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[CEKPETHO BCE]

Soooo has there been any new official pictures of the kit? Still no info?

[Casey]

I suspect it won't be until iHobby in October that we'll see all the parts and a built-up.

[tooltas]

1/1scale is a killer rod so i hope that the model is just that great it . with the rat roadster you would think it would have a bigblock rat motor

[CEKPETHO BCE]

That's too bad. I'm really curious if it's just a reissue of the highboy roadster street rod with a new engine and box art, or if this is actually a newly tooled kit with unique parts we haven't seen before.

[Ace-Garageguy]

From looking at the 1:1 car, I'd almost tend to think it was built intending to kit it, using Revell's existing body and chassis tooling and adding a new interior / seat sprue, plus one or two others of various details to finish it out.

[Casey]

1/1scale is a killer rod so i hope that the model is just that great it . with the rat roadster you would think it would have a bigblock rat motor

Rat ROASTER - as in roast. Not roadster.

[Casey]

That's too bad. I'm really curious if it's just a reissue of the highboy roadster street rod with a new engine and box art, or if this is actually a newly tooled kit with unique parts we haven't seen before.

On other forums it was said this was an 'all-new' kit.

I tend to believe it's an all new kit, too, as the trim on the body, the lightening holes around the seats, and the license plate recess would mean irreversibly modifying Revell's existing '32 Ford roadster body shell.

[CEKPETHO BCE]

In the new Revell catalogue, the 40 Ford and the Model A pickup and tudor all have "new" written on them, but only "new" thing about them is the decals. This is why I'm not sure what Revell means when they throw the word "new" around. Let's hope for the best.

[Rob Hall]

In the new Revell catalogue, the 40 Ford and the Model A pickup and tudor all have "new" written on them, but only "new" thing about them is the decals. This is why I'm not sure what Revell means when they throw the word "new" around. Let's hope for the best.

Well, those are 'new' in the sense they are new releases, not in the catalog for a while. As opposed to something called 'All-New'... In their advertising, they probably avoid using 'reissue' and 're-release' as the general public couldn't understand such terms.

[Exotics_Builder]

From my IHobby Report out:

"Stacey David’s Rat Roaster - 1/25 – New tool based on Revell’s very nice 32 Ford. Too many mods needed to do a modified reissue. In my opinion, this may spread into early 3Q2012 given there are no test shots as yet"

Edited by Exotics_Builder, 14 August 2012 - 06:51 AM.

[CEKPETHO BCE]

Can't wait to throw a Boss 429 in it. Can't stand chevy engine into a Ford

[58 Impala]

I want to buy a few kits, one to build and a couple for parts (especially the Halibrand wheels).

[1930fordpickup]

Can't wait to throw a Boss 429 in it. Can't stand chevy engine into a Ford

X2 on that thought !

[Ace-Garageguy]

Assuming that the digital design files for the tooling still exist ( a pretty reasonable assumption) it wouldn't take a small team of competent people much time at all to modify said file, convert it to CNC instructions, and mill new tooling, like it says, "based on Revell's very nice '32 Ford". These are detail changes and don't necessitate re-measuring an entire '32 Ford. That approach WOULD NOT necessitate ANY changes to the existing tooling.

Has anybody here ever worked in CAD and seen how FAST you can rework something in it? And has anyone ever watched a 5-axis CNC mill go to town on a part? This ain't like building the space shuttle.

It is literally a few weeks worth of work for a competent crew. What's the big hold up?

[niteowl7710]

It is literally a few weeks worth of work for a competent crew. What's the big hold up?

A '50 Oldsmobile, '57 Ford, '62 Corvette, along with the modified reissues (adding the plow to the Chevy 4x4, tooling back a GMC grill to the tow truck), etc. Plus all the tooling for the stuff that will be announced at iHobby in October. It's not like this '32 is the only thing Revell is working on at any one time.

Edited by niteowl7710, 14 August 2012 - 04:12 PM.

[Casey]

Has anybody here ever worked in CAD and seen how FAST you can rework something in it? And has anyone ever watched a 5-axis CNC mill go to town on a part? This ain't like building the space shuttle.

It is literally a few weeks worth of work for a competent crew. What's the big hold up?

Watch all parts of this series:

[mikemodeler]

That video makes the simple one piece resin molds some of us try look pretty prehistoric! I know a ton of work goes into designing a kit, let's hope the Rat Roaster stays true to the 1:1 version.

[gtx6970]

That was cool to watch.

[Bernard Kron]

Incredible!!! No wide front tires on the Deuce!!! In fact it looks like the wheels and tires from the Orange Crate re-issue. Look's like the standard Deuce front axle and disc brakes, though. I wonder if it has air bags? Still, no wide front tires, a SBC, trim on the grill shell, body color headlight buckets, and is that a chopped windshield (??). Overall, this may be a well balanced refresh of the venerable 90's street rod roadster.

[Casey]

Incredible!!! No wide front tires on the Deuce!!! In fact it looks like the wheels and tires from the Orange Crate re-issue.

I don't think they are the same as those in the Orange Crate, but rather all new tires all around. The Orange Crate's front tires have only three grooves, while the Rat Roaster's appear to have four.