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I think YOU need to READ for comprehension.…Rodent. GMP440 asked, hot or cold, if the new reissue coming out would perhaps be the AMT ‘67-‘68 Ford Galaxie. I replied that it would be a cold no. Read it again. The last time those were issued was back in ‘67-‘68 during their initial annual run. So, I responded to him that if they did reissue them, it would have to be a clone since the tooling is probably long gone. I did NOT say that it would be the new reissue coming out. Since they were never reissued in the late ‘70’s or any year prior since their original annual run, the ‘67-‘68 Galaxie would not be the kit (that was last available in the late ‘70’s) that is mentioned by Steve G.

This will be 1/24 scale?

I wouldn’t mind Harry Dean Stanton’s ‘71 Impala 4dr. sedan from the movie. For some reason, very few of the 3D resin prints I see look good.

The Revell Chevelle is close, but it’s not dead nuts accurate. The rear wheel well opening upper line seems to be slightly too flat giving the illusion it tilts upward towards the rear. The front wheel well opening seems to be a hair too small. Also, I see problems with the upper curve height of the side windows…it seems to make the side window opening slightly too big in relation to the body or something. However, these are dead nuts accurate nitpicks. I think the original AMT kit got the wheel well shapes better on these cars.

It looks like they just added a different insert to make the hardtop out of the convertible tooling. The front wheel well shape has the same inaccurate stretched out flattened shape as the convertible. That is, unless they copied/cloned the convertible tooling and made a hardtop version out of it.

Thanks. I didn’t know it was that much.

It throws off the front fender shape as well. It’s like the front half of the model is slightly stretched out.

Also, there were variations in the early issues. The Craftsman Jr. and the Wonderbird Trophy Series kit. The latter had an optional hardtop that was flatter at the front, tunneled rear window and it narrowed at the front near the windshield header. The earlier Craftsman Jr. kit had the most accurate hardtop shape. The WB Trophy series and beyond all had the inaccurate hardtops in them. I believe there were two molds of this kit. The Craftsman Jr., the most accurate of the two, was based on the original promo tooling. I don’t know about the other one.

Any chance of unaltering (no pun intended) the rear wheel wells back to stock location so we could get a stock ‘65 Chevelle Malibu SS out of it?

If that’s the case, go on that auction site and just buy some Johan Mavericks. At least you won’t have to wait a year for them. Time is money as they say. ?

Wow, that’s a big difference in width. Was the Monogram ‘59 Caddy smaller than 1/25th scale?

If they did a modern ambulance based off the heavy duty F550 truck cab and chassis, they could do a stock F-Series Super Duty truck based off it. They would just have to tool up a stock bed. That would give them a two for one deal.

I think the Squad 51 truck from “Emergency” would sell enough to justify the tooling cost. If you say no, then I will have to point out the new 1/25th scale Green Hornet “Black Beauty” that Round2 just released. I don’t think it’s a simple scaled up 1/32 PL kit, but I could be wrong.

Ice cold. I think those two were last available in ‘67 and ‘68 so I don’t think so. They would have to clone them.

Nice build! However, that flat saggy upper window line and the elongated front wheel well shape really bothers me.

Doesn’t the PL version come with a correct rear bumper?

Okay, thanks. I visit the store and see what I can find out.

Okay, so now that the “$200k+ tooling cost” reason has been blown out of the water once and for all courtesy Steve G., what are now the other reasons some of those old Johan kits or their subject matter can not ever be done again as cloned reissues? Just licensing rights now?

I’m sure the Coronet R/T with trailer was a big seller. If they clone it, they need to clone an original annual/promo. Reissues and resin copies are fine, but the closer they can clone it after the most original issue release, the better it is IMO.

Nothing like that at my local HL. Must be a regional thing.

Time for Round2 to do a clone on this one.

No more 40% off coupons so no Hobby Lobby for me.

No pics of the body?

It’s about time we finally got a stock ambulance out of the Ghostbusters kit. We had to wait almost 35 years for it to happen, but we finally got one.

Nice! I like the new color too.