Snake45 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 2 hours ago, disabled modeler said: Me too Scott..would be cool to build a car dealership diorama with showroom and have it slowly turn inside it. You'd have to motorize the stand somehow. IIRC the stand was rubber band powered and came with ball bearings and lube. It would rotate fast and briefly. IMHO it was a gimmick that didn't really work that well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Snake45 said: You'd have to motorize the stand somehow. IIRC the stand was rubber band powered and came with ball bearings and lube. It would rotate fast and briefly. IMHO it was a gimmick that didn't really work that well. I was looking around on eBay, there are a bunch of miniature electric motors available. One was just over 1" in diameter and about 1/2" long (not counting the output shaft). It's just a matter of experimentation to find gears that would work, after figuring out which battery/batteries to use. A wind-up "build your own clock" motor would cost more, but should be even better because it's already set up to turn slowly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Metallic Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Anyone have one yet? Curious what tires they included and everything else in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SfanGoch Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Aside from the tires and decals, same as the previous releases. I did notice that there a load of AMT/ERTL No.38527 2006 Toy Fair versions (with rotating base) for 13-17 bucks on ebay, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr. Metallic said: Anyone have one yet? Curious what tires they included and everything else in the box. The "gold lettered and pinstriped tires...", which I think may have been included with the MPC Ice Cream Truck reissue?: http://www.collectormodel.com/round2-models/4373-kat-chat-totally-tubular-tires/#sthash.nJ8KpeIM.dpbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisBcritter Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Wonder if the chassis (which was sourced from a British Jowett Jupiter) would be useful for re-creating one of those homebuilt sports cars that were popular in the Fifties? Edited July 11, 2018 by ChrisBcritter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 The frame is from the Jowett Jupiter; the front suspension is modified VW Beetle, the rear axle and suspension are likely changed too because of the engine swap. But the chassis/engine are pretty decent considering they were tooled in the mid-Sixties. The Cragar wheels are good as I recall (haven't looked at one of these in a while), and Round 2 is on a roll with the pad-printed tires. So even if you don't want to build the car as-is, there are a lot of possibilities here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete L. Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 (edited) 19 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said: Wonder if the chassis (which was sourced from a British Jowett Jupiter) would be useful for re-creating one of those homebuilt sports cars that were popular in the Fifties? I always get a kick out of those homebuilt sports cars, there are a few websites that feature them. What a great idea !!! Edited July 12, 2018 by Pete L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddyfink Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Great info here... http://customrodder.forumactif.org/t1428-car-craft-dream-rod-bill-cushenbery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular guy Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Take note it says MPC. Versions for years have been AMT ones. Box art is better than picture of built model on my AMT version. Here's link to it at Autoworld. http://www.autoworldstore.com/product_p/mpc876.htm Looks like same parts as previous versions. So news is at least they put it out. I think of Tiger Rod as sort of sister car to Silhouette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Gribble Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 If only they would re release some actual cool annuals or something .... These show rods don't do it for me at all .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular guy Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Thanks Dale Look's like it was originally the Car Craft Dream Rod by Bill Cushenberry. Here's a zippier box cover. I think Tiger Shark wss a redo of the dream rod. Sort of an updating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Yawn.....not much of a "review". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regular guy Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) Here's Kustomorama link about it. Further down page is surprise! The Tiger Shark! https://kustomrama.com/index.php?title=Car_Craft_Dream_Rod They are my kind of nuts over there. They know what they are looking at when they see these cars. Here's image of Tiger Rod.The real one. Edited August 1, 2018 by regular guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 Anybody open one yet? Still curious about the tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike 51 Posted August 1, 2018 Share Posted August 1, 2018 (edited) no comment Edited August 2, 2018 by mike 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phirewriter Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 The Car Craft Dream Rod was originally tooled by MPC and boxed for AMT as were a number of other kits from the early 60's The MPC labeled box is correct for the Tiger Shark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 'riginal issue of the Car Craft Dream Rod: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 12/15/2018 at 8:35 PM, Casey said: 'riginal issue of the Car Craft Dream Rod: I like that frame - did that stay the same between the two versions, does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Chassis and engine are unchanged between the two versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Frame is Jowett Jupiter, with a VW Front axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Awesome! Thank you both! Just ordered one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike999 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 HobbyLinc has the Tiger Shark on clearance right now for $11.99. Also the Revell '68 Chevelle for $19.69 and the Lindberg Dodge L-700 truck with Shell tanker trailer for $26.69. http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mpc/mpcmpc876-12.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Mike999 said: HobbyLinc has the Tiger Shark on clearance right now for $11.99. Also the Revell '68 Chevelle for $19.69 and the Lindberg Dodge L-700 truck with Shell tanker trailer for $26.69. http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/mpc/mpcmpc876-12.htm Good deal! I actually managed to snag a free one in the Autoworld kit give away but I can see me wanting extras for some of the cool parts! Thanks for the heads up! I’d like to try and build some kind of hotrod with that frame under it, I think! Edited July 4, 2020 by CabDriver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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