https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminum_Model_Toys. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Doty, Dennis. Their first products were 1/25 scale pre-assembled promotional car models. Thus smaller companies had a more difficult time affording manufacturing licensing. Wir führen noch veile weitere Modellbauhersteller am Lager. Larger 1:10 or 1:12 scale clay models would be crafted to perfect details. Display text. 2000b. Through the 1990s, AMT/Ertl continued some plastic promotionals in the traditional fashion, though metallic flake molded into the plastics was a new twist. In addition, they also released a Chevrolet fire chief's car and a Chevrolet rescue van, the latter of which could be built in stock, custom, fire department or police department configurations. Although dealer-oriented promotionals were their lead business, by the mid-1960s most manufacturers developed a whole new market by tapping into customizing and customizers. Early on, AMT chassis were often made of metal, but later, they were usually a single piece of plastic with lower engine, exhaust and suspension details molded in a single piece with metal axles fitted through holes in the sides of the plastic. Foreign car kits were left to other manufacturers such as Monogram or Revell. In 1968 AMT also produced a kit of a science fiction spaceship Leif Erickson designed by Matt Jeffries, the designer of the Enterprise and Klingon ships for Star Trek. Sometimes the instructions had customizing hints and tips from the above mentioned customizers. 1953 Ford Victoria Coca Cola + Vending Machine 1:25 AMT Model Kit Bausatz AMT1146 NSA - Nationales Sicherheits-Amt: Roman 1966 NOVA STREET MACHINE by AMT 1966 NEW STREET MACHINE ; Beyond the Attic Door (English Edition) Deus ex Macchina XXL-Leseprobe: NSA - Nationales Sicherheits-Amt First Man In: Leading from the Front (English Edition) The Adoption Machine: The Dark History … Monogram focused on custom, hot rod, TV, movie, racing cars, aircraft, and ships. For a time, AMT kits were reissued by independent companies such as Stevens International and Model King, before AMT came solidly into the stable of Round 2, LLC of South Bend, Indiana. AMT was then purchased by Round 2, LLC of South Bend, Indiana, in 2012. AMT also adopted some of the SMP kit features when making promotional models. Such costs could range anywhere from $20,000 to $250,000 (Automotive News 1948; Donneley 2009;Ford Times 1961). Shades of Difference. In addition, some of Ertl's plastic model truck kits were reissued under the AMT-Ertl brand. Sometimes the same box design was used to package different kits. Different colors of plastic could now be used, so the company name was quietly changed to AMT, which deemphasized the word "aluminum" (Cawthon 2002). Plastic Model Car Kit. Ertl itself was bought by Racing Champions in 1999. AMT-Ertl then had a twenty-four year relationship until AMT was sold in 2007. Get the best deals for vintage amt model kits at eBay.com. You Might Need Another Shelf!. In 1978, British Lesney, makers of Matchbox diecast vehicles, bought AMT and moved the company to Baltimore, closing the Maple Road facility in Troy, Michigan (just outside Detroit). In 1971 AMT issued models of American LaFrance fire-fighting trucks, including a pumper, a rear-mount aerial ladder truck and a rear-mount articulating boom truck. 2008. In 1949, injection plastic molding became available. 88–89). Post was not sent - check your email addresses! ( Log Out /  The company's first commercial products were pre-assembled plastic promotional models, which were only available through automobile dealerships. This is the 1/25 Scale 1970-1/2 Chevy Camaro Z/28 Plastic Model Kit by AMT . "Free Inside! Hoods did not open, there was no engine detail and no interiors on most models in the 1950s. 1955 Chevy Nomad Wagon. By the early to mid-1960s, modeling had exploded in popularity and kit sales easily overcame that of promotionals. Also, AMT had an incredible display of models and documentary history at its headquarters that was scattered at that time (Anderson 2003). AMT produced their last dealer promos for the 1972 model year and by the late 1970s, plastic promos were mostly a thing of the past (Anderson 2003). In the 1960s they were commonly sold for $1.00. Based on our records the first release by AMT/ERTL was roughly 49 years ago in the year 1971. When Ertl bought AMT in 1983 (forming AMT-Ertl), many of AMT's old truck kits were reissued, but completely new models were rare except for the Kenworth T600A (1991). Examples of offerings were the Chevrolet Titan/GMC Astro, Peterbilt 352, Kenworth W925, Autocar A64B and White Road Boss. 2008. Model design was kept in-house, but molding was outsourced. Preoccupied by Promotionals. C: Rating for the model source code. Jim Donnelly, of Hemmings Classic Car wrote, "...once companies realized that built up promos were already licensed, they could be reintroduced as assembly kits" (Donnelly 2009). 1999c. AMT's 1966 Enterprise model is one of the company's highest-selling kits (Kelly 2008, p.169). One exception to this was the 1962 Ford Fairlane promo which had an opening hood and a detailed engine (Doty 1999a, pp. Accurate dies in 1:25 scale, which was the most common, would be made from these for plastic injection. These included the 1966 Ford Fairlaine GT/A (based on the new tool), the 1964 Ford Galaxie 500/XL hardtop (based on the original tool) and the 1953 and 1954 Corvettes. Each had a Certificate of Authenticity enclosed. Included in the kit were additional street rod, drag racing, and land speed racing styling ideas, all suggested by Barris. Change ). 2000a. Nun, du hast Glück, denn hier sind sie. Antique Automobile Club of America on-line forums. History of Promo Car Models? Often, official factory paint colors were applied to the models. It too was lighted in its first couple of issues. Later kits often had more detail but metal parts such as axles, screws and hood clips were either deleted or made of plastic instead. V: Rating for the model veri cation with experiments. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Parts for these valuable old cars are being cast in high-quality resin and sold online by such vendors as The Modelhaus, R & R Resin and Star Models. The type of paint used on the models made a difference because dealers often did not have cars with every color in stock. Selections included a 1957 Chrysler 300C, 1960 Ford Starliner, 1962 Chevrolet Impala SS convertible, 1962 Pontiac Catalina SD421, 1966 Buick Riviera and a few others (Doty 2002b, p. 87). By 1965 AMT and other kit manufacturers had made significant changes to their product lines. Some cars were only manufactured as frictions or kits, but not promotional models. They also released a three-piece Exploration Set consisting of approximately 3/4 scale models of a phaser, communicator and tricorder. They were sold as the Masterpiece Series and were nicely packaged in foam, including a Certificate of Authenticity, were beautifully finished and featured whitewall tires along with very detailed and authentically painted engines, suspensions and interiors, showing more detail than any promotional. Auburn Hills, Michigan. Ertl is still in the Round 2, LLC stable as Ertl Collectibles. This page was last edited on 25 October 2020, at 15:29. Gradually, perhaps since the mid-1960s, the importance of promotionals began to dwindle. Aluminum Model Toys bought SMP in 1961, adopting SMP's 3-in-1 kit idea and the SMP logo, which at the time was a diamond shape (Doty 2007, 86). Also, as with the 1964 Pontiac Grand Prix, the roof was cast in "vinyl" black. In the late 1990s AMT did something new. In the early 1950s Gallogly turned over the day-to-day operations to Toteff so he could focus on his main career. It is important to remember that in the 1950s promotional models came first, followed by kit development. 1/25 Scale. Hoods did not normally open and suspension details were molded into the chassis. By contrast the common trend in Europe was making more sophisticated diecast metal zamac toys in smaller sizes with many working features. ( Log Out /  Eventually models were offered only for the most sporty or prestigious cars and sold in dealerships for steep prices and not given away, so the term “promotional” hardly applied any longer. Around 1966 AMT obtained the plastic model rights to Star Trek and developed a model kit of the Starship Enterprise, beginning a long association between AMT, science fiction and television. Such models, like the reissued kits, are easily obtainable through Internet auction sites such as eBay. AMT/ERTL started their plastic scale modeling journey in the Seventies. In 1961, AMT bought another scale model company, Scale Model Products (SMP) based in Birmingham, Michigan. They also feature a line of Star Trek kits. AMT and other model companies continued to make promo models until the 1980s and 1990s, but not like they did in the 1960s. Doty, Dennis. Car companies also started charging the model companies to use their names and designs, so the idea of “promotional” models went out the window. Das gängigste Material für amt models ist plastik. These kits are great for intermediate to advances modelers. Models would be used to show prospective customers what new models would look like. Suitable for Ages 10 & Up. These new issues typically sell at rather high prices, often $50 to $100 each. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Doty, Dennis. These kits tended to cost about $5. Then, in 1969, AMT released the California Hauler 359 kit. Nevertheless, not all models offered as promotionals were also made as commercial frictions, like the 1964 Comet Caliente which came as a dealer promo only. Many promotional models have survived intact for decades, whereas assembled kits tend to fall apart as the plastic cement deteriorates and small parts fall off, unless they were "solvent welded" with acetone or some other specific solvent for ABS. AMT worked most closely with Ford Motor Company and General Motors Corporation, but promo contracts among the model manufacturers seemed to alternate year to year (See Doty 2009a for a nice history of AMT's Ford Galaxie). For example, a 1958 Edsel ad prompted "Road Check The Big One, Get A Little One Free" (Feder 1990; see also Clarence Young Autohobby museum). Later, a variety of kits became very popular. On promo boxes, the diagonal SMP logo was copied by AMT but that style did not last. These generally do not hold as much value as promos or frictions (Doty 1999c, p. 88). AMT was formally established in 1948 in Fort Wayne, Indiana by tool and die maker Jack Ferris. They sought a contract to produce model kits based on the starships and other props seen in the series. AMT did not have access to GM’s 1968 details, so the resulting model was not correct (Doty 2000a, p. 88). Mar 28, 2020 - The story of the AMT kit model company. Aurora also made a large range of 1:32 scale and several 1:25 scale car kits. Ta-da! A good example of a reproduction kit in resin is the 1960 Edsel hardtop. For example some early 1961 Mercury Monterey two door promos were done in acetate while most for that year were done in the new non-warping Cycolac (Doty 2000b, p. 89). One example was AMT’s 1968 Chevy hardtop kit. Thomas, Steve StarTrek.com 2011 The Shuttlecraft Galileo - Part 1 CBS Studios Inc. Young, Clarence. Doty, Dennis. AMT made their promo models out of aluminum at first, but an AMT employee, George Toteff, devised the “sliding pillar” tooling design, a way to produce complex shapes in plastic. In 1971 AMT issued models of at least three different pieces of American LaFrance fire-fighting apparatus, including a pumper, a rear-mount aerial ladder truck and a rear-mount articulating boom truck. Plastic model makers like Pyro Plastics Corporation and Premier Products came and went, while other kit makers focused on different vehicles. Pre-Order: Wish List. Like promotionals, friction car models are extremely durable, using the same basic plastic components as the promos. Typically, original muscle car promos such as Mustangs, Pontiac GTOs, Camaros and Chevelles command prices in the hundreds of dollars in mint, boxed original condition. 2011. For example the Peterbilt 359 kit was given a Cummins NTC-350 diesel engine, a larger-windowed 1100 series cab (as opposed to the small-windowed Unilite cab) and a larger bumper in addition to the previously mentioned CB radio and dragfoiler. It also had an authentic 8V71 Detroit Diesel engine under the hood. The company is famous for producing a large line of the most realistic 'O' gauge streamlined passenger cars made during the immediate postwar era. Beginning collectors may try to simply identify a year of a promo from its license plate, but not all promos followed this tradition. Thus, the annual promotional model was also offered in kit form as an extra sales benefit. This new kit was a revolution for model building, a realistic model of a Peterbilt 359 tractor-trailer, the design having been copied from the manufacturer's specifications. Normally, on the chassis, there were no operating suspension parts. Thus promos without interior or engine detail were called “coaster models” as opposed to kits with more detail. Accessed February 5. Here Are Some TDs. Models began to appear in dealerships in metal by Ertl, Brookfield, and even Maisto, and in scales other than 1:25. Donnelly, Jim. The next logical step for AMT was model kits, since the licensing was already paid for. There was also a kit of the Klingon D-7 Battlecruiser ship seen on the TV show. These reissues cost about $20.00, which is not unreasonable based on the value of the dollar today versus the early 1960s. 1999b. In the 1970s, hot rods, customs, trucks and movie and TV vehicles were also produced, with their association with Star Trek a particular stand out. Early on, some cars, such as the 1953 Studebaker Commander promo, had the addition of acetate windows, while the friction powered model was windowless (Doty 2000b, p. 88). Wheels were one-piece plastic pressed onto the axles. Differences of retail friction models from the dealer promos were the lack of manufacturing paint schemes (they were simply molded in different colors, like many other promotionals) and usually had the addition of a friction motor located on the front axle, noticeable by the studded white vinyl gear that protruded around the axle (and through the oil pan)(see Gibson, p. 45). When the TV series Movin' On debuted in 1974, AMT made new versions of many of their truck kits with new features such as CB radios, dragfoilers and sometimes new engines. By the 1980s an ongoing series of revisions to the tooling to correct various inaccuracies, which unfortunately created a few new inaccuracies, such as a deflector dish that is far too small and nacelle caps which are shaped incorrectly. Shapes of the vehicles were near perfect, though in the 1950s, cellulose acetate, the plastic of choice, was prone to serious warping. 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