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That facility is no more. Round 2 has relocated what tooling remained the to the Chicago area.

Unless of course you want to build a GMC Jimmy rather than a Chevy Blazer...

Aw, that hint was too easy for truck fans... 😅

These vans were unibody, so a separate chassis isn't appropriate. Plus, there was no factory 4x4, they're all aftermarket conversions. Plus plus, the engine is slightly offset, resulting in unequal length control arms from side to side.

If this brand new tool has been designed in such a way and indeed the tooling cut for future versions such as windowed passenger vans and a camper down the line (basically the full van treatment the VW T1 and T2 got), this investment makes sense and is welcomed. If this is the only planned version..... Not so much.

Reissuing the pickup rather than the Blazer is an interesting choice, to be sure. Both bodies should be viable as they were released concurrently.

The MPC Blazer is being reissued with the Coke graphics by Round 2. The Revell Blazer is being reissued in it's pickup variant by Revell with the Malibu Grand Prix car and trailer. Thank you for your attention to this matter. 😅

Looks more like modern containers that I haul with the locks set up that way. Although it looks like it's the same height as the older Italeri container? Which is a then-standard height; most are high cube these days. Depending on pricing these Fujimi containers might be a better option for splicing together a 40', 53', or 60' container... 😁

I thought TVR too! 😅

A whole slew of Detroit 71- and 92-series engines are coming soon from Scale Speed Garage; prints will likely be offered by VCG Resins later this year.

I have a wrongbed project on the go myself. I used a Moebius F-250 4x4 chassis and cab, bed from the AMT '60 F-100, and a printed '61 grille. I had to shorten the wheelbase accordingly. Ford was going all in on the unibody for 1961 and hadn't tooled up a wide bed for the new body. They quickly introduced the old bed for 4x4 configurations due to excessive body flex.

Should be a fairly straightforward swap, but I'm imagining that the F-100's inner fenders will likely need trimming to accommodate the bullnose's coil spring and shock mounts.

Canuck3D does the 1989 van grille, he might do that one upon request. 🤷

I bought one knowing full well what the kit is; YMMV. 🤷

So far only overseas retailers have them and they don't ship to the US currently. I bought one, came to USD42 but USD50 for shipping from Hong Kong... 😅 I did a video, too. https://youtu.be/wrIeOlEkQAU

This picture may be AI but I have seen similar combinations on Interstates 74/77... 😀

A limited run of the pickups have been made, I bought one at NNL East. Steve Magnante also has one, he did a short video of it.

Why not the Explorer, too? It's been a minute since that one's been around. The '71-'72 Plymouth should be viable to run. I would love to see the GMT400 Tahoe again but I suspect that AMT/Ertl never owned the moulds for it (just like the pickups, hence the cloning). The Dodge Ram 2500 & 3500 are likely in the same boat.

He's vending at a show this weekend, that may have affected his production/shipping schedule.

Newly announced! Chevy S-10 Xtreme Scorpion Drag Coupe Long nose Mustang

This roving reporter will post updates... 😀

The cab, to my eye, is more accurate than the Monogram and MPC offerings of that generation of trucks. The drawbacks are that for some reason the cab of the pickup versions of this tooling are wider at the back than in front of the doors; to get it to look right the rear bulkhead needs to be sliced in three to narrow the section under the window. Then there's the one-piece window insert with highly visible runners front-to-rear. And the deep tint in previous issues.

https://www.sprue.xyz/articles/revell_ford_trucks

Thanks!

Good luck to entrants! 😁