Casey

Look on eBay. While there are not a ton of choices, there have been several 1/16 scale kits available trough the years which might provide good tires and wheels for you. The recently reissued 1/16 MPC '79 Firebird has decent Goodyear GT Radial street tires, the AMT '57 Chevy Bel Air convertible included some nice Cragar S/S wheels, etc. Do a search in the eBay Automotive Models & Kits section using 1/16 as your search term and check out your options. Don't forget to search Completed Items, too.

It took twenty seconds to find three on eBay for $24.95 each.

I'm 99% sure it is a three-pulley, race only type setup, with no provision to use the alternator and blower belt. There are a few 1/12 scale TDR BBCs in the Big Boys section which were printed through Shapeways, so take a look at them and see how much work will be required. I have yet to see a commonly available 3D printed part with smooth surfaces (such as the deck surface of an engine block), but the grainy texture of a 3D printed part is good for replicating the cast iron surface of an engine block, cylinder heads, etc. When it gets down to the smaller details (say, freeze plugs, engine mount bosses, etc.), kit parts still have better detail.

Now I see it. Thanks, Don.

See here:

I think it would be packaged as a stand alone kit, rather than with a tractor or with any type of vehicular payload. Round2 could reissue the Ford C-900 Tiit-Cab Tractor separately, too, like Stevens International did a few years ago. I think offering both as separate kits, rather than packaged together, would be the better option:

I thought the little semi-circular lines I saw were remnants of the vent holes (left wheel, below), but they seem to be too far toward the outside diameter. There is also some damage (mold corrosion?) around the lips of some of the wheels, too:

It would help to remove the other members who also were previously banned, but came back under new user/screen names.

Please, try this first, as there are many existing topics with many opinions and suggestion regarding which masking tape to use, which is the "best", etc.: You should get plenty of hits within less than a second:

There are a few modern era Revell Mopar kits which would provide much better suspension pieces. The '69 Charger R/T and/or Daytona, and '68 Charger R/T would be my parts donor suggestions. In fact, dump that MPC Charger entirely and use the Revell '69 as the starting point.

Thanks for the clarification, Randy. I'm looking forward to seeing what you offer in the future. What are the specs on the printer, media, and resolution which were used to print the wheels Pico designed?

Thanks, Steve. I found a YouTube video for the AMT/Ertl "Classics" kit with the black car on the box art (#31540), and the 6x2 parts and the custom grille insert are present, but the lakes pipes and roadster windshield frame are not: ...and the custom grille shell insert has been moved, too: ...but the most recent reissue has it moved back to where it originally(?) was located (Tim's pic):

One thing I would be careful of is the images used for reference. I would suggest trying to find only true vintage, original images, rather than images of either buildings or vehicles which have been restored.

The top two wheels are very, very nice, and the surface appears to be very smooth, which is ideal. I did not find them on MBW's website, and MBW appears to be a re-seller for products made by others. Maybe they have yet to add them? Pico, did you purchase theses wheels directly from MBW, and if so where on the website did you find them? The only products which come up after a search for "3D printed" are a few from Futurattraction. Unfortunately, the bottom wheel has a wavy/undulating surface finish which is very visible.

I picked up the '86(?) AMT/Ertl #6591 issue of the '36 Ford, took pics of the contents (which can be viewed here: http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/thread/1142/25-amt-ertl-6591-ford ), and I wondered about a few few changes I noticed which had not been mentioned in this topic: 1) The custom rear license plate surround had the "1936" removed at some point. A small change, inconsequential change which nobody likely minded. 2) When was the 6x2 carb and intake option eliminated? It was definitely not included in the '74(?) Street Rods issue, but was still present in the T243 Gasser (cartoon art) issue. 3) Has the 3x2 option for the Pontiac V8 been present in every issue? 4) Was the Dick Tracy issue from 1990 the first to include the 5-window top section?? I've seen another (unknown) issue molded in white, which included the 5-window top, but the most recent reissue does not include the 5-window top section. 5) Is the Dick Tracy issue body, with the altered door cut lines, correct for a roadster?

I think Atlantis may be more incline to release kits within the automotive genre which do not include vinyl tires-- kits such as the Unreal Roller, the SnapTite 1/32 scale Funny Cars, the 1/32 scale Dodge and Chevy Van kits, etc. Those kits alone would give them a few years worth of releases.

Gary pretty much nailed it, so you can find many pictures of vintage tow trucks, which served as the only truck at old service stations many times. More pics here:

Yes, it is. From what I was reading earlier today, something about shear forces increasing as the molten plastic passes from the runners through the gates, increasing fill rate, etc. Pretty amazing stuff, really. Here are are a few images of both the cavity and core sides of two different molds, all shared by Atlantis models vie either their blog or facebook pages. While they are molds for ships (USS Iowa is the one set up in the molding machine) one can still find many details common to injection molded model kit molds:

Great news. Hopefully they stick with the original artwork for future releases, too. Fingers crossed for the Leap Hog, Roar'n Peace, Rat Vega...the list is long.

Point taken. My original question was answered, so please, lock this topic.

The in-development '77 Impala in February 1974, looking very Monza S sedan like:

What ever you use, PLEASE make sure the wires are not glossy. I have seen people use wires which are coated with some type of glossy insulation, and it comes off looking cartoonish. Do some quick online research regarding the brand and model of plug wires you want to replicate, then attempt to replicate that exact sheen. Often times, the glossy sheen of the insulation surrounding wires can be dulled with a quick wipe down of a strong solvent such as lacquer thinner, making them much less shiny, and giving them a satin sheen, similar to these MSD plug wires: Also keep in mind if you are replicating a used vehicle, everything will tend to show some wear and dulling, as seen in this Mazda engine bay, spark plug wires included:

There is info regarding this reissue already posted on the forum. The fact that you have not made any effort to spend your time looking for it, while twice expecting others to provide that "proof" for you, speaks volumes to your sense of entitlement. Back to the topic at hand, I wouldn't be so quick to judge what original issue kits are being sold for, or what people are asking for them. Until we see the exact contents of the reissue, it's impossible to say what might have changed, or how that might affect demand for an original versus a reissue. While I think $199.99 is a bit steep, someone else may be perfectly happy paying that asking price.

Dave lengthened the edit window to 3 days, so everyone should be able to edit their content because of grammatical errors, spelling, etc. within that three day window of creating your post.

$.05 and $.50, according to this '66 Trophy Series Kit parts price list: http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/thread/1141/1966-trophy-series-parts-price