Luc Janssens

The red one is built by Steve Goldman, he's been building pre-production models for box-art and trade shows for ages... I met him the first time in 2003 at the Hobby Heaven party at Dean Milano's model kit museum, where he showed 2 build pre-production samples of the then new amt American Graffiti '55? T-Birds, saw him again last year at Toledo, but didn't recognize him.

The Ford Capri MkII would be nice, the Rabbit you mention less so, due to the recent all new tool by Revell Germany. IMHO they should sell those old compact with some brand new wheels and tires, as extra parts, to make them more exiting for the restomod crowd, but that's just my humble opinion.

You've done good then, because the new release will set you back, at least $25.

They're the same tires as in the original Esci kit, IIRC they also used them in the Mercedes 500 SLC kit

The person who build the Foose truck, did a great paint job.

Happy birthday Harry!

Thanks for the info Bill, didn't know it differed that much, thought new axles,, trans-axles, springs, transfer-box and an extra lever for the interior (give or take a $20,000) A chassis retool is serious $$$$, so guess they didn't see enough people buying the kit just for the 4x4 parts. Too bad. Luc

I'm gonna pass on this one, would've been neat if Revell included a 4x4 set up.

Cool, I'm sending an email to my vendor!

Stealthy, you'd be freaking out, if that car suddenly pop's up in your rear view mirror

Just received a newsletter from Hemmings... Bronco Photo, courtesy of Hemmings

Remember that a coupe of years ago, photo's were posted from test shots, from the then still in development Moebius Ford pickup, and it included a 4x4 set up. It's time that they release the 4x4, it's the one I wanted from day one, but got all 4x2 releases up until now too. Luc

One can also try this Belgian vendor, the parrent company of belkits BTW Domino mail order

Fantastic build, no...love it!

what tires will be in the kit? The '90s amt/ertl release had Mpc tires in them (same as in the original Mpc Mack DM series

The company was bought by a company specializing in stationery and crafts especially for schools IIRC If you can read French..

Action --> reaction Jonathan, please try to be more diplomatic in the future, Christian was only trying to help. Now shake hands...we're all here to escape from real life worries and to be with likeminded just my 2 cents... BTW in the early 2000s the price difference between Revell US and Revell Germany kits was more outspoken, maybe it was because in those days US model manufactures kit prices were, dictated by Walmart which also consumed the bulk of the runs...

Indeed, I paid full retail for one, because I wanted the 4x4 set-up....oh well..

I would use that tool as a door stop, or to weight a dead body so it stays down on the ocean's floor (hmm I sound like Dexter

I wonder if the Amt/Ertl era M&M designed '71 Dodge Charger would be a good starting point for a all new (modified) release of the '72 (since Revell-Monogram already has a '71) They don't need tooling from the old annual for it, just an mint kit, of which they only use the necessary parts, to scan and rework/adapt/enhance* in 3D files, so that they work with the Charger tooling. (*) Looks like they are doing just that, with the restoration of the AMT’s Flying Wedge Rear Engine Dragster! (the following text by Ken Holewczynski, posted September 6th, on the collectormodel.com website.) "After many, many months of research and design, we’re finally ready to release our beautiful Original Art Series issue of AMT’s Flying Wedge Rear Engine Dragster! This was quite the endeavor as the entire body sections had to be retooled, so we took this opportunity to compare it against AMT’s other wedge dragster based on Steve McGee’s Black Beauty. While the two kits were similar, the original Flying Wedge kit’s body was lacking detail and the original McGee kit wasn’t quite accurate. So this time, we authentically duplicated the rear wedge section to match the real McGee car. The wedge section also features additional detailing like sheet metal rivets and in our research, we discovered that the rear lip of the wedge was adjustable by means of a piano hinge along the back. We’ve added that hinge detail, making the this kit the most accurate 1970’s style wedge dragster kit you can build."

He probably salvaged all these parts from Daddy's garbage bin, but could be the creation of an adult too, after a few six packs of brewsky, or a bottle of Jack Daniels...

I also think it's a newly tooled part, Len.

The in the 90s designed Amt C-3 convertible had a luggage rack

My bet is that the powers at Round-2 know exactly what they got, in what state it is and have an estimate, on how much it will take to bring it back into production and if it's worth the cost or not (ROI) It's also in their best interest to keep that info confidential.

You're probably right Rob, but would've been nice, if only to kit bash with the pickup kits. IMHO a 4x4 set up adds real value to a truck kit, but probably sales records of similar kits prove me wrong