Comparative study between the AMC & AL.BY Steyr 1500A

By Eduard Ferrer

I built both kits within a month of of each other, the last one being the AMC version, so I had present the built AL.BY kit while building the Czech kit.

The AMC Steyr is not a straightforward kit at all, however there isn't any special point too hard to overcome. Anyway you will spend a lot of time primarily in:

As an improvement of the kit I:

The final result is quite convincing, and if I forgot the occasional pain when assembling it, I felt the same satisfaction when I finished the AL.BY car.

While the AMC offering has better detail on the seats and allows the rear compartment doors left open, the AL.BY construction time is about 5 times less with similar result...

Happy modelling,

Eduard Ferrer.


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