Luc Janssens

My mistake.

With so many tools ( Amt, Mpc, Revell, Monogram, Fujimi) available of that gen Camaro, very unlikely

Good question, as the regular '70 Dodge Charger kit is (per Revell AG) also unavailable on the EU market.

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I passed on the previous releases of this tool mainly because it's curbside, and for off road vehicles I like all the greasy bits to be present including the engine, the reason also I'm not interested in the one Meng released.

Too bad these all suffer from sinkmarks at the front and rear cap, one would think engineers would've solved this problem by altering the tooling a bit in those areas.

Mine are the '69-'70 Jo-Han Cadillac DeVille and Mpc '72 Roadrunner, depending on the outcome of the FF Revell kit the latter one may or may not fall off that list.

No the current Revell fastback doesn't share anything with this kit, which turned into a funnycar IIRC

easy fix though, just need a pair of scissors. It's kind like with MPC not having the Trans Am licensing back in the day

check out Chris his video....

It's a great build, no doubt about that, but it also shows like sour thumb that the facia is incorrect too much of an angle, the Monogram 1/24th scale kit suffers from the same problem. Time for Revell to tool up a new one based on their coup!

I think he has a successful partnership with Moebius now, where his talent and experience benefits both actors.

IIRC these were done under Ertl management and two with the help of Dave Burket.

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Indeed, but think nowadays they use smaller tooling to facilitate the adding of extra parts, to existing traditional non-modular designed tooling. Remember Revell suddenly adding a wagon to the '57 Ford? Depending on tooling design blocking off unwanted parts can be a problem, cuz it might interrupt the flow of plastic, so they either get included as extra part in a kit, or cut off in the pre-packaging state and regrind. But one also has to remember that back in the old days, insert swapping was very common, parts which were originally in one kit, a few years later ended up in another, one example the amt '66 Chevy Impala engine in the '61 Ranchero, MPC really mastered it, and without good records, the headache of engineers in search of an insert to re-release a certain kit. Nowadays newly designed tools incorporate the possibility of several versions, the execution varies between companies. Now Tom, I'm not an engineer, but used to be a problem solver and set up the work sequence and workstation requirements so an operator had the info, tooling, time and the necessary parts to perform his or her task in a ergonomic and foolproof manner, so give me some slack

The announcement say's convertible. AMT PLASTIC MODEL KITS Plastic Model Kits Brand Product # Description Suggested Retail Price Status AMT PLASTIC MODEL KITS AMT-1200 1/25 1964 Olds Cutlass F85 Convertible $35.95 TBA Personally I find it strange that they don't go for a hardtop body when tooling all new, cuz hardtops sell a lot better, perhaps it's because of the interior tub.

It's all about the willingness to put money behind the idea, it takes money to make money. Up until now the tool was waste, an incomplete paid for block of steel that was taking up space and costing money, one can do two things then, (ROI) depending on the state of the tooling, desirability of the subject and restoration costs and that is invest the cash or dump it, simple as that. Revell (before the Hobbico implosion) could do it, and so does Moebius and many other foreign model companies, I think it's more about the focus of the money guy of Round-2, the big savior of the legacy of Amt, Mpc and to a much much much much much lesser extent Lindberg

Yet somehow the military/plane side of the model kit spectrum keeps on getting more detailed, I guess our efforts to bring automotive kits a few notches up are useless....Let's revive Palmer! a quote from the Borg, "resistance is futile"

Hmmm, somehow the topic changed from Round2 to Monogram

This is the post I'm referring to Tim... About the wagon comment, they tooled a lot of the stuff they needed for a wagon, when designing the 4dr. hardtop, only needing the following additional parts - body - side panel extentions for the trunk area or all new side panels - rear seat and backing - trunk floor - clear (windshield, rr side glass and backlite) - rr bumper taillite trim assy - wheels with hubcaps or covers (which they can re-use for a non sci-fy 4dr. h/t) An all new kit or a variant from another tool would cost much much more, and their track record shows that money for automotive projects always seems tight, vs Sci-Fi/fantasy All aforementioned is not set in stone, but that's what I personally think based on monitoring sites like these and my wacky creative brain

By reading here how easy it is to turn it into a 442 I think it is, and the wagon they also talked about I assume is a '67 Chevy Impala.

Even if he knew, it's still not the best kit, and too bad Revell didn't base theirs on their excellent '64;

Can be offered as decals then, the badges I mean.

At least Round-2 puts the parts layout on the box bottom, but the moniker "classic kit" with a bit of history printed on the box would be a plus JMHO

Without the body they had a useless tool, where they paid for, so it's good business sense to tool up a new body (and probably clear too) , cuz now it can make money.