SOME CURRENT ROUND 2 INFO TODAY...

[Richard Bartrop]

That Cameo has my attention.

[Belugawrx]

5 hours ago, Richard Bartrop said:

That Cameo has my attention.

X2

[Spruslayer]

Bulldozer + Camo = watch out Model budget

Might as well add the Gear Hustler El Camino for June Too

[Daddyfink]

Definite yes on the Bulldozer! And a couple of Cougars wouldn't hurt 

[iBorg]

No info on the Dyno Don Cougar.....:(

 

[stavanzer]

At least they showed the models first, this time. I didna have to fast forward through all the diecast. I like 5 out of the six models. The Space 1999 Hawk is neat.

[horsepower]

On 3/28/2018 at 10:29 AM, Rob Hall said:

Ok...I see one big typo on the Charger box art..

LOL!.that's so bad it shouldn't have even made it through the first proof reader. Even Ray Charles would have noticed that.??

[unclescott58]

Nothing I'm interested in in this month's video. Still waiting for the old 1/32 scale Corvette Stingray. 

[ChrisBcritter]

Havana Nights series? Cool - maybe they'll bring back the Ché Riviera next! 

Edited May 4, 2018 by ChrisBcritter

[Mike999]

Not much I'm interested in.  Maybe the '66 Mercury to build as a "work car."  For some of those old molds, maybe R2 should consider a Work Car Series. Throw in the hard-hats from the old Gear Hustler, couple of tool/lunch boxes; ice chest and tools from the Meister Brau/Blazing Bison puller, etc.  A sheet of paper donut and fast-food bags and boxes (product tie-in, like Coke!), and Styrofoam cups to litter the floorboards. Etc.  Maybe even a sheet of weathering/rust ideas.  And this is why I don't work in Marketing...

Good to see the vintage Coke machine and dolly again. Back in 1997, AMT-ERTL put 2 of those same Coke machines and the dolly into the '50 Chevy pickup.

 

[Jon Cole]

Round2 and that Coke license! Why don't they just issue Coke Delorean?
At least some of us could enjoy a chuckle.

[Rob Hall]

I'm surprised they aren't issuing the bulldozer in Coca-Cola livery.  

Edited May 4, 2018 by Rob Hall

[sfhess]

"Work car" concept would work better if they made a ten-year-old Camry or Accord kit.

 

[ChrisBcritter]

21 hours ago, Jon Cole said:

Round2 and that Coke license! Why don't they just issue Coke Delorean?
At least some of us could enjoy a chuckle.

How about New Coke Delorean? 

[Luc Janssens]

1 hour ago, ChrisBcritter said:

How about New Coke Delorean? 

No need of both, I'm high on life

 

[Mark]

2 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

How about New Coke Delorean? 

Don't forget the snow tires...

[Mike999]

On ‎5‎/‎4‎/‎2018 at 1:07 PM, sfhess said:

"Work car" concept would work better if they made a ten-year-old Camry or Accord kit.

 

Ha!  Yep, my geezer-ness is showing.  In Southern California in the 1980's, those old boats from the Sixties were plentiful and dirt cheap.  Back in those pre-Internet days, I wasted many enjoyable hours poring over The Recycler and Auto Trader and dreaming. 

I still remember passing a construction site one morning, when I saw some guys piling out of this: a '69 Mercury Marauder X-100.  The car was beat up and starting to rust, which is a shame.  Those were very rare cars.  Of course, some people will probably say they should have been not only rare, but non-existent...

 

[Luc Janssens]

2 hours ago, Mike999 said:

Ha!  Yep, my geezer-ness is showing.  In Southern California in the 1980's, those old boats from the Sixties were plentiful and dirt cheap.  Back in those pre-Internet days, I wasted many enjoyable hours poring over The Recycler and Auto Trader and dreaming. 

I still remember passing a construction site one morning, when I saw some guys piling out of this: a '69 Mercury Marauder X-100.  The car was beat up and starting to rust, which is a shame.  Those were very rare cars.  Of course, some people will probably say they should have been not only rare, but non-existent...

 

Like these big boats of the '70s....think Air Trax has a resin kit of this one.

 

Edit, here's a pic of it..

 

Edited May 5, 2018 by Luc Janssens

[MrObsessive]

I like those big boats too of the '70's, and had to get VERY familiar with them as I had to learn to drive 'em in Driver's Ed as that's all there was.

Nothing like these little rinky-dink cars I see on the roads now for Driver's Ed! I sure wish I had something THAT small when it came to parallel parking for my driver's test!

[Ron Hamilton]

4 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

Like these big boats of the '70s....think Air Trax has a resin kit of this one.

 

Edit, here's a pic of it..

 

I have one of those Air Trax Marauders, and it is very nice. I have already sourced a chassis for it, now I have to find a suitable full dress 429 for it. I may do mine as a '70, so that I can bookend it with my Cyclone and Cougar.

[MrObsessive]

14 minutes ago, Ron Hamilton said:

I have one of those Air Trax Marauders, and it is very nice. I have already sourced a chassis for it, now I have to find a suitable full dress 429 for it. I may do mine as a '70, so that I can bookend it with my Cyclone and Cougar.

Ron, the more I look at that Marauder, the more I'm interested. As far as a chassis, would the Revell '70 Torino work for that with some tweaking? I have two of those '70's, but the first one I'll probably never build as I also have the "corrected" one that they redid a couple years ago. Also, doesn't that kit have the 429? I don't have it in front of me as it's buried somewhere on my third floor.

[Rob Hall]

5 minutes ago, MrObsessive said:

Ron, the more I look at that Marauder, the more I'm interested. As far as a chassis, would the Revell '70 Torino work for that with some tweaking? I have two of those '70's, but the first one I'll probably never build as I also have the "corrected" one that they redid a couple years ago. Also, doesn't that kit have the 429? I don't have it in front of me as it's buried somewhere on my third floor.

No, the '70 Torino was a unibody.  The right chassis and engine for it is the AMT '69 Galaxie XL, that's what I plan to use for mine. 

[MrObsessive]

Just now, Rob Hall said:

No, the '70 Torino was a unibody.  The right chassis and engine for it is the AMT '69 Galaxie XL, that's what I plan to use for mine. 

Oh ok..........the full sizers were separate frame and body as that never changed. If I had to use that I guess that would work, but I simply hate all that molded in detail. I'd have to cut that chassis up and fabricate things to make it more appealing to me. Of course, if I could find a junker '68 chassis that would save me some work, but they can be as scarce as hens teeth.

[Mark]

That Ford/Merc perimeter frame goes back to '65, so the '65 Galaxie chassis could be a good starting point.  Steerable front wheels, separate rear axle and suspension (though the exhaust detail is molded as part of the chassis.

['70 Grande]

 

I'm surprised they aren't issuing the bulldozer in Coca-Cola livery.

Funny thing about that is I don't think this, (molded-in-Yellow), Bulldozer will have Caterpillar/CAT identification decals inside the box, because the costs for using the Caterpillar trademark/logo are more expensive than buying the rights to reproduce the Coca-Cola trademark/logos!