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Round2 was on hand today at the Plastic Undercover Show removing a few projects...from under cover *rimshot*

Polar Lights kit - Hemi parts were in the tooling, but never run in the kit previously.

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76 Nova Pro Street - last seen in 2005

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Next Variant of the New Tool Demon. All parts in gray are new

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16 minutes ago, Luc Janssens said:

Is that Charger, the wide body?

 

 

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Yeah but they showed that way back in April at NNL East. It's done and ready, they're just letting the police car version have it's time to sell.

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I’m wondering why the team at Round2 chose to do a variation of the Demon tooling to make a ‘72 Duster instead of their better detailed ‘71 Duster kit.?

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2 hours ago, Radretireddad said:

I’m wondering why the team at Round2 chose to do a variation of the Demon tooling to make a ‘72 Duster instead of their better detailed ‘71 Duster kit.?

Demon is a new tool, gotta spread the costs around to other projects to amortize the costs. Plus all the pre-Round2 kits were all done the old school way with no CAD files so it's a colossal PITA to add to/change them 30 some years later.

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4 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

Yes.  I took a pic of it from a different angle.  

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What’s the model on the left? Looks like a modified MPC Magnum GT II. 

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1972 Duster 340 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It appears that they even got the 1972 upholstery pattern ; that's shared with the '72 Demon ! Even the 1972-only air cleaner is included !! 

Well, now I can build a correct '72 Demon without tracking down the interior from an MPC '72 annual !

Other stuff looks sweet, too - the '72 Chevelle SS-454 and the '76 Nova especially.

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3 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

Demon is a new tool, gotta spread the costs around to other projects to amortize the costs. Plus all the pre-Round2 kits were all done the old school way with no CAD files so it's a colossal PITA to add to/change them 30 some years later.

Aha! That makes perfect sense. Thanks.

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22 minutes ago, 1972coronet said:

1972 Duster 340 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It appears that they even got the 1972 upholstery pattern ; that's shared with the '72 Demon ! Even the 1972-only air cleaner is included !! 

Well, now I can build a correct '72 Demon without tracking down the interior from an MPC '72 annual !

Other stuff looks sweet, too - the '72 Chevelle SS-454 and the '76 Nova especially.

You’ll still need the grille won’t you?

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I'm not too keen on these new releases, but I do have fond memories of the 76 Nova kit. It looks really nice lowered as a small town small town oval track Street Stock racer.

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52 minutes ago, oldcarfan said:

I'm not too keen on these new releases, but I do have fond memories of the 76 Nova kit. It looks really nice lowered as a small town small town oval track Street Stock racer.

Should be a thing or two debuted at the Detroit show in November. 

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14 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

Round2 was on hand today at the Plastic Undercover Show removing a few projects...from under cover *rimshot*

Polar Lights kit - Hemi parts were in the tooling, but never run in the kit previously.

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76 Nova Pro Street - last seen in 2005

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Next Variant of the New Tool Demon. All parts in gray are new

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You're doing the Lord's work, James! Thank you for your coverage, and imma hafta remortgage the house to afford all of Round 2's insane offerings! They just don't stop won't stop can't stop, and neither will we!

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12 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

Yeah but they showed that way back in April at NNL East. It's done and ready, they're just letting the police car version have it's time to sell.

 

12 hours ago, Rob Hall said:

Yes.  I took a pic of it from a different angle.  

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Oops totally forgot James, must be getting old ;)

Thanks for the pic Rob!

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14 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

Demon is a new tool, gotta spread the costs around to other projects to amortize the costs. Plus all the pre-Round2 kits were all done the old school way with no CAD files so it's a colossal PITA to add to/change them 30 some years later.

The full front bumper modification of the Mueller-Montgomery-Carlock era  '70 Camaro tool, was probably a costly lesson.

Also, the way the tooling is designed doesn't allow much leverage in swapping and adding existing or newly created inserts. Remember the sixty 2'n 1 Ford Galaxie, where they had to run the tooling in two different configurations to get all the necessary parts for that kit, which meant clipping off dual parts on the packaging line, which, IMHO, is a trainwreck in the making.

The only way to make siblings for the pre-CAD file kits is to scan them and work from there, incorporating new part versions and, more importantly, designing a cluster of tooling that can be run in different configurations, streamlining the production and packaging process to minimize the chance of errors.

I think Round2 is on top of things. Is there room for improvement? Sure, but in the end, ROI is what counts, pays the wages, running costs, the investors and also finances future developments. 

Personally, I would like them to have a better and cheaper distributor for the EU, one that thru R2 can order a container directly from China, maybe Glow2B the owner of Heller can be that company, which eliminates excessive shipping, the cost that come with it and in the mean time restoring an old partnership and reduce the price disadvantage they now have, compared to their direct competitor; Revell.

 

Just my 2 cents ;)

 

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clarification.
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12 hours ago, Radretireddad said:

You’ll still need the grille won’t you?

I bought a few resin 1972 grilles from an eBay seller (who also offers 1971 grilles) .

The upholstery pattern is shared between the Duster and Demon, at least insofar as the bucket seats are concerned.

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14 hours ago, Wypete said:

What’s the model on the left? Looks like a modified MPC Magnum GT II. 

'64 Olds Cutlass AWB Streaker funny car. 

 

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