& MPC 1968 Camaro SS Annual &

[1972coronet]

I saw this listing on eBay and thought, It would be great if Round2 were to work their magick via scan-and-update (Nova Wagon, Coronet, GTO) on it.

Thoughts?

Vintage OPEN BOX! MPC 1968 Camaro SS396 in 1/25 Scale - 1968 Annual Issue | eBay

[Snake45]

Like ALL 1/25 '67-'68 Camaro kits I know of, it has its flaws. I have an original in my "To Be Rebuilt" stash. 

Probably the best of the '67-'68 Camaro kits was the original AMT '67 annual, but it has its flaws, too. 

[Mark]

With Round 2 already having a '67/'68 Camaro, my guess is that there are a bunch of other things they'd retool first.

[pack rat]

The MPC '68 Camaro is an old favorite of mine. The kit's only glaring flaw that I can recall is the incorrect '67-style taillights; there may be other issues I've forgotten about or didn't notice.  

It's interesting to compare the MPC '68 and the AMT '67; they're strangely similar.  Not as close as the Barracuda and Chevy pickups, but close enough to make you wonder...

The pictured kit has had the taillights dummied-up to look more correct and wears modified MPC Corvette rally wheels.  The kit wheels are chrome-plated one-piece steel wheels with dog-dishes, unusual for annuals back then.,,,and a feature shared with the AMT '67, coincidentally. 

A reissue would be nice, but there are plenty of 1st-gen Camaro kits out there already.

[kelson]

8 hours ago, pack rat said:

The MPC '68 Camaro is an old favorite of mine. The kit's only glaring flaw that I can recall is the incorrect '67-style taillights; there may be other issues I've forgotten about or didn't notice.  

It's interesting to compare the MPC '68 and the AMT '67; they're strangely similar.  Not as close as the Barracuda and Chevy pickups, but close enough to make you wonder...

The pictured kit has had the taillights dummied-up to look more correct and wears modified MPC Corvette rally wheels.  The kit wheels are chrome-plated one-piece steel wheels with dog-dishes, unusual for annuals back then.,,,and a feature shared with the AMT '67, coincidentally. 

A reissue would be nice, but there are plenty of 1st-gen Camaro kits out there already.

I Agree 100% with you on the taillights i built one last summer and the taillights were incredibly frustrating.

[1972coronet]

I didn't realise it was so ripe with errors, as I've only ever had the (horrid) 1969 hardtop & convertible (both with a Pontiac V8 !), and that was in the late 1980s.

Given the long lead on promotions -- magazine test cars (oftentimes pilot vehicles) , and plastic promos-come-kits -- some de facto errors are expected. Apparently, MPC received early (likely, Spring 1967) blueprints, and worked from those. For an instance, the 1972 Duster annual I have: its decal sheet was printed in May 1971 -- some 3-5 months before the 1:1's reached the showrooms. 

I, too, noticed the 'steelies-with-hubcaps' combo per the listing, and as mentioned by @pack rat. 

Regardless of the presence of existing 1967-1968 & 1969 Camaro, I still feel that a nice, accurate 1968 would sell like mad. The AMT Zed is a decent offering, but...