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[Michigan Madman]

Come on amt!Make a parts pack with the go-cart and all of your bikes!

You might be thinking of Revell for the bikes. AMT did a Triumph, but revell did a couple of others, including a Triumph.

[Austin T]

I'm talking about the mini bikes to,I would like the revell bikes too,along with the MPC bikes.BTW did anyone else know that MPC made and early Harley,30's-ish.It was with the Chrysler 32' Gangbusters set.

[Dave Van]

IMHO these do not compare with the slick set. Much higher cost and lower count per package....or at least how many models it will supply. I'm passing....

[plowboy]

I bought the slicks set for nine bucks. If anything,these tires should be cheaper,not more expensive. I'll gladly pay nine-ten bucks for them,but not a penny more. I still haven't used a single pair from the slicks set!

[Rob Hall]

Same number of tires as the slicks set...I don't have a need for the slicks, but these I could definitely use.

I did see them at the LHS on Monday and passed on them--they had a few sets, all of them seemed to have at least one tire that had the whitewall imprint out of round. Quality control issue on some, maybe?

Edited by Rob Hall, 28 June 2012 - 03:28 AM.

[Michigan Madman]

I'm talking about the mini bikes to,I would like the revell bikes too,along with the MPC bikes.BTW did anyone else know that MPC made and early Harley,30's-ish.It was with the Chrysler 32' Gangbusters set.

I see, said the blind man. Forgot those. Would be cool to see them sold individually.

[Mustang fan]

I read on the round 2 website that they include a set of all-new pad-printed Good Year polyglas tires in the newly re-released 66 Mustang, now that would make an excellent addition to this series of parts packs! They even come in two sizes in this kit...

[jeffb]

I see, said the blind man. Forgot those. Would be cool to see them sold individually.

you mean the ace/hendderson, like this one?

[Austin T]

you mean the ace/hendderson, like this one?

Yep that's the one,I only got a brief look at an unassembled one briefly.And since your a resin caster this is most likely a product of yours,If so how much?

Edited by Austin T, 28 June 2012 - 03:20 AM.

[rssschris]

I would like to see AMT issue the slicks from the Gremlin kit in a parts pack , or how about some Firestone Drag 500 slicks with matching fronts.
Chris

[Nate]

Does anyone have pictures of them unboxed?

[58 Impala]

I just saw these at Hobbytown USA. Not bad, but I don't think I'll be paying $17.99 for two sets of Firestones.

Just bought a set at my Hobbytown for $16, little expensive but nice quality. The whitewalls are printed and centered nicely. I'll use them on a stock build or mild custom.

[plowboy]

I looked at a set at my far away hobby shop and the price was $17.99!! I sure hope some online vendors will sell them cheaper,but with shipping,the price will be the same if not more. I just can't see $18 for these tires especially when the slicks sets were going for $9-$10. Heck,for a little more,I'll just grab a kit that has a nice set of whitewall tires. My local hobby shop sells kits cheaper than the price of those tires.

[Edsel-Dan]

Only $14.oo a pack direct, but what is shipping??

[gtx6970]

for $14 and up, i'll pass

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Edited by gtx6970, 29 June 2012 - 03:56 AM.

[Casey]

You should be able to find these at your LHS (provided you have one) for the retail price of $14.00 or so. I know the set of slicks, which Round2 has listed for $9.99 sell for $9.95-$10.95 at my LHS, so I would expect the Firestone tires to be similar in price.

One thing which may have been overlooked is the fact that these tires are essentially double-sided, with whitewalls on one side, and raised white letters (RWLs) on the opposite side. An optimist would say that makes these a 3'n'1 set, with wide whitewalls, narrow whitewalls, or RWLs spread between two sets of tires.

I don't build any '50s vehicles which would use these whitewalls, and I can't say how accurate RWLs are for these tires either, but I have to give Round2 credit for re-tooling these tires, as they will probably make their way into many (all?) reissued AMT and MPC kits from here forward.

With the Polyglas GT tires coming in the soon-to-be-reissued '66 Mustang kit, this makes three all new sets of tires Round2 has tooled up for us.

[Nate]

Thanks! Those do look nice.

[Casey]

What's old is new again...sort of:

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[Dave Ambrose]

I first encountered the pad printed slick in the reissued Double T. They look great. If only my front suspension had turned out that well. I got a couple of sets for myself and I'm using them on all my vintage dragsters.

[charlie8575]

Probably licensing costs w/ Firestone contributed to the cost.

Actually, from those in the know, Firestone doesn't charge any royalties. They only ask to review what you're making before approving it. They're also very good with helping you design the tire for the model from what I've been told.

Charlie Larkin