Robberbaron

Oh, forgot ALLLLLL about the Demon, and Round 2 even prematurely announced that one, didn't they? I think that makes it official. I suppose you could, but the way the game seems to work is to post incessantly in threads about unrelated subjects, often by other manufacturers. Example: New thread about those 2 new Moebius '65 Dodges: Post #3 from Joe Palooka: "Dunno why we can get this but we STILL haven't gotten the '71 Dodge Demon from Round 2! Dem guys don't know what they're doin!"

Thanks for the info. Kinda surprised they're not using the '68 RR et al dirty bits. Glad to see a wedge under the hood and not a Hemi. Cue the complaining in 3,2,1... Did the original MPC '68 have a wedge too?

We all have our wish lists (top of mine is '68 and '69 Impalas). My smart aleck comment is in reference to the knee-jerk agreement on that one particular subject. All the ones you listed above I would also be happy to see, but good luck generating the groundswell of comments like the '68 Coronet. That one took on a life of its own over the years, to the point of being comical.

Stopped at my LHS on Thursday, and they now have all of the above as well.

What, that Pyro/Lindberg gem doesn't get the job done fer ya? ?

Good eyes Steve - I didn't notice the empty headlight buckets. I agree, retooling a 73-80 cab would open up all sorts of options for mixing/matching cabs/beds. Would be nice if the 2WD parts eventually come back too.

Smart move, 1:1 square bodies are hot right now. And the GMC "Deserter" has been in production for years now, indicating steady demand. Assuming that's the existing "Deserter" cab/guts, with a recreated Chevy grille and step side bed? Looks like that's a new bumper without parking lights (which would be correct for the Deserter), but I think the '81s had the lights in the bumper - correct me if I'm wrong?

Ha, my thoughts too! I'll probably get one hardtop, but I'm happiest that we will stop hearing the incessant '68 Coronet comments in all of these threads, for years on end. My question is, what will replace it as the next "me too" constantly repeated kit request? This one has been going for, what, about 17 years now? (Ever since RC2 mistakenly listed it as an upcoming release ONE TIME)

Hmmm, tough call. I agree that the Cougar wheels overall look more accurate, but those GT emblems do make a big difference. Another source for these wheels is the Revell 1968 Mustang. These are pics of a recent build from Sport Suburban on this forum: From these pics it looks like the trim ring on these may be thicker than the ones that you already have. Tough to tell for sure...

I'll definitely be following this one. After seeing your previous El Camino conversions, I know this will look awesome.

The Crimson Ghost makes everything cooler!

Steve, thanks for posting those. Couldn't find a good pic anywhere, and I'm not sure which box/stack my original is hiding in (haven't looked at it since before my last move)

Also hood (though they look similar with the W-30 scoops, the 71/72 hood was revised due to the grill redesign)

Crossed my fingers and stopped at my LHS this morning, but none of the new ones that niteowl listed yet. Figuring another week and they should have em'.

Glad to hear the '37 trucks are finally hitting the shelves. Seems like that one has been in the pipeline forever. Maybe its just my perception since that's the main one I'm intersted in.

It's the original sixties-era Revell "opening everything" kit.

My LHS had this one on the shelves the other day when I stopped in: No, I couldn't bring myself to buy it.

Got a chuckle out of this. Considering that easily 90% of the employees at my local HL are middle aged women, I'd say you were lucky that they managed to set aside some version of an actual Mustang (as opposed to a Camaro, etc.) It's just a reminder that to the vast majority of the world, anything smaller than a 1:1 is a "model car", which usually is also equivalent to a "toy car" in their mind.

Thanks for posting this! Skipped around a bit through the video, but I agree - very impressive. I'm also not normally much of a fan of the low rider style, but there's no denying the skill amd craftsmanship in that segment, both in scale modeling and 1:1. Having said that, his 1:1 Impala is one of the most tasteful low riders I've ever seen, basically taking the already excellent '65 Impala styling and purifying it as much as possible. With a simple wheel change it could look right at home at Autorama, competing against Foose, etc. The fact that he built his 1/25 version first as a prototype for his 1:1 confirms that scale model building should be taken seriously.

AMT actually marketed two different versions of the '55 2-door sedan. The stock/street machine version, which Round2 just reissued. There was also a 2nd version with the street machine parts plus the Nomad drag parts (which couldn't be built stock, I believe). With all the current gasser madness, I really thought Round2 might reissue that version, emphasizing the gasser/drag parts vs. the '80s/'90s street machine parts, as you mentioned. Since they have the only game in town if you want a '55 sedan, maybe it doesn't matter. But I thought playing up the gasser theme could have helped.

Current pics of that car show it as a '67 (grill/taillights different than '66): Of course I'm no expert, so I'm not sure if it originally ran as a '66 and got updated. As Brian mentioned, most teams ran Galaxies in '66, but this was right when the transition to midsize was happening. I know I've seen pics of at least one or two post-66 Galaxie stock cars. Can't be sure if those were actual NASCAR or one of the other competing associations at the time (USAC, etc.)

Interesting, never saw one of those. At first glance that looked like a shorty 2nd gen Corvair...

Just to confirm Luc and Matt's comments, earlier this year I also requested a warranty replacement part from Revell using the link provided above (windshield frame for the '30 Ford coupe). I entered my request on a weekend, but within a day or two I got a reply saying they would send a replacement, and it would take about 6-7 weeks. Ended up receiving it in about 2 weeks (shipped from Germany) - better lead time than many US based shippers. I also recommend uploading pictures, and specifying the kit # and the part # of the defective part. The way I see it, the more info they have, the better chance of you receiving the correct part (in your case, since you need a new body, that's fairly cut and dried, but with the smaller widgets it's critical to specify what the part number is on the tree)

I've scratched my head over this one too. Since they've converted several of their other diecasts from that era into plastic kits, it seems like a no brainer. Especially as hot as gassers are right now. Then again, maybe the subject of this thread is the answer: maybe those in charge think it would be too similar to this existing tooling? With the low detail and poor proportions, I for one have no interest in this 1/24 kit. But I would definitely be interested if they converted the 1/25 AG '55 diecast. Plus, if they marketed it as the AG '55, that gives them the movie/pop culture tie-in that we've been told is so desirable. With a few changes, they could do a Two Lane Blacktop version as well.

If one were feeling ambitious, they could chop up an MPC Cyclone stock car to replicate the Mercury Cyclone Sportshauler show car. Not sure if the kit of the normal Amphicat would fit in it, though. Apparently they used an Amphicat "Papoose", specially built for the show car, (and presumably smaller than the normal Amphicat)