Petetrucker07 Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 I agree. I wouldve much rather seen a K100.
olsbooks Posted January 1, 2015 Posted January 1, 2015 As much as I like Marmon and other oddballs, I too will have to pass. A Marmon grille does not the shape of a Marmon hood and cab make.. But the "paint job" looks nice....which will entice somebody "just scanning boxes wanting a cool looking big rig". For a collector of kits though, I have a hunch 20 years from now it will be a prize just from a rarity standpoint.
kilrathy10 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I think I'd pick one up on that stand point, as well....Can't say I really dig this truck, but somebody does.....And that makes good trading sense.....
Chuck Most Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I'm getting one, mostly for amusement. But I might get more. Ignore the Marmon hood, grille, and graphics, and it still comes with all the parts to build a very nice Pete 359.
Mr mopar Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I'll stick with AITM resin kit ,looks much better then Revell Germanys febel a temped!
Bennyg Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 Frankenstein trucks. The company i drive for bought a Western Star glider and put KW running gear and emission controls on it. It has 3000 miles on it and theyve had it "road ready" for 2 years. They cant get it to run right, its constantly, literally, regenerating the DPF. In the 6 months or so ive been there its been drive 3 times, once by me. They think its ready now, now theyve dumped about 10 grand more into it. Ill definitely pick up a couple of these just to stash and build 1, just to have it on the shelf. I guess i should do that with all the truck kits. DPFs are the worst things. Bad in cars as well. Nothing but dramas in my wife's diesel forester. Ben
Petetrucker07 Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 The last company i drove for, the truck i drove was the last year Caterpillar in highway trucks. Like clock work, it had to go to Cat for some DPF related issue, it went through spark plugs every 3 months. I lost a lot of work because of it.
72 Charger Posted January 2, 2015 Posted January 2, 2015 I would get one just for the decals. I do wish the model companys wouldnt cut corners like that though
OlSchoolRedo Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 C'mon man....Is this kit for real or is somebody joking? I mean,with all the proper truck kits that could be modeled.How about a Freightliner FLD132-64T Condo Classic XL,or a Cascadia or Coronado for goodness sakes....sigh!
Bennyg Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I was surprised Revell didn't do a new truck. They did a new fire engine but that's all as far as trucks. Maybe 2016 will be the year. Ben
Superpeterbilt Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 This is why Im not going to waste my time with the "Revell share your dream" anymore. Ive been voting for years for a modern lowboy, etc, just to have inaccurate junk like this reissued.
Jim B Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Look, guys, reality check here. Making a completely new kit cost a lot of money (copyrights, tooling, etc.). Revell isn't going to spend that kind of money when they can just reissue an existing kit and we'll buy it. They did issue the Moebius LoneStar, but Moebius did the upfront work. And Italeri did make a new IVECO Stralis, but I don't see anything new coming from Revell (despite their little "Share Your Dream"). It's all pipe-dreams, if you ask me. Call me a cynic! Edited January 3, 2015 by Jim B
Petetrucker07 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Well maybe 2016 they will do something new truck wise. All we can do is deal with whatever they put out. I might get 1 or 2 just to build 1 and stash the other. I need to build at least 1 of every kit, i can get anyways for a decent price.
Superpeterbilt Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 I mean,with all the proper truck kits that could be modeled.How about a Freightliner FLD132-64T Condo Classic XL,or a Cascadia or Coronado for goodness sakes....sigh! Your in luck, I have inside information that they are releasing the Freightliner Coranado. The only downside is 99% of the truck will be a W900 Kenworth. Oh well.....
Superpeterbilt Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Oh boy, stirrin the pot are ya. Juss kiddin
kilrathy10 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Oh, I could use a Coronado....I remember the first time I saw one of those.....Man, it was a beauty......Who'd you say was puttin' that thing out??
Superpeterbilt Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 Oh, I could use a Coronado....I remember the first time I saw one of those.....Man, it was a beauty......Who'd you say was puttin' that thing out?? sorry to get your hopes up JT, I was fibbin
kilrathy10 Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 AAwwwww, Man.... I could have used that one....Oh well....Back to the reissues......But I can cope with Moebius for a little while.....And Italeri's Volvo is still cool....Wish it had an engine, though.....
Bennyg Posted January 3, 2015 Posted January 3, 2015 This is why Im not going to waste my time with the "Revell share your dream" anymore. Ive been voting for years for a modern lowboy, etc, just to have inaccurate junk like this reissued. Look, guys, reality check here. Making a completely new kit cost a lot of money (copyrights, tooling, etc.). Revell isn't going to spend that kind of money when they can just reissue an existing kit and we'll buy it. They did issue the Moebius LoneStar, but Moebius did the upfront work. And Italeri did make a new IVECO Stralis, but I don't see anything new coming from Revell (despite their little "Share Your Dream"). It's all pipe-dreams, if you ask me. Call me a cynic! The trucks got fairly high votes when compared to some cars that got released. I don't know how many votes the BMW i8 got but revell is doing that. Hopefully moebius does another truck. Hopefully the Drake KW K200 and low loader sell well so we can see more from them as well. Ben
kilrathy10 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 I'm waiting on that low loader, for sure....Not that interested in another reissued lowboy from AMT.....It's okay as a base for extending, but not very modern......Sign:Mobeius PLEASE HELP !!!!
Chuck Most Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Your in luck, I have inside information that they are releasing the Freightliner Coranado. The only downside is 99% of the truck will be a W900 Kenworth. Oh well..... I heard there's a Pete 579 on the way. Trouble is, it's just the old Italeri Aeromax 120 with a Red Oval decal instead of a Blue Oval for the grille.
Superpeterbilt Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 I heard there's a Pete 579 on the way. Trouble is, it's just the old Italeri Aeromax 120 with a Red Oval decal instead of a Blue Oval for the grille. In ten years both of these kits will be sky high on ebay. People will be beating each other over the head to get this "rare" kit.
OlSchoolRedo Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Look, guys, reality check here. Making a completely new kit cost a lot of money (copyrights, tooling, etc.). Revell isn't going to spend that kind of money when they can just reissue an existing kit and we'll buy it. They did issue the Moebius LoneStar, but Moebius did the upfront work. And Italeri did make a new IVECO Stralis, but I don't see anything new coming from Revell (despite their little "Share Your Dream"). It's all pipe-dreams, if you ask me. Call me a cynic! You're right about the cost to do new truck kits,but they would only in most cases have to do the truck bodies and interiors and leave the frames and suspensions alone.This is something Italeri has been doing for years.And consider this,they have already done one of the most popular trucks on the road today,the Prostar,so why not do a Cascadia and put it on a modified Fld 120 frame.Or better yet to save money,sell a transkit that just includes the body and interior and let us the modeler provide everything else.This would also generate sales of existing kits because we would buy them for their donor parts.
Force Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 We need more modern trucks and I would love to see a Cascadia made...it seems to be a popular truck amongst the drag racers and others...but I would prefer a complete kit before transkits. Yes Italeri doesn't do many all new tooling trucks, they mostly update existing tooling to a newer model...and not allways enough for it to be correct either as they often use outdated engines and sometimes even wrong suspension and frames. But the Prostar is done by Moebius...not Italeri...and it's based on the Lonestar tooling, but not exactly the same...and I hope they will do more trucks, something else than a Navistar product this time and why not a Cascadia,
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