greymack Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Does anyone know if there was a 4dr 55 chevy wagon ever made?
Swifster Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 There were a LOT of '55 Chevy wagons with 4-doors.
jeffs396 Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Not in styrene George, but I think in resin...someone will chime in... Here's a great resource for searching resins: http://rocketfin.com/resin_search.cfm
michaelbaskett Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Yup... I have one that I got from Ray Parsons a few years back...Are You looking to buy, or just looking for info?...Bill..
Craig Irwin Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Heres how one talented modeler did one. http://public.fotki.com/Zelkam/stock/1955-chevrolet-stat/
khier Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Heres how one talented modeler did one. http://public.fotki....chevrolet-stat/ All the available '55 Wagon kits are incorrect, except the One Fifty Handy Man (2DR) made by Perry's resin, and , judging the pictures, Shawn Carpenter's Beauville Bel Air (4DR) conversion kit. I am not aware of Ray Parson's kit, but if you mean the R&R kit, it has the wrong side trim (identical to Bel Air). I was following the building process in the attached link closely to see how he will tackle the trim issue, but despite his excellent skills, he preferred the easy way and ended with wrong trim treatment. Here is a short review of the all '55 Models available I posted in another forum, updates and corrections are welcome: 1955 Chevy 1. Bel Air 2DR HT. Very old kit from Revell. Avaialble separately and in the Hot Rod box with a 57 and 54 Chevys. Hendrix offers resin conversion. I think it is based on the cabrio (see below) and a 57 roof. I do not have it so I am not sure. (Now we know there is a new one from Revell) 2. Bel Air Cabrio. Revell USA and discontinued but easy to find from Revell AG. An excellent kit. 3. Bel Air 2DR Sedan. AMT, AMT, AMT,... and nothing but an AMT. Not because it is a great kit, but because it is all what you can get. 4. Nomad. see Nr. 3 5. Bel Air 4DR. nothing as far as I could find. 6. 210 2DR sedan/club cope. See 5 7. 210 4DR sedan. See 5 8. 210 2DR sport Cope. see 5 9. 210 Townsman/Bel air Beauville (2DR S/W). Resin conversion available from R&R. A useless kit because of incorrect chrome trim. the trim is taken from the regular Bel Air and is different for the S/W. 10. 150. Nothing at all. But perhaps the AMT 2DR Cope can be easily converted by removing the side chrome trim (not an easy task on the front fender), but what about the scripts and crests? There are no suitable scripts available, neither water slide nor photo etch parts. Any advice, suggestions and tips are greatly appreciated. The interior is another pain in the a... I mean the neck. New seats and door panels have to be made. However, this might not be terrible as it seems because the 150 series had a simple seat trim. 10.b The R&R kit (see 9) may be useful here to build a handy man (150 2DR S/W) by removing the incorrect chrome (God why did not they do it themselves). Again, the scripts and the interior have to be made. (Available/Was Available from Perry's resin. Body only. Very good by the way) 11. Sedan delivery resin conversion is offered by the Modelhaus. Judging the positive experience with knowledgable caster (well, if we exclude the 65 Impala S/W), I expect it to be an accurate body shell. How good actually the kit is and how difficult the conversion to S/W might be remains an open question. Personally I would not follow that route for a simple reason. If the conversion turns out to be difficult I would end with a sedan delivery which I am not interested in. Since the interior and scripts have to be added anyway, I would go for the R&R kit and remove the trim as mentioned above.
greymack Posted November 17, 2011 Author Posted November 17, 2011 Hey guys yeah thanks for the info I think I'm going to custom build a 55 4dr.I found some good pictures so I'll be posting updates this weekend.
Swifster Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Um, the Beauville was part of the Bel Air family. The Townsman was part of the 210 line. The only 2-dr wagon in the Bel Air line was the Nomad. There were no 4-dr wagons in the 150 line. If the Beauville has Bel Air trim, it may be correct (I've never seen one). Actually, I saw a '55 4-dr wagon a couple weeks ago, but I didn't look at it (or the cowl tag) to see what it was but I think it was a 210.
my66s55 Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 The 1955 Chevrolet station wagon brochure: http://www.oldcarbro...t/dirindex.html
khier Posted November 17, 2011 Posted November 17, 2011 Um, the Beauville was part of the Bel Air family. The Townsman was part of the 210 line. The only 2-dr wagon in the Bel Air line was the Nomad. There were no 4-dr wagons in the 150 line. If the Beauville has Bel Air trim, it may be correct (I've never seen one). Actually, I saw a '55 4-dr wagon a couple weeks ago, but I didn't look at it (or the cowl tag) to see what it was but I think it was a 210. No, the wagons had a different trim than the main line.
Swifster Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 The trim may have been different, but not by much.
niteowl7710 Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 (edited) 1. Bel Air 2DR HT. Very old kit from Revell. Avaialble separately and in the Hot Rod box with a 57 and 54 Chevys. Hendrix offers resin conversion. I think it is based on the cabrio (see below) and a 57 roof. I do not have it so I am not sure. (Now we know there is a new one from Revell) I know I'm picking nits here, but for the life of me I would have listed the new tooling '55 HT first and not listed it as an afterthought -- It is based off the rest of the Tri-5 tooling that started with the convertible version as being THE first piece of tooling that has spawned all the subsequent variations (including this new HT). Monogram throwback packaging non-withstanding you would really have to go out of your way to find the ancient old Revell "everything opens" kit that was feature in the Hot Rod series of kits. Edited November 18, 2011 by niteowl7710
khier Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 I know I'm picking nits here, but for the life of me I would have listed the new tooling '55 HT first and not listed it as an afterthought -- I wrote this summary in another forum maybe in 2005. I made a copy and paste here with updates in red.
disabled modeler Posted November 18, 2011 Posted November 18, 2011 Didn't they make a dealer promo of the 55 4door wagon?
Swifster Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 Didn't they make a dealer promo of the 55 4door wagon? A 4-dr sedan, but no wagon.
tabsscale1 Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 I know I'm picking nits here, but for the life of me I would have listed the new tooling '55 HT first and not listed it as an afterthought -- It is based off the rest of the Tri-5 tooling that started with the convertible version as being THE first piece of tooling that has spawned all the subsequent variations (including this new HT). Monogram throwback packaging non-withstanding you would really have to go out of your way to find the ancient old Revell "everything opens" kit that was feature in the Hot Rod series of kits. this one is the new tooling as i have several of these
greymack Posted November 23, 2011 Author Posted November 23, 2011 Hey guys thanks for all the great info .I managed to cust build a 4 dr wagon and it looks pretty good so far I'll add a picture this evening.
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