How did you put together the parts for the Bantam Bomber? *NM*

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Welp, did my digging and sorting thru vintage Revell and Atlantis bits ... got all three double kits built out save for some small details
- How did you put together the parts for the Bantam Bomber? *NM*
  - I still had most of a Double Kit - found in the 70's
- Parts pack Buick has a stock oil pan (Ivo kit units are modified for the slanted installation) as well as a transmission *NM*
  - Did Revell have a Parts Pack Buick engine?...the 4 late 1990's Parts Packs were Cadillac,Pontiac,Ford & Chev...all 4 or parts thereof appeared to have been used in various full Revell kits from the 1960's.....curious to learn about a Buick Parts Pack, tell me more....lol. *NM*
    - I did a little searching & found a pic of the Buick Parts Pack Engine, appears to be based on the Ivo Showboat engines, a pity they didn't reissue it as it would have helped me when I built AMTs Silhouette that I stuck an Injected Buick into rather than the kit Ford FE..lol. *NM*
      - Besides the four reissued engines, there was the Buick, the Chrysler (now in the Studebaker altered kit), a second Chevy (now in the Atlantis '57 Chevy), and a turbine. Atlantis is said to have the Buick and turbine, but has not run those (yet) *NM*
        
        Mark,thanks for the info,I thought the Miss Deal Hemi(as I've built it) must have had that origin,the 57 Chev you mention I assume to be the original Revell open door/trunk kit which I have but never built,may check it out again...hopeful of seeing the Showboat soon in Oz. *NM*
        
        Revell really chopped up the Parts Pack Hemi tool to shoot the Miss Deal
      - If you are backdating the Silhouette, the '66 Wildcat nailhead is an excellent choice
        
        At the time the only nailhead I had was the AMT 40 Coupe NH, scratched a set of alloy injectors & it looks o/k.....lol. *NM*
        Because the engine is enclosed except at the top, overall detail really doesn't matter. You could cheat the thing by sticking the Buick bits onto the Ford block already in the car *NM*