iamsuperdan Posted November 13, 2019 Share Posted November 13, 2019 So I emailed Round2, just to see if they would respond. According to Douglas in their customer support department, it is 100% a licensing issue with Bandag, and whoever owns the brand now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted November 14, 2019 Share Posted November 14, 2019 Bridgestone owns the Bandag brand. Hopefully the licensing issues will be solved before the kits are released...otherwise we have to rely on Jerry at Modeltruckin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PettyKW43 Posted November 19, 2019 Share Posted November 19, 2019 Nice to have these back with or without the correct decals, Model Truckin’ decals are perfect ! As for original issues I wouldn’t waste money on them for decals , they were useless when they were new, never got one usable set, out of the five Bandit kits I bought! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 (edited) The old original decals were often bad, one set I tried to use for one of my original issue Super Boss broke appart when I tried to apply them and was worthless and stopped the build that time...it's still not finished by the way. Edited November 23, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted November 30, 2019 Share Posted November 30, 2019 I never like the front bumper on both hideout truck and papa truck not deep enough and the wheels are wrong ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) If you are picky the front bumper are wrong for both the Papa Truck and Hideout Truck even if they would have had the correct shape for a Kenworth Gullwing bumper, because Tyrone Malone used Peterbilt bumpers on both transporters. Jamie at Mo'luminum has the correct Truck Mate wheels. Edited December 1, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 4 hours ago, Force said: If you are picky the front bumper are wrong for both the Papa Truck and Hideout Truck even if they would have had the correct shape for a Kenworth Gullwing bumper, because Tyrone Malone used Peterbilt bumpers on both transporters. Jamie at Mo'luminum has the correct Truck Mate wheels. I did not know the bumper were off Peterbilts , I do have the wheels from Jamie ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) They were at the time period the model kits are from wich is mid to late 80's. The front bumper on the Hideout Truck was later changed to a KW Gullwing bumper for the last version Malone did but the Papa Truck still has the Peterbilt bumper to this day if Gary Reis who now owns the truck haven't changed it since the last pictures I saw after restoration of the truck, he appearently also owns the Hideout Truck but I have not seen any pictures of it since before he bought it. Both trucks do now have 10-hole Alcoas by the way...so now the wheels in the kits are correct. Edited December 1, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Force said: They were at the time period the model kits are from wich is mid to late 80's. The front bumper on the Hideout Truck was later changed to a KW Gullwing bumper for the last version Malone did but the Papa Truck still has the Peterbilt bumper to this day if Gary Reis who now owns the truck haven't changed it since the last pictures I saw after restoration of the truck, he appearently also owns the Hideout Truck but I have not seen any pictures of it since before he bought it. Both trucks do now have 10-hole Alcoas by the way...so now the wheels in the kits are correct. I like the Hideout truck paint job with the lighter blue around the top windows and gold sun visor ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 (edited) It was the first paint job on the Hideout Truck. Here is the early version with blue top, gold visor and the thin stripes outside the blue, yellow and white graphics were also gold, the Peterbilt bumper and 5-hole Truck Mate wheels. This is the version the model kit is supposed to be. Here is the late version, here is the outer thin stripes outside the blue, yellow and white graphics white and you also see the gullwing bumper and two hole budd wheels used with the tubeless Eclipse tires. Edited December 2, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 I do like the first one to come out ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 The first version is what AMT did the last time it was out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Force said: The first version is what AMT did the last time it was out. Force I sent you a PM ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Right back at ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grt222 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 What was the paint color on the hideout truck? It looks black, but some pictures I have seen it looks like a dark metallic blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 5 hours ago, grt222 said: What was the paint color on the hideout truck? It looks black, but some pictures I have seen it looks like a dark metallic blue. Just Gloss Black ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 (edited) Yes it looks to be just plain black to me on all the pictures I have seen of it...and that goes for all versions of the truck. As mentioned before the portion around the roof windows was light blue and the sun visor was gold on the first version of the paint job, the versions after that was all black except for the scripts and stripes. The first version of the Bandag Bandit paint job was also black but had a blue pearl tinted clear coat so highlights in the sun has a blueish shine to it, later versions was plain black. Edited December 14, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PettyKW43 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Regardless of the decals , it’s great to have these trucks back instead of trying to build them with overpriced brittle plastic original kits! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 On 11/8/2019 at 5:13 AM, Mr mopar said: Wow that will suck if the decals are not in the kit ...good thing for Modeltrucking decals , even Detroit Diesel is not on there ,good for one thing PARTS !! Totally agree with you there Doug!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, DrKerry said: Totally agree with you there Doug!!!! Thx Kerry I had a good look at my Model trucking decals and they look way better then the kit ones ....like the gold Leaf the kit decals are flat gold ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrKerry Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Mr mopar said: Thx Kerry I had a good look at my Model trucking decals and they look way better then the kit ones ....like the gold Leaf the kit decals are flat gold ! Gonna have to get some when and if I get the Bandag... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niteowl7710 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 This has officially been added to the Round2 January releases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 (edited) On 12/17/2019 at 5:59 PM, Mr mopar said: Thx Kerry I had a good look at my Model trucking decals and they look way better then the kit ones ....like the gold Leaf the kit decals are flat gold ! Modeltruckin has two sets of decals for the Hideout Truck, one with gold stripes outside the white/yellow/blue graphics and one with the same stripes in white. http://www.modeltruckin.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_143_22&products_id=317 http://www.modeltruckin.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_143_22&products_id=70 Edited December 19, 2019 by Force Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr mopar Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 On 10/24/2019 at 7:55 AM, Casey said: This repop will be molded in Black that should make for painting easyer ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 It doesn't say anywhere on the picture but I hope not, the chassis is white and the engine is silver on this truck so I hope it's molded in white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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