what's in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 Awesome thx ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 Odd they didn’t put the decals on the box art model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 3 hours ago, vincen47 said: Odd they didn’t put the decals on the box art model. For some reason a lot of AMT semi kits from that time are built without decals. This kit, the red 359 and 359 wrecker, the Transtar II, and Diamond Reo all don't have decals on the box art build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37 caddy Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 I had one of those back in the eighties when they first came out,the decals were some sort of press transfer?I was never able to make them work,i was real dissapointed in them,they would not "release" from the hard plastic sheet. It was from the original release of the kit. harvey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodent Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 11 hours ago, Fat Brian said: For some reason a lot of AMT semi kits from that time are built without decals. This kit, the red 359 and 359 wrecker, the Transtar II, and Diamond Reo all don't have decals on the box art build. We would have to ask one of our resident experts like Mr. Darby, but it's a fair assumption that the production decal sheet wasn't finalized or printed when the box art models were built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabrux Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 This is from the same era of AMT where the turnaround for box art builds was so short that folks were pulling things off their shelves that used parts that didn't come in the box at all. Not surprising that they would have requested no decals on the trucks as AMT probably had no idea what would be included when they did the photos...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincen47 Posted March 2, 2023 Share Posted March 2, 2023 On 2/27/2023 at 11:52 AM, Rodent said: We would have to ask one of our resident experts like Mr. Darby, but it's a fair assumption that the production decal sheet wasn't finalized or printed when the box art models were built. 14 hours ago, Fabrux said: This is from the same era of AMT where the turnaround for box art builds was so short that folks were pulling things off their shelves that used parts that didn't come in the box at all. Not surprising that they would have requested no decals on the trucks as AMT probably had no idea what would be included when they did the photos...! This makes sense. I was wondering why they had such basic-looking box art in that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabbysdaddy Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 I like the box art. It's what drew me to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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