Mr. Metallic
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- Birthday 12/09/1976
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Have you received any with the Heritage Edition package? I saw my first one in the wild last week at our local dealership. I guess i missed the news that they were even doing those. It's just an appearance package right? My wife is in love with it (Robins Egg blue with white top), but we just got our Bronco in June so it's way too soon to trade ours in 😋
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Revell Deuce Tudor being reissued
Mr. Metallic replied to CabDriver's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
At long last... it's finally back! I believe the only issue of this kit dates all the way back to 07/08, so 17 years??? Many were beginning to wonder if it would ever come back, hence the climbing 3rd party prices. Even if it's a straight up reissue with no new parts I'll still get a couple even though I have a couple of the first issue in the stash. Gotta have donors for Ed's excellent chopped bodies. -
Streaker AWB F-85 Cutlass kit; will this be coming?
Mr. Metallic replied to GMP440's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
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Your build came out great as always. I'm just mentioning this here in case anyone stumbles upon it while trying to build their own Revell 32 roadster with fenders. People have often asked why Revell never issued the roadster body with fenders, and the reason why is that the body doesn't fit the fender set out of the box. This is because the distance from the front of the body to the beginning of the wheel arch is shorter on one side of the body versus the other. I've measured it with calipers. So, with a little work (like you did on yours) it ca be made to fit, but it's not a drop on fit.
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Looking good. Brookville actually made a limited edition 1:1 body recently, very similar to yours. Not sure if there has been any finished yet but I saw the display body in bare metal and it's a stunner.
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While I'd love to see this kit, I'm not sure it's as easy a layup as we may perceive. The way I understand it, to build the Streaker the way it was originally you need parts from 2 kits, the 64 Olds for the engine and all the body parts. Then you need the chassis and all associated parts from the recently released 65 Chevelle AWB kit. So Round2 essentially has to run 2 full kits to sell one. Definitely something that could be done, but only if it makes financial sense. However I am no expert, so I could be wrong.
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Another way to improve the fit is to cut the body away from the firewall down the sides by making a vertical cut up the side where they meet. Then you can bend the body out to line up with the bottom edge of the roof and glue. Then fill in any gap between the firewall and body (it should be small). I've seen other builders do it and I plan to when i get around to building another.
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A question for Mr. Goldman - Re Round 2
Mr. Metallic replied to iwantmodels's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Great idea, and the tires could also be offered as a parts pack to generate further revenue off the tooling, like the gasser wheel/tire pack.