Bench Racing The AMT 70 & Revell 68 Chevelle Model Car Kits Ep.305
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2023
- I got another model car idea, popping into my head. So i'm doing a little Model Car Kit Bench Racing/ Smashing with the AMT 70 Chevelle and the Revell 68 Chevelle .
Let's have some FUN!
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Cool review. Thank you for sharing.
I always dream of kit-bashing a new model. That term makes me chuckle as it sounds weird. I like to think of it as making it ready to look right. I like how more new models are outstanding in detail. An example: Converting the old '75 Dodge Dart to high detail using the '71 Plymouth Duster that's so detailed, it has a correctly proportioned small block engine. I like to research them too, like finding any differences between the years. Factories did share parts with other cars as well as carry overs to the next model year. It's all about making it look as beautiful as you can get it with what's available. But then, there's that 3D printing. Make the right part that the model's missing to make it look right. I love 1/25 scale plastic model cars!
Cool experiment! Thanks for sharing.
I just bought the 1970 amt 1/25 2018 , I also have amt 1967 ss427 impala, 19701/2 phase three Baldwin - motion Camaro, revell 1969 ss 350 nova 2n1 383 stroker 😊just starting to build my collection up then get building 🎉after seeing this I’m going to super compe my amt 1970 or maybe funny car
Wow how weird, I just finished this swap.The AMT '70 chassis and engine are yuk compared to the Revell '68. Chassis does fit , with minor mod, and I used the '70 interior tub. Fitting the interior tub is the biggest hassle. The tranny tunnel on the chassis needs to be modified (smaller) to fit the interior tub. I cut the tunnel out and ground-sanded it down and refitted. Interior tranny tunnel needs some grinding too. Tranny just fits in their. A bit of work but worth it I think. Used the '70 firewall sanded down. Also I put spacers under the rear springs to raze up the rear a bit to give it the right stance. Made the '70 Chevelle model 100% better. Love the channel Luka watch you all the time.
Right on. I would love to see your build.
The Red Alert 70 Chevelle is a Turbo 400 automatic transmission with a horse shoe shifter, and the 454 engine was painted yellow, the wheels are Motor Wheel Flyes and Spyders, Available from Competition Resins.
Vill Amts 69 and 72 fit well on this too. I just have the 68 Revell Chevelle. Germany big box.
The rear "tubs" in the kit(s) are actually combined inner and outer rear wheel houses...
Gotta' love a Chevelle!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 👍 ✌
For sure
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Yes, I sure do!
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Wow, that kit brings back some memories. I built that car when I was a kid but I "kit bashed" it with a couple of other kits, didn't know anything about "kit bashing", I was just building it how I wanted it. I built the car and only "painted" it with gray primer and then put the black stripes on it. I cut out the wheel wells and narrowed up the rear axle, added ladder bars, and stuffed some big wide slicks from a 1956 Ford flip nosed truck under there and it sat with the perfect tubbed out stance and I had Centerline style rear wheels. For the front wheels I used a set of rims from a 1956 Ford kit called Strip Fowl, I think it was an AMT kit and it had 3 ways you could build the car. The front wheels were the thin spoked drag wheels and I thought they looked super cool. The engine I used was the tunnel rammed 427 from the Monogram 1966 flip nosed Chevelle. Man I loved that car and I had my models displayed on my dresser. I had this round mirror and the "feature" car for the week would be placed on the mirror and I used to stuff cotton balls around the rear tires to make it look like it was doing a burnout!!!!
I gave my models away to kid in the 90s who liked model cars so, dang, wish I still had them.
I wish you still had them too .
I hope he appreciated it .
I had several years of CARtoons magazine .
My mother gave them to a cousin when I joined the Army .
My aunt threw them out in the first week .
Thanks for show the decals needed for the Red Alert, I appreciate it. 🤟🤠👍
Great video Luka! That thing lools bad ass!
That is gonna be a cool build. One I would be very interested in watching. I like watching your videos because it helps me think outside the box when I want to customize one of my straight out of the box builds.
Man I love a Chevelle!! I need a 68 or 69 wagon !!! Great video!
Yes you do.
We ALL do!
I'm doing kind of the same, but with a Johan 70 442.
I bought the 71 442 Revell, and dropped the 70 body on it.
Looks great Luka. I like the direction. That would be an awesome build.
Dang, late for this one too! Need to ✅ postings more often - Aanyway, I used to grab up the AMT 70 Monte kit for this (even has A/C) but need to cut down front of chassis like real deal. But now that Revell gave us these gems...in fact, just grabbed another '69 kit at HL which is the closest year to a '70 because there were more than front-back changes in '71. BUT finally, the real '70 gem kit to get body and interior is the Revell snap kit! Great stuff again Luka
OH! I forgot about that Snap Kit!!! Thanks!!
Great idea for a kit bash. Hey, I thought the bench racing episodes are with Pappy Fred? I sure hope that Felix did not can him.
No. Felix likes him.
Nice piece I have a 84 GMC and decided to convert it to R/C with pizza cutters in the front and big meats in the rear
It’ll be to heavy for the electronics with all the details attached so I just focused on the outer shell than primed it
I used the pro street nova amt kit to create my 69 camaro pro street but it came with only one shock tower brace. So i had to cut the front end of the camaro chasiss and use that instead.
Use the Amt 1969 Olds 442 chassis fits perfectly
I have done that before, too. But I like this Revell conversation much better.
AMT should have made the 70 Chevelle SS 454, 450 HP convertible from Briggs Chevrolet, driven by Ray Allen. That car was the NHRA world champion in Super Stock. It ran in SS/EA. It was dark blue with a white top, and featured Cragar SS wheels. The real Red Alert car was a 70. The real 70-72 quarters are wider than the 68-69, but the chassis' are the same.
Love your videos, I too want to build a Red Alert Chevelle. You probably know this already so forgive me if I’m redundant but, I use masking tape to hold things together during my mock ups. I take small pieces of tape and tape the interior in and then the chassis ect. Great channel! Thanks for sharing! I love this hobby!
I've got a '67' Chevelle I haven't touched in about 5 years. Maybe about time to get it out.
I was thinking kind of doing the same thing that you're doing I have the Revell 1968 Chevy Chevelle SS 396 1/25 , Model Kit # 85-4445 that you just showed & I Have the : AMT 1/25 1967 Chevy Chevelle Pro Street Model Kit - Gold (AMT876) That is tubbed out for the wide slicks & Put it all 67 on the on the 1968 Chevelle , But I didn't size it up yet to see how it would fit , If the 1968 won't work I have a : AMT 1966 Chevy Chevelle SS 1/25 AMT#1342 that might work a little better with the 1967 Pro Street Chassis because the body style are very similar with the 1966 & 1967 even though they all are 1/25 Scale .
Interesting kit bash. Thanks for sharing.
Looking good 👍. Always learning Sumpin 😮 from your videos. Thanks LC
oh god fast eddie is my holy grail 🤣
Very cool looking forward to see them . I’m working on the fast Eddie kit too .
when you sat body on chassis....wooo i drooled for sure. THAT kids...is a REAL hot rod
😁
I honestly prefer the Monogram Heavy Chevy Chevelle over the AMT lol.
Might have to shortin the rear axle and tub it out, them big tires just seem so close to the body, but im sure you'll figure it out, your the guy on CZcams, were just the observer ,don't take things personal buddy, cant wait to see how it turns out
I would have used the 1969 Chevelle instead of the 1968. The 1968 Malibu/Chevelle had what they called at the time "Astro-ventilation" wing vents, those pesky little triangular windows at the forward front of the door glass area, but the 1969s did not have this, just the same as all of the 1970 and later Chevelles. BTW, the area you referred to a "wheel tubs" are actually called the wheel well. We car geeks only usually call them "tubs: when they've been super enlarged for much larger rear tires and wheels by us hotrodders.
I bash kits all of the time to get vehicular versions that the major kit manufacturers would never even think of producing... EVER! I have been bashing kits like this since I was an elementary school kid in the late 1960s. One of my current projects is bashing a Moebius 1965 Ford pickup (any complete cab and interior of that truck model will do from whatever version of those 1965 Ford pickups by Moebius) into a 3/4-ton 4x4 pickup using the Moebius 1972 Ford F-250 3/4-ton 4x4 Ranger pickup with snowplow chassis/frame/running gear (Moebius #2568) and combining it all into what is known as the "wrong bed" version with the "wrong" pickup bed during that time period, using that of the AMT 1960 Ford F-100 pickup bed (from kit #AMT1407). Ford truck loyalists still bought the pickups they needed from Ford, even with the mismatched cabs and beds as they still functioned as a work truck for those guys who needed a working long bed pickup for the farm, work or business but still preferred Fords over Chevys and Dodges and they didn't really care too much what it looked like. The reason this occurred was that Ford ran into production problems with the long-bed pickups from 1961 to 1965 due to labor shortages and union strikes, and they ran out of the available long beds of the newer design of this production run. I know, my modeling is out there in The Twilight Zone for sure, for many simpler model builders. I tend to go overboard sometimes! Still, there are tons of photos and written history, and I find it fascinating and fun to do. It's going a little slow, but it is still a very rewarding project! As you may have guessed by now, I like doing the weird stuff!
Paint some badass flames on it too 🔥 😎
Man! I swear I am inspired to get ahold of another one of these Chevelles at some point soon. 😎👍🏾
I've done my job.
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Very cool, love the 70 and dig the revell tooling. Awesome video sir!
Thank you
great video sir … any ideas on what engine you will use for the Red Alert?
The one from the Revell kit
Hi Luka, it's Brian love ur chassis and body swaps its what makes the Hobby Fun Keep up the Great Work
Thanks Brian. I'm glad you enjoyed it
If I were to build this kit. Id paint it all matte black bumpers and all. And then id take a big blower engine out from another kit to put in this build. Have the trunk open up to show off the subs and amps. Can make this kit look very badass 😎 👌
Was just thinking about this the other day, wishing Revell would tool a new '70-72 body and interior to go along with the '68-69.
Man i have to waite till next month i painted 3 cars on Saturday i was so out of it
Long as you weren't mucking off?😳
Jman
I bet that chassis would slip under a 442 ,GTO ,ect also. In 69 GM went to 116in wheelbase from the 112 in 68. So with a wee bit of fitting it works in scale
Quick question let's say you came across some vintage model cars from the 70s and they were built and painted very well but they're dirty dirty dirty. If they're refurbished would that hurt the value of the model car?
Either way. I don't think it would change the value of them. Usually with built ups. The value is in how rare the model is.
Luke Hello, Need some advice please, I'm getting ready to build AMT kit #6435 The Wynn's Don Garlits dragster (clear body) Was wondering if you could recommend after market Upgrade accessories for this kit please? This is my First car/Dragster I've built and want to do it right. I met Don Garlits as a kid in mid 60s and got to shake his hand, Just doing a little tribute build to Big Daddy. Thanks Luke any help be appreciated
It's best to take this question to the modeling groups online. Honestly. I don't build top fuel rail dragsters much. So I don't have any recommendations.
ok soo i was thinking was tinkin wait red flag 😂what if i cu the inner fender wells oof a kit im already going to tub the he!! out of and fill in the gap😅🤔
I’m still waiting for the 64 olds?
I looked on the box and it said 2011. The car can be built 1 of 2 ways.
yeah who doesn't want the red alert i long for the 72 red alert but your 68 is looking sweet damdbit man Moroso gold valve covers 3d carbs those Hoosier slicks seal the deal 🤪😅🤣🤩
Does that happen to be the same Raisin Garrett that used to race ?
Either way his builds are awesome.
It is the same Raisin. Go check out my UnPodcast show I had him on. We talk about his racing days and show photos of his race cars.
I have a Revell 68 Chevelle kit that is a parts kit if you want it it’s yours.
Thank you. I just picked up one.
So i do have a question. Why does the monogram '70 Chevelle kit get so much hate? Is it just because it's 1/24?
Not so much the scale as it is the proportions. The AMT just looks better.
The front shape has issues
Fart?
It happens. 😆
Hey Luka was that your blood on that knife? The knife that has the red that you showed in this vid lol.
Not at that point. But I won't say it wasn't on there after the video shoot. 😁
Is the CZcams Channel
Too Many Projects. legit ?
Is this just another episode of the fake 73 GTO and 73 Chevelle photos that are passed around on th forums ?
As always, many thanks for what you do on your channel for all of us .
Have you heard anything about this guy ?
Too Many Projects is legit. Look it up on Facebook.