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11/02/2009 5:27 am
A nice older Western Models Chevy (pics)
figures by Arttista
11/02/2009 5:38 am
Very nice, David. I've heard that the old WES '57 Chevy was used as the basis for the...
Chevy Nomad by Motor City - Design Studio. Can anybody confirm this? Thanks in advance.
11/02/2009 8:26 am
Thanks for posting the pic.
I have just bought one on Ebay for $45 (new old stock). Nobody was interested. Funny people these Ebayers. Haven't got it yet but looks great in pic. Thanks
11/02/2009 9:54 am
I have two Western Models '57 Chevvies if anyone is interested.
I was going to mess around with them but they're too nice. I think they may have minor imperfections - I'll check. I think one is a top down, the other a hardtop.
11/02/2009 10:30 am
John, They will be nicer if you mess around with them ?
11/02/2009 1:03 pm
I doubt it! But thanks for the thought!!
11/02/2009 3:49 pm
John - If you do mess around with them, see if you can fix the oversize rear fender flash!
I never bought one of the old Westerns because this just did not look right.
11/02/2009 11:17 pm
Interested
Could be interested in the hardtop - to go with the convertible. Email me when you have checked out the condition. Thanks John
12/02/2009 3:29 am
Which lends credence to Dillon's assertion above that there may be a relationship between the Westerns and the Design Studio Nomad. I have
always felt that the fender flash on my Nomad, which is just like Dillon's, is
oversized. This is a detail that must be nearly impossible to get just right.
I've had my Nomad since 1995---it was the first "high-dollar" 1:43 model I
ever bought. After it arrived from Dominion Models, I lost sleep that night
thinking that I must have been crazy to pay $175 for a 1:43 car. Little did I
know what was to come.