Kits of years past

[BlackSheep214]

I'd thought I'd post a list of car kits, I've done going far back as 5 years old right up until the mid 80s. Believe me, I have a great memory of about 80% of model car kits I've done. The rest I poured over the list on scalemates and found more I had forgotten I had done. So let's take a rip down memory lane for those who's done car kits during the 70's and 80s - the glory days for model kits!!

Let's start with the Monogram kits...

Snap-Tite kits –1/32 scale

GRRRemlin - Gremlin funny car
Whiplash -Camaro funny car
Earthquke -Chevy Vage funny car
Fiend – Dodge Charger funny car
Fake Out – Mustang Mach 1 funny car
Stampede – Mustang II funny car
Shut Out – Ford pinto funny car
Rip Off – Plymouth Duster funny car
Troublemaker – El Camino funny car
Pepsi or 7-Up Car in a Bottle kit – Remember those!?!?

'55 Chevy
Datsun Camper
Vette Stingray (MPC snap kit)
'63 Corvette (MPC snap kit)

1/24 scale Monogram

'55 Chevy Badman
'55 Chevy Street machine – have another one
'56 Chevy
'57 Nomad – yellow kit, I still have this one
GMC Jimmy
High Roller '69 Camaro 4x4
''69 Street Camaro
'69 Camaro Z/28
Midnight Z-28 Camaro
Heavy Chevy Chevelle
'57 Street Vette
Corvette SS Hatchback
California Vette – had another, recently finished
Corvette Pace Car
'70 Chevy Malibu – yellow kit
'66 Malibu SS - black kit
'86 Monte Carlo SS
Chevy Street van – black kit
Off-Road Van
Vanpire Chevy Street Van
Vega Mini Van – red or orange kit
'70 Challenger T/A
Dodge Ramcharger
1934 Duesenburg SJ Roadster
Mustang Cobra
'55 Ford Panel Truck
Pro Stock thunderbird
GMC Sport pick up
Jeep CJ-7 – blue kit
Mercedes 450 Rally
'71 Hemi Cuda
Cop Out Pluymouth Duster funny car
'85 Trans Am
Porsche Carrera RSR – orange kit
'31 Rolls Royce Phaeton
Triumph TR7 – black kit
Mojave Mule

Tom Daniels Design kits by Monogram

Red Baron
Lil Coffin
Cherry Bomb
Bad medicine
Ice T
Paddy Wagon
Quicksilver Chevy Panel Wagon
Rommel's Rod
T'rantula
Tijuana Tai
Vandal
Vanbulance – same kit as Vandal only as an ambulance

[BlackSheep214]

MPC model car kits...

AMC Pacer X (?)
Spirit of '57 – one of my favorites. My sister got me the re-release of same kit for Christmas last year.
'69 Camaro SS
Turbo Z/28
Super Z Camaro
Night prowler Camaro Z/28
Sslasher '72 Chevelle SS
'57 Flip Nose Vette – red kit. Did another and finished
Glass Pack Corvette kit
Night Stalker
Streaker Vette – Great Street Machines Series
'68 Cuda - Great Street Machines Series
Ghost Rider Corvette
'78 Corvette Indy 500 Pace Car
25th Anniversary Corvette
Vette Vanbulance
Royal Knight El Camino
Wheeler Dealer Monte Carlo
Class Action Monte Carlo
Chevy Monza Black Max
Squad Rod Nova Police car
Breakout Nova kit
'77 Chevy Nova
'77 Datson Pick up
Rising Sun Flip Nose Datsun Pick up
The Savenger Datsun Tow Truck
California Sunshine Van (?)
CB Freak
General Lee Dodge Charger – first edition
1/16 scale Dodge Charger Street Machine – black kit
Super Charger
Off Road Pick Up Camper
Smokey the Convoy Chaser
Force 440
Street Connection Dodge Van
'79 Ford Bronco
Ford Off Road Van
'53 ford Stepside Flip Nose Pick up
Outcast Street Rod
Wild Breed Mustang Cobra
Mustang Turbo Cobra
Midnight Mustang
Mean Streak Mustang II
Ford mini Van
Mount'N Goat
The Cat Mercury cougar Street machine
Fuzz Duster
Plymouth Volare Road Runner
Plymouth Volare
'77 Trans Am
Black Belt Funny Car
Grrrrumbler Jeep kit
There is another kit I remember building called Skorpion or Scorpion. I remember it was orange and had a spider/tarantula decals on it.

[BlackSheep214]

Revell and AMT model car kits...

Revell kits

'57 Chevy low rider – I have this one again
Super Spyder Chevy monza
'57 Chevy Nomad – open doors kit
'57 Chevy Bel Air
Quicksand Chevy Van
Mean Mudder Van with bike
Charlie's Angels Van
Convoy Van
Brute Force
Desert Rat Datsun Pick up
Ford EXP – Remeber this little car?! LOL!
'59 Skyliner
Mustang II Cobra Street Racer – yellow kit
Funser Funbird
Ccapri Turbo RS
Mercury Cougar XR-7
Formula Sunbird
Lancia Stratos HF Bertoro – it might have been the Tamiya kit, not the Revell kit
Sneaky Pete







AMT kits

'75 Gremlin
AMC Pacer Custom Panel
'57 Chevy bel Air – open doors kit
Boondocker Chevy Blazer – this was my first Blazer kit
'67 Chevy Chevelle SS
'63 Corvette Stingray – have another in my stash
Eckler corvette Hatchback
Monza SS
Old Pro Chevy Nova SS pro Stocker
'76 Chevy Nova
'77 Chevy nova Hatchback
Foxy Box Custom Van
KISS Van
Kandy Van – this was my first van kit
Datson 280 ZX Turbo
Yankee Challenge
Ford bronco 4x4
'77 Ford Van “Cruising Van”
Vantom Custom Ford Econoline Van
Shelby GT500 Snakebite
Mustang II Trojan Horse Funny Car – have another in my stash
'40 Plymouth or Ford – couldn't remember which one



I've done ships, armor and aircraft kits as well. A list of those are for another day.

[keavdog]

Whoa! Thats the inventory right there. Thing is I was a airplane guy as a kid (airforce kid). Didn't get into cars till later but I tell you what - you find me and affordable '55 Badman and you can have your pick from my stash!

[BlackSheep214]

My aircraft list is long too. I started buying Hasegawa kits til I was in my later teen years. Prior to that, Monogra and Revell were the brands available back then. Ships were Revell, armor were Monogram and maybe a couple were Revell kits.

Hmmm... you're tempting me.

[tempestjohnny]

What a great list. Personally I have built more then a few cars. But I was more of a muscle car builder with the occasional race car.

Off the top of my head

70 Chevelle
70 Super bird
69 Camaro
66 Chevelle
55 Chevy
56Chevy
57 Chevy
53 Corvette
63 Corvette
69 Corvette
70 Challenger
71 Cuda
69 Super Bee
70 GTX
69 GT500
67 GT 350
77 Pacer Wagon first kit ever
77 Trans Am
81 Trans Am
Ferrari Testerrosa
Moroso Mustang II
Swamp Rat
A few of Bob Gliddens cars
General Lee
Big Foot
USA 1

I have quite a few in the stash now. With cars I'm more of an OOB kind of builder. I am considering getting at least distributors and wires

[BlackSheep214]

I m too more of a muscle car builder myself. I do have to point out I did do 2 GTO kits too. 1965 and 1967 Pontiac GTOs both most likely AMT kits. I’ve done one or two NASCAR kit and it was Carl Yarborough; the other was the Skoal stocker.

[mustang1989]

Damn!!! That's more kits than I could kick out in TWO lifetimes Tom!!

[BlackSheep214]

Damn!!! That's more kits than I could kick out in TWO lifetimes Tom!!

LOL!

[Floki]

That's a huge list! I wasnt born until 87 but I have done a car kit that came out in the 70s, in fact I've only ever built two "cars"
Tamiya 1/35th styer command car
The other is a lot newer of a kit
Afv club Dorchester armored command vehicle