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Guess what guys!? Revell has just announced that in 3rd quarter of 2014 they will be releasing a newly tooled 1967 Camaro SS hardtop 1/25 scale model. An SS. Not another Z/28. Sorry Round 2 I love most of your reissues. But, I want a '67 Camaro rather than a '68. And I want an SS, not a Z/28. Revell has listened! The only thing I'm not happy with, is Revell is showing an SS without the RS package. I hope they include a way of building an SS/RS version. If not now. Sometime in the near future. Scott Aho

Ordered my Hang 10 decals from Keith Marks yesterday. Wasn't interested in this kit, until I saw the info on the Hang 10 decals. Thanks to Dave and the others. I'm now looking forward to building one of these. Even if we can not really surf anywhere here in Miinnesnowta. I've always liked the Hang 10 Dart. Scott Aho

I'm glad, it sounds like the Demon is for sure coming. I've now seen the guys taking pre-orders for kit. But, still nothing on Round 2's web site. And no true art work for the new kit with those already offering the kit on pre-order. Just pictures of the old '71 box. But I'm now conviced it's for sure going to happen! Still unclear from what everybody is posting on this kit. Is it back dated from the Dart Sport kit? Or is going to be based on the 1990's Duster? This may sound strange, but I hope it's back dated, so it's more like the original MPC kit. No matter what form it's in, if it can be built as a stock '71 Demon, I'll be buying one. Round 2 keeps on finding more great ways to take my money! Scott Aho

I was reading another "brand" model magazine from 2001. In there, they mentioned Polar Lights canceling their announced plans to offer a model of the 1954 Corvette "Waldorf" Nomad. As I mentioned in another posting on early Corvette models, that and the '54 Corvette Corvair fastback coupe, are two kits I would love to see. What a shame to know we came so close to the Nomad at least. I wonder why it got canceled? And is there any chance we could get Round 2 to revive the idea? Scott Aho

I've got a couple of these laying around. One built. One not. But, for some reason. And I don't know why? I'll be adding a third one to my collection when this one comes out. Still one of my all time favorite kits. But, it's the old box art that will be getting me to part with my hard earned money for another one. I love these AMT reissues with old box art and restored parts. As I've said before, "we're living in the golden age of modeling," right now! Scott Aho

Tom your right on everything your saying. But, why are you saying it? I know that odds of Revell ever reissuing these kits are nil. And your right, they may lose money if they chose to. But I would still love to see them do it! I'm not holding my breath. But, I'm amazed at the kits that reappeared on the market in the last ten years that I thought I would never be seen again. And I'm thankful, and have bought several of those kits. And some may not have been wise for the model companies to reissue. What I don't understand is the negative opinions of several people on web sites like this, when people express an idea like mine. Which may or may not be practical. Or what they want! Don't worry Tom, I'm not in charge of what model companies release or do not. I'm not going to say they don't listen to me. I've gotten several nice replies from Revell on things I'd like to see. The reissue of the '58 Corvette is one. The old Space Station released only once in 1959. I've been told not to expect. The tooling is gone for that. Now I know Revell is not just reissuing their '58 Corvette because I wanted one. But, I thank them for listening and telling of their plans to reissue it. So Revell, if you can. Please reissue the old Renwal Revival kits. If you don't, I understand. But, I still think it would be cool. One last thing Tom. You are right. I was born in 1958. Scott Aho

Nick - Tell us more. Will it be like their great Chevy kits? Where they can be built stock, or with cool vintage speed equipment? And why are they doing this car? It seems a little too close to what has been offered by Revell in recent years, and IMC/Testors in the past. Where no one had done the '48 Chevys before. I'm also a touch worried. They have reissued several old kits, like Monogram's Long John Dragster. Which I like. I hope they are not planning on dusting off and reissuing the old IMC kits. If they are, I'll be avoiding those like the plague. If they are all new kits, like their Chevys, even though I'm not overly interested in the subject, I'll consider buy at least one. Scott Aho

Maybe. But, I for one would buy at least one of each. Plus we can dream, can't we Tom? Scott Aho

Yuri, you nailed this one! It looks great. I like the use of the 442 striping on a non-hood scoop Cutlass. Have avoided buying the 442 because I'm not a big fan of the optional style scooped hood included in that kit. But, after seeing yours, I may now to buy the Supreme and the 442 to build the car I want. Scott Aho

Scott - From one Scott to another, It turned out great. I'm impressed. Very nice. Scott Aho

Ah... Builder above me stole my "Holy Smokes" quote before I could use it. So now what do I say? Other than steal his other quote, and say "Wow." Scott

Very nice. Is this the Heller kit, as Erik Smith suggested? And if not, what what scale is it? Again, you did a very nice job. Unusual model, one that in the US at least, is not see very often. I like it. Scott

Joe your latest posting has got me curious. I've build a couple of JoHan/AMT '70 Toronados over the years. Plus I have a JoHan '72 awaiting restoration. All of my Toronado kits came with Oldsmobile engines and there was no need to modify or source one from other kit. Why Ray's came with Cadillac valve covers, I don't quite understand? And why you had to modify an engine for your '67, also mystifies me? Now, JoHan was known to use parts from other kits if they fit. I remember owning a '62 JoHan Plymouth with '62 JoHan Dodge interior (or it may have been the other way around). This was fairly late in life of these kits, as tools were getting a little worn out. A reissue from sometime in the 1980's. So I could see Ray's Toronado getting an Eldorado drive train if his came from a later reissue. But, your '67 Toronado, as far as I know was only offered in '67. And the tooling for that was modified from the '66 Toronado kit. That tooling was then modified to produce the '68. Then the '69 and '70. So your '67 was made from a pretty fresh tool at the time. The Toronado in real life, and as a kit appeared for the first time as a 1966 model. The front wheel drive version of the Eldorado appeared a year later, for the 1967 model year. So JoHan's Toronado would have been tooled up first. I doubt they knew of Cadillac's plan to move the Eldorado a year later to GM's shared E body, as they were tooling up the '66 Toronado model kit and decided to give it a Cadillac motor. So why your '67 would not have had an Olds engine baffles me? Scott Aho

Sorry to say, I need to amend my latest posting here. Right away looking at photos of Renwal's Visible chassis I made one big mistake in my above comments. The Renwal chassis has no "X" member to the frame. Shows how poorly ones memory can can be. A quick look at photos, I can not tell what the chassis is based on. But, my memory of the leaf springs are correct. So it is not Buick. Scott Aho

The Renwal Visible V8 chassis is definetly not Buick. It's been a long time since I've last seen the Visible V8 chassis, and I've never owned one. But, from what I remember that chassis had leaf springs in the rear. Starting in 1938, until Buick introduced their Nova clone the Apollo in the spring of '73, all Buicks had coil springs in the rear. For that reason alone it can't be Buick. The Renwal chassis may be based on Studebaker also. The "X" frame set up looks similar to what's found on both the Lark convertibles and the Avantis. The leaf springs would match Studebaker's set up also. From having the original Renwal Visible V8 engine, I'm sure that other than the location of the generator, it's based on the Studebaker V8. I'd need to see the Renwal chassis in real life to see what how it compears to Studebaker's or others chassis. Scott Aho

I don't know if this exactly fits with topic be discussed here or not? But, does anybody know if anybody has made a model of the 1954 Corvette Corvair fastback coupe show car? Or is there a conversion kit for either the AMT or Monogram kits to convert them into the Corvair? Also how about the '54 Corvette "Waldorf" Nomad? Scott Aho

Dan it would be great if could find an easy way for us to see your collection. Sometimes finding old posts isn't easiest thing to do. Others you just stumble on. Scott Aho

What's perfect Lee? It looks great to me. Welcome back to hobby after 50 years. If you do that good on your first model in 50 years, I look forward to seeing your future builds. I expect my socks to be blown off! Scott Aho

To quote Terry Jessee above, "Wow." Except I will add an explanation point. Wow! You need to show us more of each of these cars. One photo showing them altogether is not enough. Plus I need see more, and know more about the large Dodge trucks in the photo too. I assume they are resin. Show us more! Tell us more! Don't tease us like that. Scott Aho

Stunning Imperial Dan! Very nice paint. Perfect for an Imperial. The '67 Dodge? What kit is that? Is it resin? Or another old JoHan kit? I don't recall if JoHan made a '67 Dodge Polara kit or not? Or did MPC? Anyhow, I like the Polara too. Two very nice full-size Mopars. Keep up the good work. Scott Aho

I need to correct one thing wrong I said in my last post here, on this subject. Not a big deal. But, I was wrong none the less. I stated that the air cleaner in JoHan's Toronado kits was only correct for the '66 Toronados. It was also correct for the '67 Toronados equipped without the optional Climate Combustion Control air cleaner. Still that dual snorkel air cleaner in all of the JoHan Toronado kits looks better than any air cleaner used on the real Toronados after 1967. I like it. I'm also sure John Shoe is right about your valve covers. I didn't notice that at first. Scott Aho

Rob Mattis indicated someone should contact Round 2 and have them find the molds. Rounds 2 would not have the old Renwal molds. If they exists any more, they would be owned by Revell. Revell is the owner of Renwal's stuff. Like the Visible V8 and others. So one needs to contact Revell, not Round 2. Scott Aho

Nice job Ray. I love those big late 60's - early 70's personal luxury cars. Riviera, Thunderbird, Toronado, etc. Glad you got hands on your first JoHan kit. I miss those old JoHan models. Most were much simpler in the details than the Toronado. But, they all looked pretty good when they're done. The only problem I've ever had building their Toronado is with front end. Things like the steering knuckles and axle shafts I found them a little tricky and fragile. How about you Ray? Have any problems in this area? By the way, laying in my collection is an origin JoHan '72 Toronado I need to build some day. Chrome was shot, but it's complete. Despite the fact that the real Toronados switch to coil springs with their redesign in 1971, the model kit comes with the very same chassis as the 1970 and prior Toronado kits had. With the leaf springs in the rear. This is OK with me. I understand why they did it. Saves a little money tooling up the new kit. And most model builders at the time would not know the difference. In general, the car looks right, other than the leaf springs and the older style, but also inaccurate air cleaner. Today, modelers would flip out, and complain to no end about things like that on blogs like this. By the way, if you did used the air cleaner included in the kit, like I did, and will on my '72. It's not correct. That air cleaner was only used on the '66 Toronados. But, it sure looks cool! Scott Aho

I'm very jealous. I don't know if I ever seen one of these kits in real life. But I remember reading about both the proposed cars and the model kits of the same back in early '70s. By that time it was too late to easily find the kits. (And to finding the money as young as I was at the time.) Someone on the web has a very good site showing the two full-size cars that were built, and each one of the models. I gone on that site many times a drooled over what I saw. I know they're fairly crude kits. But, looking at yours, it proves that with a little work they can turn out great. Now I need to find a complete set and the money to buy them. Scott Aho

Very nice Al. I'd like to see more close up pictures of the rail. I really like what I'm seeing. I too have one those clear trailers in my stash. The trouble is, I want keep it clear. As you mention, it looks like it's very hard to get the sides and top lined up. And stay up as it's being assembled. I'm wondering if you or others have any handy advice on how to get that done. After all yours turned out very nice. And also like others, I too look forward to seeing this combo hooked up to the Plymouth wagon. Will be waiting for the future posts with pictures. Scott Aho