Ben Posted October 17, 2013 Posted October 17, 2013 A friend of mine that lives on my street recently bought an all original, almost perfect 69 long bed. He said it's a little more rare than most as it has a 360 with factory AC and power steering. I'm gonna go crawl all over it with my camera and get pics for super detailing these new kits!
charlie8575 Posted October 18, 2013 Posted October 18, 2013 A friend of mine that lives on my street recently bought an all original, almost perfect 69 long bed. He said it's a little more rare than most as it has a 360 with factory AC and power steering. I'm gonna go crawl all over it with my camera and get pics for super detailing these new kits! Thanks for volunteering to do that, Ben. Charlie Larkin
Luc Janssens Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 A friend of mine that lives on my street recently bought an all original, almost perfect 69 long bed. He said it's a little more rare than most as it has a 360 with factory AC and power steering. I'm gonna go crawl all over it with my camera and get pics for super detailing these new kits! Excellent!
mk11 Posted October 19, 2013 Posted October 19, 2013 (edited) Best source on the net for detail on these trucks is fordification.com. Galleries, original brochures, tech stuff, it's all been done on there.... The project galleries have a lot of great stuff mike Edited October 20, 2013 by mk11
Ben Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 I wonder why it has been so long since we have heard any new info on these kits?
Casey Posted November 5, 2013 Posted November 5, 2013 I wonder why it has been so long since we have heard any new info on these kits? It was exactly one month ago that Steve Goldman posted pics from the Toledo NNL...: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64836&p=1023345 ...and Dave Metzner posted about them, too, a few days later: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64836&p=1026651
Danno Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 I think they intend to take enough/plenty time to make everything dead-on right before they put these kits on the shelves. Pretty refreshing.
martinfan5 Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 And it will pay off, just like with the Pro Star kit
Casey Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 And it will pay off, just like with the Pro Star kit Maybe not...: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79964&p=1020034
martinfan5 Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 Maybe not...: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79964&p=1020034 I did see that thread, I was talking more on the lines of quality, making it a good kit, not about that it will have huge sales numbers
Ben Posted November 6, 2013 Posted November 6, 2013 It was exactly one month ago that Steve Goldman posted pics from the Toledo NNL...: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64836&p=1023345 ...and Dave Metzner posted about them, too, a few days later: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=64836&p=1026651 I actually meant a post showing progress on how the prototypes are coming along. I think Dave mentioned that a few things were being changed and he would have revised prototypes sent to him. I'm just excited to see those. I'm in no hurry as I too want these kits as accurate as possible. It's just nice to see how they are coming along.
wku88 Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Nothing in over a month? Anybody? Bueller? Bueller?
Art Anderson Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 I'm told that the first plastic test shots should be in the US sometime between Christmas and New Years. Generally speaking, once tooling mockups have been approved to tooling, and the steel gets cut/engraved, it can take at least a couple of rounds of test shots to get everything in a model kit to where it needs to be. Art
Eshaver Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 O K .............................................................
Guest Posted December 13, 2013 Posted December 13, 2013 I would rather they take more time and get the inaccuracies fixed and produce a kit that I will actually buy than push it on through and put out a kit that I would love to have, but won't buy. The older I get, the less willing I am to buy a new kit and spend a lot of time fixing inaccuracies that shouldn't be there in the first place. With today's technology, there's no excuses for inaccurate kits.
DrKerry Posted December 14, 2013 Posted December 14, 2013 I would rather they take more time and get the inaccuracies fixed and produce a kit that I will actually buy than push it on through and put out a kit that I would love to have, but won't buy. The older I get, the less willing I am to buy a new kit and spend a lot of time fixing inaccuracies that shouldn't be there in the first place. With today's technology, there's no excuses for inaccurate kits. Agreed!!
Luc Janssens Posted December 14, 2013 Posted December 14, 2013 I'm told that the first plastic test shots should be in the US sometime between Christmas and New Years. Generally speaking, once tooling mockups have been approved to tooling, and the steel gets cut/engraved, it can take at least a couple of rounds of test shots to get everything in a model kit to where it needs to be. Art Art, Do the licensors give their approval based on the tooling model or on the test shots and box-art mockup? Thanks Luc
Art Anderson Posted December 14, 2013 Posted December 14, 2013 Art, Do the licensors give their approval based on the tooling model or on the test shots and box-art mockup? Thanks Luc In my experience, on the tooling mockup. That doesn't mean they don't want to see the final product, however. Art
niteowl7710 Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 Well the advertising board for this kit says "Coming in 2014!" That gives them 379 days by my count to get this get on the shelves for it to be "late".
Art Anderson Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 I just learned, this afternoon, that I can expect the first round test shots of this anticipated series of kits by Saturday! Whoo-hoo, I can hardly wait (I'll forgo my diuretics for that long--don't want to pee my pants prematurely!) Long bed, short stepside box, 2WD,. 4WD, small and large V8, and the I-block six--can't wait! These will be first round test shots--so evaluation is required--gotta help make these as excellent kits as you all expect them to be from Moebius Models! Art
disabled modeler Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 You have my attention Art....sounds like real goodies to me...just wish there kits would show up around here too.
Art Anderson Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 You have my attention Art....sounds like real goodies to me...just wish there kits would show up around here too. Hang on! They are coming! Art
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