Tom Jackson Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) This is just Fantastic kit I got this From a fellow club member that sells kits . Along with the kit he gave me this The poster For the Tin kit . I'm still grokking the kit more info and pics later. Edited February 18, 2013 by Casey
Bernard Kron Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 Looking forward to more pics. I'm curious about the "second" chrome tree. From various comments it sounds like it may duplicate parts from the other tree but with different front wheels for the Fiat.
RyanSilva Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) So my kit arrived this morning and my first impressions were "WOW!!!! THIS IS AWESOME" when I first Opened it. It may be because I'm giddy to finally own this kit. The first thing I did was looked at the tires. 2 sets of Piecrust slicks and 1 set of Goodyear Blue Streaks. My Goodyears are still offcenter!!!! ..just not as bad as they use to be. One side is worse than the other. Front tires are the good'ol Firestones that every other kit has, only 2 have white walls and the other is plain. Chrome! x3 You get two identical chrome sheets with this, the sheet that contains the halibrand smoothie wheels and the 4 small block intakes. 6 of the 8 corvette script valve covers have sink marks! That is a big bummer... Luckly you get 8 of these so only 2 are perfect.. The decal sheet is beautiful!!! I'll update this later on some more.. More pics here : http://public.fotki.com/73OldsOmega/double-dragster/ Edited January 23, 2010 by RyanSilva
ScaleSpeedShop Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 I ordered 2 of them. They won't be here till next week. I can't wait.
RyanSilva Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 I wasn't expecting the supertricks..but I am sure glad they are in it! Nice pointout on the 12 spokes.. These are just another version to add to the pot, So far I think there is about 4 different versions of the 12 spokes, The best Ones Ive seen to date are in the 57 Ford..but I really like these too. My white wall piecrusts are slightly offcenter a tad too..
Casey Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 (edited) Thank you, Ryan. Kudos to Round2. I really like the tin. Edited November 28, 2018 by Casey
RyanSilva Posted January 23, 2010 Posted January 23, 2010 I was not expecting the size of the tin! Its about 14x10 inches! It really makes a statement on a shelf in my opinion.
RTK434 Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 I just got back from picking one up. I'm very excited about this kit. Now I just need to pick up like 5 more.
Foxer Posted January 24, 2010 Posted January 24, 2010 Sure brings back memories looking at those trees. I cut those down during the first issue when I was a cute little "almost a teenager". Thanks for the pics.
Chuck Most Posted January 25, 2010 Posted January 25, 2010 Consider this one added to my "Will buy 20 of 'em" list! Still think I'll wait for the cardboard box edition, though!
RodneyBad Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 Well I may not be too happy about the prices and the give and take pieces. Or much interest in this kit right now. Soo. I'll just be happy with one of each style box.
purplehornies Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 Where can I buy these. My LHS doesn't cary them
Crusader101 Posted January 26, 2010 Posted January 26, 2010 I ordered mine from gmscustoms as well....appears that they currently have the best price on eBay.
RyanSilva Posted January 27, 2010 Posted January 27, 2010 Yup mine came from also...LOL. I got mine won on a open auction, for 25.50 - 4.00 I had with ebay bucks..and it came out to about 29.50 with shipping! I'm really sad that none of my corvette valvecovers are usable, they all have sink marks.
torinobradley Posted January 28, 2010 Posted January 28, 2010 Okay, all this hype and the wonderful pictures got me to pull the trigger. That, and the local Hobbytown already had the kit priced at $45.00. I currently don't build a lot of drag cars but am into land speed racers, traditional hot rods and street rods so this wonderful box of nifty parts is chock full of those types of parts! Thanks for the detailed reviews!
walt francis Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 Got my grubby little hand on mine today and all I can say is WOW !!!!!
horsepower Posted January 29, 2010 Posted January 29, 2010 Where can I buy these. My LHS doesn't cary them Smack your LHS guy up aside the head, & tell him there are other things in the industry than R/C stuff, & you would greatly appreciate him gettin' a few of these on order.
Eshaver Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Looking at the piece breakdown sure looks like a lot of ole " Throwback stuff to me ". Now I mean that in a positive light too ! Shoot, the Halibrand rear, the Moon discs , even the old S C O T Blower lends itself well to a lost era . To me , it says , the way we were ............. Ed Shaver
RodneyBad Posted January 30, 2010 Posted January 30, 2010 Got my grubby little hand on mine today and all I can say is WOW !!!!! OMG, Those Tins look HUGE!! Are they as large as a Tamiya Box? Still not here on the west coast tho
RodneyBad Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 The one I mainly go to says they won't get them in for another week. So I went to another LHS and found One there.
Marc @ MPC Motorsports Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 OMG, Those Tins look HUGE!! Are they as large as a Tamiya Box? Still not here on the west coast tho I got mine Thursday. It was mailed in a Priority Mail flat box and it about the same size as a Tamiya or Aoshima box.
Fuel Coupe Posted January 31, 2010 Posted January 31, 2010 (edited) Picked up my first one today, One set of valve covers have sink marks and my whitewall piecrusts have a "slight" offset to the whitewall. The race masters are FREAKING AWESOME!!!! Going to my LHS Monday to pick up my other one... Edited January 31, 2010 by TxRat
Terry Sumner Posted February 1, 2010 Posted February 1, 2010 (edited) Bought 2 DD kits for $27.95 each from Len Feinberg's Fantastic Plastics. With shipping of $8.95 for both kits it came to $64.85 total. Not too bad I guess. Geez the first ones I bought back in the 60's were only a couple of bucks! LOL Edited February 1, 2010 by Terry Sumner
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