1/48 Revell 1930 Packard Victoria

[Joe Handley]

Anybody know much about this kit? 
Bought it at the club raffle almost 2 months ago and it looks like a good little kit, but other than maybe being originally a Renwal kit from 1966, I can’t find much.

[ss2000]

Yep, originally Renwal. Nice kits.

[Joe Handley]

I’m think I may strip the wheels and paint them body color, then dry brush the spokes, or even strip all the chrome and paint those a bronze color with the fenders and body painted black. I’m just trying to figure out who did the coach work on the body of the car this was based on, as it looks like there were several different names, but I’m not sure if that was for who built the body vs who first owned the cars….. I am a bit out of my element when it comes to these sorts of cars.

[stavanzer]

Joe, here is what Scalemates says.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/renwal-152-99-1930-packard-victoria--324171

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/1/7/1/324171-63-instructions.pdf

It appears to be a Packard Victoria Model 745, body by Dietrich

[Joe Handley]

Could even be a Waterhouse, has the same “trunk” as the Waterhouse builds that I’m finding, just different wheels.

https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/sj12/lots/r117-1930-packard-745-deluxe-eight-convertible-victoria-by-waterhouse-co/