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Rick, my HL also had the new Charger stickered for $29.99. Did a double take when I saw that - never expected to walk out of a store paying less than $20 for one of these. Also grabbed the lone '64 Cutlass hardtop kit that they had at mine. They had a single mangled one over a year ago, and I hadn't seen another one till the other day. (The convertibles are always crowding the shelves)

This ? Not sure why, but the last reissue of that Blazer a!ways seemed scarce, to the point that I never actually saw one in the flesh. Which is surprising since my LHS at the time pretty much carried anything that Round 2 produced. At the time, I casually assumed that they would eventually get it in, or I would find it somewhere else, but that never happened. At the time it wasn't a "gotta have it" kit for me, but now I wish I'd tracked one down.

Welp, I didn't think I needed another Super Bee kit until you just confirmed this, Steve! Good stuff! In case anyone hasn't seen a 1:1 with Ledger Green "C stripes":

Tim, Agreed, I have the first issue Pro Street kit with those C-stripes. I know one of the more recent Round 2 reissues also offered them in black or white: However, I don't think they've previously offered them in blue, which is quite rare in 1:1. In my opinion, its quite eye catching:

Thank you for posting these pics for us, Tim. Glad to see the '60 F100 will include an engine and have the bed separate. Also really liking that new box art for the '70 Super Bee. Sure seems to indicate that the decals will include the C-stripe in blue, which I think will be a first. Will be doubly sweet if they also include a blue bumble bee stripe.

Very, very cool. All your effort paid off!

This is turning out great. Looking forward to the completion!

Personally, I wouldn't put much stock in some of those pictures: many of them are obviously placeholders. Safe bet that Round 2 isn't planning to use that bland '90s box art for the '67 Chevelle and '57 T-bird, or the Model King box art for the '70 Wildcat. Bet someone just Google searched "AMT 1967 Cyclone" and grabbed a pic of the old annual. Although, with some of the things Round 2 is doing, it's conceivable that they could add to the Ertl tooling to replicate the old annual. Also questioning the Revell 1970 Torino GT box art. I've seen listed elsewhere that it's actually the 1970 Torino Cobra that's getting reissued. That one is more "due" for a reissue, so that would make more sense. Probably someone doesn't understand the difference between the GT and Cobra versions.

Look at the sky, its the picture.

About a year ago, there was an interview with Jim Keeler posted to YouTube. In it, he showed some mockups of the various projects on which he was working. He clearly had an assembled Nailhead on the bench. My presumption is that it was the Parts Pack version, so I'm assuming there's plans to include it in one of the upcoming "Keeler's Kustoms" releases.

Good to see the 1970 Wildcat coming back. Don't think I previously heard about the '59 Cadillac ambulance w/ gurney. Guessing that's the AMT tool that was last issued as the Surf Shark. Wonder if they've tooled up factory stock Caddy wheelcovers and a correct rear bumper? To pass as a correct "factory stock" ambulance, it really needs those items. Guessing the '66 Galaxie "Sweet Bippy" box art will mimic the original quite closely:

Not sure if your source was Stevens International, but here's what I'm seeing for recent AMT announcements on their site:

I suspect there will suddenly be renewed interest in this thread. Looks like Stevens International (allegedly) let the Kat out of the bag:

For that price, let's hope that they've stepped up their QC game. The last Lindberg reissue was prone to severe sink marks on the ends of the bumpers. The first one I purchased from HL actually had a hole entirely through one of the bumper ends.

Now THAT is interesting! It blows my mind that an item like that somehow managed to survive all of the tooling purges and ownership changes over the years. Guessing it must have been benignly forgotten, tucked away out of sight. There's no way it was deliberately saved during the big tooling purge of the late '60s/early '70s. That's an obscure subject, even for the crowd on this board. (Don't think I've ever seen a request for that subject) Of course, you may have opened Pandora's box by admitting the body still exists. That's the cue for all the crackpots to start posting ad nauseam about recreating all the remaining components, 'cause they would "buy a case", dontcha know...?

Try 25%, and it's still in effect to this day (to a lesser extent). This is the infamous "Chicken Tax", which started out in 1964 as retaliation to European tariffs on imported (US) chicken. Besides the BRAT, there have been all sorts of other creative workarounds to avoid the tax. Pretty much all the Japanese-built mini trucks in the seventies were imported as chassis cabs, and the beds were installed here to avoid the tax. More recently, when the Ford Transit Connect was being built in Turkey, they were all imported into the US as passenger vans with rear seats and windows. Once they arrived stateside, Ford would rip out the back seats and windows and install blankouts to convert them to cargo vans. Once NAFTA passed, that eliminated Mexico and Canada from the list of countries affected by the tax.

Fully agree with your definitions. And when discussing American vehicles (at least through the sixties era), it's a matter of fact, not opinion. It's not as common nowadays, but many cities used to have truck restrictions on certain roadways. Not just weight limits, but any vehicle registered as a truck could be forbidden from using a certain street, boulevard, etc. I believe it was usually instituted in downtown, upscale business districts. So certain businesses located in those areas (or that needed to deliver into those areas) needed a vehicle that could be registered as a passenger car. I'm not sure if it's still in effect, but a certain Chicago suburb used to forbid any registered truck from being parked in a home's driveway overnight. (If you were a lowly peasant who drove one of those dirty, dirty trucks, you needed to conceal it within your garage, lest the neighbors become offended)

Stopped at my local store on my way one from work. Got the last two '32 Fords, and one of the Ram pickups. Also picked up one of the Diablos to build with my son, since he's a Lambo nut. They also had the Ford police car, Raptor snap kit, Viper, and LOTS of the Mustang SVT and Corvette Z06.

Very impressive, especially for the short amount of time that you spent on it. You obviously have an eye for detail. Not sure if you're familiar with it, but your work reminds me very much of both Repstock's (Tom), as well as Ken Hamilton's,which is high praise: https://public.fotki.com/khamilton/models/playland_penny_arcade/page19.html https://www.kenhamilton-miniatureconstruction.com/gallery Please keep us updated on your new project. P.S. Nice work also on the A roadster. From which kit did you source the hemi?

Stopped at my local store the other day. Finally had the Revell '37 Ford truck, so picked one up. All the '71 442s from a couple weeks ago were gone.

You haven't been on this board very long... ?

I don't think I saw it in their 2023 catalog, but they have the '68 Firebird displayed as a new release, as well.

During the covid shutdowns, I seem to recall Chad posting videos from his home garage, with a 1:1 Datsun Z car (I think first gen?). I suspect his interest is mostly Japanese brands, so the bulk of the Round 2 subject matter probably isn't his cup of tea. He very well may not be a modeler at all. Keep in mind the majority of each monthly R2 video is their various diecasts and slot cars.

No problem articulating my preference: I have no interest in owning a 1:1 convertible. Why would I want to purchase/build a model of a car that I wouldn't want as a 1:1? Same reason I don't buy/build European exotics. I suspect the same applies to most model builders. When there's a model subject that I want, and the only version is a convertible, of course I'll pick one up. A perfect example is the MPC 1970 Bonneville convertible. We're lucky that the tooling still exists, but I would much prefer if it was the hardtop.