59 stude

[mnwildpunk]

Oh so many years ago I have an aunt who bought me an AMT? 59 stude lark from a thirft staore. It was a car she and her husband had back when they both where learning to become pastors in the salvation army. I have always wanted to build it for them but there was no instructions and if I remember right it seemed to have a bunch of extras. Does anybody have a set of instructions for this build they would be willing to photocopy for me? I will pay for the cost of the kinko's copies and the stamp/stamps. Part II. Where would I find the color schemes offered for the stude that year?

and now for something completely different. I just joined about two weeks ago and I want to say this site is amazing I spend hours on here learning so much. I love the fact I can walk away from the 'puter and apply what I have learned. Or if I'm at the worlbench I can just jump on my phone. You guys don't know what this hobby and website has done for me. Both are keeping me sober/clean if I get the urge to do something bad I just sit down at my workbench and soon the craving (and time lol) disappear. Thank you everyone who makes this site what it is

[Art Anderson]

Oh so many years ago I have an aunt who bought me an AMT? 59 stude lark from a thirft staore. It was a car she and her husband had back when they both where learning to become pastors in the salvation army. I have always wanted to build it for them but there was no instructions and if I remember right it seemed to have a bunch of extras. Does anybody have a set of instructions for this build they would be willing to photocopy for me? I will pay for the cost of the kinko's copies and the stamp/stamps. Part II. Where would I find the color schemes offered for the stude that year?

and now for something completely different. I just joined about two weeks ago and I want to say this site is amazing I spend hours on here learning so much. I love the fact I can walk away from the 'puter and apply what I have learned. Or if I'm at the worlbench I can just jump on my phone. You guys don't know what this hobby and website has done for me. Both are keeping me sober/clean if I get the urge to do something bad I just sit down at my workbench and soon the craving (and time lol) disappear. Thank you everyone who makes this site what it is

Well, for starters, unless it was Premier/Palmer who kitted this "59 Studebaker", I cannot imagine whose kit it would be: AMT made but 2 serious model kits of Studebakers in their entire history in 1/25 scale: 1953 Commander Starliner Hardtop. and the 1963 Avanti (with parts to trim it as a 1964). In addition, Aurora Plastics made a 1/24 scale 1963 Avanti in 1/24 scale. JoHan made promo's of the Studebaker Lark of the era 1959-61, but no kits, and these were approximately 1:22 scale. JoHan did make a pair of 1962 Studebaker Lark kits in styrene, off their promotional model tooling, also in 1/22 scale, the Lark Daytona Convertible, and the Lark Daytona Hardtop (only the convertible was ever reissued, in the late 1970's as a snap-kit).

That leaves the multi-piece bodied Premier/Palmer kit, not a very good piece, but simple enough it should be fairly easy to build even without the instruction sheet--it's also a pretty basic model kit. As for color schemes, that one is, IIRC, a 4dr sedan, and there weren't many colors available, about the only 2-tone scheme (again IIRC) would have been the addition of white paint to the roof to compliment whatever main body color was used.

Art

[jas1957]

If it's the Premier/Palmer kit I have both the hardtop & convert kits. PM me with your address & I'll dig 'em out & photocopy the instructions. Art you are of course correct, all the Larks no matter who built them were super simple kits. You hardly need the instructions to build them. John Strick

[mnwildpunk]

I haven't seen the kit in a long time the more I think about it the more I want to say it's a hawk I known the cover art is the stude parked diagnally with the front sloping downwards towards you and the car is red

[mnwildpunk]

I just jumped on evil bay and found it sorry guys you are right it's a 53 studebaker starliner. I have been fogging my mind for a lot of years so I have been mistaken a lot I need to pull it out from the abyss and see if I'm mistake on the part count and needing instructions

[Guest]

Dave, I can help with instructions for the 53. I am in MPLS as well, pm me, maybe we can get together, and I can give you them in person instead of mailing them.

[Foxer]

Here's the instructions for the Starliner