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I agree with you.

I guess I'm not the only person wanting an all new kit of the 68 Coronet R/T. It's about time for them to do one. The 67 and 69 Coronets are available. The 68 is the missing link. As for that Hobby Search pic with the blue 69 Superbee wit vinyl top; I just think it's only a reference to show a 69 Superbee that's available in kit form. It was mentioned that someone saw it listed as a 1/25 scale kit, which is interesting. I could not find where it states 1/25 scale. Could it be a misprint and Revell meant that it's a 1/24 scale kit? Maybe yes , maybe know. If Revell did decide to to go ahead and retool the 69 Coronet in 1/25 scale that would be great news. I prefer the 1/25 scale kits over the 1/24 scale kits. To add to what CapSat said; to go a step further; the pic shows a 69 Coronet Superbee, but what if that's not even the kit that will be coming out , but instead a 68 Coronet Superbee. Mistakes like that have been made by model kit companies. But, who knows but the model company's product developement people. If we want to see a 68 Coronet R/T or Superbee come out we all need to contact the kit companies and tell them. It's been stated in previous threads that the model kit companies are aware of this, but we still need to voice our requests.

I had the Thunder Bug back in the early 70's. It was actually a nice snap kit. Went together well.

Submerge the engine in Marvel Mystery Oil. That will loosen everything up.. You'll get it running in no time.

I beleive TKM Resins made one back in the 90's.

That's what's fun about reading these posts. Right on about the speculation. Oh, and I love the rumors too. Most of it with no fact to support them. Just like the record player, round and round.

I do the same as you. I do light coats with duplicolor. Never a problem. The same technique I use when doing full scale automotive painting which I have been doing since 85.

I understand the statement you made. My purpose was to take it a step further. I don't know how involved the model kit companies do their market research or testing. I wanted to get input on how they do it. That's why I used your statement. It just turned a light bulb on thinking what a model kit company would do.

Ok. You mentioned 5+ decades of experience, then share what could be the cause?

Humidity causes crazing. I don't have this issue because I spray indoors with a spray booth. Are you spraying outside? Sometimes it's good to test sprays so that you can see early in the process if you will have any problems.

That looks like the primer is crazing. I've never had that happen with any of the Duplicolor primers. I've used both the sandable primer and filler primer without any incident. What was the temp and humidity when you sprayed the body? My method is to start with the regular primer; if their any pin holes or anything, fill those and then use the filler primer. How was the body prepped? Was it scuffed first before priming?

"but most importantly, have some real, Market Tested Numbers to justify the sales potential of this, or ANY other subject that you care to present." The above statement was taken from a posting about Atlantis Models. Do model kit companies do markets tests to see sales potential of a kit they are considering developing? If so, how do they go about it? I see Moebius doing prototype models. This is probably how they test the market. I can't see the model companies doing some sort of tooling to do a limited number to judge sales, it be too cost prohibitive. Maybe someone in the know could answer this.

Tom, thank you for making that more clear.

Ultimately yes. But, what market are they focusing on?

My bad. I actually said it wrong. What I meant to say was asking if Atlantis was focusing on those that buy kits at Walmart or any other large box retailer versus focusing on more nostaligic subjects for us more dedicated model builders.

Wanted to ask if Atlantis is coming out with subject matter tailoring the Walmart builder or to us builders? What market are they trying to target?

Moebius has done pretty good with the Ford trucks. I would think that releasing any 68-73 Dodge truck would sell just as well. Someone mentioned the Dude Dodge truck. I'm in.

I remember back in the 70's we had kits of the Husquevarna motocross bike, Roger Decoster Suzuki kit, Yamaha 250 dirt bike and others. Is Revell planning on re-issuing these again?

Is Moebius coming out with any new car models next year? I remember the pics of the prototype 63 or 64 Nova drag awb car, but are there any plans for any other future car model subjects?

This is excellant. Round 2, kudos to you and a big thanks in redoing and updating this kit. Even retooling the body. The drag racing builders will be in line for this one.

Ok. Thanks for your input.

What about the molds to the MPC 68 and 69 Coronet R/T kits? There was some talk that the tooling was modified to do the MPC 70 Coronet annual. In all honesty , I think that was just merely speculation. A few years back Round 2 was looking to release the 68 and 69 Coronets. Based on that, Round 2 must have found the tooling for those. I wonder if someone in the know could verify this. Maybe some one has first hand knowledge on this?

Looks like this will be a good kit to get. A good candidate to do Type LT Camaro or a base model Camaro. Excellant job Round 2. This kit should sell well.

That's correct. The price stated above; $6.99-$8.99 is pretty typical with lots of other publications out there.

Accurate or not . Whatever Round 2 found and determine the parts they need, correct or not correct to do the release of this kit, my hats off to them.