What decals are in this kit ?

[Mr mopar]

can someone tell me what decals are in this kit 

[Mr mopar]

are they these decals ?

[Fat Brian]

5 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

are they these decals ?

Yep, that's what's in mine.

[Mr mopar]

Awesome thx !

[vincen47]

Odd they didn’t put the decals on the box art model.

[Fat Brian]

3 hours ago, vincen47 said:

Odd they didn’t put the decals on the box art model.

For some reason a lot of AMT semi kits from that time are built without decals. This kit, the red 359 and 359 wrecker, the Transtar II, and Diamond Reo all don't have decals on the box art build.

[37 caddy]

I had one of those back in the eighties when they first came out,the decals were some sort of press transfer?I was never able to make them work,i was real dissapointed in them,they would not "release" from the hard plastic sheet. It was from the original release of the kit. harvey

[Rodent]

11 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

For some reason a lot of AMT semi kits from that time are built without decals. This kit, the red 359 and 359 wrecker, the Transtar II, and Diamond Reo all don't have decals on the box art build.

We would have to ask one of our resident experts like Mr. Darby, but it's a fair assumption that the production decal sheet wasn't finalized or printed when the box art models were built.

[Fabrux]

This is from the same era of AMT where the turnaround for box art builds was so short that folks were pulling things off their shelves that used parts that didn't come in the box at all. Not surprising that they would have requested no decals on the trucks as AMT probably had no idea what would be included when they did the photos...!

[vincen47]

On 2/27/2023 at 11:52 AM, Rodent said:

We would have to ask one of our resident experts like Mr. Darby, but it's a fair assumption that the production decal sheet wasn't finalized or printed when the box art models were built.

 

14 hours ago, Fabrux said:

This is from the same era of AMT where the turnaround for box art builds was so short that folks were pulling things off their shelves that used parts that didn't come in the box at all. Not surprising that they would have requested no decals on the trucks as AMT probably had no idea what would be included when they did the photos...!

This makes sense. I was wondering why they had such basic-looking box art in that era.

[Tabbysdaddy]

I like the box art. It's what drew me to them.