'50s cars that we'd hope that the manufacturers would offer -

[buffalobill]

There's more than several '50s era cars that I wish that Revell, AMT/Round 2, or Moebius would make available in 1/25th scale. Perhaps our inputs will be considered by their respective product planners & marketing staff. . .One can only hope!

I'm sure that everyone has their own favorites that they'd like to have - I'll kick this topic off w/ my wish-list. (note: some subjects have been done before, but are in serious need of updating to 'today's quality & accuracy standards', or they're body-style variations on already produced model year kits)

'50-'52 Chevy 2 door sedan & 'fastback'

'50 Olds 88 2 dr hardtop, 2 dr sedan & 'fastback'

'51 Mercury 2 dr coupe

'52-'54 Mercury Monterey 2 dr hardtop

'53-'54 Chevy Bel Air hardtop

'55 Chevy Nomad wagon

'55 Lincoln Capri 2 dr hardtop

'55 Ford T-Bird w/ both soft & hard tops

'55-'56 Mercury Monterey 2 dr hardtop

'56 Ford Victoria 2 dr hardtop

'56 Chevy Bel Air 2 dr hardtop

'56 Lincoln Premiere 2 dr hardtop

'56-57 Continental Mark II

'56 Olds Super 88 Holiday 2 dr hardtop

'56 Buick Century 2 dr hardtop

'57 Ford Ranchero, & 2 dr wagon

'57 Pontiac Safari wagon

'57 Desoto Adventurer hardtop

'57-58 Dodge Royal Lancer 2 dr hardtop

'57-'58 Studebaker Golden Hawk

'57 Cadillac Coupe de Ville

'58 Chevy Del Ray/Biscayne 2 door post coupe

Most of the above could be expanded to include convertible versions, too, as well as eventually be packaged as 3 'n 1 kits.

Edited October 21, 2013 by buffalobill

[Brett Barrow]

I know there's another Revell 57 Ford in the works, just not sure if it'll be a Ranchero or Ranch Wagon (I'm leaning Ranch Wagon). It could be couple years away, though.

And I've got a pretty good feeling there will be another 50 Olds as well, I'm leaning towards the fastback, but a Holiday hardtop would not surprise me. I doubt they'd do the regular sedan, since it looks so much like the coupe.

[Greg Myers]

The Tri-Five Chevys can't be beat popularity wise. But what can you do to them that you can't do to any BOP Tri-Five ? Oh Yeah, build a model of them.

Edited October 21, 2013 by Greg Myers

[ChrisBcritter]

'51 Ford Victoria hardtop, since AMT could base it off the '50 convertible tooling

'57 Studebaker Golden Hawk, since AMT could base it off the '53 coupe tooling

'53-'54 Chevy 2-door sedan, station wagon, convertible and hardtop - all new tool like for the Tri-Fives

'56 Plymouth Fury - Moebius could follow up their early Chrysler 300s with this one

Edited October 21, 2013 by ChrisBcritter

[forthlin]

1955 Olds 98 Starfire conv. My Mom had one in the late 50's.

1952-'54 Pontiac Chieftain

1955 Buick Special

[berr13]

I'd nominate:

1952 Willys Jeep station wagon

1953 Oldmobile 98 hardtop

1953 Ford Courier sedan delivery

1956 Mercury Montclair hardtop

1956 Studebaker Golden Hawk

[Joe Handley]

Anything that hasn't be a new issue in the last 5 years or has been around forever and reissued ad nausium.

[Joker]

Zocchi's 1956 Lincoln Continental.

[FordRodnKustom]

Anything from1958, for me the Ford would be great.

[Eshaver]

Hummmmmmmmmm,

56 El dorado

55 Oldsmobile

55 Pontiac

53 Buick Skylark

59 Country squire wagon

57 Plymouth Fury

56 Lincoln Mk II

56 Lincoln Cosmopolitan

56 Packard convertible

56 Chevrolet sedan delivery , at least a wagon , huh ??????

57-9 Ford F-100's

53 Ford panel delivery, I'll take several cause I own a real one

51 Dodge truck

58 Studebaker P U , O K any Studebaker truck

[zenrat]

1955 Chrysler New Yorker Town & Country - moulded in salmon natch

[Tom Geiger]

The good part of this thread is that with Revell and Moebius giving us regular surprises, anything is possible! More than at any other time in modeling.

[Eshaver]

Fred, Art Anderson in a recent Interview I had with him for Still Runnin magazine told me that the Chrysler wouldn't have enough "Legs " as he put it to do being as it is a wagon. Look, I'd like one too. I was a Sky King fan as a kid .....................

[charlie8575]

I'd....take just about anything in this post.

I'd love to see a 1953-55 Kaiser Manhattan, I always thought those were nice-looking cars.

I'd like a 1950 Buick- the Special shares the under-pinnings with the Olds 88, just add bodywork, interior and a Straight 8/DynaFlow. The Special Sedanette is especially nice-looking, I think.

Really wanna wow 'em? Go ahead, do a 1950-53 Buick Estate Wagon. I dare anyone to do it. I WILL buy a case.

Engine/transmission wise, I'd also like to see a GOOD poly-head Chrysler (early non-Hemi V8- 241, 260, 277, 301, 303, 313, 318) with a matching TorqueFlite and a correct selection of the other early automatics.

Charlie Larkin

Edited October 22, 2013 by charlie8575

[Ramfins59]

I wholeheartedly agree with Charlie. I'll take ANYTHING that has been listed in this thread so far. I'm a fan of ANYTHING from the 1950's. I know that quite a few of the cars listed here are made by Modelhaus, and I love their stuff, but it would be great to see these cars come out in plastic, which would be quite a bit cheaper.

[ToyLvr]

Long shot....

1950 Crosley Super Sports;

1951 Crosley Wagon

Otherwise I say "ditto" to Richard & Charlie's comments.

[pharoah]

Yep, All or any of the above. Plus-

55 Pontiac hardtop,convert,or Safari wagon.

55 Caddy

50-51 Ford woody

[chevyfever2009]

57 buick

56 corvette wagon

[Casey]

1) '50-'52 Chevy 2 door sedan & 'fastback'

2) '53-'54 Chevy Bel Air hardtop

3) '55 Chevy Nomad wagon

4) '55 Ford T-Bird w/ both soft & hard tops

5) '56 Chevy Bel Air 2 dr hardtop

6) '56-57 Continental Mark II

7) '57 Ford Ranchero, & 2 dr wagon

1) Yes and yes, based on the Revell '50 Olds tooling, please.

2) These are long overdue, even with both the 1/24 '53 and 1/25 Revell '53/4 kits still kicking around at Revell, Inc.

3) Yes, and I will add a '57 Nomad.

4) It is kind of odd this one has never been kitted, but it's the nicest looking out of the '55-'57 years IMHO.

5) Yes. Revell has released all-new '55 and '57 Bel Air Hardtops, and who really wanted a '56 Del Ray?

6) On looks and gorgeous lines alone, yes. Not sure it would be a sales success, though.

7) Yes, but I think the appeal of a Country Squire 4-door wagon would trump any other version, and is what I'm hoping Revell has planned.

[mnwildpunk]

The Tri-Five Chevys can't be beat popularity wise. But what can you do to them that you can't do to any BOP Tri-Five ? Oh Yeah, build a model of them.

I can't agree more. A 55-57 olds would be ideal but i'd settle for a 55-57 poncho. The 57 pontiac chieftian has a special place in my heart though above all else

[charlie8575]

Long shot....

1950 Crosley Super Sports;

1951 Crosley Wagon

Otherwise I say "ditto" to Richard & Charlie's comments.

YES! I love Crosleys! Very unusual considering almost I've ever driven are GM B/C-bodies.

That would be perfect. No licensing hassles, and so small, I don't think you'd barely have plastic equal to a body-shell of a normal car. There's no way they could justify more than say, $20 for that based on materials and lack of legal cow cookies.

Just like the real thing- economical as real cars, economical as models.

Charlie Larkin

I can't agree more. A 55-57 olds would be ideal but i'd settle for a 55-57 poncho.

I'm not settling; I want both and a Buick, please.

Charlie Larkin

[Guest]

Anything from the 50's and 60's.

[ChrisBcritter]

'58 and '59 Pontiacs, not sure if current Chevy tooling would give a head start. I'd suggest Trumpeter to do a '59 since they've done a '60; but considering all the issues with that car and its price I'd rather leave the job to Revell.

[Clemi]

My favourite car would be a 57 Mercury Montclair/Monterey/Turnpike Cruiser. There is a resin body of the Monterey but it's very expensive and in a bad quality.

Edited October 22, 2013 by Clemi

[ToyLvr]

YES! I love Crosleys! Very unusual considering almost I've ever driven are GM B/C-bodies.

That would be perfect. No licensing hassles, and so small, I don't think you'd barely have plastic equal to a body-shell of a normal car. There's no way they could justify more than say, $20 for that based on materials and lack of legal cow cookies.

Just like the real thing- economical as real cars, economical as models.

Charlie Larkin

I'm not settling; I want both and a Buick,

CHARLIE:

Since I'm very fond of Crosleys (used to own some 1:1 in my car collection) and other "orphan" cars, I would love to see a couple of decent plastic kits of Crosleys. Crosley Motors had some other interesting vehicles, such as a Jeep-like unit called the "Farm-O-Road".

They would be interesting subjects to model, would add interest to diorama displays, and the dragster builders could go nuts with the body shell (such with the reissued AMT Fiat). There have been a couple of resin curbside kits floating around over the years, but they were poor quality. We need styrene!

However, I'd have to take issue with your comment that it would be cheaper to produce. Just as in the case of the 1:1, while you would save a bit on material costs, it would require every bit as much *labor* to produce one of these kts as it costs to make other "full size" kits. As we all know, it's the labor costs that gets you in most manufactured goods.

As for licensing, the "Crosley" trade name is still legally owned and active, so I bet they would want their cut of the action, too.

Oh well, I can always hope. Hey Moebius or Galaxy, how about it?