That's the 1977 release. The GOODYEAR lettering on the tires were hand painted at the factory for that release....
I have some Revell 1/8 scale Big Deuces, one is halfway along, flathead Hiboy (natch) A disturbing thing came up, the chrome tree for the rear wishbones and windshield frame was warped in the bag...Check yours, guys. (only the rear 'bones and W/S frame) Revell site directed me to mail them a description of what was wrong, so I did. Two weeks later, a small box came in the mail...opening it, I found a partial chrome tree, with perfect rear 'bones and W/S frame, postage-free, and a polite letter from a lady with Revell-Monogram. Have to mention: The Revell Company has a new policy, apparently. Their '32 Ford releases are so accurate ('32 Sedan, 3-window, 5-window, Highboy Roadster...) it is like they are an extension of Henry's own company. The '48 Convertible, '41 and '48 Woodies...All the stuff is so accurate it actually interchanges like real Ford parts. But the subtleties like the difference between the quarters on the '32 roadster vs. the 5 window are actually there, just like the real ones! This impressed me, because most other mfrs. would have used the same tooling for both presses. If you guys are interested in some Deuces (or other classic Fords) in accurate scale, Revell is a one stop deal.
Last weeks project. Based on the AMT Tommy Ivo dragster, lengthened and with some after market things added I came up with this Fomosa style Nostalgia dragster. Chassis was lengthened by 2' scale feet in front of the engine and another foot to the front. Ivo bodywork was radically modified, Ross Gibson Pro Mod with scratch built headers was sub'd in for the stock engine. Lots of mods to make it all fit. SLIXX wrinkle wall rear slicks and resin Top Fuel wheel set were also used. All the body work in front of the bell housing was scratch built. Side-by-side with a stock IVO car shows the difference. End result. Lots of engine detailing, I used to use the expensive Detail Master fittings, line and hoses, now I use mostly 0.040 hex rod and stretched sprue or thin silver solder. Can't say enough about the resin Ross Gibson engines, I have done a few of them and they are without a doubt the best on the market in detail and selection.
...continued... Here's a few more recent builds... Actually this next one I did some 15 years ago, it's been tucked away in a dark corner of a closet until recently.
Revell is great. Regarding the detail in the Fords, My guess is that they are spending more time and money on these kits since they dropped NASCAR kits. They refused to pay the higher licensing costs on those kits because they knew it would have to be passed on to the customers. If people think 23-25 buck a kit is expensive, those kits would have started at over 40 buck, going higher, depending on the sponsors, plus, the "car of tomorrow" was to add a premium to the licensing costs. Revell is a company we should support as they really do appreciate their customer base and go a long way to show it.
And with places like Patto's Decals who regularly updates his NASCAR decals and Mike's Decals for base kits and resin transkits you can still almost do any car you want. I just recently did a Jimmy Johnson 2010 car for a Lowes manager using a Mike's Resin 2010 M/C and a current RM NASCAR COT Chevy base kit. It did cost him $75, which was the sum of the parts but for those wanting one...it still can be done.
I forgot to mention that most of the parts in this kit will interchange with any on the BiG T engines...
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