Atlantis H1494 1/16 Green Elephant Vega Funny Car
Jun 8, 2021 9:03:19 GMT -6
Post by Casey on Jun 8, 2021 9:03:19 GMT -6
Here's a look at the contents of Atlantis Models' 2021 reissue of the ex-Revell 1/16 scale Chevy Vega Funny Car, this time as the never-before-released Green Elephant version. The kit itself is mostly the same as previous Revell versions, but Atlantis created all new one-piece front tires and two-piece rear slicks, included different black and grey vinyl tubing, and yellow vinyl rod for replicating the spark plug wires. The all new decal sheet looks fabulous, with metallic gold lettering for the "Green Elephant" wording, and multi-color green stripes for the hood, roof and trunk areas...which I fear will prove to be a challenging task to apply to the hood area, with that elongated bulge present.
The Crower mechanical fuel injection unit, included with Revell versions of the early Vega kits, is not present this time around, replaced by the two-piece Enderle-style bugcatcher. Though that style of injector hat doesn't appear to have ever been used on the Green Elephant, a correct Crower injector and matching open scoop can be sourced from other Revell 1/16 kits-- the Don Garlits R/E T/F Dragster includes the correct, or at least very close to correct, injector scoop.
The box top and bottom, the latter of which includes multiple reference photos of the car in various locations at which it raced:
The instruction sheet, tweaked to account for the new two-piece rear slicks, while retaining most of the original Revell character:
The all-new decal sheet:
The all-new front tires and rear slicks:
Comparison of an Atlantis two-piece rear slick (left) and a vintage Aurora Racing Scenes slick (right):
Comparison of Revell (left), Aurora (middle), and Atlantis (right) 1/16 F/C front tires:
The Crower mechanical fuel injection unit, included with Revell versions of the early Vega kits, is not present this time around, replaced by the two-piece Enderle-style bugcatcher. Though that style of injector hat doesn't appear to have ever been used on the Green Elephant, a correct Crower injector and matching open scoop can be sourced from other Revell 1/16 kits-- the Don Garlits R/E T/F Dragster includes the correct, or at least very close to correct, injector scoop.
The box top and bottom, the latter of which includes multiple reference photos of the car in various locations at which it raced:
The instruction sheet, tweaked to account for the new two-piece rear slicks, while retaining most of the original Revell character:
The all-new decal sheet:
The all-new front tires and rear slicks:
Comparison of an Atlantis two-piece rear slick (left) and a vintage Aurora Racing Scenes slick (right):
Comparison of Revell (left), Aurora (middle), and Atlantis (right) 1/16 F/C front tires:
