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                        Olds Vista Cruiser kit? '71 or '72 in 1/24 or 1/25

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                        Jim in Texas
                        • Member since
                          November 2023
                        Olds Vista Cruiser kit? '71 or '72 in 1/24 or 1/25
                        Posted by Jim in Texas on Sunday, November 26, 2023 7:03 AM

                        Hi all

                         

                        Does anybody know of an Olds Vista cruiser kit, preferably '71 or '72?  Not a curbside, please.  Ideally this would share the mold from a W-30 442 or Cutlass.  A few days' search hasn't turned up anything still in production or recently discontinued. Needs to be eit her 1/24 or 1/25.

                         

                        I coukd even use somebody's glue bomb if it's not too rough.  A resin body would work too, but I'm not very experienced with resin.  

                         

                        This is to maike a W-30 Vista Cruiser, something that Olds should have done.

                         

                        Thanks

                        Jim in Texas

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                        fox
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Narvon, Pa.
                        Posted by fox on Monday, November 27, 2023 12:09 PM

                        Hi Jim!

                        Have you tried Scalemates? They might have info on the when and by who the kit was made or if it was made.

                        Good luck.

                        Stay safe.

                        Jim Captain (Jim in Pa.)

                         Main WIP: 

                           On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

                        I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 27, 2023 12:28 PM

                        3D Printed kit on eBay.

                        1/25 3D print resin NOT CAST kit Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser 1973 | eBay

                         

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                        Surface_Line
                        • Member since
                          August 2005
                        • From: Seattle, WA
                        Posted by Surface_Line on Monday, November 27, 2023 4:22 PM

                        HeavyArty

                        3D Printed kit on eBay.

                        1/25 3D print resin NOT CAST kit Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser 1973 | eBay

                        I thought tjhe Vista Cruiser had the raised section in the roof with the wraparound skylights.

                        Pretty sure there has never been a kit of that body style.

                        Rick

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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Monday, November 27, 2023 6:24 PM

                        Ah, apparently the '73 model lost the raised roof section, and every bit of coolness it had.

                        '72 model.

                        1972 Olds Vista Cruiser Is a Wagon With a View - eBay Motors ...

                         

                        '73 model.

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

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                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        ctruss53
                        • Member since
                          April 2023
                        Posted by ctruss53 on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 3:15 PM

                        I think there is one out there. I have seen it, but I don't recall where. It was either resin cast, or 3D printed. Nobody makes a kit of that car.

                        I would try ebay, etsy, and google searches for "resin vista cruiser" or something like that.

                        Insert wise quote here.

                        -Chad

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                        ctruss53
                        • Member since
                          April 2023
                        Posted by ctruss53 on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 6:08 PM

                        I was wrong. I can only find a 64 Vista Cruiser and then that ugly 73 model year.

                        Insert wise quote here.

                        -Chad

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