Luc Janssens

Hey guys, Thanks for the support, but I know Steve meant well by correcting something, which I apparently have miswritten for ages In the written language it's harder to express a certain sentiment or feeling, than talking face to face. Man.... I can't wait till the day comes, that I can make it States side again to meet old and new friends too. About my language skills, I speak, read and write Flemish,(with an Antwerp accent) which is Dutch with some differences, verbally I also can make my point go across in German and French, reading German is no problem French takes a while, tho writing in both those aforementioned languages is a no no Cheers Luc

Hmm, kinda like how to remove a broken windshield of a real car.

I fully agree! I Kinda wonder if life ever will return to pre-covit, somehow I doubt it.

Maybe you're just kidding, but there's a whole world outside the US Bill I'm from Belgium and there are all kinds of shortages, from computer chips to food products, talk with people who deal with international trade and you learn a lot. Covit-19 created havoc in a well oiled machine and the war in the the Ukraine, killed the repair guy.

It's not only limited to US ports, it's a worldwide problem, and then besides the container shortages, we're not talking about raising shipping prices, due to the high fuel costs...

The XS wheelsets would be great for this kit too, only problem tho, where did the tooling go?

A big parts pack then? Kinda wonder what Jim will come up with when dealing with the ex-Revell Mopar annuals.

Oops, sorry have a mild form of dyslexie, thus sometimes read words the wrong way

What happened with him and what did he do with the non Aoshima tire tooling?

This is also a nice version, sadly of my copy the decals are shot....

I drive a 2018 Sprinter company van , IMHO they're comfortable and fast enough to keep up with traffic. Here it is parked in front of our house....in the middle of the street.....

Kinda odd that they removed the roof ribbing, but since the GMC specific parts are still there anything is still is possible, tho while I'd like to have a window van I doubt it will ever return, the same for the Mpc Dodge window van, of which I was able to buy a few copies over the years. The plan for one of them is to make some sort of 4x4 Alaskan polar bear tour bus out of it, but need to find the compact Ford Econoliner or F series 4x4 system, and then there's graphics Yeah I'm full of wacky idea's, 'till I sit on da bench.....Then I pull out another kit and my mind goes into overdrive on how to do that one, yeah, I'm totally bonkers LOL

I hope at least they will look into it.

Dunno, in the '70s a custom Van was fun a expression in custom paint, todays Vans a tool IMHO of course The most beautiful van again IMHO is the mid '70S Dodge custom Van and a blank canvas for decal artists to work their magic

I don't care about the 1/20 scale, but do wonder if those kits would generate interest, if they were scanned and resized in 1/25th scale and if it would be technically possible to do so.

Kinda wonder if there would be interest thus subsequently ROI on redoing in 1/25th scale, the old Mpc 1/20th scale kits of the Amc AMX and the early '70s Ford Econoliner, and if it would be doable for them to do so. Thoughts please. Cheers Luc

Got a few, IMHO Mr. Toteff had the right scale in mind, but not the medium. if he had these released as build diecast from the Sixties on, there never would've been 1/18 Diecast, and probably hurt the plastic model it industry much sooner. About the kits themselves, one would expect better detail when going bigger.

A pitty they didn't do a dually and yes I know there was a resin conversion kit.

Or maybe Round2 can look if there's ROI on adding a version to their snap kit.

Who will be the first one to test fit the all new Coronet grill into a '69 Charger

Well the Coronet is an "all new" tool based on the data of a vintage MPC kit, so the tool will be configurated from the get go, to eject several different versions. The Chevy pickup is from an "existing" tool, one that has to be altered, which mean inserts have to be changed, modified or that a second smaller tool, will have to be added to run the newly design parts, you can do only so much with an existing tool, due to the way it was original designed. Hope I'm making sense now Cheers

The more one changes the more expensive and complicated it gets, If I understand it correct this is an alternative version of an existing tool no reverse engineering. To get the most out of this gen GM truck, one has to start from scratch, just like Moebius did with their Ford P/U's, and while I would welcome it, I assume that's not their game plan.