Boy, I've been lurking over on the SAE forum a bit, and I found out I can have just about any wagon I can dream about, as long as I buy it, and build it myself....and don't mind that it's in 1:25 scale. They've got resin kits for just about everything...... Because it's been about 40 years since I've built a model, I'll be building a simple kit out-of-the box (probably not a wagon) to refresh my skills (which were not that great to begin with), then go from there. There's a lot of 'tricks' that have come along in the years since, as well as a few tools. I've got a little Dremel thingy, but I'm going to have to get a small compressor and airbrush to do painting still..... Took a look-see at the local hobby store in Eugene, and although they don't have a big stock of models I'm interested in, they do have a good stock of raw plastic, brass and what-not to do scratch-building of parts, which is cool. Models I can always get from E-bay, etc..... After I get warmed up.......... '65 Chevelle wagon (already have the AMT box kit) '67 Pontiac Bonneville Safari - This one's a resin mod. Probably starts with the AMT '66 Bonneville 2-door kit, but I'm not sure. And the biggie........ '57 Buick Caballero...........same situation as the '67 Pontiac. Not sure what starter kit this would use. Chime in here if you know.
My guess is that the Buick and Pontiac would be mostly complete kits unless a current kit would lend itself easilly as a parts source. It may be that tires, engine and under hood details may be the only things you need to borrow from another kit. I would expect the maker of the resin kits to be able to answer your questions. Jim
No - all you get is the body, 'unchromed' bumpers and grill and interior buck. Still need a regular kit for the chassis, engine, trim, etc......
The 57 Buick you could use Revell's 57 Nomad kit. You would have to stretch the chassis a bit and source a Buick engine. The interior could be used with a little detail changes. If you look at pictures of a 57 buick dash and break it down to component parts and change the Chevy to look like the Buick. Or you could do the same with AMT's 55 Chevy Nomad kit. There are AMT 65 Grand Prix and 2+2 kits that are fairly easy to find. They would supply your chassis, engine and front half of the interior. You could possibly use the Revell 66 Chevelle kit for the rear of the interior and side windows.
Thanks, Bob. I've got a lot of questions for the ppl over at the SAE forum, but I ned to read up and take some notes first....
