Sprues in Review #1 - Solved!

[Otto Puzzell]

Here is something a little different - a variation on previous parts puzzles. In this case, you'll see sprues that came in various plastic model car kits. In order to win a point (one per pic) you must identify the kit from which it came, and what the finished model was meant to represent.  

The rules are thus: No points for naming one of the full-size vehicle a kit represented - many are quite easy. The points will be awarded for identifying the kit maker and the car the kit represented. I suspect some of you may have one or more of these kits in your own collections. While some of these kits may be obscure, and their makers long out-of-business, there are no insider-only "you have to have the book" requirements. Patience and good detective work is all that is required to find the solution to all of these. The answers are all available to the general public.

Here they are - enjoy!

[Otto Puzzell]

I'll track the correct answers here:

Sprues in Review #1 = 51 Chevy Bel Air Convertible by AMT identified by  RayTheRat
Sprues in Review #2 = 1969 Ford Torino Cobra by AMT identified by  Aaron65
Sprues in Review #3 = Aston Martin DBR9 by Airfix identified by  pftnbr
Sprues in Review #4 = 72 Dodge Challenger by Lindberg identified by  Tom_I
Sprues in Review #5 = Topps Mini Model Genuine Scale Racing Car identified by  RayTheRat
Sprues in Review #6 = MPC Can-Am identified by  Tom_I
Sprues in Review #7 = Revell 1/24 BMW Dixie identified by  RayTheRat
Sprues in Review #8 = Volkswagen 1300 Beetle by Tamiya identified by  Tom_I

[Zerk]

This is a very twisty puzzle, but...
Is #4 an AMT 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T?

[Otto Puzzell]

It is a Dodge Challenger, but not the one you guessed

[Zerk]

Perhaps #4 is the AMT/ERTL "Street Machines" kit? That sprue just doesn't look like Revell to me.

[Otto Puzzell]

No sir

[Allemano]

Another great puzzle idea.  

Impossible to solve for me, just hated those scale model kits,   too much patience needed!
And they NEVER looked as good as on the packages.  

[Zerk]

I'm a rotten model builder, but the cool box art and the look of the parts in an unbuilt kit suck me back into buying another one every year or so.

[Otto Puzzell]

My common downfall was getting model cement on the clear plastic windshield or other 'glass'.

[Otto Puzzell]

Up

[RayTheRat]

I can't begin to count the number of models I built, both as a kid and at 2 separate periods in my adult life.  I still have several dozen kits and a ton of resin-cast and etched metal aftermarket parts. 

So:

#1 AMT 1951 Chevy BelAir Kit # 6607 (although it could be one of several other kits numbers.)
#7 Monogram 32 Ford Street Roadster, Kit# MIB FS.

[Otto Puzzell]

#1 AMT 1951 Chevy BelAir Kit # 6607 (although it could be one of several other kits numbers.)

Yes!

[Otto Puzzell]

#7 Monogram 32 Ford Street Roadster, Kit# MIB FS.

No

[RayTheRat]

#7 Monogram 32 Ford Street Roadster, Kit# MIB FS.

No

Yeah...I knew that one was iffy.  I should have known that it wouldn't have been the Monogram kit cuz that one is 1/24th scale, and I was looking for a 1/25th kit.  So I did some digging and found one that I'd built.  I did a quick setup on my lightbox and fired off a few photos with my Canon 40D.  This is one of 'em:



Then I searched and searched and couldn't find it on the web, so I dug into my old model kit instruction stash and found that the base kit for that model was a Revell "McDonald's Diorama & 32 Ford Street Rod" kit.  Kit number on that one is #85-7804.  I don't know if there are other variants of this kit, but it's a real basic one.  The frame is molded along with the fenders and floor pan and the front axle has tube shocks molded with it and other simplifications have been made; as a result, it's a cheapie.  But I think mine turned out acceptably well as a static model.

RtR

[Otto Puzzell]

Look good - nice work!

[Julien1A]

#8... beetle?

[Otto Puzzell]

No mistaking that, is there? 

[Julien1A]

oups ... didn't get the puzzle aim  ... no clue about the kit then...

[pftnbr]

is #3 an Airfix Aston Martin DBR9?

[RayTheRat]

Look good - nice work!

But wrong?

[Otto Puzzell]

Alas, yes, that's incorrect.

[pftnbr]

is #3 an Airfix Aston Martin DBR9?

[gilescooperuk]

number 8 revell VW Beetle or Karham Ghia

[RayTheRat]

#7: Monogram '32 Ford Roadster kit #85-0882?

#7: Revell BMW Dixi kit # 07131

[RayTheRat]

#8: Polar Lights: Herbie the Love Bug snap kit #6816?