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Sigh - * pulls out credit card * ? I think they've listed them incorrectly though - they're 1:32nd scale...

They could mix up the Tom Daniel C-cab design and the new Tweedy Pie van and make the Tweedy Pie Wagon! ?

Great news, thanks for the insight Tim! Found a better pic of that C-cab posted on Instagram: I love it!

Interestingly, this kit has the grill for a Model A on the parts tree - not sure if that was intended as an option part for THIS kit, or if it shared a parts tree with another of theirs...

A few decent pics from the Model Roundup Instagram, for anyone interested:

Atlantis is quickly becoming my favorite kit manufacturer - they’re killing it lately! I wish they’d be more up to date with putting new releases on their Amazon store so I can keep using up this stash of gift cards I’ve got here, but they’re bringing our so many great must-have kits! Keep it up, Atlantis, if you’re reading this!

On paper, this should’ve been a great kit. Boyd Coddington, hot rod wizard, a man with a real eye for styling, stance and proportion (not to mention a killer paintjob) teams up with AMT. And what we got was this: Oof. Still, nothing a change of wheels won’t help immensely - another one for my Boyd collection that I’m slowly piecing together via eBay

Well, that’s REALLY exciting news then! Awesome!!!!

Some interesting new stuff that Atlantis has on display at the IPMS show this week. (Apologies to whoever posted them on Facebook - I saved them so I could remember to look later and now I can’t find who took them…) Anyone recognize that C-cab or the little blue tracknose roadster?

I really appreciate you always taking the time to share these detailed pre-release reviews Tim! Thank you! I’m not SUPER excited about this release in particular, though I’m sure many will be - but that teaser for the 29 Woody/Pickup REALLY got my attention!

I wonder what happened to THAT tooling? Seemed like a lot of effort to go to, to release it once (in seemingly limited numbers, based on how hard they are to find compared to the other Deuce kits) and then hide it away for almost a decade...

This thread will be right up your alley:

Even when I get the wrong guy, you still know the answer! ?

Soft or hard shell?

I think I remember @tim boydonce writing in an article or posting online somewhere about the AMT Ford Courier frame and running gear being a good basis for modernizing a 40 Ford...but my memory is a little vague. Tim to the courtesy phone please!

Love how this thing sits! You surprised me with the wheel choice - I figured it’d be something more old-school but I like ‘em! Excited to see the colorscheme you have in mind!

Thank you sir! I don’t do a tonne of replicas, but it’s fun doing some research and trying to get close to the real one as best I can! Today’s project was the diff and rear suspension. I haven’t been able to find a tonne of pictures of the rear end of the real car, but it definitely doesn’t look too much like this: Kinda blocky and bulky and doesn’t look a bunch like a C4 Vette’s rear suspension (which is what the real Chezoom ran). So, using the few reference pictures I could find, I did some slicing and dicing and building and got something a lot closer to what the real car ran: I had to use a little artistic license to make it play nice with the frame and interior tub, but it’ll look a lot better than the blobular assembly that Testors put in the box: Back at the front of the car, spent a little time today doing some detailing on the steering rack that I made last week - used some micro O-rings, dollar store craft wire, photoetch and a model railroad bolt…came out ok I think: And finally, gave the body a first round of sanding having primed it yesterday - found a few imperfections that I hadn’t seen before…still need to do some work on that front quarter: More soon!

Bob, dude, that is a HUGE help!!! I was going to go hunting for a good scan so I could make some paint masks and paint one to look like the original issue. Awesome! Thank you!

Ha, I was going to post the exact same thing today! I’m impressed with how nice of a job Atlantis did with this kit. I wish there was a copy of the original decals included, but that’s nitpicking really - I’m just delighted they brought it back! This AND the Groovy Grader! Wonder if they’ve got the Red Baron? Bet that would sell well…

You’re right! I’ve got the acrylic bottle paint version of that here, which is what I’m trying to work with - and I’ve ordered a handful of the currently-available teal enamel that I’m told is a match. The R/C paint is much more easily available, it seems like, but I’m not sure how much I trust it over styrene. That said, my paint experiments continued today and I think I got it figured out. Mixed up some Future with bright blue Pearl Ex powder and tested that over the black/teal basecoat combo that I decided was ALMOST right and got REALLY close to what I think the real color should be. The clear/Pearl Ex mix, ready for a light coat or two: A bunch of suspension and engine parts, ready for clear: And the results after pearl blue and then a gloss coat: In daylight the blue pearl seems to flip and flop and give that kingfisher blue color that you see on the real car, but in the low spots and less bright light it dips down to dark emerald green and almost black. I think we got it! The weather was really nice here today, perfect spraying weather, so I shot some filler primer on the body so that I can see how much more work that’s going to need: And everything’s in the dehydrator now baking overnight so I can maybe start assembling some small pieces tomorrow. More soon!

Had a good day today! This showed up: Impressed at how good of a job Atlantis did on this! Super sharp crisp moldings, the chrome is great - even the box feels well made! Nice job Atlantis! This arrived from eBay - seller said it was complete, which I could tell from the pics it wasn’t but for under $8 I’ll be able to do something with it: And my now bi-weekly trip to Hobby Lobby netted me a couple more Revell 29 Roadster kits for my stash…they actually had five on the shelf but I restrained myself. Already thinking of new variations on this kit I’d like to do once the ‘30 Coupe comes back - got ten on the shelf now so I probably don’t need any more right now ?

My local store had a pretty decent re-stock! Nothing new that jumped out at me, but they’d been needing to restock those shelves a little!

Tom McEwan ‘57 Chevy kits are starting to ship this coming week, according to today’s Atlantis Newsletter.

I’m still buying the roadster kit at a rate of a couple a month just to build a stockpile! Will definitely be stocking up on these too!