I remember when the hobby seemed to be fading away and model car companies were hurting and I honestly believe that Round2 saved our hobby so THANK YOU to Round2 for what you have done for the hobby.

I’m so happy that Round 2 is rereleasing all those old kits!! I hear people complaining about flash and crap, but you gotta admit, that’s it’s so awesome to see them all again!

@codys4491

4 ай бұрын

Those people are seriously cry babies, they aren't skilled model builders. It takes seconds to remove flash from a part.

@hurtlocker6611

4 ай бұрын

thats why we have tools to cut out the flash, simple.i have never complained about flash, hey sometimes you get a kit with no flash and sometimes you do, alot of cry babies out there, suck it up and get out your tools.

@BlueGillage

4 ай бұрын

All hail Cody and Hurtlocker. The mightiest and bestest model builders in the world. For they are right, and nobody is entitled to their own opinion or allowed to tell Round2 what they'd like to see improved upon or retooled. Speaking of tools, Cody and Hurtlocker dont need retooling because they are the epitome of being tools.

@codys4491

4 ай бұрын

@@BlueGillage found the Crybaby. Your "opinion" part is ironic considering you're giving me shit for mine. 🤡

@sgnt9337

4 ай бұрын

Isn't the flash caused by old (worn) molds?

WOW! Chris, thank you so much for the tour of the company. Very interesting. Thank you to Round 2 for the awesome supply of models over the years. I have been building for over 60 years now and still have fun with it. Thanks again.....Tim👏👏👏👏

That archives room was off the hook, I could spend weeks in there! Thanks for showing us this outstanding factory and that cool Barris T buggy!

My dream job. I'd love being surrounded by kits all day

@mikehester9695

4 ай бұрын

There is no way I could be in the archives room. I wouldn't get a damn thing done, I would be too busy admiring the models that surrounded me.

@carlosballesteros4670

3 ай бұрын

You're not alone, believe me. 😅😅😅😅

Yes, THANK YOU round 2! Just keep on "pouring" out MORE and MORE new models for all of us fans and keep the hobby alive!

My very first car kit I built (or tried to build) was the AMT 1961 Plymouth Valiant. I am 72 years old. Bring it back and make an old man happy! Great vid Chris as always. Keep up the good work.

Chris,Thanks for this very informative video! I'm sure I'm not the only guy asking for reissues of the MPC 1968, 69, 71 and 72 Chevrolet Impalas! Thanks for listening!

I didn't see this in the video, but the one kit more than any other I'd love to see reissued is the 1966 Imperial kit. My father and I have been rebuilding our "full scale" 66 Imperial which was handed down from his father, and I've been looking to purchase a kit of one. Unfortunately they are incredibly rare, but I think it would be incredible to be able to have a model kit to show with the real life car. That being said, incredible video, thank you for the opportunity to ride along with you for the tour. That's an amazing facility.

We could also use a reissue of the Pontiac Venturas. Only slight modification could offer the NEVER offered 1974 Pontiac GTO!

Here's an idea to start working on - 2027 is the 50th anniversary of Smokey and the Bandit. How about repopping/updating the Trans Ams and Trucks/Trailers from those films?

@goratgo1970

4 ай бұрын

Box set of the three, or maybe four...Sheriff Bufords car too!

@QMore-fp7wn

4 ай бұрын

That would be awesome.

@Ziz62266

4 ай бұрын

@@goratgo1970 Original 77 car, 80 turbo car, original 77 truck/trailer, 80 truck/trailer, and Buford obviously got a new car in each film, considering that each got trashed by the end of each one. They'd have to do a set for each film.

@taskmaster58

4 ай бұрын

Sometimes when there was a model attached to a move or TV show they are hard to get re-released because of rights issues with said movie or TV show especially if a studio or company was sold or lapsed.

@Ziz62266

4 ай бұрын

@@taskmaster58 That's why I suggested to start working on it now - plenty of time to work out the licensing.

Thank you Round 2 people for allowing me to purchase many kits I had or wanted to have as a child. Brings a smile to my 54 year old face.

I really enjoyed this video. I'd love to see re-issue of the 1972, 1973, and 1974 Dodge Charger. Add the Rallye package option as a 2 in 1 kit. The originals are hard to come by!

Great visit to Round 2. Thanks. Really like your kit unveilings and builds. Also your realistic view of modelling - build and enjoy.

I’d love to see the seventies Camaros kits again

@goratgo1970

4 ай бұрын

And stock Vega

@user-ll1js4wr4y

3 ай бұрын

Yeah! Me too for the "70's" Camaros!

@user-ll1js4wr4y

3 ай бұрын

How about "Jo han" kits? Are you guys going to rerelease any of those cars?

I can’t wait for the Streeker Olds and the 64 Malibu Round 2 is really keeping this hobby alive 😊

If Round 2 reads this, give us more dash and detail decals! Thanks for all you guys do in keeping fresh kits out for us all to enjoy!

Also i would love to see the old tv show cars and trucks. The A-Team van, sweat hogs car, the Fall guy truck and so on.

@mikehester9695

4 ай бұрын

I would like to see cooters tow truck get a re release.

Round 2 makes the world of model building so much better. Would love to see the International Transtar 2 Cabover released again...and maybe the old Ertl Tractors.

Very nice look at Round 2. There are continuing to pump out new of old kits. We are so lucky to have them because they listen to US. This must have been an incredible opportunity for you. Thanks for sharing.

Please round 2!!! Kitt and the A team van😊😊😊!! Great job on the video brother Chris!

Hello, thank you for featuring some of my artwork on your channel! The illustrations you showed are acrylic paints. Both standard brush and airbrush. (My magazine work for Scale Auto and Model Cars utilized marker and colored pencil.) That Charger was a fun box to do because I'm a MoPar guy and that was a particularly good subject. Sometimes I provide digital artwork for Round 2 as well. Depends on the project. Thanks again for showing the actual artwork. Most people don't get a chance to see the originals! -Brad

@rgchristy

4 ай бұрын

I've loved seeing your work in model car magazines for years! Truly amazing artwork!

Very excited about the 64' Chevelle! Tell Chad I would love to hear more about the Barris Buggy! Also, 59', 60', 61' Pontiac, Oldsmobiles and Buicks! Great show Chris! Thank you😎👍

The best video yet from you Chris. Love that you visited Round2 on site. Love the tour and the archive room. Would love if they brought back the vintage 1/25 scale BJ and the the Bear Kenworth cabover and Convoy rubber duck Mack truck.😊

@rickdee67

4 ай бұрын

100% agree! BJ and the Bear!

👍👍👍 This was absolutely fantastic!! Hat’s off to Round2 for participating and for re-releasing vintage kits and bringing out brand new releases!!

awesome! i m happy to see the ''disneyland'' warehouse . the BJ AND THE bear KW, the 72 chevelle, the AMC!! the red little truck, all models we want 4 so long. thank u all

I'd love to see the dukes of Hazzard tow truck back out, either with or without the dukes decals, it would be awesome to have optional wrecker decals as well

@kennyspaulding796

4 ай бұрын

I believe a lot of people would love that tow truck rereleased and we would like to see it again. Nice suggestion 👍

In the early '90's we thought the model car hobby was dying. Then came the awesome Lindberg 61 Chevy and the AMT 60 Starliner. I knew there was hope for us diehard model builders. Round 2 is awesome. My only problem is, I may have to start mowing lawns again like back in the '60's in order to buy everything! Thanks for a great video!

Thanks Chris & Chad For The Tour of Round2 and To Round2 For "FINALLY" ANSWERING MY " PERSONAL" For The " 64 " Chevelle Malibu SS 2dr Ht. GBA 🙏🤗 Gary.

I saw the BJ and the bear kits and the Movin on Kenworth kit. I would love to see these kits reissued. Great video. Thanks.

How about a 1950's Powerwagon? Great video, thanks Round 2 and Chris!

I would absolutely love to see the 1960 Plymouth Police car station wagon reissued ..

If they could re-do the stock '66 Toronado, that would be awesome. That and a stock '72 Gran Torino.

@kennyspaulding796

4 ай бұрын

Yes ! The Toronado's from the mid 60's to the early 70's.

That was so cool, would love to see Sox and Martin Rostock rereleased as well as the BJ and the bear truck, the Rubber duck mack, and a Smokey and the bandit truck, trailer and the car.

@Scooter-xz6kt

4 ай бұрын

Ditto Chester. Would love to see everything you listed. Especially the Rubber Duck Mack and trailer and the Smokey and the Bandit combo ❤❤❤❤

Thanks for the tour, Chris and Chad! How about a 1967 Ford Falcon Futura? 😊

Thanks for the awesome tour of the operations behind Round 2 Models! Definitely a nice treat!

What would be really cool is to see a 1973 charger new release great video thanks for sharing

This is awesome Chris! Thanks to everyone at Round2Models and Chris for giving us a behind the scenes tour!

This is so cool Chris. Thanks for bringing us along and thanks to Chad and everyone at Round2. Love what you guys do.

What a cool an fun day you must've had thanks for the behind the scenes tour of Round 2 and Auto World wonderful video thanks for your time you invested Chris 👍🏻👍🏻

All those amazing kits coming out, Ihope my wallet can stand it. Maybe someday soon Round 2 will reissue the 1969 Chevrolet Impala. Might I add, Chris is a man after my own heart to point out the Chrysler Imperial "Hero car". All amazing kits old and new. Thank you Round 2!

Round Two, if you are listening, please bring back the 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 with the opening hood and engine and the NASCAR option and Fred Lorenzen decals. Had one many years back, long time ago.

@jeffholt9437

4 ай бұрын

67 Galaxie Coupe, surely?😊

Would love to be surrounded by all those awesome kits!! I'd love to see more modern semi truck kits and maybe a release of a logging truck kit.

The best model kit ever made was the DM 800 tractor. Fortunately I joined the Navy Seabees 78-83 heavy equipment operator and worked in transportation and got to operate 2 different heavy hauling DM 800s in Gulfport Mississippi. I seen the kit up on that shelf. Made one model with front wheel drive with a custom V- plow .Loved doing my own custom work on models.

@Pea-bj2qv

4 ай бұрын

That is a great model. I remember it cost around 12 dollars back in the day.

Great video Chris! Thx to Round 2 for keeping the hobby going! A C8 Corvette Z06 in 1:25 wound be nice. No one else does it.

@polishdon7547

4 ай бұрын

Revell is doing a C8

Oh man I'd love to have a 1974 Dodge Monaco model. So many possibilities for showroom, Bluesmobile, or even demo derby.

Wow! I actually have a ‘66 Imperial and the Hero imperial kits

OH WOW!!!! An amazing video. I love to watch these "behind the scenes" types. Thanks for taking the time to produce this one!!!!!

Great. There is a kit I would like to see come back in 1/25th scale. That is the International 4070 B. Transtar. Thanks for all the great Heavy truck, Trailer, and tractor kits you have produced over the years. Want to bring out a new truck kit. Maybe the international 4670 cabover. I have over one hundred kits built.

Thanks Chris for the excellent video and tour of the Round2 facility

Seeing all of them molds reminds me when I worked at a Injection molding plant ( for 39.5 yrs ). We had 32 machines, some times my boss will tell me to put a big mold In a small press that should have gone in a big press. Well I don't have to tell you parts would flash, because there was not a lot of Tonage. I tryed to tell him but he would not care. Tools that should have been fixed because of bad venting would cause burn marks on parts. So to stop the burning I would put a couple of pcs of scotch tape on the sides of the vents to stop it from burning; well , I'LL stop for now! Just wanted to let you know What I had to do. Joe B.

I would love to see the " A - Team " van, the " Cooter " tow truck, the John Force Castrol GTX Olds funny car, and the Canepa Kenworth T600A semi as reissues!

Very well done Chris and staff at Round2! If archive item B2-23 '91 Z/28 or the 25th Anniv. Z/28 ever make re-release, PLEASE retool or CORRECT the instument panel. All have the earlier IROC panel, completely different.

@DNR5586

4 ай бұрын

Yes, GM redesigned the gage cluster in 1990.

One that jumped out to me , and surprised to see it ... the “Right On” Maverick ProStock Car ... which I believe was a JoHan kit , AMT used the moulds

I would love them to re-issue the A-Team van😊

Definitely the MPC 1970 and 1971 MPC Mercury Cyclone kits. And the 1970 MPC Cougar kit.

Movin' On semi model from the 70's TV show.

@goratgo1970

4 ай бұрын

Arrange it to better match the pilot "In Tandem" episode '73 KW since it resembles it most anyways. The Revell boxing is much closer to the VIT in the show.

Daytona Cobra Coupe! That is a kit I have been dying to build!

Welcome to hpiguys Workshop. My guest today is Chad at Round2 Models! xD

Wow is this ever fun! What a great company that does so much for us modelers. Thanks for taking us on this tour!

This was a fantastic interview and tour. Thanks to both of you!

Big thanks Chris for giving us an insight on how these kits get made.

The kits I'd like to see re released is the REVEEL 77 GMC Wrecker Tow Truck, the MPC The Fall Guy Truck, and The AMT John Deere 319 Backhoe.

Cool video. Nice to see where our stuff comes from. Wish list: Cooters tow truck, A-team van, 69 Pontiac Grand Prix, snowman's semi from smokey and the bandit. And the list goes on.😁👍

Great video. I wish they would come out with a 1/25th scale 80s or 90s GMC school bus.

A tow truck rerelease would be nice, feels like it’s been a long time without a release

You guys at Round 2 do such a great job with the re-releases I really wish you guys would consider re-releasing the 59 and 60 Impala model kits in 125th scale as well as the 57 and 56 Chevy Nomad 125th scale model kits please and thank you

I always loved the MPC Mack dm800 tractor. I love the issue that had the Stars and Stripes paint scheme on the fenders on the box art.

Please bring back the MPC 71 Roadrunner

Hey Chad, nobody makes a 32 Chevy 5 window! Take a chance, I am sure they would blow off the shelves!

@philiplawless81

4 ай бұрын

I'm with ya on the 32 Chevy 5 window and/ or sedans!

I'd like to see Round2 bring back some of the classic sports cars from their vaults - like the Hussein, the Chaparral or the Sunbeam Tiger. We get so many muscle cars already - something different would be most welcome!

Awesome! Good work you people and thank you Chris👍🏻😎. If there was one kit out of all those amt has made, it would be 1965 plymouth barracuda. I had my very first ride to this world in a 65' barracuda V8 four speed, well packed under the huge rear window. It was metallic blue and awesome

Great work guys! I always hope for the re-release of Jim Dunn's Dunn & Reath Cuda funny Car - I think it was an old MPC kit (not the rear engine funny car)🤙

the A-Team Chevy van is one of the few childhood kits I have not been able to get a copy of. I would LOVE to see that kit on the shelves again.

I’d love to see Round2 release some of the old AMC kits. The Matador, Gremlin, Javelin and Hornet. It would also be great if they could make new tooling kits for the AMC Hurst SC Rambler and Rebel The Machine.

the 1972 ford maverik mustang and pinto sprint would be great

Thank you Chris for the tour and memories, It was a real eye opener to see what goes into thought process and production of these models for us modelers and what I built over the years..

nice to finally put a face to the voice chris,i got a list of old mpc kits i would like to see again because im disabled and on a fixed income and cant afford the crazy prices like 500.00 for a Duster sox & martin kit, i whish i never sold my old mpc kits but my health forced that, im 57 and still love building. i started when i was 12.that Charger is going to look sweet in my hands,love this channel thanks to round 2 for this video.

@hurtlocker6611

4 ай бұрын

the goodthing if they made the 73 Duster sox & martin is they could do the Mopar Missile too cause both are basically the same kit.

Hey Chris! It's great to put a face with the voice! Great to see Chad as well! Thank you for the entertaining and informative video! Keep up the great work everyone!

Thanks for making this behind the scenes video. Round 2, please, more truck kits. How about either of the International S series kits, the International Paystar 5000 logger set or the 1/32 International 9670.

i love the old van kits. The Moving On semi, any of the 80's cars. also anything my parents or grandparents drove, 66 GTO, 69 442 conv. 71 charger! 61 jaguar...any sci fi!! i really would like a 1976 grand prix and a 1975 sunbird! any nascar, open wheel

Something I haven't sen for a long time would be a great reissue is the Chevy window van as the "Open Road Camper". Reissuing older dodge window vans would be a welcome site!

Thank you so much Chris and Chad! As a model builder 30 miles east of South Bend, It's a blessing and a joy to have such a dedicated team so close! Amazing facility and incredible insight into how these terrific kits get produced and reproduced!! Can we PLEASE PLEASE get the AMT Budweiser beer wagon hitch re released? I had a version for YEARS, and it fell and went kaboom! Would LOVE to rebuild it!!

I'm grateful to Round 2 for the new issues, and more importantly for me, the reissued kits. I'm hoping for the rest of the MPC Super Stocker series being reissued.

Hey Chris, thank you so much for sharing this, and thank you to the Round2 crew. You brought up things we want to see.... anything 1930's, and Truck kits from the 1960's....have a great day Chris and take care.

@hairspray4314

4 ай бұрын

I seen a lot of kits I built when I was a kid. A very cool Model A Roadster kit that I would love to build, so cool. I'd love to be in your shoes for this tour, would be such a fun day.

Very interesting video, I always wondered about this company and the way they work. It'd even be greater to have them show the actual fabrication process, as how these molds are actually made and then used for the plastic molding and injection, the chroming method too... Some of it is now done back in the USA I think. They probably made it better compared to back then when AMT/MPC & others were in business decades ago.

Round 2 has the very coolest kits around. 😎 I have purchased their AMT Star Trek kits and the plastic is much more and has pretty nice moldings then the other one.

Id really like the old Peterbuilt Rex Chainbelt cement mixer - circa late 1960’s. Definitely a niche item, I had one given to me from my Dad who was an engineer at Rex. Great episode.

Thanks Chris from Australia for this fantastic episode. I would love to see the Budweiser race car and truck transporter reissued. thanks Neil

Yes! On the large scale hot rod kits!!!!❤

Fantastic video Chris, I really enjoyed this one, keep up the great work, and thank you for all that do for the hobby. 🇨🇦

I would love to see some of these 1/32 snap kit big rig come out again, the 1/25 ih paystar and transtar II

Would like to see more of the older dodge truck kits and the 70's ford truck kits

What a cool video today Cris 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great Video, thank you. Please tell Round Two Thank You for me also . Again, thank you.

Nice tour an like round2 kits. I'm into semi trucks an trailers an got a huge collection myself. Love mack trucks and wish they would make a mack f700 cabover from 1970.

The li'l cashbox would be great. I think it was only released once. I'll definitely be getting a couple of the 64 malibu kits. Thanks for all the great kits.

I remember building an MPC Chevy Beretta. I think I still have it.

Thanks for this tour, it answers a lot of questions. What a facility. Thanks Chris and Chad keep up the good work!!

@richardlee1092

4 ай бұрын

P.S. since round2 listens to suggestions, I’d like to see a sixties era Dodge pickup! That would be awesome. Having worked as a graphic artist for years I understand what Brad means about the original art! I’ve seen alot of it the little details the the look of the paint on the illustration board, it’s incredible. Thanks for showing that. Nice post Round2 and Chis!!!!

Definitely need more TV stuff released, A-Team, Fall Guy, BJ and the Bear KW etc....