Luc Janssens

Revell already posted a link to the instruction sheet on their site. Instruction sheet

Looks good Tim, I just got my copy in the mail with a few other kits.. No Toledo for me this year, no budget due to a lousy bookkeeper. But reminisced about it today, because earlier today when I pulled my winter coat out of the closet, I found a receipt for the plane ticket I used last year, sigh...

Wonder if Aoshima was contacted/contracted to kit this trailer by Brian James?

How many of the releases,( since they bought the physical remains of Amt, Mpc and Ertl and the brand name licensing that came with it, from RC2/Tommy, and a few years later Lindberg), that hit the market were except for box-art, decals and tires, straight reissues? And how many releases were retooled (backdated, restored) and to what kind of extent (parts percentage wise, 5, 10, 20, 30%?) Anyway, I'm just trying to convey the message that the good people at Round-2, have to be great at tight-roping, balancing every step/decision they make and time will tell if they mastered it. And about us hoping and craving for certain kits coming back, well Round-2 isn't a candy store you walk in and buy to hearts content, but where there's hope there's life

I see a few here think it's possible to undo, what was changed during the course of the existence, of tooling x, y &z.. Yes it is possible, but you have to take a few matters into account. - How much $$$$ is involved, vs projected market demand (return on investment) - Is it still physical possible, to rework the inserts (enough material left in the cavities, for example) or does one has to reverse engineer from a vintage kit, and what percentage are we talking about (5%=minor rework --> 80% almost complete resto) - Does it make sense to invest in a +40 year old tool, when a competitor can tool up an all new 21st century kit, if the demand for the subject matter, indicates that it will be a good performer, and if so can Round-2 take the loss (what's their work capital, what's their turnover, what's their profit?) Maybe...if Round-2 has everything on file, what's in their tooling (bins, crates, racks), they can do some house clean up, to: - get some funds in, from the scrap value. - to free up some space in their warehouse and save $$$$ in rent. To round it up, it's nice to dream, because for us it's a hobby, an escape from reality, but...for people in the biz, I'm sure it's a struggle to meet the goals set out by whoever lends them the cash, and that is, and always will remain the bottom line: ROI!

Maybe they're trying to find the right balance to be able to still release model kits of modern subjects, dunno, but when looking at the posts made here of the Bronco they seem more confident on the return on investment on that one....

A new Range Rover would be nice...

I seem to recall such a truck was used in the series Blue Thunder.....but I could be mistaken...

That 4dr Chevy beater looks very realistic, so does the 'vette and you did a fine job on that Goat, which Mpc and later RC2 and Round-2, milked for far too long, an all new kit of the '68-'72 era is badly needed and hopefully wanted too.

Very interesting....but do they have a vehicle in their catalog, to tow it?

Is it a rumor, cuz the info was passed along by a respectable mail order biz, via their newsletter, which also mentioned that Revell was fixing it. But if anyone here has a direct line with the powers at Revell, please do contact them......to confirm, deny, or for a "no comment".

besides subject matter, the kit design makes it fun, lotsa parts, ways to built it to your taste, unlike some one way kits which do nothing with the creative mind (unless you start to kit bash) a setting a modeler has by default.

Toylike, hmm......think most toys today are much more sofisticated then this.

amt

No, Wim Verlinden lives in the US, the whole family migrated to the USA in the late 90s IIRC.

Then you sold stuff I produced, since I worked there for a few years, 'till I got in trouble with his son, Wim (he's some character). Francois (or Swa as we used to call him) was a great guy and a fantastic painter and diorama setting expert, for building and lots of scratch building, he had a great team of friends (like my dad Eddy) of which some gave up their day job to start work for him.....but there's his son again, and a lot of those friendships went sour, even with his American partner Bob Letterman (of the former VLS Corp, later sold to squadron)

Indeed Tom, that is problem solving, trying to find the root cause, through tracking... About injection molding cycle time, is it something that is adjustable by the operator, or is it a fixed setting by a molding expert or the company who contracted them with the work...

The day that those elected by the people, for the people, will start working for the people, trying to build and organize a better America, an America which works for everyone who's paying taxes, and not only for the ones, who actually try everything to avoid paying them, will be a day to remember. Now those in power are only ego tripping and riding the money train, the founding fathers are spinning in their grave... just my 2 cents

Some interesting info here...

he should've made sure you had a prescription ready if needed, or is he a newbie?

Wasn't this talked through when your doctor explained the procedure?

You will fight it, cancer is like a punk, once looking into a barrel of a 44 magnum, they're history!

100%, I don't see them tool up all new body sides, would be a waste of money.

Indeed, since they restyled the back for new safety regulations.