Tom Geiger Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I agree with the 1/20 scale not being a big seller. I really couldn't understand why they were producing kits in that scale. Back when Lindberg was releasing that 1/20 stuff, they were sending them out to shows to use as door prizes, no doubt to get folks to see them. They were hard to even give away, always the last picks. I remember winning a few, and I eventually brought them to my show to give away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gray07 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I love the 1/20 scale kits, i have alot of them, i can see the parts alot better, when building them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbwelda Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 welp there you go: you can see the parts better. and at my age every bit helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Turner Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I love the 1/20 scale kits, i have alot of them, i can see the parts alot better, when building them. There's an "amazing" device called an optivisor that you wear on your head, which has magnifying lenses. Get one. I paid $30 or less for mine at Hobby Lobby, It has the set in lenses in front, flip down lenses behind those that click in place to increase magnification if needed, plus a third single lense on the outside that can be moved in & out of position as needed. I would say "isn't modern technology wonderful", but these have been around for many, many years. I'm surprised you weren't aware of them already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Chuck-The shape of the back of the hood and the base of the windshield were incorrect in the first run of the '61 Chevy hardtop.They were much too curved.The next run of the hardtops was corrected.If you see the two versions together you'll clearly see the difference.All of the cars in the white background box were the early,incorrect,version.There were some incorrect bodies early in the stock of the gray background boxes but the majority of that run was the corrected version.The convertibles were the corrected version from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Brett, Don, or anyone else who might know, what's the latest on Lindberg? Hopefully the loose ends have been tied up after Round2 purchased Lindberg, and we'll see more Lindberg kits soon. I think the 1/16 Bullhorn T is the only "new" Lindberg kit to have been released since the Round2 purchase news broke last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 (edited) Well they're exporting the Color Me Gone '64 Dodge and '29 Mercedes-Benz SSK to the Asian market this month. That will mark the first time anything with the Lindberg brand has been sent to Japan in two years. Tower Hobbies is still showing an "Early June" release for the Lawman Plymouth Belvedere as well. Edited February 3, 2014 by niteowl7710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 We've already recieve some of the retro boxed car and plane kits at my HTU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Barrow Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Round2's done a bunch of "retro-box" Lindberg stuff in the last couple months, the only car I can think of is the 1/32 57 Chevy convertible. They're up and running under the new ownership. I think the Bullhorn T was already set in motion by J Lloyd and Round 2 stepped in with the cash to get it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Round2's done a bunch of "retro-box" Lindberg stuff in the last couple months, the only car I can think of is the 1/32 57 Chevy convertible. They're up and running under the new ownership. I think the Bullhorn T was already set in motion by J Lloyd and Round 2 stepped in with the cash to get it out. Thanks. I thought the same thing might be true with the 1/20 Dune Buggy kit, too, especially since it appeared the box art was already finished, but I haven't seen it anywhere nor any mention of it since NNL East last spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Looks like Round2 has updated their website to now include the Lindberg and HAWK brands: http://www.round2models.com/models/lindberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Myers Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 WOW! looks like they unloaded the closet. Every kit Lindberg ever released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Good news. http://www.round2models.com/articles/new-lindberg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGlueblob Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Just bought the 1/20 Dune Buggy from Amazon last month.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Just bought the 1/20 Dune Buggy from Amazon last month.. I was wondering if that ever happened. Didn't hear nor see anything about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrGlueblob Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 It's buildable, neat sand paddles on the rear, but the other tires are junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Lindberg seems to be dead as far as Automotive subjects go. The last kit released under the Lindberg brand was the 1/16 "The Serpent" custom T-Bucket, almost five years ago: Multiple new-in-the'90s "modern" Lindberg kits have been re-issued under the AMT label ('64 Dodge, '64 Plymouth (stock and Lawman versions), 1/20 '94 Camaro SS, etc. Don't see it coming back, which, I'm fine with. Never seemed like a brand which appealed to many nor had a lot of recognition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 They burned pretty bright before burning out: '61 Impala (2 versions), '66 Chevelle SS, '67 Olds 442, '53 Ford (2 versions), Ford F-150 4x4 flare-side, '64 Dodge 330, '64 Plymouth, late model Dodge Super Bee (1/24 for some reason!?), and their Snap Kits were as good as any : Dodge Caravan, Crown Vic, Dodge Dakota, and some others from both categories I'm sure I'm forgetting. These are just off the top of my head because they're favorites of mine! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Junkman Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Wonder how much their detour into 1/20th scale may have thrown them off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) 57 minutes ago, The Junkman said: Wonder how much their detour into 1/20th scale may have thrown them off. Probably not much with sure fire quality like this! LOL! Or this... Edited February 4, 2022 by Daddyfink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Lindberg got into the 1/20 scale stuff because the guy who was running Lindberg had gotten MPC into 1/20 scale in the late Sixties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabbysdaddy Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 While that Gremlin was awful, I have a 1/20 Sonoma and Explorer that are pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 It seems they tried a little of everything scale-wise! As I noted above, their late model Super Bee kit was 1/24, and I forgot to mention those 1/24 '37 Ford Ford street rod kits they did. Some of those were showing up at Ollie's stores a couple years back for ten bucks. They build up nice, and are very good sources for modern rod chassis/suspensions. Why they wandered into 1/24 after tooling 1/25 back in the 90s-20000s I have no idea. Maybe someone else's tools? Hoping to appeal more to European market where 1/24 is more "standard" car scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 That 1/20 Gremlin was a OLD tool.....they ran it to generate some cash. It was nothing like the new tool 1/20 stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Brian Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 2 hours ago, bisc63 said: It seems they tried a little of everything scale-wise! As I noted above, their late model Super Bee kit was 1/24, and I forgot to mention those 1/24 '37 Ford Ford street rod kits they did. Some of those were showing up at Ollie's stores a couple years back for ten bucks. They build up nice, and are very good sources for modern rod chassis/suspensions. Why they wandered into 1/24 after tooling 1/25 back in the 90s-20000s I have no idea. Maybe someone else's tools? Hoping to appeal more to European market where 1/24 is more "standard" car scale? The 37/38 Fords are based on the original Smoothster tooling that was done for Testors as part of their deal Boyd Coddington in the 90s. I guess they wanted 1/24 because so many of their other borrowed kits are in that scale. I don't know how Lindberg ended up with the tooling though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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