Casey Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 Possible new '70 annual fauxback box art for the upcoming 1/25 AMT '70 Corvette LT-1 Coupe kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Janssens Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) Saw the same in one of the IPMS Germany Nürnberg toy show photo reports. Image courtesy from Andreas Eichendorff of IPMS Germany Edited February 11, 2018 by Luc Janssens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 LT-1/ZR-1. ZR-1 came with the LT-1 motor. Yet you could get the LT-1 without ordering the ZR-1 package. So can this kit be built as a Corvette with the LT-1, but without the ZR-1 package? Or can you only really only build this as a '70 Corvette with the ZR-1 package? There is a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) I'd assume it's the same as the original 1991 issue and the 2002 reissue..builds as a regular LT-1 or a ZR-1 (the only difference as far as the kit goes IIRC are the wheels--the ZR-1 version used unplated Rallys w/o trim rings or center caps, IIRC--I have the original 1991 issue in my unbuilt stash). Edited February 12, 2018 by Rob Hall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 If the original issue of the kit is correct, ZR-1 didn't have a radio or the shielded ignition setup either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I built the original issue when it first came out and IIRC it had shielded ignition. I think it might have had an unshielded distributor, too. I don't remember if it has a radio or not, or window cranks or power buttons. This was a VERY nice kit, one of the best I've built. The only thing I could find to whine about is, the rear of the roof is just a little too high (compare it with a Revell '69 and you can see it). But there's enough meat there that you can file and sand a noticeably lower profile into it and improve it a bit. Mine won a Best Out Of Box Model at an IPMS Regional in, I think, 1992. That's how nice the kit is. If you're a '68-'72 Corvette fan, Life Is Good, because between the AMT and Revell kits, you can build just about any '68-'72 Corvette you can dream up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) Thanks for adding the pic, Luc. Edited February 12, 2018 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'70 Grande Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 (edited) I'm actually in-progress on the 1991 issue of this kit. It can be built as a regular LT-1 or as a ZR-1. The differences are the wheels, (Chevy chromed-Rally wheels for the LT-1; open-steel wheels for the ZR-1), and the 350 engine's ignition, (covered shield arrangement for the LT-1 and open distributor and coil for the ZR-1 version). The dashboard is blanked-out where the radio should be, and the decal sheet includes a radio-face decal, so that difference is covered, too. Edited February 12, 2018 by '70 Grande Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phirewriter Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Nice to see it's being reissued. I passed on this kit in it's early releases since I had other purchasing priorities at the time. Glad I waited, I like the box art much better than the Ertl issues and figured we'd see it again at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exotics_Builder Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 I have the original issue boxed away for the move so I cannot confirm. But I recollect that to do the ZR1, you left off the distributor shield and there were decals for the radio and heater that you would leave off for the ZR-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 This sorta makes this reissue of the '72 Vettes sort of a given... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Janssens Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 14 hours ago, Casey said: Thanks for adding the pic, Luc. anything to help a friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmb0319 Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Anyone who’s working on one or built one got pics of those steel wheels?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 (edited) Edited March 30, 2018 by Casey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Ontario Orange? Now I have to have one for my Polished Plastic collection. Hopefully it will be metallic/pearl. BTW, Ontario Orange isn't correct for a '70 Vette, but it's good for a '71 and I think maybe a '72, and the later two years are virtually identical to the '70. Oh yeah, I'm in...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 16 hours ago, Snake45 said: BTW, Ontario Orange isn't correct for a '70 Vette At least 7 of the 8 Corvette 'sites I checked out list Ontario Orange, paint code 991, available in 1970. Correct or not, I'm glad to see this style box art return, and wish Round2 would use it a bit more often. "Pre-lettered tires" doesn't seem to be the same as pad printed, so I wonder if the modern Polyglas GT tires wouldn't work with the wheels in this kit? I don't even want to think about which tires Ertl included the last go 'round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 My refs only show it for '71 and '72, code 987, but while researching, I came across this, which is very interesting. https://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/c3-general-discussion/78496-only-ontario-orange-corvette-1970-code-991-a.html I'll buy it and build it. I have a red '70 and did another '70 as an Elkhart Green '72, so I'll do this one as an Ontario Orange '71. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim boyd Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 When I researched Corvette colors for my Scale Auto articles on the pre-catalyst C3 Corvettes and GM's most colorful paint colors in the early 1970-'s, I recall seeing a bunch of conflicting info on the 1970 1/2 metallic orange paint specs, with different respected sources offering up to three "definitive" alternatives for the final 1970 1/2 production color. The post at the Corvette action center seems to ring a familiar bell. Under any circumstance, I say build it as a 1970 with the Ontario Orange paint if that is your preference; the auto industry has a history of running pull-ahead colors in small volumes on earlier model year cars. For example, some late model year 1970 1/2 Camaros were painted with 1971 model year Sunflower Yellow solid.. (Some day I'll spill on when Ford did this on a late model year run of 1988 Thunderbird Turbo Coupes.....) TIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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