Revell '57 Chevy Convertible.

[niteowl7710]

I'm not saying the '56 Nomad didn't sell well, I just think the '55 and or '57 would do better and be more popular.

Totally agree with you there. Dare I say I think we're "owed" those two kits to round out the Tri-5 series. I know that some people are tired of them, but at this point I have so much invested into the series The AMT '55 is long past due to be replaced, and the same with the old Monogram '57 Nomad.

[rustbucket82]

Oohhhh gotta start hunting for a match for matador red...

Scalefinishes.com

[charlie8575]

Totally agree with you there. Dare I say I think we're "owed" those two kits to round out the Tri-5 series. I know that some people are tired of them, but at this point I have so much invested into the series The AMT '55 is long past due to be replaced, and the same with the old Monogram '57 Nomad.

Everything James said.

And I'd still like a correctly-proportioned '56 Sport Coupe.

Now...if the end of this tool's road is here because they plan on re-mastering them and making what are already pretty good kits even better with the marvel of 3-D modeling, and then want to carry these ideas into that, well, I'm okay with that, too.

Charlie Larkin

[Brett Barrow]

I've never gotten an answer on what a typical run size is on a Revell kit, but I've done the math on the case count (each case is marked "Box #x of y") I'd say it's somewhere in the 15,000 to 20,000 piece range. SSP's are limited editions of 5,000 pieces, IIRC. Private-label runs (e.g. Model King) are usually 3,000 to 5,000 pieces.

[Brett Barrow]

No, they won't, but it sounded to me like there won't be any "new" modified reissues based on the current tooling after the '57 Bel Air convertible is released. Is there enough demand for 50,000 of these in 1/25 scale?:

Not really, but there is a ton of pent-up demand for these - JUNIOR STOCKERS!!! They've been giving us some nice 2-door posts lately, how about some low-level wagons/sedan deliveries?

http://www.hotrod.com/whereitbegan/hrdp_0907_junior_stock_drag_racing/

[Craig Irwin]

YES! Jr. Stockers! But don't get your hopes up, with all of the resin bodys for tri five sedan deliverys and wagons out there none of the aftermarket decal guys seem to want to do them.

[Greg Wann]

What happened to the 1:25 scale 57 Chevy convertible Belair kit?

[Casey]

What happened to the 1:25 scale 57 Chevy convertible Belair kit?

It's almost here. Built up shown at 2013 Toledo NNL, photographed by Steve Goldman:

[Greg Wann]

It's almost here. Built up shown at 2013 Toledo NNL, photographed by Steve Goldman:

SWEET!! I'm gonna be getting me a couple of those! Thanks for the photo referral, Casey.

[Rob Hall]

I wonder if the Continental kit rear bumper is the only choice..I guess I can swap the rear bumper from the Bel Air sedan kit (I have an extra one of those to do a Nomad using a resin conversion).

Edited October 10, 2013 by Rob Hall

[towtruck]

not "bashing" but I really hope the '57 chevy convertible can be built without that stupid continentel kit . I'm old enough to remember the 50s and contrary to belief not every 50s car had em. IMO they are just plain ugly

[niteowl7710]

not "bashing" but I really hope the '57 chevy convertible can be built without that stupid continentel kit . I'm old enough to remember the 50s and contrary to belief not every 50s car had em. IMO they are just plain ugly

That's an interesting question, that Connie kit was tooled up specifically for the Convertible. The way they've been with "bonus" parts lately...

[SteveG]

I wonder if the Continental kit rear bumper is the only choice..I guess I can swap the rear bumper from the Bel Air sedan kit (I have an extra one of those to do a Nomad using a resin conversion).

The Continental kit rear bumper is on a separate tree as shown with the Convertible windshield frame so it's possible for them to do both if unless they block it off the other chrome tree.

-Steve

[towtruck]

Based on Revell's past practices (i.e., the first issue of the '55 convertible), I'm guessing the Connie kit `rear bumper will be be the only one in the kit. If you want a standard rear bumper, you could always grab one from the '57 Bel Air sedan kit.

yep ! already digging through the parts boxes I know I gotta an extra regular one somewhere..thanx for the replys

[Casey]

I don't think they've publicly shown all the parts, have they? That appears to be the same parts display they brought to the Milwaukee NNL in April. Maybe they just decided not to display the shared parts from previous Tri-Five kits, though.

[mrknowetall]

It's still not on their release date schedule, and the latest one runs through December. However, the Merc Woody wagon is! December release!

[Rob Hall]

It's still not on their release date schedule, and the latest one runs through December. However, the Merc Woody wagon is! December release!

I've seen at my LHS the tenative schedule through Nov, what's scheduled for December besides the Merc?

[niteowl7710]

I've seen at my LHS the tenative schedule through Nov, what's scheduled for December besides the Merc?

Well if Tower Hobbies is to be at all believed (hehehehehe) - The '53 Panel and the Slingster Dragster. The Slingster is getting a Monogram box. The Beetle rebox, Cuda, '57 Chevy and Shelby Convertible are showing November. That's an awfully big November!

[mrknowetall]

I've seen at my LHS the tenative schedule through Nov, what's scheduled for December besides the Merc?

1/12 Foose '69 Camaro, '53 Chevy Panel, Slingster and a Messerschmitt plane. Lot's of good stuff!

[Rob Hall]

IIRC the RoG VW T1 van is due around Dec as well...

[horsepower]

my only deal is that they include the extra cost option continental kit, but not the extra "splash" guards behind the front wheel openings, (when these were shown in the photos on the '55 'vert kit box) & they don't offer the fuel injection, that was the ultimate in options, & also the four speeds were introduced in late '57, so wouldn't that rate as an option also?

[John Goschke]

So much for my hope that the windshield frame would be molded with the body rather than a separate plated piece. Judging by the photo it does appear to fit somewhat better and not be out of scale like the horrid piece in the '55 convertible kit.

[MachinistMark]

Sooooo glad there's a Connie kit! Our 1:1 has one...

[Luc Janssens]

Wonder if Revell would be interested into doing this with their '57 or the '56 Chevy...

Photo courtesy of Jason Robinson ( '70s Street Machines open facebook group)

https://www.facebook.com/groups/456235534422504/

Reminds me of a Matchbox car I had in the '80s....

Ps. I know of the Mpc kit.

[niteowl7710]

Well I was hanging out next to a grapevine, and apparently Revell was forthcoming the reason the '57 Convertible was due to a tooling snafu with the chassis that was SO EPIC in it's level of embarrassment as to make the backwards gas tank on the Nova seem like a minor error in engraving depth.

It's being fixed, that's the delay. That give me two lines of though. Kudos to Revell for catching the issue and fixing what would have been such a glaring accuracy issue I don't think even their most ardent defenders could haul the mail for them. But in the same turn how the in the bleeding heck do you let something so glaringly obvious get all the way into final tooling? You can't blame China, this was a R&D and Kit Design flaw. I have to believe that the computers in Elk Grove Village are simply not connected to the same internet as the rest of the world because even a modicum of research would have shown the correct way of going about things.

Am I being deliberately vague, sure. I would just invite anyone who's interested to go look at the Convertible Specific parts that are shown in the Kit Review thread, then ponder a Convertible's unique chassis, then the parts, then the 1:1 chassis, and I think "X" marks the spot of the missing part *cough*