When AMT made fun of Fidel Castro! Models You Didn't Know Existed V1

[@theintake8961]

Interesting video thanks! 😎👍

[@modelrestorations]

Thanks for the visit!

[@madmax2346]

Great video! I really Like this series.

[@modelrestorations]

Glad to hear it!

[@dvdw_graphics_crafts]

Love that collage style animation you implemented! ; )

[@modelrestorations]

Thank you for watching!

[@laurenciozabala4296]

This was a very interesting model car history lesson. Can't wait for more.

[@modelrestorations]

Thank you Lauren! Here is another video I just did on a brief history of model car companies. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2rNdGh8ichoo8Usi=8T9wyWcEwzfdSseL

[@pappytinkers]

I remember some of those at the end because I was thinking about some of the oddball/fun type kits of the past last night. T.J. Hooker, the Fall Guy, the Pink Poison that I just opened up and using for the off road GB. It's cool to look at all those

[@modelrestorations]

Thanks for watching Pappy! I'll have a video coming out (hopefully soon) that will showcase tv show models. There are allot more than I ever thought. I forgot about the Pink Poison!

[@kregskorner8851]

Another great history video, thanks!

[@modelrestorations]

@kregskorner8851 thanks for watching Kreg!

[@davidchin350]

Ive never seen these, thanks for the history and backstory to these kits.😊

[@modelrestorations]

Thanks for watching David. I ran across them while searching for info on another video, at 1st I thought maybe they were made up boxes. But the more I dug into them the more I learned. Pretty crazy!

[@AmateurScaleModelBuildi-lj3so]

Thats awesome!

[@modelrestorations]

Thanks!

[@mypl510]

Very cool! How about one on the AMT Peanut 1 Funny Car

[@modelrestorations]

@mypl510 Thank you! That is definitely an odd one and fits right in.

[@modelermark172]

Don't forget the Revell 1/25th scale "1978 Chevy 'Billy Carter Redneck Power' Pickup." It would look pretty cool if you could find both kits and combine them (with a trailer kit) so the Billy Carter pickup could tow the "AMT Peanut 1 Funny Car." (I'd recommend the new 1/25th scale "Wes's Model Car Corner Auto Trailer 2n1 Kit." It looks "period correct" for such a project.)

[@modelrestorations]

@@modelermark172 Thanks Mark! You are a wealth of information my friend.

[@daviddanglis7135]

I think AMT was marketing to kids like me who were brought up on cartoons (and maybe Mad Magazine). They released several "comical" kits ca. 1969. Someone else here has mentioned the Tijuana Border Patrol '49 Ford. There were also hillbilly-themed kits: the "Hillbilly Hotrod" '27 Ford and "Hillbilly Hauler" '34 Ford Pickup. Also of note is the six-car series of desert racers with cartoon boxes and humorous names -- the "Turista Turismo" '62 Galaxie was one of those. AMT was shooting plastic through whatever molds they had at the time; some of the molds were probably scrapped after that last run (e.g. the 62 Galaxie and '59 Buick) while others were drastically altered into Modified Stockers (e.g. the '65 Olds).

[@modelrestorations]

@daviddanglis7135 Thank you for the information, David! I will add those to my list. Thank you again.

[@hortonshotrodshop2003]

I had seen the all three but did not no the story behind them. Thank you for the story.

[@modelrestorations]

You bet! I still don't know who the passenger is on the Havana Banana Kit. I wouldn't be surprised if he had some sort of significance.

[@ronstewart9792]

That is cool. Never saw any of those, Ron

[@modelrestorations]

Thanks for watching Ron! They are definitely an oddity.

[@modelermark172]

I remember seeing these kits at various hobby shops back in the day, but I never got one. I've built all three kits in their original boxing. I wonder if Round 2 would consider a revival . . . ? 45th Like.

[@modelrestorations]

With the current political turmoil probably not :-) Thanks for watching Mark!

[@modelcarmadness5119]

I've never seen or heard of these before.

[@modelrestorations]

I hadn't either. I stumbled upon them when doing some research for another video. I was very surprised to see a model company getting political.

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

Isn't there a few more of these kits, or were they the ones making fun of Mexico? The 1949 Ford, for example?

[@modelrestorations]

I believe these were the only 3 for this series. I'll have to look for the 49 ford. Thanks!

[@modelrestorations]

You may be thinking of the 62 ford galaxy that shows a couple cartoonish drivers running the Baja, The "Turista Turismo"

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

@@modelrestorations Sounds good.

[@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage]

@@modelrestorationsTime for a look at Scalemates! LOL! - Tijuana Border Police '49 Ford

[@modelrestorations]

@@MonsterHobbiesModelCarGarage Oh cool. Ill take a look at that one. Thanks!