Gimme 5 automotive subjects you'd like to see reissued

[Scott8950]

Like to see this again.

[slusher]

On 12/3/2020 at 9:18 AM, Mike999 said:

Long as I'm dreaming, I'll dream big...just add the garage/shop truck accessories back to the '75 Dodge van, and glass to the Autorama set...

 

Mike I would like to see these two again.....

[Force]

On 12/2/2020 at 2:53 AM, Captain Spaulding said:

Would like to see these kits reissued.

The W925 kit has recently been reissued (2017-2018) but as the Watkins tractor, the kits are exactly the same except for the decals.
This version of the kit is not correct for the Sonny Pruitt "Sundance" truck from the "Movin On" TV series as it's too old, the AMT kit originates from 1971 and represents a 1968-72 model, and the TV series trucks are 1974 for the first season  and 1975 for the second season, both are V.I.T.'s with 60 inch sleepers so you would be better off starting with the Revell Germany W900, with that you still need some modifications to do it right but you will have the correct cab style, sleeper and frame length,
To do the truck right for the first season with the Revell Germany kit you need to change to the shorter 63 inch hood from the Revell snap kit or the AMT kit (or maybe cut down the 74 inch kit hood), get a Cummins VT903 engine and torsion bar suspension from Auslowe and decals from Modeltruckin' and you are on your way, the second season trucks had a Cummins NTC engines but was pretty much the same as the trucks from the first season with some minor differences.
You could build the truck from the "In Tandem" pilot show from the AMT kit tho', but it still need some modifications to be right.

Edited December 5, 2020 by Force

[Can-Con]

On 12/2/2020 at 12:06 PM, 89AKurt said:

Since we are wishing here........  I know this is an obscure subject, but I'm willing to bet the kit is horrible to begin with, so re-issue, or hope a new kit is done?

 

There's a built one on e-bay right now with w BIN of $7.66. Very toylike looking

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/VINTAGE-GREEN-SEDAN-MODEL-KIT-PROMO-BUILT-1-24-SCALE/164340742193?hash=item264378b831:g:xL4AAOSw~A5e-nUk

[lordairgtar]

On 12/2/2020 at 8:32 PM, Erik Smith said:

 

Why?

 

[RichCostello]

2 hours ago, lordairgtar said:

Why?

 

Good question!

[Erik Smith]

2 hours ago, lordairgtar said:

Why?

 

Who wouldn’t want an old Toyota Echo with steel wheels? 

[Oldcarfan27]

On 12/2/2020 at 6:32 PM, Erik Smith said:

I'm sorry, I just can't get over the names of some of the Asian cars. Don't they hire someone to tell them what the names might mean in other countries?

This one just sounds like the noise it would make when it hits something.

I guess it's no different than a Dodge "Decrepid"

[Deuces ll]

On 12/4/2020 at 12:11 PM, slusher said:

On 12/3/2020 at 10:18 AM, Mike999 said:

Long as I'm dreaming, I'll dream big...just add the garage/shop truck accessories back to the '75 Dodge van, and glass to the Autorama set...

 

Mike I would like to see these two again.....

I'd settle for the '62 Buick kit....

[89AKurt]

11 hours ago, Can-Con said:

There's a built one on e-bay right now with w BIN of $7.66. Very toylike looking

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/VINTAGE-GREEN-SEDAN-MODEL-KIT-PROMO-BUILT-1-24-SCALE/164340742193?hash=item264378b831:g:xL4AAOSw~A5e-nUk

Wow, thanks for going to the effort to find this!  The box art looks better.  ?

[1972coronet]

The tooling for the MPC kit MUST exist --- it was last issued (in custom-only livery) in c.1984 . 

The AMT 1972 tooling is still around , last issued in c.2005 .

[mikemodeler]

6 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

The tooling for the MPC kit MUST exist --- it was last issued (in custom-only livery) in c.1984 . 

The AMT 1972 tooling is still around , last issued in c.2005 .

Much like the old 69 Chevelle that AMT kept cranking out, I believe this one has some proportion issues and inaccuracies and would make for a great new tool. Maybe Revell can find a way to offer the 71 & 72 Chevelles in several different versions and do us all a big favor.

[ChrisBcritter]

1 hour ago, mikemodeler said:

 Maybe Revell can find a way to offer the 71 & 72 Chevelles in several different versions and do us all a big favor make lots and lots of money.

FTFY (You gotta encourage them, right? )

Edited December 6, 2020 by ChrisBcritter

[lordairgtar]

On 12/4/2020 at 12:20 AM, Casey said:

 

 

 

 

I just got this one last month at an estate sale for Gary Schmidt.

[HomerS]

A vendor had one at a toy show last month (I think it was a 76) but he wanted $115 for it.......double eBay price and may make the AMC reboot trifecta (with the Pacer and Gremlin)......hard pass!

 

 

 

 

[Luc Janssens]

I enter this one....it was out in the 80s then everything gets a little fuzzy on the whereabouts or condition of the tooling.

Even if they don't find it, or fell off a forklift or so, no biggie...cuz the late 90s designed '71 Charger kit has the guts one needs to put under a newly designed shell preferably a '72 with the elastomer bumper option, what do you you all say, yea or nay?

Photo courtesy of American Muscle Cars.net

1972 Plymouth Roadrunner (american-muscle-cars.net)

 

Edited December 6, 2020 by Luc Janssens

[Luc Janssens]

On 12/3/2020 at 4:18 PM, Mike999 said:

Long as I'm dreaming, I'll dream big...just add the garage/shop truck accessories back to the '75 Dodge van, and glass to the Autorama set...

 

 

Would love to have the pre-facelifted Dodge Van again, box-art...a black van with a flame job just like in the movie, Death car on the freeway!

[Dragonhawk1066]

I can see Cooter's Tow Truck selling, possibly better in  non-Dukes livery. The Ventura II Sprint and Fast Pack Grand Prix seem to have a bit of a following on these forums, so those would probably do well. The AMT Petty Race Team would probably sell good as well, since those Trucks seem to be a popular item at the moment and one can usually do no wrong when it comes to Richard Petty based kits.

       My personal faves would be the Red Alert and SSlasher Chevelle's and depending on if the MPC SS454 could be built stock, or any 1971/1972 Chevelle kit for that matter. I'm actually a little surprised any one of the Chevelle's hasn't been re-issued recently yet. Of course, my big hope is Revell continues it's course of re-issuing it's Muscle Car lineup and includes the '70 GTX, '68 and/or '69 GTO, 1970 Chevelle/Malibu SS454, and 1979/80/81 Camaro Z28 3'N 1 kit.

[Dragonhawk1066]

9 hours ago, 1972coronet said:

 

Any of these three would definitely hurt my wallet!

[1972coronet]

1 hour ago, Luc Janssens said:

I enter this one [ MPC 1971 Road Runner ] it was out in the 80s then everything gets a little fuzzy on the whereabouts or condition of the tooling.

Certainly you are not alone in wanting for the MPC 1971 Road Runner to make a return (last produced in c.1990 ; reissued --with 80's wheels-- in 1987) . 

Ostensibly , AMT was going to modify the tooling to make ( re-make ?) the Petty 1971 Belvedere / Satellite NASCAR iteration ----- that was in c.1995 , and it never appeared .Perhaps the body was irreversibly-modified and "clustered" up in the process ?

The 1:1 car (the orange one with painted rear bumper) you exhibited is a 1972 . The Elastomeric option was a 1971-only option on the B-bodies .

A 100% newly-tooled 1971-1972 Road Runner would be fantastic ! NOT based-upon the decent-but-long-in-the-tooth Monogram 1971 Satellite / GTX / Fast Food & Furious kit .

[GMP440]

 

  Round 2 needs to look into doing the MPC 69 Coronet R/T convertible.  

[1972coronet]

4 hours ago, mikemodeler said:

Much like the old 69 Chevelle [ and the related 1970 & 1972 models ]  that AMT kept cranking out, I believe this one has some proportion issues and inaccuracies and would make for a great new tool.

I've never had the MPC version of the 1971-1972 Chevelle kit , so I can't speak to any inaccuracies . 

As far as the AMT 1969 ; 1970-1972 Chevelles : I've had the 1969 (convertible , most-recently)  , the 1970 ( a commissioned build ) , and the 1972 ( a few of those ) , and I never noted any proportional-inaccuracies , but I'm not intimately-familiar with the lines of the 1:1 ( i.e. , I've never scrutinised them ) . My main complaint about them --and most kits of that era-- is the lack of engine compartment details (chiefly , the 1966 & earlier brake master cylinder , if there's even one present ! ) .

[1972coronet]

2 hours ago, lordairgtar said:

I just got this [ AMT 1976 AMC Matador Coupe ] one last month at an estate sale for Gary Schmidt.

Another kit whose tooling must exist ! I believe that it was last issued with stock parts as the 1977 annual . 

I have the 1975 and 1976 annuals of the Matador Coupe --- both with tyre burns on the backlight ; both with those garbage 2-piece tyres-- and would love to see them reissued .

[Can-Con]

23 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said:

I'm sorry, I just can't get over the names of some of the Asian cars. Don't they hire someone to tell them what the names might mean in other countries?

This one just sounds like the noise it would make when it hits something.

I guess it's no different than a Dodge "Decrepid"

That's actually kinda close to French Canadian slang for a certain part of the female anatomy. ?

[Tom Geiger]

6 hours ago, Luc Janssens said:

Would love to have the pre-facelifted Dodge Van again, box-art...a black van with a flame job just like in the movie, Death car on the freeway!

When MPC updated the van they changed the shape of the body around the grille to accommodate it, so the older grille / bumper assembly doesn’t fit.. I tried!  MPC was actually quite earnest in the annual changes so the current body has the larger tail lights and even the indents on the roof are different.. a bunch of work on the body shell to properly backdate.

When Round Two restored the last factory grille prior to that awful ambulance grille that never existed in 1:1, that version is actually the high end grille with stacked rectangular headlights. It would’ve been cool if they did the base model grille with single round headlight.