Jon Cole Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Announced on Revell's Facebook page: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Looks like the same old Kenworth wrecker with blue decals instead of red/orange decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Tower Hobbies has them listed and slated for late October.....http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXFGDE&P=W# Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian-w Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 ...but the decals looking very fresh. They are nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truck parts Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 May have to get one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I'm seeing the beginning of a really nice W900 day cab, and a nice little wrecker body that would look great on the back of a Diamond Reo. But that's just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 I would Love one, but was expecting a slightly Lower price than $70.++ for a Rev US release.Like the Pete Wrecker.!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell48098 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I wonder why the model companies don't sell just the updated decals from their re-released kits? For $10 or $15, you could get the newer decals to use on an older kits sitting around or on a rebuild. I like these new decals but $65 is too much to pay for them. A.J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Where did you find it for $65.oo??I have only seen it at 70+++++ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell48098 Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Asked the owner of the local hobby shop and he said he would be selling it in the $65 to $70 range versus a retail price of $80 to $85. That was a couple of months ago now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 (edited) http://www.plastic-models.com has them in stock, now for $71.95....JUST bought one.....With coupon code o1a15, I got $15 off for a total of $66.94 after $9.99 shipping tacked on....Finally !!!! Edited November 2, 2015 by kilrathy10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaltrain Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Has anybody had any problems with missing pieces in this kit? New blue and white box.I purchased three of them from a very reputable mail order hobby shop ( it's not their fault) and all were missing the wrecker boom, over a hundred parts.This is an old Revell Germany kit, now released under Revell America, and given all the problems with the RG kits in the recent past, I'm not sure if I want an exchange or a refund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) This is an old Revell Germany kit, now released under Revell America, and given all the problems with the RG kits in the recent past, I'm not sure if I want an exchange or a refund.Actually it's a Revell U.S. kit, hence the 1/25 scaling. It was designed back when Revell was still in California, and much like the Auto Transport Trailer the tooling was done 3rd Party in Europe, so the tooling always stayed with Revell AG. As far as a refund/exchange, why not contact Revell and let them know all three kits are missing parts. Then they can send you the missing parts runner(s). Chances are there might be several cases of them that got packed that way, and it allows them to pull the remaining ones to have them checked. The kits were run in Poland, and then sent over in bulk bins and packed in the U.S., so someone just wasn't on their "A" game one day at work. Very similar to when some of the new tool Mk1 Golf kits were packaged with the wrong interiors last year, not every one was wrong, but several cases worth were mis-packed. Edited November 14, 2015 by niteowl7710 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 If we go by that almost all Revell AG trucks must originally have been U.S. kits or designed in the U.S., all the versions of the Peterbilt 359's, Marmon's, Kenworth K100's W900's and T600's and some of the trailers issued by Revell AG are 1:25th scale.To my knowledge the only trucks from Revell AG issued by Revell US was the Peterbilt 359 "Will Do" Wrecker issued 2013-14 and now the Kenworth W900 Wrecker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell48098 Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 Went to a toy show in Warren MI today and there were a couple of vendors selling them. One guy had them for $67 and the other for $65. A.J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel-Dan Posted November 16, 2015 Share Posted November 16, 2015 I built the Volvo F12 Globetrorrer Way Back in the 80'sI believe that was also a US kit first then RoG. Same might be true of the Mercedes COE (Still want that one!!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Has anybody had any problems with missing pieces in this kit? New blue and white box.I purchased three of them from a very reputable mail order hobby shop ( it's not their fault) and all were missing the wrecker boom, over a hundred parts.This is an old Revell Germany kit, now released under Revell America, and given all the problems with the RG kits in the recent past, I'm not sure if I want an exchange or a refund.I noticed that Tower Hobbies has them listed as "temporarily unavailable", so I wonder if they are going through their inventory and checking them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted December 4, 2015 Share Posted December 4, 2015 I just got word that the wrecker units will be shipped out in 4 to 6 weeks.The 2 I have are missing the parts as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikemodeler Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I noticed that Tower Hobbies has them listed as "temporarily unavailable", so I wonder if they are going through their inventory and checking them?Just noticed that Tower Hobbies is showing this as back in stock. They must have fixed whatever was wrong, hopefully everyone who had bought one got their replacement parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Got my replacement tree last week.....I was quite surprised....Came really quickly.....Gotta get another one of those things.....It's a great model, and now a decent price.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Toups Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 I just purchased mine today and it's missing an entire sprue of parts. Luckily I had an older Revell of Germany issue to compare it to. I sent a replacement request through Revell's online request form. Hopefully they'll send a replacement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 That happened to the entire 1st run shipment. There shouldn't be any problem getting the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbill Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 same problem here, missing the one tree of parts. filled out the request on-line per the instructions in the notice they posted. how long did it take you guys to get the parts from revell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petetrucker07 Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 TomI've been hearing about week or so to get the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kilrathy10 Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 same problem here, missing the one tree of parts. filled out the request on-line per the instructions in the notice they posted. how long did it take you guys to get the parts from revell?Yep....Mine took only about a week.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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