slusher Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Bought this kit back in late 2005 and was wondering if anyone had issues or had a review of this kit. After all this time l am thinking about building it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Go for it Carl ! I would love to see what it looks like with one of your smooth paint jobs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 It's an odd mix of chassis/interior/body. The body is completely stock and quite nice for the subject; it's the rarely seen hatchback Nova. The chassis is fairly generic, as is the interior tub; what you would find in many of AMT's/ Model King's gasser kits, and I believe you could source a much more realistic chassis from MANY sources, but that's my opinion. This body style has real potential, so I'll be watching to see what you do with it! Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2000-cvpi Posted October 9, 2013 Share Posted October 9, 2013 Does our have a stock hood ? I would hope so, that scoop is too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 l put the hood scoop on mine. l wish the car had stock interior. its a little of both... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 ...the roof on this kit is very wrong, making the rear side windows wrong also. The MPC kits were much much better proportioned. I always thought that this kit was a reissue, (by AMT/Ertl), of an MPC kit; that AMT never did produce their own Nova kit of this mid-1970's era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I always thought that this kit was a reissue, (by AMT/Ertl), of an MPC kit; that AMT never did produce their own Nova kit of this mid-1970's era. Nope, this is a reissue of the AMT '76 Nova. Different kit than the MPC of that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horsepower Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Speaking as someone who drove a '79 Nova coupe for many years ,, the roof on this kit is very wrong. making the rear side windows wrong also. The MPC kits were much much better proportioned. BTW, all the kits of this generation Nova were hatchbacks. That's strange, I worked in an auto recycling yard & not a one of the "76 - "79 Nova's in the yard were hatchbacks, They all had deck lids & a trunk, must've been just a California option. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 I remember back in the day, my father and I would buy used company cars from his company. He'd drive them home to look over. One was a Nova hatchback like the kit, it was a salesman's car. This had to be maybe 1980-1 and the Nova was so rusty that the hatch mounts were nearly off the car. I'd love for someone to modify that body into a 4 door sedan. Local towns used those for police cars back then too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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