Horrorshow Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Just wondering, has there ever been a Tucker car kit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 Never been a traditional kit...but there have been resin kits (Modelhaus had one) and diecast in a variety of scales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Can't see that we'd see a plastic kit. But maybe we'll see one for 3d printing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom99 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 This is the only Tucker I have ever been able to find in 1/24 -1/25 scale. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 AMT looked at it at the same time the 51 Studie......neither made it. As said Modelhaus has a very nice curbside kit.....I'll build mine someday!!! My wife bought me the Danbury 1/24 die cast that is the nicest DC I own. They are out there around $100.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I’d love to see a Tucker kit, I’d have to have at least one, if not a few of those! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 My first build..............would be....... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vintagerpm Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Tetsor's used to make a Jimmy Fllintstone Triclopz customized Tucker Torpedo in resin. Might still be found on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokar124 Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 6 hours ago, Tom99 said: This is the only Tucker I have ever been able to find in 1/24 -1/25 scale. I once owned a resin/Bondo re-pop of this Tucker slushcast made by TKM Models back in the early 1980's. I think I paid $15 for it, but it was so bad I ended up trading it for a resin hood for an MPC '68 Barracuda, which was something that was actually usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webestang Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 I wish there was a fully detailed Tucker kit!!!!! I have wished ever since I discovered what a Tucker was back in the 80's after the Jeff Bridges movie. I do have many Tucker die-cast in different scales including a really nice 1/18th scale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobthehobbyguy Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 (edited) Having a tucker would be cool. Just can't see that the numbers would be there for a full glue kit. You gotta realize that only 50 were made and many wouldn't have a clue what you were talking about. Also there would.be no tie in for a drag racing or stock car racing to provide some variants. However we can dream. Edited October 18, 2022 by bobthehobbyguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 5 hours ago, jokar124 said: I once owned a resin/Bondo re-pop of this Tucker slushcast made by TKM Models back in the early 1980's. I think I paid $15 for it, but it was so bad I ended up trading it for a resin hood for an MPC '68 Barracuda, which was something that was actually usable. Wait, somebody tried to repop that in resin and actually sell it?! I’ve seen better looking stuff come out of those blow-mold machines at the Museum of Science and Industry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THarrison351 Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 I have two diecasts, Danbury's Tucker Tin Goose prototype and Franklin's over-produced blue one. I've wanted a plastic kit to reproduce the one off NASCAR racer driven by Joe Merola in 1950 at Canfield, Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Austin Posted October 19, 2022 Share Posted October 19, 2022 3 hours ago, Joe Handley said: Wait, somebody tried to repop that in resin and actually sell it?! I’ve seen better looking stuff come out of those blow-mold machines at the Museum of Science and Industry! Par for the course in the 1980s. Modelhaus quality hadn't been invented yet. 😛 Also, the Banthrico promos, while perhaps a little crude compared to modern diecasts, were the state of the art for the 1940s and '50s. Banthrico models have their own charm. They're the only game in town for certain vehicles in 1:25-1:24 scale. I think it's cool they made a model of the Tucker in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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