mikemodeler

Check out Fireball Modelworks, Joseph can set you up with several different styles of 8 lug wheels and tires to match.

You need to contact him, I believe he casts to order now and has a decent turnaround time on orders.

Interesting discussion. I personally think 3D printing and injection molding will be a part of our hobby for a fair amount of time. There are providers out there supplying us 3D parts and kits that the model companies will likely never offer due to the manufacturing costs. 20 years ago we had the likes of Don Holthaus creating masters to resin cast parts and kits that either were long out of production or never kitted and we bought them because it was the only way to build that model we craved. As Don aged and wanted to retire, 3D printing started becoming more common and possibly less labor intensive than casting, and his huge catalog of parts and kits became a memory. People who started out resin casting are moving to 3D printing because of the time and money involved. Joseph at Fireball is retiring some of his resin tire molds and replacing them with 3D prints for that reason. I personally think we are living in a great time for this hobby. So many people offering parts and kits that we could only dream of in the past. You want a Duramax Diesel pickup kit? It can be had with 3D printing. Tire and wheel options are vast and for so many different types of vehicles from trucks to cars in custom or vintage styles. There are people offering us 3D printed kits of vehicles that we could have only dreamed of and now we see people requesting kits so unique that a model company will never kit. I am sure model companies are looking at the technology available today to see how they can incorporate it into developing new kits and reviving kits that need some help to be viable for production and it will be interesting to see what is coming next.

Iceman Collections offers a 69/70 grille to convert the current 72 pickup into a 69/70.

The sale is every other week. The had them on sale last week which means they will be on sale next week.

Fireball has honeycomb and Rally II wheels as well as tires to go with, in 1/24 and 1/25 scale. https://www.fireballmodels.info/index.html

In a somewhat related topic to this, seeing a few sellers on FB posting some of these kits for $25. I'm sure they think they are on the road to riches but only if someone buys the kit.

Fireball Modelworks has a bunch of tires and wheels. Great product and service too!

several hobby shops have reported getting copies

This should be the ones you are looking for: https://houseofhobbies.com/collections/auto-accessories/products/pegasus-rim-tire-set-1-24-312-15-8-spoke-chrome https://pegasushobbies.wpcomstaging.com/product/8-spoke-chrome-rims-with-tires/

Post a picture of the wheel or the kit they can be found in and you might get more help, some of us have extensive spare/leftover parts stashes that may have what you need.

I passed on this 40 years ago, will do so again. The toylike nature of this kit does not get me excited for this one.

For those looking for a stock hood, there is this option from Harts Parts Resin. https://hartspartsresin.com/product/mpc-78-camaro-stock-hood/ I am looking forward to this kit, have a set of period correct rally wheels and whitewall tires, that hood from Harts Parts and a resin L-6 to build a basic Camaro.

Wow, that is worse than what I was expecting. I guess I will hold on to my older MPC Camaro kits that don't have the roof issues this one does.

I think the distribution is greater for the diecast cars than the plastic kits. Sure, when I was kid 50 years ago model kits were everywhere, but so were Hot Wheels and other die cast cars. Fast forward to today and model kits are primarily at Hobby Lobby and hobby shops, many of which are either online or hard to find. But I can hit up my local grocery store and they have Matchbox cars. Look at Target and Wal-Mart- they have all kinds of die cast cars in varying scales. And given that people of all ages collect die cast cars, likely a greater ROI with fewer issues than model kits. Round 2 is not going to stop offering model kits, but they have many different distribution channels to cater to and it stands to reason that there will be times when our model kit fix will have to wait a month or two.