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Point taken, didn't really think about it to be honest. And to be honest I highly doubt you'll have any issues ,,,see the ' little fish comment '

I'm not a ford guy or even a truck guy. But I will get a few of these for the stash. If I may , whats a tooling mockup compared to a pre- production piece ?

Same here, and I have been buying up all kinds of early 30's cars for those 'down the road ' projects. I attend a local Concours event every year and these cars can make a 1959 Cadillac look like a 2 seater.

Cool, I got into them mainly due to investmant values, and vintage kits values are too volatile price wise. Plus they're instant gratification. Pull it out of the box, wipe it off and in the case it goes. If a kit gets re-issued the value of the original in most cases drops like a stone. Plus I was told years ago by someone who used to do box art builds for AMT and he told me I would be surprised by the number of tooling that still existed for vintage plastic kits. So I decided to start selling off collectable kits while the gettin was good. For me, Promos tend to hold there value much better. And Yes , I am one of those guys that looks at what something costs and is worth. I prefer to not put my money into something I might take a bath on later if it gets re-issued.Thats why I have a hard time spending $20 and up for re-issued model kits, when I know the tooling was paid for a LOOOOOOONG time ago . ( price of raw materials hasn't gone up that much) I doubt I have more than maybe a dozen kits in my stash thats less than 5 years old.

This is not meant as a bash so please don't take it as such. If you didn't think about the pitfalls of producing a licensed product when you got started you have not done your homework. and It's not my job to do your homework. That said , Licensing issues come into play when your making parts / items with licensed trademarks on them and reselling for profit. Hubcaps with the word Dodge on them as an example. 'Dodge' is a licensed trademark, the hubcap isn't. Reproducing parts from a long ago avail model kit , I doubt they'll even worry about . Using your 1970 Charger grille 'as an example' . I don't dare say I know all the in's and outs of licensing and it's nuances,,,,, becasue I don't. Only what I know by talking to the people at Trademarking Resource Associates in Detroit . Even then it's only been when they've contacted me. Like I said, I highly doubt they would even worry about you as a whole, but IMO call them and let them know your intentions. BUT ( and theres always a but ) , should you decide to produce say an entire kit ( 1977 Charger as an example. ) My gut says they will want there share, but I could be very wrong on either account. My previous shifter ball idea required no licensing , it bore no licensed trademarks on it in any way shape or form. I know someone who made shirts with the Roadrunner and Willie Coyote figures on them. He received a letter telling him to stop and destroy all merchandise or pay licensing fees on such. But that was from Warner Bros , not Mopar......... true story.

Thats all I use.

I can only speak for the Mopar licensing side . But I was told a few years back from Trademarketing Assoc (mopars trademark watchdogs btw) To obtain approval of an intended licensed subject depends on the intended subject. But somewhere in the $1800- $ 2500 range to get you started and appox 3% of the retail sales amount PER item to be licensed. IF Approved. BUT, I also have been told they will sign off on it at no costs ,,,,,,, ' IF ' the projected sales numbers will be considerably low ( under 50-100 pieces per year and/or if the retail is going to be extremly low , under $10 retail per item as an example ) This is probably how the model cottage industry gets away with no licensing fees. In some cases it's simply not worth the man power to go after little fish. PS, Also, trust me, people are paid to do nothing but monitor boards like this,,, ebay,,,, internet chat rooms etc etc etc to watch for trademark infringements on a daily basis . I have been contacted on a couple occasions to ck the origin of my product line for 1/1 parts.

Nice, I got one of these on my todo list ( unfortunately it's a long list)

The shifter ball I was ck'ing into was a simple 2 piece tool. Shifter ball is approx 2.5" in diameter. a simple plastic round ball molded around a pre-threaded brass insert . I was quoted $75K to $100K ( approx ) And that got me from my idea thru initial drafting design, prototypes, up to 2 tool revisions then to finished product. The clincher was , that once final tooling / finished product was approved,. Was the setup costs to run said tool for a production run was above and beyond that ........$$$ amount per piece depended on total item count of said production run . That was 5 years ago and was going to be done in a Pacific rim country. needless to say it never went any farther than my idea.

Thats just mean. lol

I say put 2 sets of the F60-15's in a parts pack and they should sell very well Me personally I want to see an 8 pack of the blue pinstriped goodyear bluestreak slicks, I hear these are coming though

I've looked into having 1/1 parts made. And I can say, tooling is not cheap, not to mention the setup costs to run said tool. And it REALLY depends on the size and complexity of the intended subject, how many revisions it has to go thru , etc etc I was quoted approx 100K from start to finish to have a woodgrain shifter ball produced just to give you some idea. That was the manufacture retained the rights to the tooling. If I wanted exclusivity of said tool ? double that.

I got his pinstripe decals for the 1970 Charger several years back. they are nice and really set the modle off , just very fragile so be gentle

Just curious, to me they are kind of the pain in my bank account. My ultimate plan is someday to get all the mopar promos from 1966 thru 1974 At one time I had most of them then needed cash a few years back ( started my own business and wanted operating capital ) and sold a good size chunk off. Now slowly as funds allow I would like to rebuild the collection. Although I still have a pretty nice collection of some of the more desireable ones, like a Limelight 1970 Hemi Cuda , a Bright blue 1968 Barracuda ( Both in there original box ) , 3- 1969 GTX's , Dodge Chargers from 1969 thru 1971 ,also have the 1971 and 1972 Dusters I had a curiuos Yellow 1971 Hemi Cuda , but couldn't resist the $1000 offer I had on it so it went away. I consider them to be off shoots of model kits so was just wondering if anyone collects them as well

None of the 1968 LO23 Hemi Darts were never intended to be street legal. All were marketed for and to be used in 'Rapid Accelerations Speed Trials' When delivered to the customer , they did have something you 'might' call exhaust system, Wiper arms but no wiper motor , no mechanisims to operate the ft windows, no heater or defroster system. So I don't think they were considered street legal. And NO warrenty of any kind. I'm not familiar enough with the earlier 1966 D Stock Darts to comment on them one way or the other. But like mentioned, they were 273 cars and were a far cry from the Hemi Darts

My daughter just finished her 3rd kit. ( she'll be 13 next month. ) Ist one was a snap kit Polar Lights 65 Dodge. 2nd one was a snap kit Dodge Ram pinkup. latest one is the glue kit clear bodied trailers . She displays it all on her dresser, Dodge Ram 2500 pulling the trailer with the 65 dodge ramchargers car in it. Maybe one of the Monogram kits would be a good choice. My daughter wants to do a late model Mustang next

OK, where are the fenderwell headers from ? Pretty cool btw , Like them all people.

This is my main display case in the spare bedroom. Most of it is built models with a few diecasts thrown in I bought if the price was right . Some started and yet to be completed kits ( working on that part btw ) As some have been sitting incomplete for well over 10 years . The Mr Norms 1973 Charger was started in the mid 90's as an example. Some have been shown here previously, some have not. And I thought this method would be easier.

Something I think about from time to time , Whats it like to obtain model kits and supplies in the international community ? Are there stores / shops that carry model kits , or is most if not everything purchased via mail order ? What got me thinking about it is. I sell restoration parts / supplies for vintage Mopar cars. and I have a customer in Spain ( 2 brothers actually ) that are restoring 3 early 60's Chrysler Imperials. And they've mentioned that every single part has been bought via mail order . Just curious , I've never been outside the US and international traveling is out of the question( wife hates to fly) But I would love to travel and see the world thru my own eyes.

Same here, and I don't remember the details though . But still have every blueprinter kit I received. Except the sunbeam tiger, I sold or traded that one off ( big mistake )

Worst one for me ( it happens on a regular basis btw ) is I'll walk into a room , or up to the bench , or up to the tool box or look into the fridge . Only to stand back and say to myself, Now what was it I was after again? Model wise I'll open a dozen models kits looking for that certain whatchamacallit, only to find a dozen other things I was looking for at some point earlier in time. Then when I get back the the bench , I'll realize I never looked for the item I went looking for in the 1st place. So the process starts over , and over, and over

So far so good. And I can relate on the decals issue. seems like the last 5 or 6 cars I've started all had decal issues cracking as soon as I tried to slide them off the carrier sheet. And I think they were all Slixx decals once I have my current backlog is finished and I start new projects I am going to look into putting something on the sheets before I start

Bugatti Royale , another one for that someday build

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=lindberg+1964+dodge&LH_Sold=1&_osacat=0&_from=R40&LH_Complete=1&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313&_nkw=lindberg+ramchargers+1964+dodge&_sacat=0

At last count, and between all the different variations of both the dodge and plymouth. Between builts an unbuilts I have 20 or 21 of them. It's hands down the most popular kit on my shelf. and I don't think I have over $10 in any one kit (bought them all back when they 1st hit the stores ) Johnnys toys around here was well known to sell WAY under retail. I've got numerous kits I bought in the $4.99 - $5.99 range. I've seen numerous times on Ebay they sell under $10 , even with $10 shipping your in the same range as most currently avail kits. Ya just gotta be patient.