AMT vs Revell 69 Camaro

[stavanzer]

On 3/29/2024 at 5:13 PM, Ace-Garageguy said:

WARNING WARNING DANGER DANGER...do NOT be confused by this Monogram mess labeled as "Revell".

This is NOT the droid you're looking for.

But, I love this Camaro. I built several when I was in High School!

I did not know Revell had boxed it. Now I want one......

[Force]

3 hours ago, stavanzer said:

But, I love this Camaro. I built several when I was in High School!

I did not know Revell had boxed it. Now I want one......

Revell and Monogram has been the same company and under the same roof since 1986, they sold their respective kits under their own brand names for a while but they have branded Revell kits as Monogram and Monogram kits as Revell now and then, more of that lately.
But Revell did never do any kits in 1:24th scale so they are originally Monogram kits.

[Perspective Customs]

13 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

I really like what you came up with, but it looks more like a Camaro with a Corvair in the woodplie than a genetically pure Camaro.  

I see Corvair too.

[Can-Con]

14 hours ago, Steve Geer said:

I’m sure there will be plenty of snarky comments about how atrociously miss-proportioned the original 1/24 Monogram ’69 Camaro Z/28 is – and they would be absolutely correct!  It almost hurts to even look at it . . . But there are zillions of them still out there along with new ones being sold once again under the Revell label.  I’d avoid that Camaro kit like the plague but, if you happen to end up with one, there is a method of salvation if anyone wants to do the work.  Section It!  Take a small horizontal slice (maybe 2.5 scale inches) out of the upper body (just above the character line over the wheel arches) and slap it back together.  Of course, almost nothing else in the kit will fit correctly after sectioning the body, but if you’re a real glutton for punishment just to improve it’s wretched shape, you’ve got nothing to lose.  I repeat: Nothing!  I rebuilt one of ‘em doing that mod quite a few years ago – here’s pix of the basic modification and finished product.

 

Definitely an improvement. 

For years I've been thinking that the Monogram '53 Chevy hardtop would benefit with a sectioning like that.