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[disabled modeler]

Id love to see the Chevy window van make a comeback or the Open Road van...I have them both and need parts for them but it would be nice to build reissues of them same for the 71 to 77 Dodge vans. Maybe they will add the roof ribs to make the Chevys more correct?....ether way they will sell...its a no brainer with all the builders wanting them.

[Joe Handley]

The A-Team kits had those ribs, I'm kinda hoping those don't go away in this issue.

[Steve Milberry]

The Rescue 911 vans still had quite a few of the MPC parts- they were missing the sink, but I think they still had the divider with the wacky glass, the skylight, the wood-texture inner side panels, and such. If they restored the original grille and the Cragars, I think they could easily bring the Dodge kits back as they were pre-Rescue 911 form.

The most they could backdate the Dodge without redoing the body would be '79. The earlier vans had completely different front from the windshield forward and '77 back had completely different tail lights.

Be nice to see them reissue it with correct 4-headlight '79/'80 grille like in the annuals though.

[torinobradley]

They appear to just for show, it would be interesting to see somebody make headers that would connect to a set of 4 into 1 style sidepipes on these vans though........can't imagine which one I'd have less desite to fabricate and install, that setup in 1/24-1/25 or on the real thing!

Most 4 into 1 sidepipes only had one actual input pipe out of the four shown. In scale, just run the downpipe from the stock exhause over to the second or third input pipe on the sidepipes and your done with a typical installation.

[Edsel-Dan]

Also, The Dodge van issued for the TV show Rescue 911, is a Straight Parts re-issue
of the Cannonball Run kit. Just different molded color & decals
I have an unbuilt Cannonball kit molded in Orange.
I know many say the grill has always been wrong, but to me the biggest error is the kit
has Twin Hinged side doors while the Cannonball Ambulance had a Single sliding side door.
That is a Big visual mistake easy to see, but is not that hard to fix.
But, all the MPC Dodge van kits had the hinged side doors.

I also have a built Original annual 72 done in the Police version

[Dr. Cranky]

I just got word that both the Gremlin and the Van kits are at the ModelRoundUp warehouse! Should be ready to ship pronto!

[Eshaver]

Hey Cranky, yer in Florida , wheres the next Van happnin , or er ole Polock Joe , pinstriper ? I bet he'd know ................ Ed Shaver

[Dr. Cranky]

My interest in this puppy all along has been those big smooth sides and the huge top--a lot of paint and graphics can go on those!

[gray07]

A guy on the van site in my siganature bought alot of these vans, he opened one up and he shows pictures of all the contents, The van is a long wheelbase chevy van even thought it shows a shorty on the picture. Go to the website look up van collectibles its under there.

[Eshaver]

That's good to know Darrin. With Revell's short wheel base and the more common Long wheel base from A M T , we'll have all the Chevrolet vans from 1974-77 covered . Granted , the Revell van will take a few modifications to make it back to a stocker , the wheel houses can be made to look factory again . Ed Shaver

[High octane]

I saw at my LHS today the Gremlin,Vantasy, Barnabas, and Tim Flock Hudsons on the shelves TODAY as well as the Manx and Street Chargers which I picked up.

[Eshaver]

Desisions , desisions ................. now I have to decide how I'll go here . Ed Shaver

[Rob Hall]

Anyone have pics of the content (other than body)? Curious how it compares to the A-Team issue or the older '70s issues as far as the wheel choices, etc.... still waiting on mine to ship...

[Dr. Cranky]

Yes, what Rob said. I haven't ordered my copies yet. Please.

[Joe Handley]

Anyone have pics of the content (other than body)? Curious how it compares to the A-Team issue or the older '70s issues as far as the wheel choices, etc.... still waiting on mine to ship...

With any luck it will come with the steelies and dog dishes, 5 spoke wheels like the box art and the A-Team turbines! With the exception of leaving out Mr. T and cleaning up the body tool, they could just do a straight parts or parts reissue of the A-Team van with that this kit's decal sheet and I would be happy. It would be nice to see this kit come back with all of the optional parts they offered over the years in one big box and an expanded decal sheet

[Rob Hall]

With any luck it will come with the steelies and dog dishes, 5 spoke wheels like the box art and the A-Team turbines! With the exception of leaving out Mr. T and cleaning up the body tool, they could just do a straight parts or parts reissue of the A-Team van with that this kit's decal sheet and I would be happy. It would be nice to see this kit come back with all of the optional parts they offered over the years in one big box and an expanded decal sheet

On one of the boards someone said AMT had backdated the body the '71-72 style, undid the A-Team changes (rear license plate location, sunroof, side badges)..

[Rob Hall]

This is a picture of the just-released kit, correct?

Are my eyes correct seeing no roof rib detail on the AMT body? This kit has a smooth roof now? Or did it always?

Hmmm.... I seem to remember the '70s 'Kandy Van' version I built as a kid having a smooth roof. The A-Team version had a smooth roof w/ a sunroof opening, IIRC...

[Casey]

Hmmm.... I seem to remember the '70s 'Kandy Van' version I built as a kid having a smooth roof. The A-Team version had a smooth roof w/ a sunroof opening, IIRC...

I've never build any variants of this kit, so I was just curious.

Fortunately, the GM full-size vans had raised roof ribs IIRC, so they are easy enough to add with some styrene strip if desired.

[gray07]

its the same as the candy van, i have that model

[Casey]

Huh. They must've removde the roof ribs, ar perhaps there is a different body insert for the mold. The body Mike/Wheelman posted in another thread appears to have rased roof ribs:


http://img.photobuck...sc/DSC04418.jpg

Edited by Casey, 06 January 2012 - 10:50 AM.