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[Casey]

Looks like Round2 plans to reissue the 1/25 '40 Ford Sedan Delivery kit in late November with the box art showing Gene Winfield's car:

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They also plan to release a Three Stooges version:

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[Joe Handley]

Both issues should be interesting.

[Jantrix]

Ive always liked this kit.

[MachinistMark]

Awesome. Gene is the best custom builder going. Hands down. Great guy too

[crazyjim]

I've built a couple and have a couple of the S/Ds in my stash. If/when this kit comes out, I'll just have to add to my stash.

[Rob Hall]

Good to hear this one is coming back...I wondered if they had ruined the tooling a few years ago w/ that strange custom version.

Edited by Rob Hall, 30 July 2012 - 02:59 AM.

[Joe Handley]

I wonder if the Stooges version is stock with painter's ladders and such.....

[Joker]

This old kit has a Nailhead engine and full single bar flipper hubcaps.
Don't remember if it has the ribbed bumpers too.

[route66modeler]

The org. issue of this kit was molded in yellow. I would guess they wouldn't do yellow since it is hard to get paint to cover it without a barrier. Steve

[charlie8575]

Long as I can build rep-stock, I'm happy.

Separate question- the sedan deliveries would have used car or truck colors, as they were different?

I can see a fleet of those for a nice big grocery store in Boston or Worcester; I think I just gave myself an idea for a build.

Charlie Larkin

[slusher]

l need a couple who know if it will ever be back again....

[bigphoto]

Cool, maybe they will put the Keystones in it as I bought on once for them and they were not included!! But it is cool that they did away with that nasty(IMHO) so-called custom.

[MachinistMark]

Long as I can build rep-stock, I'm happy.

Separate question- the sedan deliveries would have used car or truck colors, as they were different?

I can see a fleet of those for a nice big grocery store in Boston or Worcester; I think I just gave myself an idea for a build.

Charlie Larkin

if its a gene winfield edition charlie i think youll be S.O.L for rep stock

Edited by MachinistMark, 03 August 2012 - 03:28 PM.

[Art Anderson]

Looks like Round2 plans to reissue the 1/25 '40 Ford Sedan Delivery kit with the box art (and maybe decals?) showing Gene Winfield's '40 Sedan Delivery:




http://www3.towerhob...?&I=LXCJXR&P=SM


They also plan to release a Three Stooges version of the '40 Sedan Delivery kit, too...not sure what that's about:

http://www3.towerhob...?&I=LXCPVE&P=SM

I still have one of those with the body all marked up for widening to the correct dimensions. When AMT did this one, they made it fit their 39-40 Sedan fender/running board unit, which made the sedan delivery a good bit too narrow. It will be fun to widen out that body shell to make it correct.

Art

[george 53]

How much wider than the coupe/sedan bodies are they Art? I've got at least 5 of these rascals, and if it's easier to split two bodies to get it right, rather than to try to widen the body itself, maybe I could go that route?

[Monty]

Good to hear this one is coming back...I wondered if they had ruined the tooling a few years ago w/ that strange custom version.

I was under the same impression. I had built the original version as a kid, and was feeling wistful after seeing this:


Fortunately, these changes appear to have been strictly cosmetic with no damage done to the original tooling. OTOH, I often wonder if there are actually any real car guys at these modeling companies. Hideous redesign aside, what 'suit' with a double-digit IQ allowed this kit to be released with box art proclaining that it's a Woodie. Probably a Prius driver...

[Harry P.]

I thought a "woodie" had to have some wood.

[Michigan Madman]

I was under the same impression. I had built the original version as a kid, and was feeling wistful after seeing this:


Fortunately, these changes appear to have been strictly cosmetic with no damage done to the original tooling. OTOH, I often wonder if there are actually any real car guys at these modeling companies. Hideous redesign aside, what 'suit' with a double-digit IQ allowed this kit to be released with box art proclaining that it's a Woodie. Probably a Prius driver...

There were a few changes to the hood and body to accomodate a hood ornament and an external visor (holes molded into the body). Balance of the kit was more or less the same. What really had me worried was the fender unit- it was worked over to accomodate those snail-eye looking headlights and molded full skirts. Apparenlty what damage RC2 wrought was easily corrected!

As far as the 'Woody' thing, this was RC2, the company whose ineptitude nearly killed the AMT/Ertl brand outright. They also called Daisy's Jeep CJ a 'CI', and put out all that misleading and/or downright terrible box art... calling an SD a Woody shouldn't be too much of a shocker.

[SSNJim]

if its a gene winfield edition charlie i think youll be S.O.L for rep stock

Other than the wheels/tires of the Winfield edition, what's custom about it? It looks pretty stock to my untrained eye.

[Casey]

Other than the wheels/tires of the Winfield edition, what's custom about it? It looks pretty stock to my untrained eye.

Decals and an optional Buick "nailhead" V8.