Bennyg Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, gotnitro? said: Dave at aitm casts and sells the challenge mixer currently Cool. At least you can combine that and the AMT W925. Ben
gotnitro? Posted January 16, 2018 Posted January 16, 2018 3 hours ago, Bennyg said: Cool. At least you can combine that and the AMT W925. Ben Jerry sells the decals too..
gotnitro? Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 18 hours ago, Casey said: Thanks. Sounds a lot like other AMT tire caps(?) I have seen. Is the Challenge mixer in the AMT kit a 10 yard mixer? This (below) truck is described as a 10-yard model with a chain drive motor which is what I think the AMT has/represents? I believe the challenge is a 10 yard barrel . The chain drive was common now they use a hydraulic gear box to rotate the barrel. The rex 770 or mtm mcneilus comes to mind . Nice mixer right there
Ben Posted January 17, 2018 Posted January 17, 2018 On 1/15/2018 at 11:36 PM, Casey said: Thanks. Sounds a lot like other AMT tire caps(?) I have seen. Is the Challenge mixer in the AMT kit a 10 yard mixer? This (below) truck is described as a 10-yard model with a chain drive motor which is what I think the AMT has/represents? Yes, that looks very close to the AMT kit. The whole mixer setup is a good bit shorter than the Ertl mixer setup.
Casey Posted December 30, 2020 Author Posted December 30, 2020 Our Price: $51.99 Release Date: Late January 2021 • FOR EXPERIENCED MODELERS: AMT’s 1/25 scale Kenworth/Challenge Mixer kit is a great project for any experienced big rig modeler. Add it to your collection today! • BIG ON DETAIL: Build it BIG and strong! At over 14 inches, the mixer kit emphasizes size with authentic features, including: 4 chrome trees, Challenge mixer unit with rotating drum, folding ladder, two mixer drive options, movable delivery chutes, tilting hood, dual chrome exhaust stacks, detailed interior and more! Fully paintable, with colorful sheet of water-slide decals. • QUICK SPECS: 1/25 Scale, 350+ Parts, 14+ Inches long once assembled. Parts molded in white, clear and transparent red and amber with black vinyl tires. Some parts are chrome plated.
Luc Janssens Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 5 hours ago, Force said: It's on mine for '21. still in selling mode...last Sept. I gave 300 kits in concession and today brought him 40 more....gonna repeat this process several times more, in the coming months so that in the end I have a stash with must haves (and partly build) only. (no need to send a PM about it, all goes through this vendor) Old kits (modelers-heaven.be)
leafsprings Posted December 31, 2020 Posted December 31, 2020 Moebius had their chance, now they can watch the sales figures fly by.
Bennyg Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 On 12/31/2020 at 9:44 PM, leafsprings said: Moebius had their chance, now they can watch the sales figures fly by. I’m just glad Moebius has taken another risk and have their flat bed trailer coming, especially from a company who don’t even specialise in vehicles. Another new truck kit would be nice though. Would be nice if round 2 would dabble in a new truck kit. Let’s see what 2021 brings. Ben
Luc Janssens Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 11 hours ago, Bennyg said: I’m just glad Moebius has taken another risk and have their flat bed trailer coming, especially from a company who don’t even specialise in vehicles. Another new truck kit would be nice though. Would be nice if round 2 would dabble in a new truck kit. Let’s see what 2021 brings. Ben Say Ben...what ever happened to the plans of an Australian model company to develop and produce two model kits of Australian trucks and one heavy duty trailer?
leafsprings Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 I believe we will see torsion bars pretty soon too.
leafsprings Posted January 2, 2021 Posted January 2, 2021 On 1/16/2018 at 4:14 PM, gotnitro? said: I believe the challenge is a 10 yard barrel . The Challenge is a 8 yard drum, the Ertl Rex was a 10 yard. This stuff is heavy, weighs about 4000 lbs a yard.
Force Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 3 hours ago, leafsprings said: I believe we will see torsion bars pretty soon too. Are you sure...I mean the torsion bar suspension was discontinued very early in the production and the tooling was changed, the run for the torsion bars could maybe have been blocked off in the tool but if it would have been easy to just open it up and run plastic through there I think they would have done it allready and make the W925 a W925 again.
Bennyg Posted January 3, 2021 Posted January 3, 2021 14 hours ago, Luc Janssens said: Say Ben...what ever happened to the plans of an Australian model company to develop and produce two model kits of Australian trucks and one heavy duty trailer? Drake has gone quiet on that development. I personally doubt it will ever happen. I hope I’m wrong. Word was they were to be similar to the Moebius products. Their prototype of the low loader drake trailer was certainly impressive and looked like it was going to happen. No prototype of the Kenworth K200 was publicly shown. However, they’ve kept up with their diecast production and continue to develop and release 1/50 diecast and they sell like hot cakes. cheers Ben
maxwell48098 Posted January 8, 2021 Posted January 8, 2021 Looks like they tooled new, wide front tires when you watch the video. It also now has two mixer drive options. I wonder if this was the new, big rig tooling mentioned last month? A.J.
Force Posted January 9, 2021 Posted January 9, 2021 (edited) The spoked rims, wider two piece plastic front tires and two mixer drive options was in the first issue too, the only difference as I understand it is the rear suspension and maybe some slight modifications to the mixer tool to fit the "new" suspension. Tim Ahlborn at the MTDG facebook group said a couple of days ago that AMT deleted the torsion bar suspension and replaced it with walking beam on all Kenworth W925 and K123 kits 1975, and the Challege Mixer kit have only been issued once and it was before the suspension change, the "new" walking beam suspension is in fact is more appropriate for this truck as the torsion bar suspension was for highway use with lower rating and was more light duty than the walking beam. A look at the new upcoming issue with pictures of the mixer parts and instructions for the mixer. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=4090933967602212&set=pcb.3661926207208521 Here are the drive options and the front wheels from the instructions from the first issue from 1971. Edited January 9, 2021 by Force
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 33 minutes ago, PintoKING said: Any news of the arrival date for that kit? I have one pre-ordered, and they said 2-20-21.
Mr mopar Posted February 3, 2021 Posted February 3, 2021 I have two seating at the LHS waiting for me !
bigred63 Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 7 hours ago, Mr mopar said: Here they are at home ! Nice, did you order them online?
Mr mopar Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, bigred63 said: Nice, did you order them online? No they were a my LHS !
tbill Posted February 6, 2021 Posted February 6, 2021 Sweet, I’ve got two of them on preorder from model roundup, looks like maybe they will be here soon.
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