A nice lot from eBay UPDATE: 21MAY18

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I just picked these up on eBay. It was a 6 kit lot and they were supposed to be sealed inside. I double checked with the seller and he found that the body on the Roadrunner had been painted and the chassis was primed. So he threw in the factory sealed 1964 release of the '55 Chevy. I'm not going to mention the exact price, but a decent amount UNDER a hundred bucks. I figure I made out OK.


    

[41chevy]

Nice haul! That Revell '55 was my mainstay as a kit. Bet I build 50 of them copying pops (than mine) gasser. If you want to I'd give the '55 a good home. Paul

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Ya know? I think it might have found a home.

It's a factory sealed kit, but I'm going to open it at soon as it arrives. I've heard that this kit is sometimes known to have some warpage problems. Hope this is a good one.

I'm also thinking I might pop the Roadrunner body and chassis right in the Purple Pond too. Might as well strip it right away so that whenever I do decide to pull it out, it will be all ready for some prep work and painting.

Oh, and for you guys in the "Hometown Heroes" contest, the "Stars & Stripes" Corvette will probably be one of the kits that I'll offer as prizes for the contest. I'm just not into Corvettes at all. I'll have to check the kit out before I can say for sure it will be one of the choices. I want to be sure it's sealed inside.

[41chevy]

Warpage is usually from how it was stored and if it was opened and messed with. Most "warp" come out when it is glued to the chassis. The kits build up nice with all the body chrome separate, couple of interior choices, posable quarter windows, SBC and Blown 409, a stick and Hydro trans and a period cast aluminum scoop. Take your time and fit the doors with a few shims and a few tweeks on the truck hinges to fit it well. A really detailed kit for even today but 1964 molding tech.

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Here is the 21MAY18 update:

The kits arrived today. That was the first pleasant surprise. They were mailed to me Saturday from Kansas and arrived on the eastern side of Illinois on Monday. That's pretty danged fast delivery!

The second surprise was the condition of the kits. Most are sealed inside. The 2 that aren't are almost certainly complete. I didn't do a piece by piece inventory of either of the non-sealed kits, but just looking at them overall and looking at the sprues, I'm saying they are complete. There aren't any obvious parts missing from the sprue and the obvious pieces like clear lenses and windows, red lenses, chrome parts tree, instructions, etc, etc, are all there.

The '70 Roadrunner was the one that the seller warned me had been started. He said the chassis and suspension parts had been primed with black. The fact is that ALL parts have been primed black and whoever did it did a good job. I see no reason to strip any of them. There are no globs, runs, or pools of paint anywhere. The parts all received a nice, even, light coat of primer.

[stevielewis]

I think you ended up with a great deal there, Steve.