Casey

Just a heads up for those who may have missed it. Round2 is reissuing the '60 Chevy Custom Fleetline shortbed pickup (the new-tool-from-the-'90s kit) along with the vintage go-kart from the '60s era AMT Chevy longbed pickup kit: AMT-1063 1/25 1960 Chevy Custom Fleetside Pickup Truck w/Go Kart

To add to what Brett mentioned, from this article, dated 9/11/2018: http://www.finescale.com/online-extras/extra-articles/2018/09/revell-usa-is-back "Revell Inc.’s offices were closed in April after Hobbico, which owned Revell, declared bankruptcy and sold Revell’s assets to a German investment group that consolidated the business under Revell Germany , where all engineering and product development will now occur. Aguilera said sales and marketing for the US market will take place in the Illinois office. He said the US distribution channel will be much as it was before the ownership change and before Hobbico’s closure. Included will be Horizon Hobby in Champaign, Ill., which bought much of Hobbico’s facilities and its radio-control product lines. Aguilera also added that Revell Germany products will begin arriving at the US warehouse within a few weeks to expand the US product line. A lot of new items are in the development pipeline too, he said, estimating about 60 products in production, including the restock of existing items and production of new releases."

Two out of three's not bad. I'm a bit surprised we haven't seen either one reissued, especially the Bronco. Round2 has reissued two earlier Chevy Blazer kits, but not the AMT Bronco kit. There seem to be some healthy indication that the AMT Subabru BRAT is going to be reissued eventually, so I'll leave that off my wish list for now. Only if the Turbine engine can be included. Otherwise, pass: Yes, please: Why not this too, with the 1/16 tractors being reissued semi-recently?:

Bush Baby reissue or bust.

That was always my understanding, from reading comments and opinions here on the forum and elsewhere, but I never had the complete kit in my possession until recently. I do agree the small block Ford V8 and 4-speed manual trans parts are worth seeking out as donor material (though the 351 SBF from the Revell Pro Street T-bird/Lincoln LSC kit si a bit better IMHO): I also would concur with you opinion regarding the unibody floorpan/frame rails being a great donor for other similar Fords...: ...and the suspension bits, save for the rear end halves, are well done, too, and would be a good choice for upgrading another model. The engine compartment was a bit disappointing for me, especially the molded in(!) washer fluid bag, and general generic-ness all around. It has a very early '80 Monogram look, which, isn't great-- lots of flat, featureless surfaces, and blocky shapes: The front frame rails and crossmember suffer from that flat-on-one-side look, too, which while a necessary evil with regard to draft angle, still disappoints: Someone who designed kits at MPC must've designed this kit, too, as the stippled look 'carpet' was never a good idea anywhere. To me, after looking all of the parts over thoroughly, and matching that with my expectations, I was still disappointed the kit wasn't better. I have no doubt the overwhelming majority of people who buy this kit and it's sibling '67 GT will be very pleased with it, so I wouldn't deride anyone for loving it, even though I can't.

Is the Laser Bond glue going to discolor over time? That seems to be the main drawback when using non-kit lenses. I cast lenses using Alumilite's Clear Cast, and they yellowed after a few months inside a box, with no exposure to natural light, so unless there are other epoxies which are 100% UV resistant for their lifetime after curing, I would steer clear of them.

Barris was not to blame for this one. The roof bubble was there so Matilda, the boxing kangaroo and star of the movie, could see out of the van. Unfortunately, the raised roof piece had the forward windows molded closed, meaning no 'glass' was provided for the window openings...which are not really openings if we're being technical. It's looks a lot more squared off at the edges, too: I'm sure we'll eventually get another custom version of the AMT Ford van eventually, but this time around, it's stock, with what should be a large, multi-color decal sheet.

I want to say '63 or '64, but maybe it was a bit earlier. I think this image came from the www.deansgarage.com website, though. Early pre-bustleback Cadillac Seville?:

Whaaaaat!???

A few images of various GM divisions' clay models shared via the GM Photostore's facebook page: The below was a proposed idea for the '70 Monte Carlo, before the more formal roof was locked in: Astro 1: Panther Camaro with a more formal roofline: Where's the drool emoji when you need it?:

Maybe one of the mods can merge all of the previous posts discussing this exact problem?

I wonder if this is similar to the Rat Roaster, where it's technically all-new, but shares design and pattern work with previous sibling kits? I think that would be for the best, but I recall someone mentioned Ed Sexton stating the front end was corrected, so that could still go either way-- all new body with a correct nose, or the Mach1 body with just the nose area corrected. I guess we will see in a few months.

Not up on modern exotic cars enough to know what this is..*edit* Looks like a McLaren 720s:

I want to say the wheel covers were used on 2WD F-series pickups of the era, too?

Yes, it's really disappointing, and frankly, not even usable. After taking lots of close-ups pics of this recent reissues contents, it appears the mold has a fair amount of wear, as I noticed a few details aren't very crisply molded or have rough surfaces when they should be smooth. Maybe Ertl and RC2 put the mold to heavy use and it's already starting to show wear? At any rate, the body shell looks very accurate to my eyes, and the 289 V8 engine and trans look to be well done, too, so there are some things worth using, even if only as a pars donor. Pics of the contents can be viewed here: http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/thread/902/amt-1967-shelby-350-mustang

I wonder if this has been in the works for a while, or if Revell U.S.A. just decided to use a 26 year old drawing for the box top? Either way, should finally be here near the end of 2018 or so:

The scale, and all the info you would need to learn more, is right there on the box.

The Shat. Couldn't pass this good-for-parts kit up for $8.00

My gut tells me much of the fringe Tom Daniel stuff (1/12 Mean Maverick and Super Digger, Ghost of the Red Baron, Unreal Roller, etc) was scrapped in '80 or so when Monogram was in trouble, but IF Atlantis has the mold and is able and willing to produce the GotRB kit again, I think it would be worth a run of 2,500 kits. I could see T.D. fans gobbling them up at $30-$40 each or so.

Thanks, Dave. Atlantis just added this to their facebook page, but no mention of the actual mold: "Going through the Archive came across this Hmmmmmmm!"

Out of curiosity, which tires did Revell-Monogram include to use when building the stock car version?

The auto world Store has it listed as a pre-order now, too: Our Price: $53.99 Release Date: Late September 2018