70 Plymouth road runner Revell

[66c10]

When is the Revell 70 Plymouth road runner is coming out?

[Fat Brian]

They just announced it a few months ago, it can take about a year from then until it actually hitting shelves. 

[Fabrux]

HLJ has a pre-order available and they claim it is being released this month.

[Mike C.]

Thats a nice one I built this one many years ago. Has the 440 6BBL with the pistol grip 4 speed. I hope to upgrade mine by painting the white lettering on the tires, putting on a set of Rallye wheels, and painting over those chrome valve covers.

 

[deuces wild]

Anyone here ever install a 1/24 scale hemi in one of these????....??

[Plowboy]

On 9/7/2022 at 8:36 AM, Fat Brian said:

They just announced it a few months ago, it can take about a year from then until it actually hitting shelves. 

Why would it take a year to do a reissue? Or is it a new tooled kit?

[Mattilacken]

6 hours ago, deuces wild said:

Anyone here ever install a 1/24 scale hemi in one of these????....??

They fit nicely. A 1/24 engine is about one scale inch longer if it’s a true 1/24 engine and not one of the Monogram Engines which is’t scale accurate. 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Mattilacken

[Fat Brian]

18 hours ago, Plowboy said:

Why would it take a year to do a reissue? Or is it a new tooled kit?

That just seems to be about the pace of things now. Evidently somewhere has this for preorder so it must be coming a bit sooner. 

[1972coronet]

I'd like to see a couple of things happen with the 1970 Road Runner (whose origins are the 1970 GTX):

1.) Put its interior in the 1970 Superbird (more common than the luxurious Sport Satellite/GTX interior in the existing -since 1988- version)

2.) Add the intake and carburetors from the 1971 GTX. Vastly superior to the blobs of the old Monogram setup (Super Bee, GTX-come- Road Runner)

3.) Custom wheels & tyres from the 2-in-1 1970 GTX (the moulded in blue release). Those were an absolute treat in the era of ad nauseam Centerlines and Cragar S/STs that the majority of Monogram's kits were flogged with.

I love how the interior was revised to include the bench seat that most Road Runners were fitted with (e.g., standard interior), and the separate door cards are a nice touch. The decal sheet is great, too. That R.T.S. poster alone is awesome! 

Edited September 11, 2022 by 1972coronet

[Oldcarfan27]

How come this Roadrunner never comes back as the GTX and the 71 GTX never comes back as the Roadrunner/Satellite it originated from? 

[Fabrux]

Both for the same reason, I'm sure: the body mold was altered.

[1972coronet]

3 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

How come this Roadrunner never comes back as the GTX and the 71 GTX never comes back as the Roadrunner/Satellite it originated from? 

As much as I welcome the reissue of the 1970 Road Runner, and as much as I love the 1971 Satellite/ Road Runner 'hybrid', both of them -and their relatives- are long in the tooth. Heck, those kits date to 40 years ago! 
All-new kits of the 1970 Road Runner (with interchangeable GTX/Satellite Sebring interior, and separate trim) and 1971 Road Runner (with, again, interchangeable interior, etc.) would be better than trying to revise/modify the ancient tooling cores of these (and the other early 1980's Monogram Muscle Car kits: '70 SS-454 Chevelle, '69 Super Bee, '70 Mustang BOSS 429, '70 Challenger T/A, etc.) kits. 

[NYLIBUD]

A couple of my older builds

[roadhawg]

I'm glad to see this kit back, but I DO wish they'd fix the engine compartment.....there's no wiper motor, the radiator overflow tank was still a year or two away, and let's be honest, it's not REALLY a Road Runner without the purple beep beep horn, is it? The last one I built, I fixed all that. It wasn't difficult, but still...........:/