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The Dart body got hacked to be used in the Revellion funny car kit. Check it out: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/?showtopic=88319 Actually, aside from the big old hole cut into the trunk lid, they didn't bother doing much else to the body, it appears. Seems like the side trim and even the front fender badge remained. Still had all the door seams, too. (Unlike the AMT Nova wagon body, which was smoothed to create the similar "Boss Nova" funny car.) I'd say there's no chance of them bothering to return the Dart to stock. Wouldn't be surprised if they still have the tool for the body and reissue the Revellion at some point, though. Don't know of them butchering any of the other Mopar '62 annual tools.

That was also my rationale for voting for those two, at least there would be some potential to do something "non-Foose" with those. Don't get me wrong, he's a talented guy and that FD-100 is actually gorgeous. Just not too keen on the one-off show cars. I guess I get a little satisfaction from having voted for the two winners, but frankly I'm not sure if I'll buy either kit.

Had that happen to me in the nineties. Bought a Ford 3-pack (57 T-bird, 57 Fairlane, 63 Galaxie), the roof for the 57 Fairlane was totally folded up, obviously packed when it was still hot. Wrote them a letter and ended up receiving a whole separate 57 Fairlane kit. Figured they sent the whole kit because they needed that size box just to send the body anyway. RC2 was Racing Champions, they're out of the picture now. Round 2 is a different company (although with a confusingly similar name).

That would be the best encouragement for Revell to tool up some more longroofs. Wouldn't it be sweet if they decided to cook up another variation of their tri-five Chevy tooling with a 150 Handyman wagon? I can picture one of those being a nice seller, too...

That would be the best encouragement for Revell to tool up some more longroofs. Wouldn't it be sweet if they decided to cook up another variation of their tri-five Chevy tooling with a 150 Handyman wagon? I can picture one of those being a nice seller, too...

That would be the best encouragement for Revell to tool up some more longroofs. Wouldn't it be sweet if they decided to cook up another variation of their tri-five Chevy tooling with a 150 Handyman wagon? I can picture one of those being a nice seller, too...

Nice job! A childhood friend down the street had one in this exact same color that he destroyed when we were kids. Every time I came over to play, another piece would be busted off of it. Even at that age I felt bad about seeing that. Probably was the fate of most promos back in the day...

As I said, I can look past the rear bumper issue and still get this kit. Still, gotta admit that the more I think about it, the more I'm scratching my head: instead of the incorrect sedan rear bumper (with guards) that they had on the build-up test shot that they displayed, they went through the trouble to tool up a new rear bumper THAT'S INCORRECT IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT WAY? That's the kind of thing that amazes me. If you're going to go through the trouble of changing it, how can you still get it wrong? As I stated, Google image search: 10 seconds of your time will show you what a factory stock wagon rear bumper should look like.

Ahhh, forgot about the plate lights! Thanks for the confirmation, Mike.

OK, maybe I was being a bit presumptuous when I stated that they included an "appropriate rear bumper". But, do you know for a fact that their removal of the rear bumper guards was incorrect? Back in the fifties bumper guards were optional on most cars, and often the rear guards were a separate option from the fronts. This isn't a rhetorical question - I'm actually asking if anyone knows for a fact whether or not this is correct. I'm not familiar enough with '57 Fords to know, so I need to plead ignorance on this one. Also need to keep in mind that this model depicts the higher line Del Rio trim level. Were bumper guards possibly standard on those, even if they were optional on the low line Ranch Wagon? I will say this: after doing a quick Google image search for "1957 Ford Wagon", easily 90% of the cars pictured DO have rear bumper guards, and almost all the ones I spotted without seemed to be customized. So, in order to build a "typical" factory stock '57 wagon, it seems like guards should be included. One final thought: I don't see that anyone has posted pictures of their kit contents yet, much less a complete review. Even if the bumper itself is plain, is there any chance that the correct guards are included, as separate pieces? That's what AMT did on their Trophy Series '56 Ford, so it is conceivable. Can anyone with the kit in hand confirm? Gotta admit, I personally plan to get one of these puppies, regardless of the rear bumper.

Lots of grief gets dished out to Revell on a lot of issues, but gotta give them credit for supplying an appropriate bumper on this one. Who knows if they planned it all along, or if they actually took some constructive criticism to heart. At least now we won't have holes punched in our 1/25th tailgates

Actually, they've done retro boxes on several MPC kits the last couple years. A lot of them have been racing subjects, like the Pepsi Laguna stock car, but they've also done some with retro annual box art, like the 1975 Dodge Dart Sport. Not sure if they've done any from the '60s era, though. That would be pretty cool, since this is one of the earliest MPC kits that still exists, I believe.

If Round 2 has any sense, they'll do retro box art for the 67 Charger , and maybe throw in either a set of their redlines or white letter tires. At least that would give them some kind of selling point for that kit vs. the modern Revell tool.

Good news on the 1970 Chevy Monte Carlo, 1950 Ford Convertible, and 1958 Chevy Impala, all quality kits that haven't been out for a while. If the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T Vanishing Point is the same old convertible kit with the separate top, they really need to stop trying to market that kit as a hardtop, as the separate top has no resemblance to the 1:1 hardtop roofs. Round 2 does have one other Challenger kit in their possession: the old Lindberg 72ish hardtop, which I believe is really a former Palmer kit. From what I'm told it is also pretty much the only Palmer kit ever created with a decent body, which was supposedly copied from the then current MPC kit. From what I understand, the rest of that kit is pretty useless. Theoretically, Round 2 could backdate that body to a 1970 and combine it with the guts of the AMT kit to get a decent actual hardtop kit. But I doubt that would ever happen. This is probably just a straight reissue of the convertible tooling, aimed at the movie memorabilia collectors, like the Beverly Hills Cop Nova and the Jack Reacher Chevelle.

Gotta admit, I was planning on holding off and just getting the Catalina version, but this looks too good to ignore. Looks like this is going on the "must buy" list.

Snake, thanks for doing this comparo. Looks like it should be an easy fix to trim that C-pillar back. I'm suspecting that's the main factor throwing off the whole "look" of this kit, along with the off-road stance that you get out of the box. I'm thinking doing this mod along with dropping the ride height will get this kit looking about 95% correct. Art, I don't doubt the capabilities of John Mueller or Dave Metzner, but didn't I hear that the story of this and the '65 Coronet was that management rammed these kits through into production before all the kinks were sorted out, to keep Wally World happy? (Wasn't ownership RC2 by this time?) That accounted for things like the weakly detailed, molded in headlights, among other things. Wonder if that also factored in to the mis-shapen C-pillar? Speculating that even if they had seen it, maybe they weren't allowed to make any additional tooling changes?

Stopped by Michael's because I had a 50% off coupon. Decided to get a 2nd Revell '32 Ford 5- window, because they're just a treasure trove of parts. Also picked up a Revell '68 Vette convertible, since they had them marked down to $9.99.

Still think the Challengers are the best looking new cars on the road. About 2 weeks ago my brother bought a 2014 100th Anniversary Edition Challenger R/T, in the exclusive metallic red. Very sharp car, and quite rare (never seen one before, and there are quite a few Challengers running around in our area). He told me that the very first day he took it for a drive, he was getting compliments, including from a Camaro SS driver. In overcast conditions, the paint just looks like a normal deep red metallic, but in the sun, it's almost a candy apple red, and very attention getting.

If we're adding the Lindberg "modern" stuff, don't forget the 1961 Impala versions (stock, drag, convertible). Additional variations of kits already listed include the 1968 Roadrunner pro street, 1969 GTX (hardtop) pro street, and the 1970 Monte Carlo lowrider.

Don't have that version, but seem to recall the box art on the side showed a small block with TPI under the hood.

As Brett mentioned when he started this thread, even some more experienced modelers may not be familiar with every model that gets reissued, as far as when the tooling was created. I agree with Tom, this list can be a very useful tool, not only as a reference for which Round 2 tools are "modern" designs, but also to summarize all the variations of each basic tool. I for one forgot about some of these, such as all the 3rd gen Corvette variations and those 1957 Corvettes, too.

All new kit using the Fairlane chassis/mechanicals. The original '60s issue got hacked into an altered wheelbase drag car, which also still exists. That was reissued as the Model King "King's Comet", I believe.

Couple more that come to mind are: 1967 Impala SS 427 (stock and street machine) 1968 El Camino SS396 (stock and street machine) 1971 Duster (stock and street machine) '39 Chevy Wagon Rod '32 Ford Phantom Vickie

Stevens is also listing the MPC 1960 Corvette. No surprise with that one either, since we knew the molds were serviceable, since it was reissued in the RC2 era. I might be interested in that one, since I only recently learned how many building options it offers. Really intrigued by that Larson Pro Stock Vega. Sure seems like that would indicate that they plan to backdate the body to the 1974-1975 nose, which honestly makes it much more usable to depict an accurate pro stock car. That "Twister Vega" kit is actually a misnomer. That body is actually a 1978 Monza S, and was MPC's final update to their Vega tooling. 1977 was actually the final year for the Vega nameplate. For 1978, Chevy offered the Monza S, which was really just the Vega hatchback body with the Monza front end bolted on. Chevy only built about 2000 of them, so most people speculate that it was a way for GM to use up some left over 1977 Vega hatchback body shells. So MPC's kit actually depicts an oddball car that was only produced briefly as a 1:1, and was seldom seen in real life. Chances are MPC had no idea of GM's plans when they updated the tooling for 1978. I suspect that there were never any 1:1 Pro Stock Monza S cars. I'm no expert on mid-70s pro stocks, but I'm wondering if anyone even ran the 1976-1977 Vega nose in Pro Stock? I'm guessing most guys that were running Vegas probably switched to the slicker Monza 2+2 bodies when they debuted in 1975, like Grumpy Jenkins did.

Don't forget the 1975 Cutlass, it was even announced as a release for the stillborn "Illinois Model Company", complete with box art describing supposed updates like rally wheels and white letter tires.