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  1. Luc Janssens
    Sinse Revell Germany took over the European distribution for Revell-Monogram kits (somewhere in the late '80s), it became a story of hit and miss, sometimes you'll find them easy enough and sometimes you'll have to resort to parallel import or North American vendors. this past year was an exception tho, most likely due to the implosion of Hobbico, cuz suddenly Revell USA kits popped up at local hobby stores and reasonably cheap too (€20). My guess is, that because of the vacuum in the North American operations, all merchandise headed to the US was diverted to Revell's headquarters in Bünde Germany. But no worries, the Roadster has been re-popped, and don't see a reason why the coup can't follow......
  2. Luc Janssens
    Revell Germany has a history of buying bagged shots and selling them in their own wrapper, they did the same with the Moebius trucks but not the trailers cuz IIRC they didn't have a box suitable for these. IIRC before all the re-boxing, Klaus Lassen of Lassen Projects did a lot work for Revell Germany designing truck and trailer kits, some all new...other based on Revell Venice designs
  3. Luc Janssens
    A co-development of all new kit truck kits could address much of these issues as they will be designed according to specs set by both parties so that they will do well on both the European as well as the north American market. The only hurdle I see, is the scale thingy, dunno if the American market would accept the 1/24th scale and vice versa.
  4. Luc Janssens
    If one looks at the re-issue of the roadster kit, you'll notice it's a complete retool from the original 3D files, and if there are other planned variations made up from different parts from what has been released previously, they too needed to be retooled, but since I never heard Tim mentioning other variations, I doubt it.
  5. Luc Janssens
    Dunno about you guys, but personally I won't mind them tooling up new and maybe some retooling of parts of this kit to create this.....
  6. Luc Janssens
    I kinda wonder if these re-boxed Italeri kits are some sort of market testing by the folks of Round-2, to see if later models of trucks sell, in what numbers and if the MSRP and non 1/25th scale, is accepted by the end-user, be it the die hard or weekend model-builder. As I'm sure that everyone here is well aware of the investment costs in this type of kit, one needs deep pockets, so wonder if a partnership with Italeri for co-developing an all new North American truck is in the stars, and if so what scale it would be in?
  7. Luc Janssens
    Thanks! Looks workable, for a better end result one has to cut the FR & RR valance from the chassis and blend it into the body, no biggie tho, did the same with the front valance of their Opel GT.
  8. Luc Janssens
    Yes please post pics, cuz I'm contemplating to buy one or not. the idea is to put it beside my 1/32 scale F4J
  9. Luc Janssens
    And then it probably comes with bad chrome and a tiremark on the clear shot.
  10. Luc Janssens
    I'ts cheaper to tool that way and...IIRC a heritage kit to commemorate the 50th birthday of Revell and the original multi piece kit.
  11. Luc Janssens
    Here a 1965 Opel Rekord....(once a GM brand)
  12. Luc Janssens
    If you add a black vinyl top and change the interior to beige to this Opel Rekord, it is just like the our family car from 1980 up to '89, it was our first brand new car and still remember my parents choosing all the options they wanted.
  13. Luc Janssens
    Nothing in life is fair, in this case it's buying power which cuts the middle man, read distributor...big box stores order from the manufacturer and take care of the distribution themselves, and.... they can even do it cheaper, if they would do the boxing under their own brand name, something that is common good with many other consumer products.
  14. Luc Janssens
    The reason I ask is, that the amt logging trailer comes with plastic logs and H beams too IIRC
  15. Luc Janssens
    Does it come with a load?
  16. Luc Janssens
    Here are the instructions to build this kit https://downloads.revell.de/Manuals-Modelkits/07669.pdf
  17. Luc Janssens
    Like the Monogram better, especially the 4x4 version... Pic courtesy of the builder who can be identified via link below which leads you to more pics of his built https://coffincorner.proboards.com/thread/20201/monogram-desert-rat-van
  18. Luc Janssens
    Neat indeed, remember when these were first released by Monogram, back in the '80s, neat kit then and still is!
  19. Luc Janssens
    need to finish mine, think the paint should've gassed out after 15 years....
  20. Luc Janssens
    One person gives you criticism, but how many like you post? So post away...wanna see more more, much more, cuz I'm a plasticholic
  21. Luc Janssens
    The Mpc kit morphed into the SS by Choo Choo customs, so $$$$$ to retool into e regular one like in the pic. Anyway for years I sent in photo copies of dealer catalog pics to Monogram in the hope they would retool....
  22. Luc Janssens
    with promotional items in the back, who knows Other versions they can do in the series of construction vehicles, the supervisor, building or land surveyor, municipal vehicle......etc etc..
  23. Luc Janssens
    Who knows what's cooking in their kitchen, cuz since the all the hobby venue's are canceled not much news is sipping thru via their company reps.
  24. Luc Janssens
    Good to hear Steve, crossing my fingers, I've been waiting impatiently for them to do just that, 2020 just got a silver lining
  25. Luc Janssens
    Isn't it reversed engineered?
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