Is this the worst box art build ever?

[Harry P.]

Ahh...more fake stuff on the forum, like some of the fake posters...

[Deano]

It's a Photoshop job.

Interesting ... right now (and for the next 20 hours) that EXACT kit is listed on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Highway-Pioneers-Dapol-Cord-1936-Beverly-Phaeton-1-32-Scale-Historic-Car-Kit-/261201847893?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3cd0d7e655

[Harry P.]

Interesting ... right now (and for the next 20 hours) that EXACT kit is listed on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Highway-Pioneers-Dapol-Cord-1936-Beverly-Phaeton-1-32-Scale-Historic-Car-Kit-/261201847893?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3cd0d7e655

Wow! I had no idea this was a real kit! I assumed it was just a joke.

[Ace-Garageguy]

Some research indicates this is a REAL model, in 1/32 scale, produced by a company called Dapol in England. There is an extensive history of the company as a model train maker online, and it appears this is the real deal. Notice "a Dapol product" in the lower left hand corner of the box art.

The same ebay seller also has a 1910 Cadillac http://www.ebay.com/itm/Highway-Pioneers-Dapol-Cord-1910-Cadillac-1-32-Scale-Historic-Car-Kit-/261201850135?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3cd0d7ef17

and a 1913 Mercedes http://www.ebay.com/itm/Highway-Pioneers-Dapol-Cord-1910-Cadillac-1-32-Scale-Historic-Car-Kit-/261201850135?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3cd0d7ef17

from the same manufacturer.

Edited May 15, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[Von Don Koolkat]

I don't know why everybody is in an uproar over model kits from fledgling companies from 60 years ago when ERTL's box art for some of their AMT reissues was atrocious. Plus is it being the box art LAYOUT being questioned or the quality of the BUILT MODEL (if shown)? The negativity here no matter what the subject drives me batty.

[Deano]

Some research indicates this is a REAL model, in 1/32 scale, produced by a company called Dapol in England. There is an extensive history of the company as a model train maker online, and it appears this is the real deal. Notice "a Dapol product" in the lower left hand corner of the box art.

The same ebay seller also has a 1910 Cadillac http://www.ebay.com/itm/Highway-Pioneers-Dapol-Cord-1910-Cadillac-1-32-Scale-Historic-Car-Kit-/261201850135?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3cd0d7ef17

and a 1923 Mercedes http://www.ebay.com/itm/Highway-Pioneers-Dapol-Cord-1910-Cadillac-1-32-Scale-Historic-Car-Kit-/261201850135?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item3cd0d7ef17

from the same manufacturer.

It also used to be available from Minicraft.

[Harry P.]

Some research indicates this is a REAL model, in 1/32 scale, produced by a company called Dapol in England.

I think the confusion stems from the fact that there also was a Gowland "Highway Pioneers" series of kits. It's that series I was thinking of, and it didn't include a Cord. I have never heard of, or seen, this kit before.

[Deano]

Did a little archaeology down in my dungeon. I thought I had something like this ... actually something identical to this:

The second picture is what is VERY interesting. I had assumed (there's that word) that this was a Minicraft kit but look closely ...

[Eshaver]

Amazing......................................

[Art Anderson]

And that "professional looking" nameplate doesn't exactly help...

PS: Gotta love a model where the gap between the door and the body is a raised line!!!

Harry,

Welcome to the world of very early plastic model car kits, especially Revell. Revell's owner considered himself to be in the toy business, plastic model kits were still merely a sideline. :"Raised door lines" aside, that Cord 810 is actually quite accurately tooled.

Art

[Art Anderson]

A Cord was never a part of the "Highway Pioneers" series. The Highway Pioneers were all brass-era cars.

Excuse me Harry, but yes, the Cord, AND it's companion Duesenberg SJ Phaeton were marketed as part of the Highway Pioneers series for at least a short time. There are still a few of us older modelers, with far more white than color in what hair we have left on our heads who remember those early times and early kits.

Art

[Art Anderson]

You sure about that scale? I thought the Highway Pioneers series were closer to 1/32 ... maybe 1/48?

My bad! My problem is, I think, breathe, eat and sleep with 1/25 scale, so it's like pulling teeth sometimes to type one-thirtysecond scale

Art

[John Goschke]

From a recent ebay auction. Early issue Revell kit with original box. From Gowland & Gowland molds. "Highway Pioneers: U.S. Classics Series." 1/32nd scale.

[Harry P.]

That's some impressive chassis detail right there!

[Deano]

That's some impressive chassis detail right there!

That's 1955 right there!

[Harry P.]

I did a little research. Seems that Revell obtained the tooling of the original Gowland and Gowland "Highway Pioneers" series, all brass-era cars (no Cords). That tooling then made its way to various other places, where the old kits were repackaged and rereleased under various brands, and there were also some additional kits put out by these various manufacturers over the years, all under the old "Highway Pioneers" title, even though a car as modern as a '30s era Cord could hardly be called a "pioneer" any longer.

The family tree of the original Gowland and Gowland "Highway Pioneers" has a lot of branches!

[Deano]

I did a little research. Seems that Revell obtained the tooling of the original Gowland and Gowland "Highway Pioneers" series, all brass-era cars (no Cords). That tooling then made its way to various other places, where the old kits were repackaged and rereleased under various brands, and there were also some additional kits put out by these various manufacturers over the years, all under the old "Highway Pioneers" title, even though a car as modern as a '30s era Cord could hardly be called a "pioneer" any longer.

The family tree of the original Gowland and Gowland "Highway Pioneers" has a lot of branches!

But, the Cord model in question (at least my example) has, proudly emblazoned on the bottom 'Copyright 1955' 'Gowland & Gowland'

If G&G never did a Cord then ... ???

[Harry P.]

But, the Cord model in question (at least my example) has, proudly emblazoned on the bottom 'Copyright 1955' 'Gowland & Gowland'

If G&G never did a Cord then ... ???

Don't know.

Like I said, it's a long and convoluted line, going through several manufacturers over the years.