New, or old, 1/48 scale truck with tanker kit due soon......NEW Stuff coming

I have an original kit, and it does not have window glass.   Deos the new one have window glass?

Atlantis does not say...so I'm betting no....but EZ with sheet clear stock.

Well, I do have a HobLob and they will be getting some of my money if they have those in stock.

I found a cheap fixer-upper at a train show 2 - 3 years ago, repaired and painted it (light weathering; the plastic was already orange, but that's a paint job). The prototypes were probably the best-looking tractor/trailer rigs ever. Also, it's not a convertible, a T'bird, a Caddy or a Vette. Thankfully.

I took the photos.

The mirrors were long gone; I just did minimal styrene quickies.

I didn't do glass. One day....

Nice to see that kit back again. I'm going to have to make a trip to Hobby Lobby to see if I can find one to go with my MTH Sinclair Gas Station. Thanks for the heads up.

What  year was that put into service?     Any ideas?

Nice! Thanks for the info Dave! I also have a Hobby Lobby near me, so I will have to check it out.

Very cool, will be heading over to Hobby Lobby next week with the 40% coupon.

Atlantis also has 1/48 scale Patton tank kits.

RoyBoy posted:

Atlantis also has 1/48 scale Patton tank kits.

Yep....I posted those a few weeks ago.  They also have a cool twin rotor helicopter that's small enough as to not overwhelm a layout. It's at HL now.  

White 3000 tractor - probably 1950s to late 1970s/early 1980s

Does anyone make a 1/48 Peterbilt narrow-nose to go with that trailer?

Thanks for the heads up Dave. I’m thinking about painting one olive drab and slapping on some stars and us army insignia for a nice military fuel truck.  Any word on the specific release date or are these at hobby lobby right now?

Atlantis is almost a one man operation....so dates are not cut in stone......they say soon. Not in HL yet...

In high school, I was a grease monkey at my local Sinclair gas station. It was a good experience for a 15 year old back in 1958-59. I remember those gas trucks coming in to fill up our tanks. I'll have to make a run to Hobby Lobby to pick up a kit.  If only I kept my '56 Olds Super 8 and my '59 Bonneville. The good old days!

RAY

I expect when these start appearing on eBay then they’ll be in Hobby Lobby. I picked up the Atlantis remake of the 1/48 Patton kit.

Neal Jeter

Those old cab over trucks were maneuverable around town and very cool looking.  What a neat kit.  Looks Like I'll be paying a visit to HL pretty soon (also with my 40% coupon)

Anyone care to suggest a good source for decals for scale vehicles?

The model car guys make lots of decals for vehicles. They are 1/25 but smaller decals make good decals for the trailers etc. AMT, Gofer decals and a few others. Check that auction site.

Strap Hanger posted:

Thanks for the heads up Dave. I’m thinking about painting one olive drab and slapping on some stars and us army insignia for a nice military fuel truck.  Any word on the specific release date or are these at hobby lobby right now?

I seen where there going to re lease this as a Army tanker also with a gift set if I find the pic i will post it 

Thank you for the tip, Dave!  I would certainly like to get one.  The nearest Hobby Lobby is an hour away in Boardman, Ohio.  I'll have to see about a mail order.

You can order direst at Atlantis site. 

Thank you Dave

Mark, even though I have  Hobby Lobby not far from me I took AMCDAVES's advice and ordered on line. I ordered three of the kits..............Paul 2

paul 2 posted:

Mark, even though I have  Hobby Lobby not far from me I took AMCDAVES's advice and ordered on line. I ordered three of the kits..............Paul 2

While getting a kit at HL is easy....ordering direct does a few good things for us. 

1. You will get it quicker as Atlantis runs the kits and ships same week.

2. Going direct means a bigger profit margin for Atlantis and thus funding running other 1/48 kits they have....like Ford pick up with motorcycle cop, Bekins van lines etc. 

Scale trucking company decal sources, modeltruckin.com, graphicsdemand.com  

I looked at the website and it says preorder.  has anyone gotten a kit yet?  Glad they are NOT doing Mobilgas again.  Sinclair is great and I did a custom Gulf with Graphics on Demand lettering.

FWIW...

I work for a LHS.  I've ordered the kit through one of our several distributors that carry Atlantis kits.  If you have an LHS, they can usually quickly check their own distributors' offerings.  Depending on the volume of business an LHS has with a distributor, that can often eliminate the shipping costs (!) associated with direct personal orders.  A personal choice, of course.

Further, while accepting orders, the projected date of release/ship from the particular distributor was not confirmed.  My guess is that the project is good-to-go.  The Revell dies that they purchased were deemed usable, a contract has been agreed to for the Sinclair decals, but bringing it all together for manufacturing, packaging, shipping, distribution is not something they're ready to commit to dates.

Be patient......

BTW, our manager of Static Models sez his understanding of Atlantis' re-release efforts is a result of their purchase of a group of Revell dies, not all of which were usable.  This White/Tanker 1:48 set apparently passed muster and is among the few being reissued but with their own changes.....such as decals.  

I agree with the Sinclair enthusiasm.  It brings back a lot of neighborhood memories, and will be a welcome addition to a lot of our customers' 1:48 layouts!

KD

Atlantis has been in the plastic kit business for many years. After the bankruptcy that included Revell Models was settled the tooling that was stored in ILL was offered for sale. It was a natural fit for Atlantis. Only vintage tooling stored in ILL was offered. Modern tooling in China was kept by Revell. Vintage tooling included Revell, Monogram, Renwal and other old tools. 

Tooling was in decent shape as some of it had been run in the last 10 years under the Revell 'Selected Subjects' program. Some of the tooling in storage was sold to Salvinos Model of So Cal. My understanding is it was all the NASCAR tooling from 1983 up through early 1990's when tooling was done in China. 

Minor repair and cleaning needs to be done on all tooling after it's idle for years. Salvinos had to tool new tires for the NASCAR kits as that was missing. 

Bottom line is if there is support for vintage kits Atlantis will continue to restore vintage tooling and run kits. More than you ever wanted to know about this stuff.......but I have worked in the plastic kit hobby since the 1980's so important to me!! 

paul 2 posted:

Mark, even though I have  Hobby Lobby not far from me I took AMCDAVES's advice and ordered on line. I ordered three of the kits..............Paul 2

I followed sage advice, Paul and Dave, and ordered a kit from Atlantis. 

Paul, Now we will be cracking the whip on each other to get them built.    Is one of those kits you bought for Bryan? 

Mark, actually I bought them for me. I don't think Bryan has gotten into vehicles yet. Paul 2

Paul, Bryan would want more modern ones I think.  I figured you bought them for you.  I just saw the humor in you giving him another challenge!  LOL

Here's some pics I took of my old Revell tanker this is the 1995 re-release of it. I built it in early 1995 it currently sit on my layout and it's missing parts and a little dirty 

Lee, is that the way the kit came. Or did you repaint it. Also how did you do the decals for it. It looks good.......Paul 2

FYI, here is their site:

https://www.atlantis-models.com/

I like these trucks and hope they sell them separate from the trailers, as well.

Paul

It comes molded in Red I just painted over it with Testors Gloss Red. The Decals went on good and I'm impressed the way they have held up.Do you have one of these trucks? 

Lee, Atlantis is reissuing these trucks. I am assuming they are molded in green. At least the box is showing Sinclair green. I ordered three kits. Once I get those and I like them I will order some more......Paul 2

I need to order some also. Are they available or pre order?? If you want PM me your Name and address and I'll send you out a set of those Mobil decals if you want a set? then you can make you a Mobil oil rig 

A few shots of said Revell 90's truck...Having built one in the 50's, I had the chance to re-visit building the tractor---frustration still reigned, but the outcome was better😉

Thanks for posting this, Dave.

Both this model kit and Atlantis were new to me. Just preordered two kits.  I'm going to paint them up with some O scale "Esso" decals from Microscale. This all kinda made my day. 

Don

That's  a great looking build. I due remember it was a little tedious building but they always turned out great.