Mpc Plymouth 68 cornet hardtop R/t with trailer

[stavanzer]

And, it does have the Light Bar.

No radio that I can tell, but then the original kit never had a radio either, that I know of. Just an antenna.

But, Congrats to Round2 for bringing those parts back.

Edited January 26, 2024 by stavanzer

[SteveG]

13 hours ago, stavanzer said:

And, it does have the Light Bar.

No radio that I can tell, but then the original kit never had a radio either, that I know of. Just an antenna.

But, Congrats to Round2 for bring those parts back.

Correct, no radio parts. just the optional antenna.  I had hinted that there were some parts copied from the '69 Coronet annual kit and the Police car parts are some of those.  The red and clear beacon lenses were intentionally included with the convertible kit as a clue to the future version contents.  Internal beacon lamp parts were added as an improvement from the original and the mounting bar is now plated. Assembled it's a very good match to a Federal Visibar. 

-Steve

[GMP440]

2 hours ago, SteveG said:

Correct, no radio parts. just the optional antenna.  I had hinted that there were some parts copied from the '69 Coronet annual kit and the Police car parts are some of those.  The red and clear beacon lenses were intentionally included with the convertible kit as a clue to the future version contents.  Internal beacon lamp parts were added as an improvement from the original and the mounting bar is now plated. Assembled it's a very good match to a Federal Visibar. 

-Steve

  In reference to the police car parts copied from the 69 Coronet annual kit;  is this a hint that we will be seeing the MPC 69 Coronet kit sometime in the near future?

[CapSat 6]

I just rewatched the build video. It looks like tread plate detail was added to the inside bottom of the trailer. That’s a nice little detail that makes the new one match the original trailer from the annual kits (and the new trailer looked a little bare in there…).

[SteveG]

11 hours ago, CapSat 6 said:

I just rewatched the build video. It looks like tread plate detail was added to the inside bottom of the trailer. That’s a nice little detail that makes the new one match the original trailer from the annual kits (and the new trailer looked a little bare in there…).

Correct, that texture detail was missed originally. Any future runs of the convertible kit will also include the revised trailer floor part. 

-Steve 

[CapSat 6]

3 hours ago, SteveG said:

Correct, that texture detail was missed originally. Any future runs of the convertible kit will also include the revised trailer floor part. 

-Steve 

The little details do not go unnoticed. These releases have been fantastic. Thank you, Steve!!!

[Mr mopar]

This kit should be out soon ?

[GMP440]

3 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

This kit should be out soon ?

  I bet it will be out the end of this month.  Some of the kit companies; Model Roundup, etc are already doing pre-orders.

[GMP440]

How close are the Coronet hardtop kits to reaching the shores of the U.S.?

Edited February 13, 2024 by GMP440

[drodg]

19 hours ago, GMP440 said:

How close are the Coronet hardtop kits to reaching the shores of the U.S.?

I have not seen a pre order from Model Roundup

[Rob Hall]

4 minutes ago, drodg said:

I have not seen a pre order from Model Roundup

I haven't either..given how backed up and slow Round 2's distribution has been this year I'm thinking April-June..

[Old Nasty]

You do realize that a Cornet is a Dodge, not a Plymouth.

[Rob Hall]

1 hour ago, Old Nasty said:

You do realize that a Cornet is a Dodge, not a Plymouth.

And it is a 'Coronet', not a 'Cornet'. 

[drodg]

Btw I preordered this morning the 68 Coronet hardtop from Autoworld.   

[Mr mopar]

12 minutes ago, drodg said:

Btw I preordered this morning the 68 Coronet hardtop from Autoworld.   

me too !

[GMP440]

On 2/14/2024 at 9:20 AM, drodg said:

I have not seen a pre order from Model Roundup

Model Round Up started taking preorders for the 68 Coronet Hdtp kit.

 

[rickcaps55]

Model Round up started taking per-orders on Saturday I just ordered 2 kits.!!

[Rob Hall]

On 2/16/2024 at 11:02 AM, Mr mopar said:

me too !

Me too..

[Rob Hall]

4 minutes ago, rickcaps55 said:

Model Round up started taking per-orders on Saturday I just ordered 2 kits.!!

Me too.  2 each from two vendors, figure I'll get one sooner than the other.

[rickcaps55]

6 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

Me too.  2 each from two vendors, figure I'll get one sooner than the other.

LOL I tried that with the first one and they came one day apart.!!

[66c10]

Yeah I pre order my 68 coronet hardtop R/t from Round 2 firday from round 2

[stavanzer]

And here is the build Video, for those who may have missed it.

 

[Mr mopar]

'68 Dodge Coronet R/T is now out , on Ebay

[GMP440]

15 hours ago, Mr mopar said:

'68 Dodge Coronet R/T is now out , on Ebay

Just saw it on ebay too.  Looks like the Coronet kits have already reached the U.S.  I noticed that the kit on E-bay had no shrink wrapping on.  

[garagepunk66]

On 1/25/2024 at 4:01 PM, GMP440 said:

  In reference to the police car parts copied from the 69 Coronet annual kit;  is this a hint that we will be seeing the MPC 69 Coronet kit sometime in the near future?

We need a full-on K-code Highway Patrol option 4 door version of this kit now that the Hardtop is out.

If my count is correct, I think a grand total of 4 new parts would be needed to be tooled up for 

-new body

-new rear glass

-new interior side panels 

-new front seat 

I can think of about 4 or 5 candidates of 60's cars in their tooling bank that would benefit from an expansion to include a 4 door police cruiser version

Since the Ambulance version of the Ghostbusters Ecto 1 seems to be selling well, this shouldn't be out of the realm of possibility. 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2024 by garagepunk66