8 ▁Che v ro let ▁C ame o ▁pick up , ▁and ▁probably ▁others , ▁were ▁offered ▁in ▁a ▁more ▁simple ▁style ▁in ▁non - war ping ▁sty rene ▁( Scale ▁Auto ▁Magazine ▁ 2 0 0 4 ). ▁ ▁They ▁were ▁simplified ▁from ▁the ▁prom o ▁versions , ▁with ▁no ▁inter iors ▁or ▁windows ▁and ▁whe els ▁were ▁solid ▁black ▁sty rene ▁with ▁or ▁without ▁white w alls . ▁The ▁earlier ▁of ▁these ▁ret ail ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁R anch ero ▁were ▁still ▁m old ed ▁in ▁two - t one ▁colors , ▁but ▁later , ▁solid ▁colors ▁were ▁used ▁( t ur qu o ise ▁green ▁or ▁red ▁were ▁two ▁choices ). ▁These ▁were ▁offered ▁as ▁either ▁un ass emble d ▁k its ▁or ▁assemble d ▁models , ▁sometimes ▁poly - bag ged ▁( Scale ▁Auto ▁Magazine ▁ 2 0 0 4 ). ▁▁▁▁ ▁It ▁appears ▁ 1 9 5 9 ▁was ▁a ▁p iv otal ▁year ▁for ▁prom ot ional ▁model ▁mak ers , ▁and ▁PM C ▁in ▁particular . ▁Perhaps ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁company ' s ▁decl ine ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁the ▁exp ense ▁of ▁engineering ▁the ▁new ▁non - war ping ▁sty rene ▁pl astic ▁mixed ▁with ▁the ▁tool ing ▁required ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁ever ▁more ▁popular ▁k its ▁that ▁other ▁manufact ur ers ▁took ▁up . ▁PM C ' s ▁k its ▁were ▁very ▁simple ▁and ▁not ▁as ▁well ▁known ▁as ▁those ▁of ▁A MT , ▁S MP ▁or ▁Jo - H an . ▁As ▁a