1963 Chevy Nova II Wagon 1/25 Scale Model Kit Build Review and Weathering AMT1202 AMT NEW TOOLING
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
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• AUTHENTIC KIT: Featuring ALL-NEW tooling, AMT’s “Craftsman Plus” kits are simple enough for beginners but with enough detail to satisfy even the most seasoned model builder!
• FUN-PACKED: Craftsman Plus kits are “curbside” style - fast, fun and easy to build. A simple engine plate replaces a multi-piece motor to speed assembly and finish a beautiful replica in a short amount of time.
• QUICK SPECS: 1/25 scale, 40 easy to assemble parts; approximately 6 inches long once assembled. Molded in off-white with black vinyl tires, chrome-plated bumpers and wheels and more! Paint and glue required. Skill 2 rating, for ages 10+.
• THE PERFECT PRESENT: Spread some retro joy! Maybe you have an avid automotive enthusiast in your life? This model kit makes an ideal gift for any occasion! Buy one for brother or dad!
• TRUST AMT: At AMT we are modelers ourselves and we sweat ALL the details. We strive to make sure every kit is produced with top quality, in every way!
Please note that this is a "Craftsman Series Kit" originally issued in 1963, and, as such, does not have a detailed engine However, the body is newly tooled, crisp and beautiful. The kit does have an opening hood and includes the old Craftsman series insert engine. Please see the pictures in the photo rotation. The kit builds into a beautiful curbside model and with a little effort a detailed engine could certainly be added. The kit satisfies that itch we all have for a station wagon.
Features
New Tooling
Additional Parts
New Decal Artwork
Whitewall Tires
Chrome Bumpers
Engine Plate
Sideview Mirror
Clear Headlights
The Chevrolet Chevy II/Nova is a small automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, and produced in five generations for the 1962 through 1979, and 1985 through 1988 model years. Nova was the top model in the Chevy II lineup through 1968. The Chevy II nameplate was dropped after 1968, with Nova becoming the nameplate for all of the 1969 through 1979 models. Built on the X-body platform, the Nova was replaced by the 1980 Chevrolet Citation introduced in the spring of 1979. The Nova nameplate returned in 1985, produced through 1988 as a S-car based, NUMMI manufactured, subcompact based on the front wheel drive, Japan home-based Toyota Sprinter.
After the rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair was outsold by the conventional Ford Falcon in 1960, Chevrolet completed work on a more conventional compact car that would eventually become the Chevy II. The car was of semi-unibody construction having a bolt on front section joined to its unitized cabin and trunk rear section, available in two-door coupe and four-door sedan configurations as well as convertible and station wagon versions. The 1962 Chevy II came in three series and five body styles-the 100 Series, 300 Series and Nova 400 Series. A 200 series was also introduced, but was discontinued almost immediately.[2] The sportiest-looking of the lot was the $2,475 Nova 400 convertible-23,741 were produced that year.[3]
1960s Chevrolet Nova emblem
1963 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova 400 4-Door Station Wagon
Available engines for the Chevy II in 1962 and 1963 included Chevrolet's inline-four engine of 153 cu in (2.5 l) and a new third generation 194 cu in (3.2 l) Chevrolet straight-6 engine. All Chevy II engines featured overhead valves. A V8 engine was not available in 1962 and 1963. With no documentation proving it, the legend of a dealer installed V8 engine being in a 1962 or 1963 model year Chevy II is a myth. Refer to the GM Heritage Center 1963 Chevrolet Nova information available on the GM Heritage site.[4] In addition, that documentation does not list a V8 engine as a possible dealer installed option.
In 1962 and 1963 the Nova option for the Chevy II was available in a convertible body style, and a two-door hardtop was available from 1962 to 1965, although the hardtop was dropped when the 1964 models were first introduced, but subsequently brought back to the line later in the model year. Like all Chevy two-door hardtops, the body style was marketed as the Sport Coupe.
For 1963, the Chevy II Nova Super Sport was released, under RPO Z03.[5] It featured special emblems, instrument package, wheel covers, side moldings, bucket seats, and floor shifter, and was available only on the 400 series sport coupe and convertible.[5] Cost of the package was US$161.40, equal to $1,347.87 today.[6] As mentioned above, the Nova option could not officially have V8 engines at this time-the standard SS engine was the six-cylinder (this was also applicable to the Impala (and later the early Chevelle c. 1964-65) when the SS was a sport and appearance package.
I used to build models back in the day but when i became disabled i could no longer afford to do so, but now that i have found you i can watch and it brings back great memories.
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The road of life is littered with Dead Squirrels. Make good decisions.
That thing looks awesome. You are truly a Craftsman sir. Thank you for the good ideas.
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I thought Christmas was over but to my surprise we get another AMAZING GIFT of a new video. Thank you Thank you, this car is very close to my heart because my grandparents bought it new and we had tons of fishing, camping, and theme park trips in it and then it was given to my mom and we went every where in this thing.
Thank you too!
Very nice! Add a car trailer and a late 50s drag car on it....certainly in my future.
That would be cool!
1963, as I remember it (yes, Im 74) anyway I think in 1963 the GSA picked the Chevy II sedans and wagons for Government cars which meant lots of big businesses did also - Boeing and The Phone Pholks are two that I remember. Great nostalgia and very believable weathering. Thanks for sharing...
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I didn’t want one of these, but watching your build and seeing that opening hood has changed my mind. Great job.
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Awesome build! First car I ever owned was a 62 Chevy 2 nova station wagon. Sweet car!
Very cool!
Fantastic, high school buddy had a 2 door coupe same year. That dashboard really brought back the memories
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Love these wagons. The Nova, Chevelle, Impala, Nomad, Handyman. GM made nice wagons!
Yes they do!
Great build ! Hope Santa was good to you . Hope you and your family have a great and healthy holiday season ! By the way , I STILL have a land line ! LOL ! Cheers, Tony
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Nice build as always. Thanks. Like the Wayne mansion phone comment.
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Weathering on the roof looks great.
O Rust, how cruel thou art!
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What a fun simple build would work as a great slump buster nice job Chris 👍👍
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Your channel got me back into modeling .Thank you sir! Detailing tips made it fun again.
Glad to hear it! Thanks a lot!
That is gonna be a HOT selling kit!!!!!!! 👍 👍 👍
Yes!
Amazing job on everything brother, I was kind of bumbed at 1st with it being a promo style with no engine and then I see the hood comes off and there is more than enough room for an engine. Thank you again for sharing your amazing builds and tips. Everyone keep yourself and love ones safe and healthy and remember to smile it's suppose to be fun
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@Charles Larkin that would be soo awesome, I really REALLY hope it happens
Old wagons way cool classier than today's SUV thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Roof looks really cool, hell the whole car looks good. I'm getting one of these. Thanks for the video.
Right on!
I enjoy your builds. Recently got back into car modeling. Learning to airbrush. Like your color choices and simple approach with great results. Hope to be doing the same again soon.
Chris, Love the Blue Danube, and a great build video as always!
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Ditto! Excellent choice on the music, it with model building = stress relief squared!
Superb awesome stupendous job you did with that beautiful model and you did an amazing job on the weathering and I love the story you told about it and as always keep up your great work and I’ll watch your next review.
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I cannot wait for this chevy model!
Enjoy!
You're so right my friend, it be a great weekender kit or a first kit for almost anyone.
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Excellent build brother!! I ordered 3of them from modelroundup!
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Sometimes less is more great build Chris
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Chris working on this one now. Making it like an old junker. I had one !lol Love your show.
I now have an irresistible urge to watch 2001 A Space Odyssey. Ha! Looks fantastic. Your weathering is great. Happy Holidays.
Same to you!
Awesome as always .
I love Rocky in the back ,I like it when they bring back stuff like the squirrel and phone
You bet, extras are fun!
I love wagons. Have had many over the years. Most have looked like this one.
Excellent work. Love all the extra work done on chassis. Great video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm a Wagon fanatic!! Amazing build as always sir!!! You make these videos so fun too! My wife and I were lol about the red phone delivery!!
Glad you like them!
I love all your builds have fun watching…
Good, glad you can enjoy it for what it's supposed to be, FUN!
Love the Nova, hope to get 3 kits. Will build one for Drag racing. Keep up the great work.👍☎
Now...never wanted one, but that you've built it, I must have one. Opening good got my attention.
Came out really really good! The paint on the roof looks awesome. We done!
Cool, thanks!
Can’t get enough wagons and El Caminos/Rancheros!
True!
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IMHO this would also be a great car for a window cleaning company, all it needs is a roofrack, ladders and a few buckets sponges.... ;) BTW Again great build Chris Merry Christmas!
HI AT HPIGUYS AT WORK SHOP YOUR WORK ON ALL YOUR MODEL BUILD ARE FANATIC AND AMAZING I LOVE YOUR SHOW ON CARS MODELS AND YOUR MUSIC TOO IHOPE YOU A GREAT GHRISTMAS AND SAFE NEW YEAR IM A MAD MODEL GUY AND FAN YOUR SHOW SO HAVE HOOD ONE YOURS DAVID WOODHAM@63@GMAIL.COM OF AUSTRALIA
That would be cool!
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I'm waiting very very patiently on the GMC Jimmy. Great job on the nova wagon. I always pick up new tips and tricks watching your channel.
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Great kit I had the full size car 🚗 back in the 80's, this kit is have to have ! Great build thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Great build... So many ideas popped in my head for that one!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
I’d buy this kit just for the decals alone. What a cool build !
Yeah they are cool!
Love these kerbside kits they are ideal for the first time builder.🎄👍
Yes they are!
very talented fella, thanks for the weather tips ! wagons are my fav.
No problem 👍
Beautiful build love the mini heater love your videos
Glad you like them!
Great build! Love your back stories👍
Glad you like them!
Another awesome job chris cant wait for that chevy pick up car carrier
You and me both!
Great build once again Chris. Phone could have gone on roof like a Domino's ad.
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Another beauty. Thank you, Chris. Hope you had a great Christmas.
I've been waiting to see this one. Will definitely be picking one up, what a great new kit! You can go wild with this thing or literally build a promo. Haters will be hating on something so basic, I love it, xD
Hope you enjoy it!
I've been waiting for this build since you previewed your last delivery of new kits!! Wonderful build and back story Chris, I love this!!! I have gathered a built 409 engine and tire/slicks and wheels for my planned dragster wagon!!
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Your model builds are STUPENDOUS!!! the details are amazing.
Glad you like them!
Beautiful as usual,love the music.it matches your build
Thank you! 😊
Noice you convinced me to get it :)
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One word, Awesome! Keep em coming👍
Thanks! Will do!
Sry...I had to comment again. The under carriage looks so good.
All good! Thanks a lot!
Set of Mag's and red lines. Drop the front a little. Duels, Your set.
Nice job on your Nova wagon. Very cool subject matter.
This wagon ,and the rear lower floor and differential of a 1966 chevy nova prostreet AMT , is what cross my mind.
Can’t wait to get one of those, looks like a great build. KUTGW Chris.
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Wow what a surprise another Build there really is a Santa , Thanks Chris it turned out great
And like the story of the Build. Keep them coming Buddy
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Chris my uncle had a couple of them cars back in the day he drag raced he gutted them down on the inside and put roll cages in them tuned the engine and off he went cool model thanks for sharing
Great build chris..i used to see a few of these chevy nova 2 station wagons, four door sedans, and the two door coupes back in the 1980s when I was a kid...i've got three dealership promo model cars that I bought off of eBay😊😊😊👍👍👍
Cool, thanks!
Cool build ! I loved your enthusiasm for the hobby
Glad you enjoyed it!
Cool build Chris. Thanks for sharing.
You bet!
dari is my neighbour; im skip j king of aberdeen nj; i bought many kits because i think hipiguy is the best. Im a senior citizen and have
been making all sorts of things including model kits since the 60s when i was a small boy. I bought this kit and assembled it, but
kept the tan colour, since novas did come that way-no patina for me thanks, but it is nicely done on your part.This is actually a
rerelease of the promotional model that came out in 1962,if memory serves me well. I deleted the engine delete.I love swapping
parts between kits (kit bashing) and have always had good results and things you cant ordinarily get that way.I bought amt1202
(64 belvedere) and built both motors,putting the big one in that kit ,but guess what? I took the chrysler 225 six and shoehorned it
into the nova(silly, but successful) and now have a complete model- most came with the 235 chevy straight six(close enough!).I also design my own model kits from recycled plastic,and extra leftover 1/25 or 1/24 scale parts. See Ya!
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Awesome. I definitely will be getting one of these. That way I can convert it to a 4dr sedan by putting the rear clip from the " rat packer" Nova.
Right on!
Super build looks great I'll buy this. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Man!
Our phone company had these cars. They were a bright Yellow. A friend of mine bought one, and painted it red, put in a 4 speed, and a 327, with a truck rear axle. It wasn't that fast, but, it looked cool. LOL!!
This kit looks great! I may have to get a couple. It's worth it just for the decal sheet. Maybe the AMT 66 Nova chassis will fit under this as well.
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Awesome build for such a simplified kit, great job, Chris! Man that thing would look sweet slammed low and SS'ed out imo! 😁✌
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What a beautiful kit.
I‘m very excited when this available here in Germany.Got instandly grab one or two of these.
And thanks for all the great videos!
I'm fixing to start a channel building custom models cars. I want to link your channel as a reference on how to build it straight out of the box. Thanks for keeping your channel going. You do amazing work!
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Great build!
Glad you think so!
Beautiful build of this wagon!! Glad I ordered 2!
Good choice!
Been waiting on this build looks great got 1 in my cart but think I’m going with a blue flame vette motor LOL
Good choice!
I can't wait to get my mits on one of these. Mine won't be a curbside...thank you Chris!
Enjoy!
Awesome! Great build. I have a BBC waiting!
Hope you enjoy it!
Excellent video, the details are awesome...
Thank you very much!
Those snap kits are great for practicing weathering and what not.
I have an extra Chevy 350 engine sitting in a box. That model needs it.
Great job! Can't wait for this one. Hope round 2 makes enough to go around!
I hope so too!
Nice build of a good kit. It doesn’t like it would have been too much work to just have included an engine with it. A Chevy 6 cylinder would be nice.
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Great build Chris, love the weathering and telephone repair theme.
I have a soft spot for wagons since my first car was an old Plymouth wagon.
Cool, thanks!
Great job as usual. Small point, tyhe turn signal lenses on '60s cars weren't amber-colored until that was mandated in 1968. In most early '60s cars you could see the amber bulb behind the clear lens. As a kid I used to tint the lenses on friends cars.
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Very nice wagon great build .. Im currently building a 1965 chevelle wagon
Good luck!
When I started building models again several years ago. I bought all the good stuff. Air brushes, compressor, all kinds of expensive paint. I was trying to modify the models like the big boys are doing. My only problem was, I'm not very good at stuff like that. So after ruining several kits, after giving them the green bath, over and over and over. And after getting so frustrated I almost gave up. I found your channel. I say this with the utmost respect, your way is simple but brilliant. I now use mostly rattle cans. I have quit worrying about wiring and hosing, and opening doors and my models look so much better and I enjoy it so much more. Thank you sir for making modeling fun again. MMGA!!!!
Welcome back to the fun!
Hey Chris - a "Real Ride" = the kind of car most 60's teenagers would be happy to have to drive - even if it was "Mom's car!" While 4-door wagons weren't most popular ride around - that all changed every time the local drive-in theatre had a "By the Carload" night [sure beat being 3 or 4 others in a trunk...!] The old Craftsman series had some good subjects not offerred in "regular" annual kits - '64 Comet Caliente & '65 Chevy Chevelle along with the late 50's and early 60's which were last offerred in the late 60's in the "Flower Power" series.... At least Round 2 refrained from doing "glass" for this kit without "smoke" some of their new issue "Quick Builds" are to be cursed with.... Thanks Chris for keeping the "Good Times" rollin' on!
It is, thanks for watching!
Really enjoyed this video.
Absolutely Love the way you did this one!!! The weathering of the paint is so cool!!! Good job!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Your wagon turned out fantastic notice 2 flukes in it the original had head light s molded in plus steel axles all around looking at my mint original now this kit has endless possibilities drop a small block build a sleeper the decals sweet
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I have one that I bought years ago when it came out Made a 65 out of it when AMT made a ,65 Nova hardtop kit. Wish that they would bring back the drag racing combo kit they made in 66 or 67 , also the original kit had a large AMT trophy cat decal very cool. I will be buying several of these I've been waiting for years for a release I will be painting this one Mist blue with a white top and I will make a 65 out of it to match my real car. My old kit is red like a previous 65 Nova wagon that I used to own. It is very easy to put a small block Chevy in this kit. Your kit turned out nice !!
Wayne mansion . . Nice touch to the story !
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Great kit. Thanks for the review. I hope Round 2 do many more of these - Lincolns, Chryslers etc. big cars that haven’t been done before. Maybe a Boat tail Riviera too.
I hope so too!
One nice build got 2 pre-orderd hope the 64 ford galaxy and 64 comet will follow soon they were in the amt craftsman series
Along with a 64 Chevelle Malibu SS 2dr HT 🤗🤗🤗🤗
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Love the body not crazy about the curb side or the fixed suspension but turned out awesome
Great job! Weathering looks awesome! I had a White-tailed Deer model kit when I was a kid and it came with a squirrel! A car kit with a squirrel is pretty bizarre! Ha ha! Enjoyed the video!
Very cool!
I really like the curbside Nova wagon. The possibilities are endless with that particular ride my head is swirling with all the different things that can be done to that just wish that they could do I can't like that and 124th scale that included the engine and underneath chassis like regular tits but still all in all it's an awesome little kid to have fun with and kitbash make it your own peace my friend have a wonderful day
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Nice kit, simple, detailed. Awesome build. I admire the weathering! And it comes with a BAT PHONE!!👍🏻✌🏻. Happy Holidays!!
Happy holidays!
You should write screenplays Chris. I always have difficulty with Round 2’s website. Navigating it is a small chore and frustrating. Love ya dude. Go Packers...
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Oh wow! I thought they only restored an old AMT promo. But then with the engine bay. Yeah, that's not an old Promo that they just restored! Tho, I don't really get what they were thinking by doing this. The only thing I REALLY dislike, is that the front bench seat is molded with the interior. Personally, I would've loved if they had added side panels to replace the rear side windows, to give it a "delivery" look for the companies they provided the decals of.
All and all, it's a a good kit. And your build is beautiful.
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Hi really enjoy your builds I was wondering if you can make a full in depth video of a full build and all your tricks. I really would like to know how you do all the small details on your models. I am talking about for example on your AMT 1963 Chevy Impala the chevy insignia the small red lines and the blue chevy insignia. They are so perfect and look so good after watching some of your videos I have got me back into the hobby for which I have not done since I was 15 years old I am now in my 50's and only wish I can do my models half as good as you. Thanks keep this videos going.
Keep watching videos, I mix them in here and there so you'll pick up stuff in each one. Thanks and remember to have fun!