1955 Chevy

[Khier]

A 150 can be made out of a Bel Air by sanding chrome trim (right??), but what about a 210? Is there any 1955 210 kits/conversion kits on the market?

Bye

Walid

[tonioseven]

I seem to remember a resin 210 being offered but I'm not positive.

[dag65]

MCW does a Black Widow kit, while not stock I beleive it is a 210

[Khier]

I have seen this one on their web site but could not understand if it is available with a stock interior or not. Any idea?

[proosen]

AMT makes/made a 210, search the web and you'll find it...I did!
It was issued in 1990 and with a little luck there's still some around.

Good Luck!
Niclas

[dag65]

Originally Posted by Khier

I have seen this one on their web site but could not understand if it is available with a stock interior or not. Any idea?

I believe it does not have a stock interior, and now that I think about it the kit is a 57 210 not 55

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

Only to further the confusion, IIRC the AMT '55 Chevy is a Bel Air 2 door sedan rather than a HT. It's not a 210. The '57 "Black Widow" is based on a 150 2 door sedan, it's not a 210. The closest to any 210's is Revell's '56 Delray. If there are any actual '55 210's on the market, they would have to be resin kits. None of the "usual suspects" as in Modelhaus, R&R, Hendrix, etc. offer a '55 210. You should be able to make a '55 210 by starting w/the AMT Bel Air and revising the side trim.

[Khier]

Well, to avoid further confusion I will summarize the available models:

1955 Chevy

1. Bel Air 2DR HT. Very old kit from Revell. Avaialble separately and in the Hot Rod boxwith a 57 and 54 Chevys. Hendrix offers resin conversion. I think it is based on the cabrio (see below) and a 57 roof. I do not have it so I am not sure.

2. Bel Air Cabrio. Revell USA and discontinued but easy to find from Revell AG. An excellent kit.

3. Bel Air 2DR Sedan. AMT, AMT, AMT,... and nothing but an AMT. Not because it is a great kit, but because it is all what you can get.

4. Nomad. see Nr. 3

5. Bel Air 4DR. nothing as far as I could find.

6. 210 2DR sedan/club cope. See 5

7. 210 4DR sedan. See 5

8. 210 2DR sport Cope. see 5

9. 210 Townsman/Bel air Beauville (2DR S/W). Resin conversion available from R&R. A useless kit because of incorrect chrome trim. the trim is taken from the regular Bel Air and is different for the S/W.

10. 150. Nothing at all. But perhaps the AMT 2DR Cope can be easily converted by removing the side chrome trim (not an easy task on the front fender), but what about the scripts and crests? There are no suitable scripts available, neither water slide nor foto etch parts. Any advice, suggestion and tip is greatly appreciated. The interior is another pain in the a... I mean the neck. New seats and door panels have to be made. However, this might not be terrible as it seems because the 150 series had a simple seat trim.

10.b The R&R kit (see 9) may be useful here to build a handy man (150 2DR S/W) by removing the incorrect chrome (God why did not they do it themselves). Again, the scripts and the interior have to be made.

11. Sedan delivery resin conversion is offered by the Modelhaus. Judging the positive experience with knowledgable caster (well, if we exclude the 65 Impala S/W), I expect it to be an accurate body shell. How good actually the kit and how difficult the conversion to S/W might be remains an open question. Personally I would not follow that route for a simple reason. If the conversion turns out to be not possible I would end with a sedan delivery whichIam not interested in. Since the interior and scripts have to be added anyway, I would go for the R&R kit and remove the trim as mentioned above.

Well, did I miss something? Shall I go on with the 56 and 57

Walid