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Sweet Save, Snake! I like the colour!

Well, That is 2 kits sold then.

I really like the looks of the Mercer roadster! Sharp looking car. Hard to believe that it has been longer since the revival, than the revivial was from the original. 1913 Mercer Raceabout. 1963 Mercer Revival.= 40 years. 1963 to present (2022) = 59 years. Similar numbers for all the others.

No worries, Greg. I was a T-38 crew chief, so I can tell them apart.

So, any idea when Round2 will try to run the "Beverly Hillbillies" Olds again? How about trying to get a new touring car body tooled up? It would need the Touring Body, Interior floor, Front & rear seats. Running boards, Rear fenders, New Hood, and some New (non chromed) Hub Caps. That would get you a stock Touring car and the B/H Car and then the Jethro's Hot Rod version. Or, how about tooling up a large Mercer/Stutz style gas tank, a small platform and a trunk and have a T.R.O.G. style Speedster? Less tooling and just some decals..... Or, Just bring back the Stutz Bearcat Kit. It would be nice to have the machine guns from the original kit, but they were pretty bland, really, and would be laughed at today. But the kit itself is nice. Just a change in directions, showing where to cut off the fenders, and some Number Decals would allow a 2'n'1 Racer & Stock Stutz to be built. Be nice to have a racing straight exhaust pipe too, but that would require tooling up one part. Lastly, do what the '23 T Depot Hack box always suggested. Run the Depot Hack with the '23 Roadster Hot Rod Parts. Given how the kit was tooled, it "Should" be pretty easy to combine the parts in one box. Do it right and you could have a 4'n'1 Kit. Stock or Rod, '23 T Roadster or Depot Hack. Some ideas to try.

I don't see that argument flying in court, Sean. Have a good attorney before you attempt that line of reasoning in front of a judge. No, if you say it is unfair to use those kinds of marked cars, I agree with 100%

That Trojan is Cheap! too. Used to be a 50-65K Warbird.

No Charger....? Not really a very good 2'n'1 kit then is it. This kits gets worse, the more I learn about it. I see Revell now has a "B" Team working on projects. The choices are narrowed down to "Rollbar or Backseat" & "Your Choice of Hood Scoops" . Way to (not) Go, Revell!

Sad, I really liked that kit. When new, it was the first Muscle Car kit I ever built. Up to then, it had been Tom Daniels Showrods and Airfix 1/72 Blister Pack planes. It does not look misshapen to me at all, but I'm well known for not being able to see the proportion errors that stand out to others. I'd gladly build a couple more of these kits, if Revell brought them out. But, I agree that the wheels are wrong.

Thanks , Craig!

Thank YOu, Chris!

Thank You, Bill!

Beautiful T-28 Trojan. Got any more pics of that?

How soon before this hits the shelves? I want to see inside one, just to see how Revell handled the options.

Beautiful Build, Robert. I really like the colour!

Great History on these kits. Thanks for sharing the link.

Boy, I know others are happy, but that list is a huge, steaming pile of "Meh!" to me. Even the New Tool kits are not in my wheelhouse. Maybe better kits next year.....

Yeah, Dave. One year I got three of those kits in various Round-Robin Kit exchanges. Not a big seller, and not built much either. Let's hope Round2 can do the kit justice this go round.

Love, the 'fat' Cooper Bombs!

+2

So, will the Revell (ex-Monogram) kit build into the Halicki car?

Just a note. I worked for a Fuel tanker company for 2 years. The average Gas station has about 24-48 hours of gasoline in the underground tanks, at normal sales volume. Most Stations get a new shipment every 24-36 hours. Normally gas prices are raised at the pump, every time a new load is delivered. These are not normal times however, and some stations may try to raise prices more often. Try not to ever let the tank get below half. If things in your area go truly pear-shaped, at least you'll have a half a tank. Modern ethanol gas additives make storing gas in gas cans problematic. It is not shelf stable for as long. So don't fill a couple cans and expect it to last for more than a few weeks, if that. I put over 200 miles a week on my van, just for work. And my boss has announced that there will be no raises this year......

Dang! Why does nobody ever show the passenger side of these cars????

Amazing that the 3500 series tooling could just disappear! But, all those moves,,,, Thanks for the update, Steve.

Amen, Mark!