Just spent 139 euros on three model kits thanks to Steve. Thanks a bunch for introducing this new and wonderful hobby to me(not wonderful to my bank account).
Steve can’t thank you enough for keeping our hobby alive . I thought I was the only one that went crazy cutting the plastic wrap off. To me opening a new kit is like opening a present at Christmas time. You can’t beat that feeling. You got to love old kits no matter what you have to pay for them. Thank you again for bringing the memories back to life. Steve please stay safe and keep up the awesome work and memories you bring to the automotive world. Your Instagram and you tube friend in a Anchorage Alaska.👍👍👏👏👊🤝🍻
Thank you for this video, Steve. I've been doing car models for over 30 years and what amazes me about companies like Jo-Han, Lindberg, and Moebius, is that they put out models that the big guys won't touch. Oldsmobile 85's Rambler's, 60's Buicks. As a result, you can find these unique models selling for $100 plus. Another thing these companies find themselves up against, are the Japanese manufactures, like Tamiya, Aoshima, and Fujimi. These kits are very detailed and they offer a wide variety of different types of vehicles. Thanks again and I am glad that Dennis Collins turned me on to you!
Like I use to say to my Grandkids......if you unwrap it-YOU BUILD IT!!!.......lol!........Having a love for Cadillac's, I bought a lot of johan kits because they were pretty much the only ones that ever made Caddy kits. I really enjoyed the video, Thanks!
I have built 44 running the driving Starsky & Hutch Gran Torinos. That is cool and all but one of my greatest achievements is that REVELL built a Starsky Torino model kit a few years back and they used one of my Starsky Torinos for the photo of the car on the model box. Never in my wildest dreams when I was a kid building Revell car models thought that one of my cars would be on the box.
My grandfather worked on the actual turbine car. We went through the photos together a few years before he passed. It was really interesting to say the least. Especially since he had no engineering background, just a gear head that was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time for Chrysler to pull him onboard. He went onto many other projects, but the turbine car really hit home for me for some reason.
Keep it up Steve love the Junkyard Crawl and these model kits bring me back. Super Kool as a kid these were difficult for me to built in the early 80’s patience is perfection.👍👍👍
You know! I never knew joHan was the first in the model car business! Is quite surprising to learn they where! You’re a amazing story teller Steve! Also to tell you the truth I was never a big fan of their models, somehow they where inferior to me on their quality! And I always ended up buying the competitors models. And now after watching this! My interest for the joHan models seems to peak!😂 thank you for keeping the hobby alive for this new generation of collectors!👌😎👍
Love jo-han models. They were my brother and I's favorites. Still are. The smell of the freshly opened boxes were amazing. Thanks for clearing up why they were moulded in different colors later on. Our favorite ones were the manilla color ones of the late 60s. My brother has several. Thanks for sharing. Great channel
When I open a celo sealed kit box, I cut either a C shape along the bottom seams, or an H - one cut each short end, one down the middle, then when I remove the lid, fold the celo in the box top where it gets held in place when you put the lid back on. That way you still protect the lid, art, and retain any old price tags, etc. Thanks again for having us along for your kit reveals.
I was never a fan of JoHan kits as a child, it was always AMT for me. I always wondered why JoHan kits had such goofy colors. Today I found out. This video brought back a lot of memories.
JoHan’s “last great gasps” came in the early 1980s, when it won a contracts to sell it’s reissued kits to Walmart stores. Back then, Walmart stores tended to have a decent selection of Johan kits, often billed as “USA Oldies”, between 1982-85. As you stated, the kits were old fashion and basic, with few parts, much like AMT kits of the early 1960s. At that time, you could still order reissued Promos from X- EL products but they were expensive ($25-60 in the early 1980s was high … especially to a kid) and they often took months to receive in the mail if their inventory was down (they’d backorder your car until enough demand … and probably capital … existed to run production). They were really running on a prayer by the early 1980s. If not for the Walmart contract, they probably would have shut down by 1984.
Steve, I'm a big fan who has been with you for a long time but... JoHan was a General Motors subcontractor plastic interior parts manufacturer in the 1970s and that's not only where the weird colors come from but also led of the downfall of the company. Thanks to Bill Clinton and the NAFTA bill, the work that JoHan did for GM was sent to Mexico and the employees of the plant stole the vast majority of the tooling and sold it for scrap when they discovered they were losing their jobs... Yes, JoHan used plastic paid for by GM to make Mopar models! BTW, the JoHan Hemi intake manifolds, heads and valve covers are absolutely hands down the best ever in any model kit by any manufacturer and if you wish to build an really accurate Hemi car , it's the only way to go. And not just the Race Hemi stuff in the 64 Dodge, but the Street Hemi stuff in the Superbird and 69 Roadrunner, not to mention the prostock stuff in the Sox and Martin 71 Cuda. You don't even have to drill the spark plug tubes for plug wires, you can just take your modeling knife and slice the dimples out inside the valve covers! And let's not forget to mention the almost perfect Street Hemi air cleaner in the roadrunner and Superbird!
Jo-Han kits are a nowhere to be found most of the time and I sure wish these kits would be reissued by Round2 or others. So cool to discover these kits for the first time on your channel. Always a remote 70s Christmas kid feeling when I open a new kit box but those vintage kits are over the top. Really nice to watch your vids.
Just got the Chrysler Turbine car a few days ago and I've got four....or five, of the Dodge Super Stock! 😎 I'm also waiting on old Revell Lil John Buttera's '33 and '34 Ford coupe's.... Can't beat old car kits, maybe in detail, but not nostalgia! Keep 'em videos coming Steve, I thoroughly enjoy them! Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....
Come to think about it, which of the car manufacturers were easier to deal with back in the day, when it comes to get thier....blessings? I remember hearing, reading, somewhere, that Chrysler was a bit of a pain in the tailpipe to deal with....any truth in that?
Well, once again I'm amazed at the working knowledge here. Steve, you should see about doing a video playlist of all the model companies and their histories. Content like this is a great value. Thanks for sharing even.
I still love that Chrysler Turbine Car kit and wish AMT, Revell or another would rerelease that kit. After unboxing it became obvious that was NOT a kit for kids. (You must be over 62 to build this kit) Terrific video!
Cool video when you were opening up the polara I looked over my shoulder here in the shop and saw one up on the lift to yeah I've had it for 10 or 15 years clone Max wedge. cool vid.
Fantastic Steve! I love unpackaging old toys and collectibles. Especially because it makes all those picky collectors cringe. I collect Hot Wheels and do that all the time because I like them loose. Screw the value of them! Keep up the good work Buddy.
Finally a video long enough to enjoy lol , the ones that are a minute or two are too short to get into ...." That being said " ... be it short or long , your videos are always informative and fun to watch , and I love the collaborations with you and Uncle Tony , keep up the good work
AS a kid in the early and mid 1970's...me and my friends liked the Jo-Han models better. They had solid front and rear axles and we could roll these cars and unfortunately play crash up cars with them...just like the demolition derbies held at the dirt tracks all over the South. They also had that solid chassis which didn't fall off after the first hit. I remember many cars that I had that would be worth mucho bucks today. But we had so much fun back then.
Hi Steve, I live in R.I. and I had all the Johan kits in this video. My 62 Dodge and 64 Dodge were molded in white. My Turbine car in brown. I see you have a few Rambler SC kit. They have great chassis. Would like another but can't find any. The one I had I used the chassis in a Shirley Shahan AMX S/S. (Jake).
I started building model cars in 1960 , my first choice was jo han, hands down then amt , monogram and later in the 70s mpc . im 70 years young now and still at building models , mostly updating my old ones from long ago, like detailing, bare metal, sharpies etc. sometimes i"ll buy and old model from a flea market or ebay to restore but it has to be a builder vintage kit , or glue bomb cause cant afford no out of site priced unbuilt ones. do also like vintage promos. but jo han , # 1
Just subscribed and looking forward to your videos. This Old Man from Washington NC has been a fan for years of Barrett Jackson. Really enjoy you and Mike Joy. 🚗🧔💝
Thank you Stevo for opening those model boxes to show us the models, that must of been very hard !! Hope you put them together. It must be over 40 years since I have experienced the fun of building a model! Very relaxing, thanks mate !
Mine came in white as well - I painted mine to match the Ramchargers dodge Dart of the day. I hand painted the name & striping on the car. Still have that & the 62 Dart. It came in blue & looks great.! Also have the 62 Chrysler 300 in white. ! Great kits ! Wish I could afford the Turbine kit ...
Awesome episode! I, like you, learned so much about cars from kit building. I really need to open my '62 Dart to see what color it is. Thank you for sharing and your expertise and knowledge. Thank you Steve!!
Very cool info....last model show I was at they had Johan t- shirts and the talk about bringing Johan back to the market. Next show I need to check how this is going.
Really enjoying the model crawls. Reminds me of the ones I built when I was a kid, my favorite being a '59 Impala panel wagon (Monogram, I think). Definitely do more.
Hi Steve! Still see Okie at the model car shows...the huge JO-HAN MODELS banner over his table. He still sells bits and pieces from years gone by, and has a selection of bumpers, windows, and stuff so if your restoring one of the old ones, and missing something its possible he may have it. He also has JO-HAN tee shirts! (New shirts in all the sizes) which sell out fast at all the shows! ( Been trying for an XL 3 times but sold out 2 hrs. into the show !!!) Keep up the good work...you are truly an encyclopedia!
I don't dare imagine what age you are. but in these moments we are both about 12 or 13. Fun suggestion for those treating these merely as memories, I bought all the whatnot and constructed my best ever to date as a grown up. Highly recommend. Tim Richmond with Martinsville stripes and donuts and all that.
Hey Steve, the only Johan kit I ever built was purchased in the model shop in Stirling in 1989, I’m not sure when you were there , but was a golden oldies Chrysler 300, it was the cheapest car kit in the old shop ( I was a poor kid) it must have sat a while on the shelf, I can’t believe the prices of them now after looking!
I have the Johan '64 Dodge Super Stocker kit, which I bought new in the '90's. (started, not finished) The commentary about the different and varying colors on these kits is spot-on.... Mine came molded in what can be described as a purple or dark mauve color. 😕 Ugh.
Finally got around to watching this vid. Didn’t know about the added expense of “white plastic.” Probably partially explains why car kit are running around $30 on average.
As you were mentioning steel bumpers, it reminded me of when I was a kid, I used to cut the front clip off some of my cars,, and use the clip to mold a new clip in aluminum foil and then crash them into walls and such. And yes I did learn about cars and parts from model kits. I remember once looking at a cat at a lot, and some teenagers stopped and I thought I was dead. They quizzed me, and I answered all their questions correctly. I think they were impressed, and left me alone.
That second kit, the Super Stock, appears to have better detail than the Lindberg versions--not bad for their day, but not Revell /Monogram detail levels. You are right about the detail on the turbine kits--I got one for "cheap" from the Massachusetts model car shows--and I guess that was Chrysler being really proud of their turbine invention to want the kit to create desire.
Yeah, I believe Okie Spaulding is out of or in Northern Ky, Covington actually…., or at least that’s where he set up shop at for redoing some Johan kits.
i enjoy watching these vids on modles....the basic ness of the johan kit was good for beginer modlers....that is the way i learned about real cars was by building kits...i must have 40 un built kits in the closet waiting to be built....i dont have a designated area yet...im using the dining room table...right now im building the amt rerelease 67 impala supersport....i just finished the amt coke a cola ford van....i like to build the tractor trailers too....its the best thing to do in the cold weather....i dont have heat in my garage either
I had a JoHan kit waay back in the 60s. I don't recall the model because I was so disappointed when I built it. It was done so quickly I felt like I hardly participated. Pretty much stuck to AMT after that with the occasional Revell for variety.
Great video Steve! Really like the longer format as others have mentioned. And, excellent comparison between the more simplistic Johan kits and that spectacularly done turbine car.
We just started building the Jo-Han 64 Dodge Polara Super Stock on our CZcams channel to look like our actual 1964 Dodge Polara 500. We had to find some extra parts to make it authentic....but so far we can't wait to get started. We got lucky....ours is molded in white. Strange..our kit did not come with the metal axles. Did yours Steve?
Steve, I love your model car videos ( as well as the JUNKYARD Crawl.!! ) I've been watching every one when I get the chance. New Subscriber. !! Thanks Steve. !
And for the Turbine Car...the plastic was super thin on all the body and chassis parts...you could see through them if you looked at it with some light behind the parts.
Just spent 139 euros on three model kits thanks to Steve. Thanks a bunch for introducing this new and wonderful hobby to me(not wonderful to my bank account).
JoHan bodies were spot on. Made a lot of Mopars when others didn't.
EXCELLENT HISTORY LESSON. GET WELL STEVE - WE NEED YOU AROUND BRO!
Steve can’t thank you enough for keeping our hobby alive . I thought I was the only one that went crazy cutting the plastic wrap off. To me opening a new kit is like opening a present at Christmas time. You can’t beat that feeling. You got to love old kits no matter what you have to pay for them. Thank you again for bringing the memories back to life. Steve please stay safe and keep up the awesome work and memories you bring to the automotive world. Your Instagram and you tube friend in a Anchorage Alaska.👍👍👏👏👊🤝🍻
AMEN! BEST FEELING EVER TO GET A MODEL CAR. WHAT IS THE STATUS OF STEVE? HOW DO i KEEP UP WITH HIS RECOVERY?
Great video Steve and thanks for posting it! I sure would like to see the Jo-Han 1970 Plymouth Superbird reissued once again!
I love these scale model crawls, Steve. Keep 'em up!
Did so much modeling as a kid. I enjoyed sniffing that vintage air with you Steve.
I assembled almost all of those kits as a kid. i learned so much about cars at that time. Steve always speaks my language no mater what the subject.
I love the “Badman” kit in the background. I built that kit as a kid. Love what you do Steve!
Thank you for this video, Steve. I've been doing car models for over 30 years and what amazes me about companies like Jo-Han, Lindberg, and Moebius, is that they put out models that the big guys won't touch. Oldsmobile 85's Rambler's, 60's Buicks. As a result, you can find these unique models selling for $100 plus. Another thing these companies find themselves up against, are the Japanese manufactures, like Tamiya, Aoshima, and Fujimi. These kits are very detailed and they offer a wide variety of different types of vehicles. Thanks again and I am glad that Dennis Collins turned me on to you!
Love these videos!
Get well soon Steve
Like I use to say to my Grandkids......if you unwrap it-YOU BUILD IT!!!.......lol!........Having a love for Cadillac's, I bought a lot of johan kits because they were pretty much the only ones that ever made Caddy kits. I really enjoyed the video, Thanks!
I have built 44 running the driving Starsky & Hutch Gran Torinos. That is cool and all but one of my greatest achievements is that REVELL built a Starsky Torino model kit a few years back and they used one of my Starsky Torinos for the photo of the car on the model box. Never in my wildest dreams when I was a kid building Revell car models thought that one of my cars would be on the box.
Excellent video for the winter. Please continue making them!
My grandfather worked on the actual turbine car. We went through the photos together a few years before he passed. It was really interesting to say the least. Especially since he had no engineering background, just a gear head that was lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time for Chrysler to pull him onboard. He went onto many other projects, but the turbine car really hit home for me for some reason.
Loved Jo Han. My favorite was the Pinto Funny Car. "Crazy Horse"
Yeah l like that one to l still have mine l built in 1990 still looks good after all these years in a case box. I think it saved it
Steve, my family worked for JoHan, and amt ,in shipping at 8mile,in 1964-1969
Good stuff Steve. Love to see a 1968 coronet superbee model.
Wow, stunned by the knowledge of model kits, manufacturers as well.
Keep it up Steve love the Junkyard Crawl and these model kits bring me back. Super Kool as a kid these were difficult for me to built in the early 80’s patience is perfection.👍👍👍
You know! I never knew joHan was the first in the model car business! Is quite surprising to learn they where! You’re a amazing story teller Steve! Also to tell you the truth I was never a big fan of their models, somehow they where inferior to me on their quality! And I always ended up buying the competitors models. And now after watching this! My interest for the joHan models seems to peak!😂 thank you for keeping the hobby alive for this new generation of collectors!👌😎👍
Love jo-han models. They were my brother and I's favorites. Still are. The smell of the freshly opened boxes were amazing. Thanks for clearing up why they were moulded in different colors later on. Our favorite ones were the manilla color ones of the late 60s. My brother has several. Thanks for sharing. Great channel
When I open a celo sealed kit box, I cut either a C shape along the bottom seams, or an H - one cut each short end, one down the middle, then when I remove the lid, fold the celo in the box top where it gets held in place when you put the lid back on. That way you still protect the lid, art, and retain any old price tags, etc.
Thanks again for having us along for your kit reveals.
I cut them in an X - that holds the cello in place really well.
Yeah me too save that box top🤔
you are the best. not weird at all! I can smell it now. Im a 57 year old engineer and I got my education from model cars.......just like you steve.
I was never a fan of JoHan kits as a child, it was always AMT for me. I always wondered why JoHan kits had such goofy colors. Today I found out. This video brought back a lot of memories.
49.8K subs❗we like your knowledge and passion Steve. Cheers 🇨🇦
JoHan’s “last great gasps” came in the early 1980s, when it won a contracts to sell it’s reissued kits to Walmart stores. Back then, Walmart stores tended to have a decent selection of Johan kits, often billed as “USA Oldies”, between 1982-85. As you stated, the kits were old fashion and basic, with few parts, much like AMT kits of the early 1960s. At that time, you could still order reissued Promos from X- EL products but they were expensive ($25-60 in the early 1980s was high … especially to a kid) and they often took months to receive in the mail if their inventory was down (they’d backorder your car until enough demand … and probably capital … existed to run production). They were really running on a prayer by the early 1980s. If not for the Walmart contract, they probably would have shut down by 1984.
Very cool. I would love to see those kits built. That would be better than the kits being trapped in a box for 45 years!
Love these videos wish they were longer but that's OK your an absolute legend! 💯
Love the history lesson. Thanks for explaining the history of jo Han. Never built one but it was cool to see and hear all about them.
Good stuff Steve
Please do some build videos I would watch for sure!
Steve, I'm a big fan who has been with you for a long time but... JoHan was a General Motors subcontractor plastic interior parts manufacturer in the 1970s and that's not only where the weird colors come from but also led of the downfall of the company. Thanks to Bill Clinton and the NAFTA bill, the work that JoHan did for GM was sent to Mexico and the employees of the plant stole the vast majority of the tooling and sold it for scrap when they discovered they were losing their jobs... Yes, JoHan used plastic paid for by GM to make Mopar models! BTW, the JoHan Hemi intake manifolds, heads and valve covers are absolutely hands down the best ever in any model kit by any manufacturer and if you wish to build an really accurate Hemi car , it's the only way to go. And not just the Race Hemi stuff in the 64 Dodge, but the Street Hemi stuff in the Superbird and 69 Roadrunner, not to mention the prostock stuff in the Sox and Martin 71 Cuda. You don't even have to drill the spark plug tubes for plug wires, you can just take your modeling knife and slice the dimples out inside the valve covers! And let's not forget to mention the almost perfect Street Hemi air cleaner in the roadrunner and Superbird!
Ton of fun watching this...great stuff. Glad you are back after the Barrett marathon!
Jo-Han kits are a nowhere to be found most of the time and I sure wish these kits would be reissued by Round2 or others.
So cool to discover these kits for the first time on your channel. Always a remote 70s Christmas kid feeling when I open a new kit box but those vintage kits are over the top. Really nice to watch your vids.
Just got the Chrysler Turbine car a few days ago and I've got four....or five, of the Dodge Super Stock! 😎
I'm also waiting on old Revell Lil John Buttera's '33 and '34 Ford coupe's....
Can't beat old car kits, maybe in detail, but not nostalgia!
Keep 'em videos coming Steve, I thoroughly enjoy them!
Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....
Come to think about it, which of the car manufacturers were easier to deal with back in the day, when it comes to get thier....blessings?
I remember hearing, reading, somewhere, that Chrysler was a bit of a pain in the tailpipe to deal with....any truth in that?
Thank you Steve...I love your model content...very informative...
Great stuff Steve, plz make the turbine car, I would love to see the finished model.... love these "model car crawls" 🤗
So awesome Steve. Great video.
Well, once again I'm amazed at the working knowledge here.
Steve, you should see about doing a video playlist of all the model companies and their histories. Content like this is a great value.
Thanks for sharing even.
Steve I am watching all these vids and hoping you are making a healthy comeback. For us NE car guys you are the top o the heap. Keep fighting!!!
Your saving the environment with all that vintage air
Ideal toy company actually Steve.
I still love that Chrysler Turbine Car kit and wish AMT, Revell or another would rerelease that kit. After unboxing it became obvious that was NOT a kit for kids. (You must be over 62 to build this kit) Terrific video!
Cool video when you were opening up the polara I looked over my shoulder here in the shop and saw one up on the lift to yeah I've had it for 10 or 15 years clone Max wedge. cool vid.
Fantastic Steve! I love unpackaging old toys and collectibles. Especially because it makes all those picky collectors cringe. I collect Hot Wheels and do that all the time because I like them loose. Screw the value of them! Keep up the good work Buddy.
Finally a video long enough to enjoy lol , the ones that are a minute or two are too short to get into ...." That being said " ... be it short or long , your videos are always informative and fun to watch , and I love the collaborations with you and Uncle Tony , keep up the good work
I just discovered Polar Lights Model Kits. I acquired a 1966 Dodge Coronet that is a very nice model, great detail. Thanks for your efforts.
Steve, It's better to strip the chrome off with Windex(actually the ammonia in it is doing the trick). Using Brake fluid can soften the plastic.
AS a kid in the early and mid 1970's...me and my friends liked the Jo-Han models better. They had solid front and rear axles and we could roll these cars and unfortunately play crash up cars with them...just like the demolition derbies held at the dirt tracks all over the South. They also had that solid chassis which didn't fall off after the first hit. I remember many cars that I had that would be worth mucho bucks today. But we had so much fun back then.
Hi Steve, I live in R.I. and I had all the Johan kits in this video. My 62 Dodge and 64 Dodge were molded in white. My Turbine car in brown. I see you have a few Rambler SC kit. They have great chassis. Would like another but can't find any. The one I had I used the chassis in a Shirley Shahan AMX S/S. (Jake).
I started building model cars in 1960 , my first choice was jo han, hands down then amt , monogram and later in the 70s mpc . im 70 years young now and still at building models , mostly updating my old ones from long ago, like detailing, bare metal, sharpies etc. sometimes i"ll buy and old model from a flea market or ebay to restore but it has to be a builder vintage kit , or glue bomb cause cant afford no out of site priced unbuilt ones. do also like vintage promos. but jo han , # 1
Get well Steve!
Just subscribed and looking forward to your videos. This Old Man from Washington NC has been a fan for years of Barrett Jackson. Really enjoy you and Mike Joy. 🚗🧔💝
Thank you Stevo for opening those model boxes to show us the models, that must of been very hard !! Hope you put them together. It must be over 40 years since I have experienced the fun of building a model! Very relaxing, thanks mate !
That’s awesome, I ended up opening that exact Dodge Dart unopened from new. Mine came out in white plastic!
Wish I could post a picture.
Mine came in white as well - I painted mine to match the Ramchargers dodge Dart of the day. I hand painted the name & striping on the car. Still have that & the 62 Dart. It came in blue & looks great.! Also have the 62 Chrysler 300 in white. ! Great kits ! Wish I could afford the Turbine kit ...
Great video...looking at my model kits in a different light now...thanks for the education.
You have the best videos I learn so much from you keep up the GREAT WORK
Awesome episode! I, like you, learned so much about cars from kit building. I really need to open my '62 Dart to see what color it is. Thank you for sharing and your expertise and knowledge. Thank you Steve!!
My cousin Leon currently has a 62 Dart. Dual quad 440. He loves it
keep them coming steve.....i was 1 of your first suscribers.....i enjoy all of them
Very cool info....last model show I was at they had Johan t- shirts and the talk about bringing Johan back to the market. Next show I need to check how this is going.
Really enjoying the model crawls. Reminds me of the ones I built when I was a kid, my favorite being a '59 Impala panel wagon (Monogram, I think). Definitely do more.
Hi Steve!
Still see Okie at the model car shows...the huge JO-HAN MODELS banner over his table. He still sells bits and pieces from years gone by,
and has a selection of bumpers, windows, and stuff so if your restoring one of the old ones, and missing something its possible he may have it.
He also has JO-HAN tee shirts! (New shirts in all the sizes) which sell out fast at all the shows! ( Been trying for an XL 3 times but sold out 2 hrs. into the show !!!)
Keep up the good work...you are truly an encyclopedia!
Yeah l see him at shows too he has helped me many times find missing parts and decals for my johan kits and l bought a tee shirt too lol😄
That red 64 Dodge makes me think of the Bobby Issac's and AJ Foyt's stock cars from that year.
Keep up the great work. Thanks
my favourite kits from Johan , were the Socks & Martin Cuda and
Dyno Don Maverick
Just when I think I can't love Steve more, he goes and does this ! Great stuff
I don't dare imagine what age you are. but in these moments we are both about 12 or 13. Fun suggestion for those treating these merely as memories, I bought all the whatnot and constructed my best ever to date as a grown up. Highly recommend. Tim Richmond with Martinsville stripes and donuts and all that.
All good and interesting
Hey Steve, the only Johan kit I ever built was purchased in the model shop in Stirling in 1989, I’m not sure when you were there , but was a golden oldies Chrysler 300, it was the cheapest car kit in the old shop ( I was a poor kid) it must have sat a while on the shelf, I can’t believe the prices of them now after looking!
I purchased the Turbine car model I am guessing around 1980? Loved it! Very nice model.
Cool stuff!!
I wish that the johan models would come back!
I have the Johan '64 Dodge Super Stocker kit, which I bought new in the '90's. (started, not finished) The commentary about the different and varying colors on these kits is spot-on.... Mine came molded in what can be described as a purple or dark mauve color. 😕 Ugh.
Finally got around to watching this vid. Didn’t know about the added expense of “white plastic.” Probably partially explains why car kit are running around $30 on average.
As you were mentioning steel bumpers, it reminded me of when I was a kid, I used to cut the front clip off some of my cars,, and use the clip to mold a new clip in aluminum foil and then crash them into walls and such. And yes I did learn about cars and parts from model kits. I remember once looking at a cat at a lot, and some teenagers stopped and I thought I was dead. They quizzed me, and I answered all their questions correctly. I think they were impressed, and left me alone.
never saw any johan kits where i grew up in so cal in the 70's . it was always revell , monogram , mpc and amt at the local kmart i bought my kits
Open that box and get some pre EPA American air! Love It!
Agree Round 2 should do all the Johan kits esp the acetate ones that warped. It wouldbe great to have those kits warp free.
👍good stuff
That second kit, the Super Stock, appears to have better detail than the Lindberg versions--not bad for their day, but not Revell /Monogram detail levels. You are right about the detail on the turbine kits--I got one for "cheap" from the Massachusetts model car shows--and I guess that was Chrysler being really proud of their turbine invention to want the kit to create desire.
Great video Steve. I really like these shows you are doing on models. Please continue them once the sun comes out. Thanks
Steve, thank you for this video and history of this model company. Really enjoyed it!
Best I’ve seen , came from china in 2004 .
1963 Chevrolet Nova SS Coupe
Box art is the car at a ski resort .
Trumpeter kit , Wasan plastic model co.
Your model car storey about them are cool never seen them much
Yeah, I believe Okie Spaulding is out of or in Northern Ky, Covington actually…., or at least that’s where he set up shop at for redoing some Johan kits.
i enjoy watching these vids on modles....the basic ness of the johan kit was good for beginer modlers....that is the way i learned about real cars was by building kits...i must have 40 un built kits in the closet waiting to be built....i dont have a designated area yet...im using the dining room table...right now im building the amt rerelease 67 impala supersport....i just finished the amt coke a cola ford van....i like to build the tractor trailers too....its the best thing to do in the cold weather....i dont have heat in my garage either
I had a JoHan kit waay back in the 60s. I don't recall the model because I was so disappointed when I built it. It was done so quickly I felt like I hardly participated. Pretty much stuck to AMT after that with the occasional Revell for variety.
Of all the kits in my collection the only JoHan is the Mercury Comet Boss 429 Pro Stock. Still all sealed up
Great video Steve! Really like the longer format as others have mentioned. And, excellent comparison between the more simplistic Johan kits and that spectacularly done turbine car.
Excellent
The Turbine car was in one of my favorite movies. The LIvely Set 1964. I have to get the DVD out and watch it again. GREAT MOVIE....
We just started building the Jo-Han 64 Dodge Polara Super Stock on our CZcams channel to look like our actual 1964 Dodge Polara 500. We had to find some extra parts to make it authentic....but so far we can't wait to get started. We got lucky....ours is molded in white. Strange..our kit did not come with the metal axles. Did yours Steve?
Steve, I love your model car videos ( as well as the JUNKYARD Crawl.!! ) I've been watching every one when I get the chance. New Subscriber. !! Thanks Steve. !
I always look forward to your model car videos, thanks.
And for the Turbine Car...the plastic was super thin on all the body and chassis parts...you could see through them if you looked at it with some light behind the parts.
You inspired me to open a Sox & Martin Cuda kit that I've had since I was a kid (in the 70's) I might have to send it to you if you want it.
Love these videos steve! Thanks! Can't get over the Zayre references!