Luc Janssens

Wasn't it sacrificed by using parts of it, cobbling together this kit?

Some American dude and his posse will be arriving this evening, to buy Belgian chocolates and beer (they even brought an extra plane, to haul it all), then dine with on the menu I'm sure Brussels sprout's, meat stew with fries and mayonnaise as the main course, while a Brussels Waffle with whipped cream will be serves as dessert. Anyway, It will be fun motoring in and round our capital tomorrow.

Would be a nice project for Revell, the chassis and much of the drive-train could be used for the tri years, even a '57 Nomad or plain wagon drag racer! If someone here has the time, to write a (250K) proposal to sent of to a Revell rep. be my guest....

Great to hear and shows the owner that there's money to be made with all new kits of selected vintage automotive subject matter.

Modified releases are more likely if the design of the original tooling lends itself to insert swapping and/or blocking off unwanted sections, without disturbing the flow of plastic into the cavities which are still needed. In the old days they tried to cramp everything, except the clear and red shots, into one big two part chunk of steel, now I see smaller modular tooling which lends itself to a much more versatile use. But anyway, I sometimes wonder if it would be possible to add a new version to the Amt/ertl '71 Charger R/T tool for example, by adding new body side cavities (without the door grille stampings) and if, the main tool in the to be plated section can house it, a new front loop-bumper with separate grille inserts and rear bumper, in the non plated area bucket seats, console, shifter while one of the clear parts tooling can hold the new taillamps, so that Round-2 can release a Super Bee version. And if the tool can't hold the extra parts, except the body side cavities, group the needed extra parts into a smaller tool that can hold some extra parts which can be used to dress up this kits even more like '70s correct street machine parts! Another modus operandi could be; tool up everything that is needed to create an all new kit of the '72 Plymouth Roadrunner copying lotsa under-skin parts from the Charger R/T tool and including some of the Super Bee parts in there so they can be separately run with the '71 Charger tool (with the right body side inserts) and the parts added to this kit, so the builder even has more options. Just thinking out loud guys!

Nah, being a Alpha male he tries to impress his girlfriend by driving fast, but due to his peanut brain he doesn't realise it scares her.

Yes, I comes with the right wheels, the ones I like Seems they got the Trans Am licensing too.

Maybe, as life gets back into it's normal pace, they will show something at some future NNL type of show.

You're thinking of the wrong M.Y. G/P...it's this one...

IIRC my dad modified it to make it more accurate, he probably had plans he got through the US embassy.

Next-up the custom sibling of what once was a Pontiac Grand Prix? Could harvest some parts from it if they did

Hmm...next up the ex-Lindberg Blue Devil Destroyer? Remember my dad building one in the '70s.....It was a mantle piece, until he replaced it with a total scratch-build USS Indianapolis in the mid '80s. Anyway I think he still has it somewhere.

Think the copo version had a decal for the bowtie. I kinda wonder if the following could be a solution for separate scripts and trim, so that multiple versions are possible of just one body. AR88058 (archertransfers.com)

Clear headlamps, YES!

Oh man!.....dunno when these will land in Europe, and mail order is a no no since the custom regulations changed here.

Don't think they both used the same interior bucket.

Wow!....a new Charger, me like! The Mustang is neat too. This year is getting better and better......

One of the magazines did one back in the day. the problem however with polls is that you get almost as many different subject matter than there are participants. Not saying that there aren't feasible ideas send in, but one has to dig thru a lot of clutter tho, and then still we only make up a small percentage of the market. IIRC companies had more luck with cards inside the kits asking for a catalog or winning a free kit when sending in that post card. IMHO companies could print a unique code on the instruction sheet of each copy of their kits and with that code online a questionnaire can be filled in, asking which subject matter one wants, and in return it also gets them data knowing which product goes to what type of customer. But analysing that data cost money too and dunno that in this time and age there's budget for that. just my 2 cents, cuz I'm not in marketing.

A real pity there's no love for '50s Buicks.....

Except for the cheap part, I agree with most of what you said Cheers! Luc

wrote down some of which I assume are feasible, but won't know 'till the calculating has been done, cuz everything comes at a cost, the bottom line always will be, ROI in a market which for the most part thrives on nostalgia and middle aged men

The same reason you don't see many kits of "current" automobiles?! Nostalgia and middle-aged men are the key to success, when doing business in this niche market.

That the same wooden tooling model was used to create both the initial model kit as well as the diecast. The kit later on was refined DLO wise when Ertl released the amt '57 Chevy Cameo & Stepside, modifying the injection molding tool, rather than modifying the wooden tooling model and using it to cut new steel.

Or maybe print Transport and America?!