Mark C.

Perfect!

Great job. It really captures the look of those trucks. You are a much braver man than I for masking off and painting those stripes, but it worked out really well.

Love it! I have a Hart's Parts conversion and more or less that's exactly how I plan to do mine. I'd be impressed if it turned out half as nice as yours has.

Great job! Love the Hot Wheels concept.

Great job on the Electra. If I had the time and money, building Too Many Projects stuff could be an entire hobby for me. I love their selection, though the lack of interiors can make it a bit of a challenge. Seriously tempted to get a '68 Wildcat, though.

I always thought the '73s across the board where the nicest versions of the Collonades. Too bad we only got one year of them (probably due to the fact that they were originally supposed to be '72s?).

Other than the wheels and stance, that looks exactly like one that used to be in my area many years ago. IIRC it was a stone stock GS with the chrome Buick rallys on it. I have a Too Many Projects '73 Lemans and a Johan Cutlass to use for the chassis. I was planning to modify the interior tub to represent the Lemans unit with the plan of replicating my high school car. Did you use the Johan glass in yours or did you have to vacuform the glass using the TMP bucks? I don't have vacuform capabilities so I was hoping to get away with the Johan glass.

I wouldn’t worry about what some people say on the internet. There are lots of jokers out there who I swear only log on so they can argue with somebody. Doesn’t matter what the subject is they will argue about it. Now I’ll admit that haven’t bought any of your products yet, but from the photos you have posted, it’s obvious that you take a great deal of pride in getting the details right on. Your engines are works of art. Therefore you should disregard anyone who criticizes anything you do, as they obviously don’t know what they’re talking about, or they just get some sort of twisted joy out of arguing for the sake of arguing.

Where do I sign? 😁

Well said. That is pretty much my understanding, even if I have not articulated it well. I'm happy where my segment of the market is now. Whether it will continue that way is not a concern to me, as I have stuck with it through the driest periods, so I will accept the current boom as a godsend and continue building for as long as I am still able to properly wield an X-acto. Now, about that '67 Galaxie...

From what others have said, I fully expect that sci-fi is more popular than straight up car and truck models. Ragtop made a good case for this earlier. I think “subsidize” would be a strong statement, as Round 2 is a business and not a charity. They are not in business to keep “geezers” happy, so one would have to assume there are profits involved. Just my opinion, and I have been wrong before… How about the ’67 Galaxie? I’d like to see it again, as I am too young to have had a chance to get one the first time around. A ‘68 would be cool as well. Meanwhile, it would be similarly nice to see ‘65/‘66 Polara/Monaco, ‘65 Olds 88, ‘66 Skylark GS, ‘68-‘69 Impala, ‘66 thru ‘69 Bonneville as well!

30 or 300, whatever. Thanks for the explanation, though. You say you are all for restoring and reissuing long lost models, but everything else you say indicates that you are not. Taking your statement at face value, however, I agree with you completely, that there is room for all of us in the hobby. I'm not a "blue hair" (though I despise that ageist characterization, as if people of advanced years deserve derision just for living longer than the rest of us), but I can appreciate long-lost subject matter being revised and reissued, while also being able to appreciate highly-detailed kits, and modern subject matter. I like all of it, and am glad to have the choices available. So I can't understand why you are intent upon raising a fuss with people who are enthusiastic about a particular model subject just because you're not interested in it. Chances are the '67 Galaxie won't see the light of day, but if it does it's Round2's decision, and they are taking the financial risk... nobody is forcing anybody to buy something that they don't like or are not interested in. As far as your kids go, I feel for them that they can't find subject matter that they're interested in, though some of the subjects you mention are in fact available already. Lots of trucks out there, though perhaps not the latest and greatest pickups, but trucks in general are well covered. I'd like to see a new Ram, F-150, or Silverado, though. You never know what may be around the corner for that, given the recent popularity of pickup kits in the market. There are new kits of the Bronco and Charger by Round2. They are nice, detailed kits based off of factory data and build quite nicely. Revell has recent Jeep kits as well. There are lots of supercar models out there, though. I recently bought a Tamiya kit of the newest NSX - it's quite nice, Revell just released a nice new Corvette kit, plus there are lots of Porsches, etc. Just look at Tamiya's sports car line, there are lots of choices there if your kids are legitimately interested in building them. The thing is, other than Ragtop's sci-fi/fantasy comment, I'm not sure that the car genre is something that most teenagers and young adults would actually be willing to spend the money on and go to the effort of building. It seems that the younger world is more taken with digital pursuits in general, than actually cutting, sanding, painting and gluing, like most of us were and many still are. I don't know if model companies would do well basing future car kits off of a younger demographic, unless it had a link to a sci-fi movie/show, or whatever, like the Stranger Things kits that Revell is bringing out (looking forward to the Blazer for myself). If the market is there, somebody has probably done a study on it and will adjust their business case appropriately. Otherwise, the companies whose products have no sales appeal will go out of business. That's how I see it, anyhow. Anyhow, I hope you don't take my comments as any sort of slam or projecting some sort of negativity towards you. I am just saying it as I see it. As others have said, just my two cents, no more no less. YMMV.

I was mostly reacting to Ragtop’s post that made it sound like the only good tooling investments are in the sci fi, fantasy, etc. genre, but sure, I’ve always been content to leave the business decisions in the hands of the good people at Round 2. Whatever they choose, I’m sure I’ll be happy with it. I personally find it fun when someone makes a suggestion about a potential reissue and I like to play along. It just rots my socks a little when there is negativity tossed into a fun conversation, but that’s just me. Plus I’ve heard enough shade cast towards “boomers” from younger generations that if I never heard it again I would be just fine. The suggestion that a subject like this probably shouldn’t happen because only the geezers and the fringe would buy it doesn’t sit well, but that’s probably more about me than anything else. In the end, you’re probably right anyhow… so I will try to keep my excitement about the direction that the hobby has been taking in check, because it is probably not going to last…

Fair enough, I was just wondering why we are saying there are 300 better choices considering the context of the thread, but your explanation covers that. Thanks!

So from this point of view, we greyhairs should never expect to have any subject matter to build, because we aren't into the latest greatest fantasy fad. I'm feeling kind of apathetic as I have no interest in sci-fi/fantasy/gaming/superhero stuff, and thus will have to build off of my stash for my remaining days, or forego groceries for a week or two and purchase a 3D print body that I will have to scratch build a chassis and interior for. Hmmm... What about military modelers? They don't fit into the above category, yet by the new releases I see coming out regularly, they seem to be getting every variance of what appears to be somewhat esoteric subject matter. Is military modeling dying just like car modeling? Oh well... I must get my walker and go for another dose of Geritol before I keel over in my frailty. Maybe I can live long enough to knock out one more replica of an evil fossil-fuel-consuming conveyance from an era too long ago for anybody to remember... 😄

In the context of the original post, IMHO, the topic revolves around Round2 (AMT) doing a clone/reissue of the old ‘67 Galaxie kit, which hasn’t been available in many, many years. As they have been tackling many projects such as this, we’re really just talking about whether this subject matter could fit into their business plan. Regarding the other “better” choices, many of those are covered by other manufacturers, and additionally are not available subjects for Round2 to clone/reissue. So… bring on a ’67 Galaxie. I hope it will make the cut because I would buy one.

Awesome! I was waiting for the Canada Post strike to be over before I put in an order, but I am intending to get some of your stuff in the near future. Thanks for keeping us in the loop!

I'm excited about it too! Just a suggestion: Maybe you could bring some of the photos and quote some info that has already been posted about it for the future life of the thread, otherwise it will get lost in the other threads over time. Bring it all to one place so that we can be reminded as it gets closer to production.

I dunno. Having read most if not all of Steve G’s posts on the cloning and reissuing of old kits, I would think that more of us would understand the efforts that it takes to make this happen and be appreciative of it. Maybe some of us don’t remember the dry period that car and truck models went through some 20-ish years ago, when this was considered a dying hobby that was basically a kid’s activity, but since then the choices have improved to a point that I couldn’t have imagined back then. There are some great new tools out there for those that “need” the latest and greatest, but then for the rest of us there are also some awesome kits of subject matter that we would not ever have dreamed of seeing again, and would never see if it weren’t for cloning of old kits or modified reissues. I for one am happy to have the choice, and also recognize that the parts are out there to create a super detailed version of most of these reissues if somebody wants to put the effort into doing it. For me, I’ve never seen a better time to be in the hobby and I am thankful for it. And as Can-Con said, don’t buy it if you don’t like it. It’s really up to the companies investing the money into these kits to decide what to do. Our only job is to buy what we like. How does it get any better than that in the ‘real world’?

To this day it seems odd to me that Oldsmobile contracted out for Cutlass promos for ‘73-‘75(?), but none of the other GM divisions went that route. Chevy went for Impala, Camaro, Vega, etc, but no A-body. Pontiac had just Firebird (I think), I don’t think Buick did anything, and Cadillac didn’t have an A-body, but did Eldorado. Olds also did Tornado in the early ‘70s. It just seems curious that GM didn’t seem to have a corporate wide promo philosophy (or maybe they did but it’s just not obvious to me). In reality, as much as I would like to see a major model company take on a ‘73 Chevelle, GTO, or Century, I believe they will only be covered by the aftermarket 3D and resin suppliers. Which is fine as there would likely not be mass market appeal for these cars.

Any ‘73-‘77 GM A-body would be welcome from my perspective. An El Camino would be very cool!

I’ve been wondering whether a ‘71 variant would be possible as well. Admittedly I don’t have much knowledge of the details of these cars, so I don’t know if the interiors are the same between the two years?

I’ll provide a counterpoint and point out that nobody else is making ’72 Chevelle or ‘76 Dart Sport kits. While we would all like to have newly tooled detailed kits of everything, for most subject matter it’s just not going to happen. So I’ll offer my opinion that I’m happy to see reissues of these old annuals with updated parts and decals because that’s the only way I will have a chance to get the subjects in 1:25. It would be nice to not have to fix legacy errors when building them, but at the end of the day, if I can have a built model that was fun to do and looks great on the shelf, I’m happy.

No worries there. School is more important than anything else. We can wait for parts. Besides, perfection takes time!

Sounds like a neat truck!