Luc Janssens

The full front bumper modification of the Mueller-Montgomery-Carlock era '70 Camaro tool, was probably a costly lesson. Also, the way the tooling is designed doesn't allow much leverage in swapping and adding existing or newly created inserts. Remember the sixty 2'n 1 Ford Galaxie, where they had to run the tooling in two different configurations to get all the necessary parts for that kit, which meant clipping off dual parts on the packaging line, which, IMHO, is a trainwreck in the making. The only way to make siblings for the pre-CAD file kits is to scan them and work from there, incorporating new part versions and, more importantly, designing a cluster of tooling that can be run in different configurations, streamlining the production and packaging process to minimize the chance of errors. I think Round2 is on top of things. Is there room for improvement? Sure, but in the end, ROI is what counts, pays the wages, running costs, the investors and also finances future developments. Personally, I would like them to have a better and cheaper distributor for the EU, one that thru R2 can order a container directly from China, maybe Glow2B the owner of Heller can be that company, which eliminates excessive shipping, the cost that come with it and in the mean time restoring an old partnership and reduce the price disadvantage they now have, compared to their direct competitor; Revell. Just my 2 cents

Oops totally forgot James, must be getting old Thanks for the pic Rob!

Is that Charger, the wide body?

Well, both Erik Solie and Dave Metzner of Moebius Model participate in this forum and In the past Tim Boyd has done an online build here. And to end there is also Sean Svendsen who does box art for them and build-ups too. So, I'm pretty sure that when they get the approval from Ford, lotsa info will find its way to this forum.

Just saw an unboxing of this kit on youtube, looks great!

IMHO the heart chooses a two-door, but practicality forces us into a two-doors too many type of vehicle.

Yeah was drooling over my copy, luckily everything was bagged

Can't one just use the complete chassis from the '68'69? Wondering

IIRC the drip rail of both the amt '64 and the Moebius '65 kits in the C-pillar area are the same.

It makes sense since they already have a kit of the '65.

Cool, it has C side striping!

Wanna see what subject matter our American and Canadian friends will pick. Thanks in advance for participating. Cheers! Luc

Just learned of the passing of Raymond Gallant, a Canadian modeler, who was one of the earliest members of the Hobby Heaven forum back in the day and continued to be, till a few weeks ago. Rest in peace Ray! Raymond «Ray» Gallant (1947-2024) Neguac - Hommage NB Original source: RIP, Raymond Gallant *LINK* (spotlighthobbies.com)

Got the Commodore, as does my dad.

Thanks for the heads-up Tim. I appreciate it. And yes who knows what the future might bring. Cheers Luc

Very doubtful a model kit of this one will be done but I can dream no?! a ‘71 Opel Commodore GS/E coupe, as seen in the movie cold sweat

Would be neat to revisit them, last time was in '05, maybe someday....

Due to the graphics IMHO the '79 spider version would be neat. What was the last mpc anual, the '80? And if there is, what's the difference between the '79 and '80?

What Mark says....If both the Plymouth and Dodge kits were designed simultaneously, common parts would've been grouped together and specific to model and version on separate trees.

Yeah just saw the post by Tamiya USA on FB. It can't be long now for pics of the contents....

Oopsy

Bingo! Dunno why, but that movie made me aware of this model van (remember I'm from Belgium and was 11 at the time) still prefer the design of the Dodge over it's competitors.

Although powertrain wise they were lambs, I think the styling was spot on. In a perfect world, I would take the powertrain of a '88 GT and put it under a pre-facelift model, a wolf in sheep's clothing

https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/173711-any-chance-amt-might-backdate-the-dodge-van/?do=findComment&comment=2921626 Have one, on which the "original buyer" started to scribe the body to remove the back of the roof. I filled in the gaps some years ago, hopefully, the filler has hardened and didn't shrink too much LOL

Name the movie