History of Revell's Squarebody Pickup kits

[Casey]

From the 1985 Revell catalog:

[Casey]

Only one Squarebody kit remained in the Revell lineup by 1988:

 

1991 Revell catalog:

[Jordan White]

Looks like Revell will be bringing back the 2wd Street Pickup again! I wonder if they will change any contents, or just the decals?

4 hours ago, Justin Porter said:

Apparently, at least according to Stevens International, the return of the '70 Torino Cobra is just one piece in a slate of good news for in-bound Revell reissues. 
 

REVELL-MONOGRAM

RMX-4552

1/25 1976 Chevy Street Pickup Truck

$0.00

$0.00

TBA

 

 

[Can-Con]

4 hours ago, Jordan White said:

Looks like Revell will be bringing back the 2wd Street Pickup again! I wonder if they will change any contents, or just the decals?

 

Most likely just decals but I'd really like to see them stick a set of stock bumpers and a proper front suspension in the box. ?

 , , and fill in that hole in the roof !!  ?

[Keef]

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

Most likely just decals but I'd really like to see them stick a set of stock bumpers and a proper front suspension in the box. ?

 , , and fill in that hole in the roof !!  ?

THIS!! ^^^^^

[leafsprings]

On 3/5/2021 at 5:50 PM, George Handley said:

Amazingly nobody has made a square body stock lwb chevy pickup- one of the most popular trucks in history.

Yep. It would have been a no brainer for MPC or AMT to give us this subject back in the 70's.

[1972coronet]

10 hours ago, leafsprings said:

It would have been a no brainer for MPC or AMT to give us this subject back in the 70's.

MPC offered a C-10 for 1978 as an annual. It was the only 2WD version. Mid-1978 or so, a K-10 was released ( Dust Devil ) , but it wasn't 100% factory stock. The fleetside (I've trouble remembering whose nomenclature is proper when mentioning the bed style of their pickup's beds) wasn't released until the Fall Guy issue of c.1983. 

The Revell C-10 is quite toy-like ; detail is scant at best. It can be made to look decent, but that'd take some swapping and massaging. Revell's kit glass from that era was pretty bad, as one could see the 'runners' along the top edge of the windscreen and backlight.

Edited August 22, 2023 by 1972coronet
*TYPO*

[Tabbysdaddy]

Other than not being able to build it stock, I think it's pretty decent. 

[Fabrux]

Of all the versions of this tooling family they pick the worst one to reissue... ?

[stavanzer]

On 8/25/2023 at 6:06 AM, Fabrux said:

Of all the versions of this tooling family they pick the worst one to reissue... ?

Which one did you want?

[Fabrux]

I'd love to see the Blazer/K10 again.

[stavanzer]

And here it is:

 

[Oldriginal86]

I’m a pickup truck builder but won’t be doing this one. 

[Jonathan]

I'll probably pick up one copy - I'm a sucker I guess.  So, does "New Parts!" mean, "we made new parts" or does it mean, "we found some parts of the mold and reinstated those."?

[stavanzer]

4 minutes ago, Jonathan said:

I'll probably pick up one copy - I'm a sucker I guess.  So, does "New Parts!" mean, "we made new parts" or does it mean, "we found some parts of the mold and reinstated those."?

They re-tooled some new Wheels to fit some Ex-Monogram Tires.

[Tabbysdaddy]

The tires in both copies I have are the two piece tires, with dated looking rims. I think the body is very nice, probably could combine it with the Sodbuster for a more accurate undercarriage. 

[Tabbysdaddy]

Also, the cab seems to be a variant of the wrecker kit.

Edited April 22, 2024 by Tabbysdaddy

[Fabrux]

On 4/22/2024 at 1:28 AM, Tabbysdaddy said:

Also, the cab seems to be a variant of the wrecker kit.

Tell me you didn't read my kit history article without telling me you didn't read my kit history article. ?

[Tabbysdaddy]

1 hour ago, Fabrux said:

Tell me you didn't read my kit history article without telling me you didn't read my kit history article. ?

I read it a long time ago, so excuse me if I don't remember everything. 

[Ulf]

On 4/22/2024 at 6:28 AM, Tabbysdaddy said:

Also, the cab seems to be a variant of the wrecker kit.

Yes, but no integrated sun visor and thats great.

[oldcarfan]

As with the Round body trucks, I have more than enough squarebody kits already. However if they were to do an accurate 73-78 Chevy/GMC long bed with an optional accurate Duallie version and maybe do a crew cab, too, they could take all my money. I wouldn't say no to a nice Sheriff Brody edition Blazer. The same applies with Ford. If they tooled up an accurate 81-96 Bullnose Duallie, I'd refill my wallet and throw it at them. It wouldn't hurt Revell to do a 2WD version of their ex-Monogram 81 Ford F-150 stepside, maybe do a short wide bed, too.