2022 Round2 Releases

[magicmustang]

20 hours ago, Daddyfink said:

Would be cool if they did the Orange version this time around 

After all, it was a more memorable car...

Doing one from my shelf of doom stash, although I preferred the Revell Jeb Allen dragster kit over the AMT Ivo attempt. Wheel pants are from the current release MPC Cosmic Charger. What color orange is that?

[stavanzer]

It will be good to see the '55 Wagon brought back out. New Decals, Hopefully, 8 tires. Or, at least 4 and a pair of slicks. It will be interesting to see what parts/wheels get included in the new release of the kit. I hope the emphasis is on the Drag part of it's heritage rather than the stock version. It will be marketed as a 2'n'1 kit, but I'd really like to see it done as a 3'n'1 with Two Full sets of tires (Stock & Custom, plus a set of Slicks), the new-ish Surf Boards, and a some restored parts, or some newly tooled parts, thrown in.

Either way, this kit will sell in huge numbers, as it has been awhile since it was out, and just fresh decals and pad printed tires will move the needle for many potential buyers.  This and the '49 Ford, are perennial best sellers, and will be again.

Good Job, Round2! 

[Mark]

The Nomad is (in most issues) a 3 in 1 kit, don't forget the custom pickup version.

[Oldcarfan27]

On 1/5/2022 at 8:17 PM, Tabbysdaddy said:

Lol, it makes me think of this:

 

No it's pronounced "eye-gore"

But they told me it's "ee'gore"

Well they were wrong then, weren't they?

Classic movie!

[Daddyfink]

6 hours ago, magicmustang said:

Doing one from my shelf of doom stash, although I preferred the Revell Jeb Allen dragster kit over the AMT Ivo attempt. Wheel pants are from the current release MPC Cosmic Charger. What color orange is that?

Honestly, I don't know, but I would guess something close to a Hugger Orange. With maybe a more red to it. 

Edited January 8, 2022 by Daddyfink

[magicmustang]

7 hours ago, Daddyfink said:

Honestly, I don't know, but I would guess something close to a Hugger Orange. With maybe a more red to it. 

Have Testors Bright Red which always looks more orange than red, will try it. Thanks.

[Mark]

I'd bet Round 2 will eventually get around to the Ivo streamliner, and improve on the small/incomplete decal sheet that was in the original...

[ZTony8]

On 10/15/2021 at 3:48 PM, keyser said:

Nope. It’s a short wheelbase bug, shares chassis with Meyers Manx and TeeVee buggy. Fun kit

https://www.eerokumanto.com/miscellanous/scale-models/cars/superbug-gasser

But that's not a '71.

[Mark]

For anyone who cares, here are the '55 Nomad pickup version roofs.  Left: reissue piece.  Right: first issue piece.  From the looks of it, the original part's tooling was altered to produce the newer piece.  Why, nobody knows...

[stavanzer]

Thanks for posting that, Mark.

I'd never seen the original part.

By 3'n'1, I meant a Stock, Custom, Drag kit, with heavy emphasis on the Drag Portion of the kit.

[Oldcarfan27]

8 minutes ago, Mark said:

From the looks of it, the original part's tooling was altered to produce the newer piece.  Why, nobody knows...

Probably because to install it, you had to cut away the entire roof and that would leave a weak assembly to build and square up all the pickup truck paraphernalia. My guess is it was too complicated for most builders to complete. 

I do think it looks miles better than the half roof piece we've been getting ever since. 

[Motor City]

The 1955 Nomad is one of the iconic designs from that decade.

[tim boyd]

16 hours ago, Mark said:

For anyone who cares, here are the '55 Nomad pickup version roofs.  Left: reissue piece.  Right: first issue piece.  From the looks of it, the original part's tooling was altered to produce the newer piece.  Why, nobody knows...

Thx Mark...never noticed that.  And yes, I had an original kit around here someplace....TB 

[stitchdup]

On 1/8/2022 at 4:00 AM, Oldcarfan27 said:

No it's pronounced "eye-gore"

But they told me it's "ee'gore"

Well they were wrong then, weren't they?

Classic movie!

fun fact, the first version of the frankenstein tale was set about 10 miles from my house, Mary Shelley was a frequent visitor to the orkney islands

[slusher]

On 1/7/2022 at 11:13 AM, CabDriver said:

I'm gonna go ahead and predict we don't see those Boyd parts back again, although I don't think it looked as bad as some of the other Boyd kits that AMT put out

Better than this thing, anyway...

 

i have one of these I hadn’t built yet..

[Casey]

On 1/6/2022 at 2:38 PM, Smoke Wagon said:

I bet it’ll have the turquoise car on the box top like this one: 

 

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[Dave Darby]

On 1/6/2022 at 3:38 PM, Smoke Wagon said:

I bet it’ll have the turquoise car on the box top like this one: 

Round 2 reissued that with flipped box art (Gas Man on top, green custom on side) as the "Gas Man" coupe not all that long ago. Hopefully it still has those nice skinny cherater slicks with the wide whites. 

[Dave Darby]

On 1/8/2022 at 8:28 PM, Mark said:

For anyone who cares, here are the '55 Nomad pickup version roofs.  Left: reissue piece.  Right: first issue piece.  From the looks of it, the original part's tooling was altered to produce the newer piece.  Why, nobody knows...

I actually have one of those full tops in my stash.

[stavanzer]

Dang it!

Stop doing that, guys.

Now I want to put those Re-tooled Reactor Wheels from the '49 Ford on the '55 Nomad....I think they'd look great on a Custom Nomad.

[oldcarfan]

I so hope the full bumper Camaro does well and encourages AMT to do variations on the tired reissues they've been pumping out. I would love to see a 1977 Firebird Esprit and Rockford base version. I'd love to see the MPC Pinto hatch and wagon backdated to a small bumper version and of course the same for the Vega if it's still around. How about the Caprice backdated to a 1971? The Chevy and Dodge vans would be great as 1971s as well, bonus points if they offered the window van option as well. So many others come to mind.

[Dave Darby]

1 hour ago, oldcarfan said:

I so hope the full bumper Camaro does well and encourages AMT to do variations on the tired reissues they've been pumping out. I would love to see a 1977 Firebird Esprit and Rockford base version. I'd love to see the MPC Pinto hatch and wagon backdated to a small bumper version and of course the same for the Vega if it's still around. How about the Caprice backdated to a 1971? The Chevy and Dodge vans would be great as 1971s as well, bonus points if they offered the window van option as well. So many others come to mind.

I like your thinking. Except I prefer the 74-up grille on the Dodge van.

[slusher]

On 1/13/2022 at 2:32 PM, alexis said:

Dang it!

Stop doing that, guys.

Now I want to put those Re-tooled Reactor Wheels from the '49 Ford on the '55 Nomad....I think they'd look great on a Custom Nomad.

i agree with with you…

[Luc Janssens]

4 hours ago, Dave Darby said:

I like your thinking. Except I prefer the 74-up grille on the Dodge van.

Bought a bunch of these Van's on ebay back in the day, when the prices were still reasonable. IMHO Dodge had the best looking vans!

[Mr mopar]

On 1/7/2022 at 2:06 PM, magicmustang said:

Doing one from my shelf of doom stash, although I preferred the Revell Jeb Allen dragster kit over the AMT Ivo attempt. Wheel pants are from the current release MPC Cosmic Charger. What color orange is that?

The car was metal flake red ,if you look closely you can see the flake in it !!

[Daddyfink]

3 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

The car was metal flake red ,if you look closely you can see the flake in it !!

This is the Red version of the car, which is basically the kit version, minus the wheel pants. 

Edited January 16, 2022 by Daddyfink