1953 Studebaker Starliner Champion V8 1/25 3n1 Drag Custom Stock Scale Model Kit Build Review AMT
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Classic American Icons: This kit is the first in the "Auto Art Stamp Series" from AMT to bring together two of America’s most notable brands with the streamlined Studebaker Starliner portrayed in United States Postal Service stamp artwork on this commemorative collectible tin. The handsome collectible tin packaging uses USPS imagery throughout including a stunning rendition of the Starliner on the box lid.
Basically, this is the venerable AMT 1953 Studebaker (3 'n 1) kit with all the goodies that have made this kit a modeler's favorite for years. Build her stock, custom or race and the beautiful lunchbox size Hallmark style tin becomes the prefect storage box for extra parts.
USPS Themed Tin Box: The handsome collectible tin packaging uses USPS imagery throughout including a stunning rendition of the Starliner on the box lid.
Plenty of Options: This Studebaker kit comes with tons of optional parts that can be mixed and matched to create your choice of stock, custom or racing set ups.
QUICK SPECS: 1:25 scale. 185 Parts. 8” long .Parts molded in white with chrome parts, clear plastic and black vinyl tires. Skill level 2 - Suggested for modelers age 10+ PAINT AND GLUE REQUIRED.
Studebaker (US: /ˈstuːdəbeɪkər/ STOO-də-bay-kər or British STEW-də-bay-kər) was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Founded in 1852 and incorporated in 1868[1] as the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company, the firm was originally a coachbuilder, manufacturing wagons, buggies, carriages and harnesses.
Studebaker entered the automotive business in 1902 with electric vehicles and in 1904 with gasoline vehicles, all sold under the name "Studebaker Automobile Company".
After an unsuccessful 1954 merger with Packard (the Studebaker-Packard Corporation) failed to solve chronic postwar cashflow problems, the 'Studebaker Corporation' name was restored in 1962, but the South Bend plant ceased automobile production on December 20, 1963, and the last Studebaker automobile rolled off the Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, assembly line on Saint Patrick's Day March 17, 1966. Studebaker continued as an independent manufacturer before merging with Wagner Electric in May 1967[4] and then Worthington Corporation in November 1967.
The Studebaker Champion is an automobile which was produced by the Studebaker Corporation of South Bend, Indiana, from the beginning of the 1939 model year until 1958. It was a full-size car in its first three generations and a mid-size car in its fourth and fifth generation models, serving as the junior model to the Commander.
In 1953, Studebaker was redesigned by Robert Bourke, from Raymond Loewy's design studio. ("the Loewy Coupe" or "Low Boy"). The 2-door coupe with a central pillar was called the Starlight while the more expensive hardtop coupe was called the Starliner. In addition to the Loewy Coupe there was also a 2-door sedan based on a shortened 4-door sedan. The 2-door sedan has a taller profile, and the back side windows in the 2-door sedans are noticeably bigger than the windows in the Loewy Coupe. The Loewy Coupe is substantially more collectable than the 2-door sedans. Although similar, the body pieces on the 2 cars are not interchangeable. The front end of the new Champion was lower than contemporaries, and shares an appearance with the Citroen DS.
No convertible was offered in 1953. However, in late 1952 Studebaker produced one prototype of a 1953 Commander convertible to determine if the model could be profitably mass-produced. The car was based on the 1953 2-door Starliner hardtop. The car was later modified to 1954-model specifications, and was occasionally driven around South Bend by engineers. Additional structural reinforcements were needed to reduce body flexure. Even though the car was equipped with the 232 cu. in. V-8, the added structural weight increased the car's 0-60 mph acceleration time to an unacceptable level. In addition, the company did not have the financial resources to add another body type to the model line. The company's leadership mistakenly thought the 2-door sedans, 4-door sedans, and 1954 Conestoga wagon (described below) would sell better than the 2-door coupes, so the company's resources were focused on production of the sedans and the wagon. - Auta a dopravní prostředky
7 year old me thought 1953 had brought magic to cars with the often teased Studebaker introducing this Space Ship. It did 100 MPH just sitting in a picture. And compared to Chevy, Ford and Chrysler, the Starliner was "IT". Chevy and Ford didn't have a cool car until 1957 and that was the year Studebaker did it again with the Factory Supercharged Hawk. You have just brought 1953 back - great car, nice memories and a SUPER build. Thanks
I believe this car was what caused the big three to go “longer, lower and wider” in the late ‘50’s with Chrysler leading the way with their all new ‘57’s.
GM followed suit with their wild ‘59’s followed by Ford with their very cleanly styled 1960 cars.
It could arguably be said that it was Studebaker that started the “personal car” trend with the ‘53 which Ford picked up on with their ‘55 T-Birds. Ford then switched up and made that a “personal luxury car” with the four seater ‘58’s which the Golden Hawk pretty much competed against.
Stude was waaaaay ahead of their time. Too bad they didn’t have the money to keep things going. You can imagine what neat stuff they could have come up with had they lived on into the ‘70’s and ‘80’s.
Thanks man!
Studebaker’s styling was light years
ahead of the Big Three. Love it.
Thanks!
for sure!!
Big, usually means it got fat and is too heavy to remove. The little ones are often much more inventive and better.
The two-tone white/turquoise paint job is so 1950s and really highlights the aerodynamic design of the Starliner. Retro and modern at the same time.
Thanks man!
Anything you do in turquoise gets my attention immediately. Another beauty build! Thanks Chris!
My pleasure!
Freaking awesome dude! Great work! People who give this a thumbs down have no class! 💯👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I appreciate that!
Mine is pearl green and full drag mode! Great build. 😎
Cool, thanks!
My grandmother is a "Studebaker" and had a 1951 Studebaker Champion in the barn my Darn lucky uncle took the car. this will have to go in the stash for sure...
Enjoy!
Great metal box, love it. Great graphics. The model is excellent. You did another terrific job. Love that color.
Thank you! Cheers!
That tin alone is awesome. Another great build!
Thanks a bunch!
Love the color combo, very nice man!
Thanks as always Gary!
Wonderful color choices for both the car and the Interior, well done Chris!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a great kit. I try to get all the 1953 kits. Only because I was born in 53. Lol.👍
Very cool!
Great Build! If your travels ever bring you to northeast Indiana, be sure to stop at the Studebaker museum in South Bend. Also, in Shipshewana is the Hudson museum, and of course the Auburn/Cord museum in Auburn Indiana.
Love this kit I bought three,built one stock light blue,,one as the chopped full tilt Bonneville testors green and the third as a AFX dragster with the chopped top yellow fade to green,, my favorite
Very cool!
Very nice build of a good kit. Nice color choice.
Thanks 👍
Awesome Studebaker!...I remember my cousin's dad driving one of these!
Right on!
Just a idea - I make a copy of the instructions so the one with the kit isn't messed up. I even make a copy of instructions when I buy a open kit to use as a ck off list. Just me - how I work. Like your builds -- great for ones learning or build box stock. Keep building. 😁
Another one to put on my list of must haves , cool build
Thank you!
I always enjoy your builds and I’m always learning something. Your music is intriguing also. May I request the next time you do a 50’s era car try playing Perez Prado “cherry pink and apple blossom white” you’ll thank me for it. Lol stay safe and thanks for the work
If they have it with no license fee, sure.
Thanks man!
Always loved these. Style to spare!
Glad you like them!
Just bought this. Built this a kid. Mine will be yellow.
Heh, I remember seeing one in the 90s that someone made out of this kit I think, it had some racecar chassis and mid engine, and the recessions on the doors were turned into air intakes for the engine, it was mega cool!
Another great- looking build. Hard to believe that car was a 1953 when you compare it to the other cars of its day.
Thanks man!
Another great build, and like the choice of color you used.
Thank you very much!
Two on order . Great build Chris. Keep em coming, I'll keep watching.
Thanks man!
VERY NICE and clean Chris! Unless you pointed it out, I never would have even noticed the paint run. 👌🏽
I got to ride in one of these as a kid in the ‘60’s on a regular basis. Actually, it was a 1957-‘58 Studebaker Golden Hawk that was owned by a good family friend.
Same basic shape as that ‘53, but had the tailfins and squared off trunk lid.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks man!
Great job as usual, Chris. I gotta get this kit. It is so unique and cool looking. Thanks.
Like the music, felt like I was watching “ 2001 A Space Odyssey “
Well, I'm 70 y. o., build since the late fifties and I always learn with your reviews. Thanks for sharing those great videos. Keep them coming!
Glad you like them!
Another great build and video Chris! Big Thumbs Up 👍👍
Thanks for the visit!
Sweet '53!!!
Thanks man!
Every time I hear the Blue Danube Waltz I think of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. And unless I'm mistaken, Ethel Merman's son drove a red Studebaker in the movie. Nice build.
Thanks man!
I just bought one of these and it's due to arrive in a couple of days. In the spirit of doing it MY WAY, I am going to check if I still have the dual Paxton supercharger parts from an Avanti model I made a couple of decades back. I have wanted the real thing since I was a boy. I was around five years old when the STP ads on TV featured Andy Granatelli's Avanti "Duocento", and I've been a Studebaker nut ever since.
Beautiful build Chris. Great review. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Cool build! Great to see the options that come with this kit.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Great build and review on my must have list. Built this kit many times over the years glad to see the goodies are still there . Thanks for all the great reviews. Peace
Thanks man!
thats awesome, my father restored a packard hawk in 1:1 scale.
it is awesome, we still have it.
sweet vid.
Thanks 👍
I'll bet you've got a huge stash of spare parts. Nice video. Love the '53 Studebaker, one of my favorite cars stock.
Thanks!
Just got this one for my birthday. Great job on your build. I love all the spare parts that come in this kit.
Awesome! Thank you!
Love the color choice turquoise was a common color in the 50s . Great build . Thanks for sharing. You have a real talent. I don't know what your day job is but you should be a model builder for one of these company's for there box photos. Have a great week Chris.
Thank you so much!
Now that is freaken cool. I am going to spend some money. LOL. It will compliment the 2 Studebaker slot cars I own.
Go for it!
Excelentes acabados ... Muy buen trabajo ...congratulations...!!!
What a cool kit great job bringing it to life
Thanks man!
Another great job, love it. I wasn't going to get one but after seeing yours I will now. Thanks for the inspiration
Awesome! Thank you!
I enjoy watching you put your model together
Thank you very much!
Perfect colour choice , great build Chris
Thanks 👍
That's bad ass with the orange hood.
This has always been a dream car of mine.
Enjoy!
Love that color combo.
Thanks!
Very cool model and nice color. I might pick this up from my hobby shop, the art work on the tin looks great.
You should!
Very nice build. I like your quick building method. You do the nicest builds from right out of the box.
Thank you very much!
I'm always impressed by how realistic they look fantastic job
Thanks man!
I don't do much model building during winter because I paint outside. I have 4 kits that you have previously built...can't wait for Spring.
Thanks man!
You can complain about a millimeter of flash all you want, the no no for me was mixing and matching colours. HPI guy Im shocked, stunned you would do such a thing!
Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it. I tried your trick of a sharpe to do window frames. It looks really good. And I love that colour you chose for it. Looks great.
LOL, I break all the 'rules' and have fun!
@@hpiguy The day I stop having fun with my hobby is the day I stop hobbying.
Paint runs. Display it so you cant see it.
Not painted that color at the factory. Resprayed by me!
Love your videos mate, especially now
One of these days I'll pick one of these up (I have 2 studebaker models but neither are this one)... Great job on this build Chris it, looks awesome!!! About my aforementioned studebaker models I actually have 3 of them they are: 62 Studebaker lark (previously built by someone else but I bought on eBay, stripped it down and repainted it), the other 2 are the revell 51 Henry j (brand new shrink wrapped) and the AMT Studebaker Avanti also shrink wrapped...
Thanks man!
Nicely done as usual
Thanks again!
Dam that’s a lot of options in one kit
Another masterpiece Chris keep up the great work thank you for sharing
Thanks, will do!
Now You're Makin Me Wanna Build 1 of The 3 in My Stash Chris, Excellent job Again. Have a Blessed Wknd.
Thanks, you too!
Love 💘 your tires trick...have a challenge for you...can you take a plan car and use the extra parts of kits made a super car 🚗 👍???
They prefer I build them from the box as is with parts from the box only.
But maybe one day.
I just ordered Tropical Turquoise for a 65 Chevy stepside. I'm planning to do it two tone like this. Hopefully the interior as well. That Studebaker looks fantastic!
Sounds great!
Had that model as a kid
Excellent job.
Thank you very much!
In South Africa we use to call them ""stoot die bogger"" (push the bugger) 🤣🤣🤣
great kit!
I agree!
SOOOO KOOOOOLLLL !!!
Awesome work as always .
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice build.
I'm glad you like it
A solid coral hardtop is the car I took my drivers test in. Girl's loved it and thought it was a sports car.
Good evening chris.great job on your car.I myself built the same model 4o years ago.it's red with yellow interior .in a plastic show case.but great job.
Sounds great!
Awesome. I have to get one of these.
You should!
My favorite car is the Golden Hawk. I got to get this one!!!
OO i like this car!!
I didn't there's this kit!
Thanks for your video
Glad you like it!
Another great build, Chris! I just wish they had included the "wide whites" as shown on the box top. So, it's to the AMT tire packs we must go....:)
Thanks for watching!
If anyone was wondering the twin blower intake from the hemi does fit on the Studebaker motor that's how i did mine years ago
Nice kit.
It sure is!
The one I had had a clear hood with the openings for two scoops
Another tip on this kit. Ever heard of "Studillac?" When Studebaker engineers were considering design for V8 they were given access to Cadillac's engines by GM. Sooo despite Studebaker engine displacement at only 289 C.I.D. with lousy intake and head design - overall block dimensions are identical to Cadillac. Also, Caddy V8 used the same size block all the way to 500 C.I.D using the original block dimensions. To replicate a "Studillac" for a "sleeper" street machine just swap valve covers and and intake for a tricarb intake or quad carb setup. For a drag version both AMT 1959 El Camino and 1949 Ford sedan have "Caddy" engines including superchargers. Have fun!
Nice. I have a suvivor body only from a kit I did in the sixties. I don't know if the instructions suggested you paint the wheel covers centers black, but factory stock wheel covers from 1953 through 1955 had gold centers. That would be an easy fix and look sharp ( and correct) on your build.
Being factory perfect 'correct' is something that doesn't keep me up at night.
Enjoy your build, thanks!
Reminds me of Wilson's Stude on Home Improvement.
I want that.....thanx Chris , very kool , I love it
Robert J
Glad you like it!
I have the 53 Studebaker that I built stock. I bought mine back in 2003 I just keep it in the original cardboard box . and I believe I paid $7 for it at Ollie's
superbe merci
Thanks man!
Pretty correct cause I just bought one
I always like that car. Best styling back in the day. You did a great job but do you not paint the headliner? Maybe just never looked at. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nice review, build and vid!!!!!!!!!! 👍👍👍👍
Glad you liked it!
a metal box? wow... i have one of the original issue unbuilt. thank you.
Nice build. I'll have to pick up one of these. Too bad there aren't wide tires for the custom or racer versions.
Thanks man!
The Dubble Whammy model started my car intrest at 9 yrs old. Now 64 I have the same model and real 54 stude with 331 Chrysler Hemi for a build
Cool build. Looks great in stock condition. I don't see many around in my neck of the woods.
Now, I'm not sure if I missed anything from the video, but if you are going to build the drag version, won't AMT provide the drag slicks? It only has one set of tires, and they are stock.
Just the four skinnies in my box. Thanks man!
"Keys to the car? Sorry son, you need a few more years under your belt before I let you drive the Starliner."
Once again, the fore and aff shots at 39:25 and 39:27 look like the real car.
Thanks man!
Had the real deal , injected 289 transplant , 4 speed , puke green , hit head on by a ford truck , showed my Dad your video , he justed smiled and shook his head , he was a Stude man is entire driving career.
Thanks!
The narrow whitewalls they include in the kit is inaccurate for a 53 era car.Look at the Box art on top of the box. Round 2 should have included the wide whitewall tires that they included in one of their tire parts packs. Otherwise a very nice kit.
Sweet build Chris
Thanks man!
Hard to believe this kit debuted as part of 60's "Trophy Series - at a time when most "annuals" were mostly based on promos! For the era design and features were a major advance. R2 obviously has made an effort to "freshen" this one up - tit has been reissued many times over the years. Too bad decals come up short regarding stock scripts, trim, hub cap centers, etc....
Thanks man!
Very nice build I really like your color choices . Chris I have a question for you, how do you clean the dust off of your models. After all the care and work to build these great kits I just would like to keep them looking good. Any good ideas? Thank you Sir I really enjoy your channel, always look forward to your new builds every week.
Most are stored so it's a non-issue but dollar store dusters and cans of air work well.
Really great build. Love those colors. Do you ever build any ship models like the titanic.
Yes, they are on the channel, free free to browse the channel home page on here.
very nice build
Thanks!
Back when this kit was first issued the "competition" version was a Bonneville "salt flats" car - which may explain why drag slicks are not in the box for this issue. Also, the "chopped" top was for this "flying mile" version, as was the double-blown mill.
That was an odd little car, but it's cute none the less. About the black engine and olive engine, could it be that one of the engine was an option, like a 440 or a Hemi, so they'd have their own color?
As far as I know it was this V8 or a 6cyl as the options.
Nice kit sweet build the last issue was Mr speed tin issues Mr speed was the best issue tin packaging does not sell well a big flop from round 2 they can do better than this.