AMT 1955 Chevy Cameo / Does the windshield fit in this kit?? I think the answer is pretty obvious!
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- I'm so disappointed that AMT is still producing this kit without correcting the windshield fit issue.
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I checked both of my kits right after watching the video. For kit AMT-633, yellow styrene, the windshield has a large gap. The Coca-Cola kit AMT 1094/12, which is made of white styrene, the windshield fits perfectly.
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i have heard of some builders slicing some black wire wrap and then wrapping this around the windshield to close gap, similar to how a real rubber gasket would work around an actual full size windshield. Might be worth a try for an experienced builder.
Yes i did exactly that because it was too small.
Thanks Matthew!! Didn't know about that. Evergreen makes .010 and .020 clear sheets. I use it to make replacement "glass" from time to time.
Acetate is much easier to work with than styrene. Acetata can also be fount coloted, for tinted windows. .
Myself I think the bigger issue about this type of thing is how it affects a beginning modeler who is trying to figure things out - maybe kinda by themselves. I got my first model at 8-9 yrs old. If I would've gotten this kit even at 12 yrs old it would've been a real bummer to discover the windshield was that way after paint and etc... and at that age I definitely would not have had any answer to go about "fixing" it. Frustrated beginning modelers are easily lost and harder to bring back later if they've adopted a "it's just not for me" idea. I honestly think that idea has pushed the die cast products over the years, and made them much more popular than they might've been a lot. Didn't know this was an issue with these kits - Thanks for sharing.
I understand what you're saying. The windshield fit issue on my kit may've been an isolated incident I hope. Maybe other kit copies are ok. I mentioned my fit issue so other modelers can possibly suggest a fix.
I built the Coke kit version last year as a stock pickup. The frt/rear windows mount from the outside. I added & blended a very thin strip of styrene to the 'headliner' of the cab for the frt window. U don't see the strip because of the BMF'd window trim. The rear 'glass' just (and I do mean 'just') fit. I'm pleased w/ the build.
Use it as an abandoned truck or a junkyard diorama without the windshield - I'm with you, Matt, on companies that produce crappy products for their customers
Your our 'Honesty Broker' compared to some of the other shills here on CZcams. I'm not surprised anymore about any thing wrong on a Round2 kit - maybe they should try building their own kits before releasing them.
Agreed!!!!!!!
Back when I chopped up my 55 Chevy truck into a pro mod I had that same issue back in the late 1990s the windshield didn't fit that is why I chopped it up getting a top 10 most unusual and best paint award for that pro mod truck build I didn't want to have sloppy windshield
I'm glad you brought this up on a video I have a stepside version of this molded in a dark purple color few trucks I got from some friends same way the front glass to small and but the truck is molded so nicely and you have this cheesy windshield lol
I just got mine, the "Coke edition". Though I won't do the Coke markings. Seeing so many YT modelers having issues with windshield fitting, my kit seems defective. The front and back windshields fit well! Maybe I just got lucky. 😆👍
My winshields mount from the outside, with no gap. Maybe they fixed this for the Coke issue.
Try running a line of thin styrene rod stock all around the windshield, to fill the gap, paint black to replicate black rubber weatherstripping.
I think I would chop the top around 1/16th on an inch. That should make the windshield fit.
I totally agree with you, Round 2 needs to correct this issue. I have the Coke version, but I have not opened it.
Thanks for sharing.
I’m from central Georgia myself and these old trucks are favorite kits to build this is very disappointing to hear thanks for the video I was unaware of this problem
Strange, I buld this kit some 25 a 30 years ago and had no issues with it. I just checkt the model to be sure, and it is a perfect fit!
If you have the original issue AMT/Ertl kit #6053, you may be able to compare the windshields to find out if this problem was there from the start.
I have that kit and the windshield fits perfectly. It's the later versions that have issues.
@@RaysBlueBasementWorkshop That is what I thought. The original had the weather strip/ trim molded on the w/s. It may have been removed on the next issues.
I have that kit 6053 and windshield barely fits, putting it in from the outside, I just tried it and windshield actually got stuck in position had to shake it pretty good to get it out.
You would think by now they would of fixed it,
I looks to me it would be easy to fix it by and the plastic around it to simulate the rubber widow seal
I think over the years, they did something to the mold of the clear parts to make those windows smaller. Maybe they "cleaned up" the molds too much and removed something they shouldn't have.
I never heard of the windshield problem on those kits, but I do remember that the original issues in the early '90s had a weird proportion problem where the belt line went uphill from the back of the door to under the vent windows. AMT did correct that problem on subsequent issues.
My biggest issue with those 55 Chevy trucks is that the side window is the wrong shape. Haven't gotten to the windshield yet.
Thanks for showing this kits window problem. I have that kit and got half thru, then heard about the problem. I refused to go any further, that was 3 years ago!! I also lately heard it can be hidden by the viser??
I have a built original issue of this `55 Chevy pick up and the windshield fit good. It appears looking at your video that the windshield mold looks worn out. It also looks thinner than mine. I just picked up a newer issue `55 Chevy pick up street machine at a swap meet. Now I'm going to check the windshield fit. If it doesnt fit i'll have to look for an alternative windshield. Maybe one from the `55 Chevy sedan from AMT or Monogram may work. Thanks for sharing Matt. Enjoy your weekend.
While I don't have this particular re-issue of the Cameo in my stash, I know that certain iterations of the '55 kit include a visor for the front windshield which will cover that gap. Not the most optimal solution, but effective nonetheless. In contrast, the '57 Chevy Cameo kit I built several years ago had a front window that nested far better than the '55 Chevy Stepside I put together more recently.
Prepare for some backlash from this one. I had the same experience with mine and people just told me I'm doing it wrong. (Which it is suppose to go from outside and set at the tab under the roof, most say to set on cowl and push in from there) I literally measured mine against someone that argued with me I didn't know what I was doing and it measured smaller than there's. So IDK if there's multiple glass molds out there (maybe 57 Cameo Cab) or some weird shrinkage after the molding process but there is an anomaly out there where some are say its fine and some say it's not. I built up my cowl to make it fit, as I initially was going to go without visor. Visor can hide some error as well. I agree on the box art photo shop as the kit glass has molding molded to the edge.
I was reading that on FB. I can't say anything as I've never built the kit.
I wonder if a windshield sun visor would be hard to make. You could leave the gap at the top and the roof sun visor would hide it. Funny CZcams just recommended a video of the Coke truck and it has the visor I was talking about. They must have added the visor to hide the gap
I did as some others did and added a small styrene rod to the upper windshield opening and it became the trim
I rebuilt the '57 version of this truck last year. I don't recall any issues with the windshield but it did present some other challenges, such as the bed assembly which was rather convoluted. But if I remember correctly, I had a copy of the 1995 AMT/Ertl catalogue which showed this kit built up without the windshield! Now I understand why!
Probably to elinate glare from the studio lights -- same problem as with real cars.
Great to know Matt. I have one waiting in the wings and Its good to know what I'll be up against. Thanks for sharing!
Tool out a one piece window glass, or remove the roof top and file the roof posts down until the glass fits, then install the glass
Thanks for the heads up Matt! I purchased one of these kits a couple of months back and I was unaware of the windshield not fitting! Now I need to check mine!
Here's an update... I went ahead and gave my 1955 Chevy Cameo pickup a look and fortunately, I am one of the lucky ones, my windshield and rear window fit with no gaps at all!
The 1991 version (6053) of this kit has no fit issues with the windshield. The 2011 kit AMT 633 is bad as is my copy of the Coca Cola version AMT 1094 from 2018. Time to send some emails to Round 2!
When the kit first came out, the cab was molded incorrectly, the door window openings sloped up toward the windshield and the windshield fit fine, but when they came out with the ‘57 kit, they fixed the cab but didn’t remake a new windshield to fit the opening, but the rear window never fit that good from the beginning
Like Tim saidchop it that will fix the windscreen fitting😮😂, but Matt thats crap that windshield 😢, I actually love this 55 Chevrolet pickup 1 of my favorite years ❤😊🇦🇺🤝🇺🇸😊👊
Thanks for the video, I wasn't aware of this problem.
My dad built this one back in the 90s, but I honestly don’t remember if the windows fit correctly or not lol.
I've never had one of those front glass fit right.. Evergreen narrow strip and build a frame around the opening to hold the glass..
Some kits just have ISSUES and always have....😎👍
Just got this kit last week, AMT 1094/12 (coca cola truck) front glass is perfect, rear very small gap but workable.
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I agree with you. Kits are expensive and while it's modeling, the parts should fit better. Thank you for sharing.
I use lots of modge podge then Secure the windshield on the outside paint black around to make it look like trim
I've got a couple of these in stock and Coca-Cola versions and I have not opened any of them yet. Makes me afraid to open them. Although, it makes me wonder, that if you have before hand knowledge of this problem, I can think of at least three ways to possibly fix it. You could chop the roof, say 1/16th of an inch, or add some evergreen strip at the top, sides and bottom of the window frame or, make your own windows using acetate like you mentioned in the video. I may have to give this a go just to see how I can fix this.
I checked my AMT 1955 chev cameo pickup #6053, and my AMT 1955 hev stepside street machine #6004 and the front glass fits perfectly
That looks like I gap is roughly a 32nds short. It does need to be retooled. Round2 should replace that for people that have purchased it. That certainly is a disappointing situation. To me, the only good use for that kit would be parts for other projects. Without an aftermarket replacement there would be no point in trying to build it.
I have the "Plus Packs" release from 2004 and it is the same. Way too small.
However, I used evergreen styrene sheet to build up the windshield opening.😁
Oh, I have e-msiled Round 2 three times, including once about this, and have been ignored three times.
I attempted to build the street machine version, until I got to the windshield. It didn't fit, and after all the work I put into it, I got discouraged and gave up. I think the back window didn't fit either. Shame on you AMT😢 Instead of reissuing the same 10 models for the millionth time, they could redo the body of this kit at least.
Some earlier issues are not as bad, but they're still bad. It should have been corrected decades ago.
I just emailed your video to Round2, telling them to fix the window. Everyone should do the same.
While I agree, this issue should be addressed by Round2, I would add some thin sheet styrene to make a "ledge" for it to sit right. But that's only if I had one. It needs to be corrected. I wonder if a vintage first issue of this kit has the same issue.
No the older ones fit well they say
Yes the Coca-Cola Cameo truck has the same issue I just opened it up as you were doing your video and the same problem
I built the Coke Cola 55 Chevy Camaro at the end of 22 the windshield went in good for me. There were no fitting issues.
I presume you mean Cameo, not Camaro. 😂
Yes! Damn spell check Lol 😂😂
Chop the top
I agree with you about that one 😊🇦🇺👊
I've got a stepside in the box that I chopped, one of these days I'll get to finishing it
Matt I've Heard this Windshield Fitment Issue From Numerous Modelers Over the Years on All the AMT 55-57 Chevy Pickup Cabs & Although I've Worked on a Couple of these Kits I hadn't Gotten to the Test Fitting of the Windshield and Making a Solution if it Doesn't. It's NOT a Big Deal To Me Either Way. Because at 61 yrs old I Consider Myself A Master Model Car Builder. As I've Told You Before I Make My Own Glass From Clear Cookie Containers Found at WinCo Grocery Store in the Bakery Section (Albertsons, Kroger and others Have the Same thing). I Cut Flat Plastic Sheet From Contaner. Then Because Some of these Containers the Plastic isn't perfect and Can Have High & Liw Spots I mill both sides with 3 Different Grades Of Wet/Dry Sandpaper 329, 400 & 600. It will be Slighly Foggy after thus Milling is Done but Bo Worries Because Maguire's Plasti-X Headlight Polish &A Micro-Fiber Cloth will Repolish out this Okastic to Crystal Clear like Brw Condition ! Then a 3" X 5" Card is inserted in the Body And Held for Ultra & Fine Sharpie Pen to trace the Opening onto this Card. Which is Cut out & Used As A Windshield Template which Double Stick Tape Can be Applied to Card & Clear Plastic So New Windshield Can be cut out then the Card & Tape is. Removed Teiekdung a Nearly Perfect Fitting Windshield Which Can be installed With Testors Window Maker or Micro Krystal Klear Sorry Matt I've been Promising fir A Couple of Years to Sebd You A Couple id These Milled & Repolished Sheets to Try in Some Models Because I intend to Make them as a Cottage industry Model Product Modelers Can Buy For Making Custom Glass For their Models
Matt I'm Going to Buy one of These 55 Cameo Coca-Cola Versions ti Build & I'm Going to get on the Ball to Send you 2 Good Sized Clear Plastic Sheets to Try & Give me the Critique on if it's Good or Bad in your opinion. Thanks Walt
Matt, Matt, Matt ?? You're Forgetting the Absolute #1 Rule in Model Building Always, Always Test Fit Everything especially before Primer and Paint because Issues like this Can & Sometimes Do Arise so you Can Fix them Prior to Paint
I built it and it turned out just fine the only thing I would've done different is not gluing the floor of the box on before painting I couldn't get the wood grain right
Mathew if you look at the picture on the box the back glass is not in the truck
Wow, yeah that's pretty bad. I was thinking that maybe it had a chrome frame but I guess not, looks like they just had a fitment issue. Hope the newer kits fit better.
I built the AMT 55 chevy stepside kit from the early 90s last year and the windshield was fine, so its just limited to the cameo it seems.
Just opened my kit also and the glass fits.
I built two of them and I didn't have trouble with the windshield
Surprisingly, scalemates says this was a new tool in 1991. That's when AMT/ERTL was redoing several of their old molds like the Fairlane and Mercury Comet that you just did not long ago. I'm surprised they would let this slip and not correct it back then. I think I'd glue a piece of black wire either around the window or on the body to represent a rubber seal. Not sure if that would be accurate, but it would look alot better.
I have the "Coke" version I bought at hobby lobby last month. I had to check and see when I seen this, Matthew. It does fit not great, or perfect, but much much better than what you have there.
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I bought a couple of these from ollie's and I would not turn them away!
For one I'm a Chevy fan
Two there's a way to fix it with styrene
Strip
Nice kit , looks good .
Can be a good parts truck
Or Chop the top
Lots of options. 😊
Good information.
Mike 😊
To you this may be negative but to me it’s intuitive as heck. And I do have the AMT kit (Coca Cola version).
I built the Cameo Carrier when it first came out. Windshield fit was much better than you are showing. BUT - I think the side windows run downhill on my issue. Yours looks like it is the later issue with the window sills being level.
never give up on your dreams and memories they are all we have to take with us 😁🤩😅scooter d thanks bro loved the vid 😁
That looks like a great kit besides the fact of the windows. It looks like it maybe missing the rubber molding detail around the glass.
I'm with these other guys. Chop the top. It looks like it would be very easy to chop this one. I'd chop it way down then cut the glass to fit or make glass from clear plastic packing material.
Thanks for this video Matt! I know I won’t be buying this kit now! Even if I can add styrene or mount it low and add the visor, I shouldn’t have to. As you said, kits are expensive and if this is a known issue, it should be addressed.
I kinda agree with your statement, although I see it as a challenge to do some " eyeball engineering "
You're a fairly well-known CZcamsr, contact the company and tell them your subscribers want to know why this hasn't been corrected, and ask them if they are going to send out replacement windshields.
Their response will dictate whether or not we buy their models...
Seems a lot of these were built over the years and I don't recall any reviews siting this issue in the past. That being said, I never reviewed this one myself so do what it takes to make it work😊
Your video prompted me to do a deep dive into my '55-'57 Chevy Pickups. I have four of them and in all but one, the windows fit nicely. The bad one is a 2006 "Walmart" issue, where the bottoms of both windows are uneven and there are big gaps, just like on yours. Fortunately I had a spare set of good windows so I was able to replace them. The most recent issue that I have is the Coca-Cola version. For that kit, (or maybe they did this earlier?), the entire clear parts tree was retooled and the windows look like they'll fit fine. I'm thinking the kits to avoid are the Walmart issue and the version you have.
FYI, the other versions I checked are the '55 Stepside (issued in 1991) and the '57 Cameo (1998). Maybe the tooling wore out and got sloppy after that kit, or maybe they lost the tool and did a quickie new tool...then retooled again.
I’ve got the Coke model and it’s the same. Two main issues with it, I had no idea how to put the bed together, then I checked the windscreen. Back in the box it went. I still have no idea how I’m going to fix this.
Same thing with a lot of the Revell 53/54 Chevy sedans on the rear windows especially. There's no excuse for companies releasing crap like this. Fix them, or destroy the molds and start over.
Maybe not everyone would be pleased with this solution, but I would glue the front windshield in place leaving the big gap at the bottom. Then I would sand down some sprue to fit into the gap and paint it over.
I've heard of this issue and i stayed away from this kit. I want to build this truck, but the windshield issue has made me stay clear of it 🤷♂️
I'm building the 56 Ford revell kit, not the foose version and the windshield fit is terrible. Gaps around the corners. Haven't figured out how to get it right yet. Maybe glue it with some thick epoxy.
I've read peoples comments on "its all in how you install it"... I'm sorry, but I don't see how you can stretch it to make this one work. Someone please post a video showing the "right way" of doing it. Please enlighten us.
Hey Matt , so I have a Amt 55 stepside chevy street machine 1997 and I just checked and sure enough same issue.
Thanks matthew I had no idea about that kit never built it probably never will now.
Fits from inside at a slight angle because the front of the cab is a peak, yes it's a bit of a pain I built this kit last year other than filling the small gap on the upper part of the cab it builds into a really nice kit, you could always cast a new window with clear casting resin.
That really sucks! The only thing I could think of is to put a thin strip of styrene on the bottom to close the gap.
Good video Matt
Adapt, overcome and conquer. Simple fix with extra strip of styrene around window frame painted body colour or black as rubber. job done. Send kit's to me don't part them out. Cheer's JV.
I bought the Coke version at Wally world off the discount shelf for some wide whites. They were not the typical wide whites AMT has been issuing lately, disappointing. I'll likely build the version with custom wheels and tires. Did not know about the windshield
I just purchased the coco cola kit today, didn;t know of any problem ,but checked mine and it was fine! My guess is some kits are ok and some are not! Matthews kit is obviously not. Bummer.
A not quick, but not extensive review of the comments left me with the conclusion that the molded in yellow one has a fit issue. But the white Coca-Cola issue is a perfect fit. Does anyone have both of the issues to see how they fixed it? Bigger windshield? Modified cab? Sorry you were hot and bothered in this video, but I did enjoy the content. A further note: the 1955 Cameo, with the smooth fiberglass (😮) bed only came with a white exterior with the red interior and truck bed. Trying to match a incorrect color from the factory seems like a waste to someone like myself who goes full rivet counter when it comes to a factory stock build. Model on friends, I am putting down my phone and grabbing an X-acto.
I turned mine into a demolition derby truck.
I made a kind of comeback after a thirty year hiatus looking to build the AMT '41 Ford Woody. None of the parts fit, and before banishing that kit to the trash bin, the parts DID serve an important purpose as scattered junk parts in the junkyard of my 1/64 homemade gas station ⛽⛽⛽🚉
Further more, the comeback failure of the AMT kit was a reminder to me WHY thirty years ago, did I give up modeling for diecast cars.
Never had a problem with the windshield on the older one's weather it was the Cameo or the Street machine ( mid-90's -early 2000's) Built 3 or 4
Maybe add strip of styrene at the bottom to build up?
Yeah that is pretty bad, I wanted one of those to build at some point. Curious if it was ever fixed in later kits. Like that it was molded in yellow.
the easiest way to make your own properly fitting pieces would be to modify the stock pieces to fit then use those pieces as a buck for either vaccu-forming or drape forming clear sheet .
I built a kit a long time ago that had window frames in the chromed parts. Could that have been an oversight when the kit was put together at the time?
So I have the old 90's box with no windshield, and I have the new Coca Cola release still in the box, now I'm curious to see if that has the defective glass on it..
Wow. Maybe when dash and tub are in place it will fit.
This kit was released by AMT to great cheers and hoopla in the magazines. I ne ver heard at the time. Did Round to attempt to re-emgineer the glass, and screw ut up?
Frankly, that windshield is unbuildable.
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I have used styrene rod to mount ill fitting canopies on aircraft models.
Styrene strips by evergreen that's what I used on the same model
I don't understand that. The stepside truck doesn't have that problem. The nerve of AMT to advertise with the box art showing it fits is ridiculous
I wonder if you could use a heat gun to form an oversized piece of a 2 liter soda bottle plastic around the windshield then trim it to fit. Not sure how the glue would interact with it though.
That might work!
102 degrees here brother here in Tevas
That's why we have clear acetate. You're right, there's no excuse for that.
I watched Chris Flitz (hpiguys Workshop) video on the Coke version a while ago, and his kit had the same isse. He just glued the windshield and rear window in as they were, and said "You can hardly see there's a gap there when it's finished," or something to that effect. Pretty much as he always do when there's a problem with a kit. I guess he doesn't wan to upset his sponsors. LOL
Sometimes when I go to Hobby Lobby, I see the Coke version of this kit on the shelf, I think;..."Hmmm, maybe I should snag that bad boy". Well now I guess that I'll be going with the '65 Chevy stepside instead.
I have a 1991 issue, white box art, front glass has a lip all the way around as if it's to simulate rubber molding/seal, that you would paint black, yours does not appear to have that lip
That's exactly the problem. Maybe the mold was damaged.
Get a copy of the original issue of that kit#6053 the windshield fits better. The coca cola one the windshield fits better then the yellow one a little tight