Chuck Kourouklis

Single decal would be fine, long it's what Kurt suggested. 😁

Wow, never knew there was an entity called "Teapot"! Shoulda done some Pontiacs - that way, you'd have a Tempest in a... . . I'll just show myself out.

W O W . . '62 MoPars might be coming back? Not all that crazy about Atlantis's new-tooled tires, but I'll snatch those whichever way. 😁

I was gonna say, they're usually pretty good about that. 🙂

Sure, but that big airdam is molded in with the headlight nacelles. If you don't want that, you need to graft on a Hasegawa piece (which fits surprisingly well). *Edit* - unless there's something Tamiya isn't showing us...

Not that I particularly mind - think I'll want my Datsun 240 lowered on the Watanabes anyway (and oh by the way, if the original parts are all there, you'll be able to do a ZG that way too) - but it seems you'll still have to raid a Hasegawa kit if you want a factory stock short nose. If those new trees are the only ones added, the air dam looks molded in with the new short nose piece. Might like two of these actually...

AWESOME! The one thing I coulda wished Aoshima would do with this, they did. So happy, I'll get the BTTF version too. 👍😁

Sure, Alan - I'll try to be more specific with the explanation, then see about pictures a bit later. There are two pieces that make up the bed, the outer fender assembly and the inner liner that incorporates the wheel wells. The bottom surface of the liner is the mating surface between it and the chassis plate, and the designer's intent seems to be that there's no daylight between the two parts when they're glued together. The front locators on both the chassis plate and the bed liner, just forward of the wheel wells, allow this straightaway. The rear ones, just ahead of the rear bumper/tailgate area, stood a bit proud in my sample. So there was a a small gap between the liner and the plate just behind the rear wheels. Don't know if took even five minutes to sort that all out with a file.

X 2, and emphatically. Inserting the wheel from behind is actually my go-to move for any hollow tire that has to stretch over wheel flanges. I've found that even the blackwalls can get scuffed up if you press in the wheel from the front.

Got mine! Every little bit as cool as I'd hoped for. Initial fit of major subassemblies is very precise, with one minor exception - you might find it necessary to take a bit of material off the locators at the rear of the bed liner where it seats against the chassis. I sanded the undersurface of the bed liner flush in that area (there will still be circular reliefs), and took the ring bosses on the chassis plate down to about half their original height; the liner now seats dead-square on the chassis plate. And if that's the biggest issue with this kit, you might just want a few of 'em. I've come to that conclusion. 👍😎

Just had a look and oh yes... ABSOLUTELY, it would be nice. Was under the impression My Favorite Headache (credit: @keyser) might have covered this on the resin end of things but perhaps not. Tamiya's kitted odder balls...

Went from an ain't-we-got-a to a YES PLEASE soon as I saw the pic. yyaaaaaayyy 👍😁

It is. They just mislabeled it. What got my attention was the G@@)Y#@% logo on the tire. Somebody in Akron being a bit less of a d-bag about licensing?

If it's on the order of their Renault 4L...

Pretty sure that's the one. Haven't built mine yet, but it's a stunner just as it sits unbuilt in the box. VERY pleased. Any other news from Nuremberg?