Luc Janssens

Just saw this posted https://www.die-leitplanke.de/herzlich-willkommen/bausatz-neuheiten/revell-deutz-d30-nr-07821-m-1-24/ photo courtesy of Guido Kehder

I have a couple of the goon kits, the Force 440 and some resin bits and pieces to transform them into Monaco's and Fury's (CHP, Hunter & NYPD) if Round-2 goes the extra mile they will sell me some extra kits, if not, then I spend my money on something else....no biggie. Ps: If anyone here has some leverage with the powers at R2, then let them know to fix the damage on the LH grille insert, if not done already with the last release of the Goon car.

From what I learned 1/32nd scale is a dog in automotive kits, only "support" vehicles to put in a diorama with 1/32nd scale planes have a better outlook. Also, I perfectly understand that in this day and age, multiple versions are needed to make ROI, and they are possible an Mk-1 Capri was mechanically based on an Mk-2 Cortina, and the Capri had a facelift in '72....so in IMHO there are possibilities, one just has to research, the real reason is probably that there are no car guys in their R&D team.

Odd that Airfix doesn't tool up some of these iconic British vehicles in 1/24th scale.

Dunno, cuz didn't they tool up new wheels for the D100 P/U?

Are these the same design as in the original kit, or all new?

Interesting, new decals and I hope, new wheels push- and lightbar too.

Revell Germany reboxed that truck just like the Moebius Lonestar, probably expecting the same performance, but instead, it tanked big time, a national toy store here, blew them out for less then €25 a pop, while the MSRP was €69.99.

Have that one, the body is marred with sink-marks on the opposite side of the feed channels grinded into the core of the body tooling to facilitate a better flow of the molted plastic.

Maybe by tooling an all-new '57 Nomad-Sedan Delivery Gasser some of the changes can be introduced, but yes it will take some careful planning and design to make the parts interchangeable with the already existing Tri-Five Chevy tooling. Bottom line is, will there be a good return on investment?

A modus operandi which most likely ends when the design is done by just one team, instead of two working (semi) independently.

In this day and age, (excluding tooling and production) it's only a handful of people one needs to make things happen, see Moebius and think Round-2 is also a few people.

I like what I read, though it's sad that there's no more US kit design, it's good to learn that they have a team here who knows and understands the North American market.