"Holy Grail" Models?

[vintagedragcrazy]

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i just bought the speed shop and the mechanic set last week for $50 only missing a couple small tools, i just won a funny car drivers set (was still sealed) on ebay for $60 and traded some stuff for a complete pinto funny car thats built and looked really nice this stuff is awsome!!!!

vince

[jbwelda]

mine is actually the Uncertain T, mint in mint box, and including all the display stuff: stand, girl, trophy etc. then I would promptly build it.

actually I would really like a Merit Lotus 11 kit but they go for such funny money for what it is, I can't even justify it to myself.

and a Maserati Typo 60 Birdcage too while we are at it, again too dear $ wise.

jb

Edited November 8, 2014 by jbwelda

[THarrison351]

I have several. All of them stock cars. #33 Pearson NASCAR GTO, #71 Isaac Daytona, 1965 GTO modified stocker, and Mustang super stocker (#99 Dick Trickle)

[ChrisBcritter]

I luckily have most of mine, including Revell and PMC '57 and '59 Ford wagons, but I'd like to find a '64 Bonneville convertible and a '64 Grand Prix that I could cut up and combine to make a Catalina 2+2 convertible like the one I owned years ago.

[Casey]

Here's mine

[Casey]

Funny this topic comes up the day I received my HOLY GRAIL kit!

Could we see a few pics of the tires, pretty please? Maybe even a full look at what's inside?

[Ghostmech]

Could we see a few pics of the tires, pretty please? Maybe even a full look at what's inside?

[freakshow12]

Mine is the stock version of the 70 mercury cyclone. I NEEEED one

[Nitrozilla]

My grails come from 1966 and 1968/9.

I recently built the first one.

And I'm building the second one as we speak. Some assembly required. And modifications. And scratchbuilding.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=94233

[unclescott58]

Mine is the stock version of the 70 mercury cyclone. I NEEEED one

Another one!

Scott

[AC Norton]

......many of my xmas gifts from xmas 1968.........amt 69 mach1, amt 68 Shelby with record, revell 57 nomad 'surfer box art', mpc 69 coronet r/t, mpc 69 chevy pickup, amt 34 ford pickup hillbilly hauler, mpc universal jeep, and mpc swamp buggy jeep. one of the xmas that I will never forget.....the ace...........

[Edsel-Dan]

Hard for me to pick.

Start with the 61 Annuals that have not been re-issued or Newly tooled.

(I AM a 61 Annual Myself)

Next, I guess the AMT/SMP 60 Chevy Wagon Jr Trophy, & 3n1 Sport/drag Boat

Third, those kits that were Indy Pace cars that I have not found/have not been re-issued/Newly tooled

Afterwards, The Fujimi/Aoshima/Hasegawa 1/32 Buses & trucks!!

Maybe even some of the Ban Dai Star Trek ships, but, those were ALWAYS HIGH $$$$$$$

Edited November 9, 2014 by Edsel-Dan

[RodneyBad]

My Only Holy Grail kit is the JoHan 1969 GTX..

Because I owned the 1:1 for my First car..

It was Pretty Cheap back then.. The 1:1..

[iangilly]

Right now mpc 1966 charger in mint Unbuilt shape. My "holy grail" changes from month to month.

[lysleder]

My holy grail kit is so rare I have not been able to even find an image of it on the web, but it is an early version of Aoshima's Datsun 720 pickup. I bought me one at age 12-13 and although the kit itself was rather more of a toy than a model, the box art was to kill for! The box top showed artwork depicting a green (light emerald or thereabouts) w/black hood truck down to it's wheel hubs in mud from about 2/3 front view, and a taught winch wire coming in from up the trail. It had a roll bar hoop in the bed w/four round auxiliary lights and a heavy off-road bumper up front w/two more lights on it. The driver as seen through the windscreen wore a helmet, racing suit and a four point harness.

The kit itself was motorized, and there was an option of 2WD w/steering front wheels or 4WD straight ahead only. Both build versions sported a functional winch powered by the rearwheels motor. I realize Aoshima still use the Datsun body, but have done away with the battery operated chassis, and have tooled up a deeper interior and a more street-friendly chassis. I seem to remember this offering to be part of a series of six trucks. Datsun 720s and Toyota HiLux. Three of each. Most were set up w/Desert Dog tires (later offered separately by Am. Satco), but "my" Datsun and presumably one HiLux sported Padlatrak paddle tires. I have not much hope of ever finding another one of these. I suspect they were too cool for their own good, and were sold and built and played with like they should. I did however find a later issue of the same, but in a really dorky street custom guise. Nowhere near the level of cool of my grail.

If anyone have a lead, or a picture or anything please speak up.

[1972coronet]

A few which I strongly desire :

1973 Duster , MPC :

1968 Coronet MPC :

...and Sven's excellent build of this kit :

1955 Nomad , 1/16 , AMT :

[Mr mopar]

The one that always got away never could find one............... and now I have one .

[disabled modeler]

The one that always got away never could find one............... and now I have one .

That is COOL...!

[Jantrix]

The 1st Gen Chargers are my favorite cars of all time. So I'd like every kit that featured one.

And I built and loved this kit as a kid, my first try at BMF, and I loved it. It was stolen in a move along with a dozen or so other builds from my youth. I want another.

[Erik Smith]

1/12 Doyusha Honda S800 Coupe

[Chris D]

Ha, that is easy, my holy grail kit is the one that will turn out as good as I want it to be. Just can't seem to find that one!

Chris D.

[Tom Geiger]

I've always defined my Holy Grail Kit as that one special kit you have searched for years and finding it would make your life complete! It doesn't have to be expensive, just impossible to find! It's not a long list of relatively common kits.. hint- if you put it in eBay and several examples pop up... it's not hard to find!

I can say I no longer seek the Holy Grail! I have been fortunate enough to find and acquire all those rare kits from my youth, and everything I wanted truly bad. The one car I would have considered my Holy Grail is the 1966 Plymouth Valiant Signet promo. This is no doubt the rarest Plymouth promo (body style - I'm not counting a muscle car rare color). I've done some research and believe that it was never officially released because it has some glaring errors. For instance the body has the 1965 style roof and not the new for 1966 roof. The change probably happened at Chrysler and never was conveyed to AMT for the promo run. I believe that Chrysler got their internal copies, and had AMT destroy the rest. All the copies I've been able to trace to their source started with a Chrysler employee.

Sooo... I searched for years. I found one on eBay during a time when I wasn't able to spend the money. A year or so later another one appeared. I still wasn't 100% in the right financial position but reasoned the combination of me and the model would never be perfect so I hit that "Buy It Now" button for $400. That was 4 years ago. Yea, the most I ever paid for a model. Since then someone cast it in resin and I have two copies of that too.

[Roadrunner]

While I have no one single kit that is my HG, there are about two dozen that I built as a kid that I'd like to reacquire, including the MPC AMX, AMT Dream Rod, Silhouette and Monogram "Big Deuce", to name but a few.

Edited December 26, 2014 by Roadrunner

[Daddyfink]

All of the Eldon/Doyusha Show Rods

[Drake69]

I was finally able to find and buy my holy grail earlier last year, but I've not had the chance to build it yet.

Already a limited run of 2000 in Japan alone, this kit is almost completely unheard of here in the states. And it commonly gets confused with the MK2 Celica XX kit, which is just slightly more common to find as only 10000 were released! (And I have one of these as well! )

What makes them so rare is that they are not curbside models, but actually have full-on engine bays and detailed engines. All the ones Tamiya have released and exported to the US have been curbside, the Testors model kit that pops up on fleaBay from time to time is curbside, and many of the different body-style Fujimi kits with the Aero parts and such are always curbside. Yes, with some customizing and detail work they can have fully realized engine bays, AND you can buy resin engine block kits with turbo manifolds and intercoolers, but it just makes it nicer to have. Hopefully I'll have mine built with its swapped in 2JZ-GTE later this year.