robertburns Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Which resin 4 door body would you buy (actually pay money to right now) out of these three, if it were available?Not really like to have, or really like to see, but actually pay money to buy.$251971 Dodge Polara1984 Jeep CherokeeFord LTD LX and Fairmont 2 in 1 1/25th scale full body with separate bumpers, grilles, lights. High quality castings. No interior or chassis like the Jimmy Flintstone cars. If sales are steady, interior and chassis parts will follow (like the Aluma Coupe and Chezoom kits). Thank you you for reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Edited November 27, 2016 by robertburns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
om617 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I would buy two Polara`s right now if they where avaliable. This after i see some pictures of the products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 I'd be interested in all of them, but my first purchase of the bunch would be the Cherokee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc Janssens Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 You'll have to take into account which donor kits are available to finish what you list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Here's the deal... they are all great subjects. I would be hard pressed to buy them just as a body, with no game plan to have the entire car.. whether it be a complete resin kit or a trans kit to fit on a specific chassis. If you said we "may" offer the interior, glass and chassis at a later date, I'd just wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Smith Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Here's the deal... they are all great subjects. I would be hard pressed to buy them just as a body, with no game plan to have the entire car.. whether it be a complete resin kit or a trans kit to fit on a specific chassis. If you said we "may" offer the interior, glass and chassis at a later date, I'd just wait. I agree with Tom. Body only really limits what a majority of modelers would be willing/capable of doing. I have started a couple resin kits that are trans kits, and even with the glass and parts supplied from donor kits, plenty of work is required to get it all together and looking presentable. Subject wise, I think I agree, all three are interesting. Right now, which would I buy - the LTD/Fairmont, then the Polara, and Jeep last. I would not, however, at this point in my life, buy a "body only" of any them unless they had donor kits available or, at the least, formed glass and interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CometMan Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Here's the deal... they are all great subjects. I would be hard pressed to buy them just as a body, with no game plan to have the entire car.. whether it be a complete resin kit or a trans kit to fit on a specific chassis. If you said we "may" offer the interior, glass and chassis at a later date, I'd just wait. I definitely agree with Tom also. I would really like to see a full size Mopar made, but , the available mass produced Chargers, Challengers, etc. would be of only limited help in completing a body only model. So I would also wait until a full model became available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodge Driver Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I would gladly buy almost any quality 70-76 C-body Plymouth or Dodge full kit. It would need a chassis, interior and glass for it to work for me. I just don't have the means to source the parts for a body-only kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Hall Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 A body only wouldn't be very useful for any of these, as there are no available kits that would provide usable chassis or interiors...would need to include an interior and chassis to make sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Here's the deal... they are all great subjects. I would be hard pressed to buy them just as a body, with no game plan to have the entire car.. whether it be a complete resin kit or a trans kit to fit on a specific chassis. If you said we "may" offer the interior, glass and chassis at a later date, I'd just wait. What Tom said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranma Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Why not do 4 door's from regular kit's that are out. such as the 66-70 Impala's ,70 Pontiac Bonneville ( 4 door & wagons) even 61-66 ford galaxy 4-door & wagons This way you supply the body and it's based on actual kit's that would have all the parts to complete a car. How about 4 dr 57-59 Ford, 57-64 Mopars, 58-70 chevy's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserkerr Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'd definitely buy some Polara bodies. probably the XJ as well. however, my first choice would be the 89 LTD you have in the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 (edited) Why not do 4 door's from regular kit's that are out. such as the 66-70 Impala's ,70 Pontiac Bonneville ( 4 door & wagons) even 61-66 ford galaxy 4-door & wagons This way you supply the body and it's based on actual kit's that would have all the parts to complete a car. How about 4 dr 57-59 Ford, 57-64 Mopars, 58-70 chevy'sBecause I do the models in CAD and 3D print them. It's not cost effective to scan an existing body into a 3D model. I want to eventually do low volume injection molding and the CAD model is the only way to do it these days. I want to eventually retire from resin casting due to the labor involved. Low run injection molding is a lot more time efficient. Let the younger guys do the resin, I want to try something not many people have done I'll still do a few limited run conversions here and there for myself. Right now I'm researching a 72 coronet and satellite 4dr for the 77 Monaco Edited November 28, 2016 by robertburns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'd definitely buy some Polara bodies. probably the XJ as well. however, my first choice would be the 89 LTD you have in the other thread. that's already on its way. I have to overlap projects so there is no lag time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm torn, because I love everything that you've posted, but I really love the 2dr Polara and LTD/Fairmonts more... the Jeep would be great as is for 4x4 projects... I can't decide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'm torn, because I love everything that you've posted, but I really love the 2dr Polara and LTD/Fairmonts more... the Jeep would be great as is for 4x4 projects... I can't decide! the Polara seems to be winning the vote, so your choice might already be made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I would gladly buy almost any quality 70-76 C-body Plymouth or Dodge full kit. It would need a chassis, interior and glass for it to work for me. I just don't have the means to source the parts for a body-only kit.1970 Ford LTD Galaxie should fit with a scale 1/2" move on the chassis axle. The interior probably fits too. I'll check when the body is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'd love to see a phantom Fairmont Futura w/ an LTD nose... a couple guys have made those happen in the 1:1 world... they look great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'd love to see a phantom Fairmont Futura w/ an LTD nose... a couple guys have made those happen in the 1:1 world... they look great. isn't an LTD a Fairmont with an LTD nose and rear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 They're both fox chassis cars. The fenders/hood/nose are different, along w/ the back of the quarters/trunk. At least on the 4 door cars. I have never seen the two cars together in person to compare.The 2 door cars though, are a whole different story. There was a "box top" Fairmont, and a Fairmont Futura. There was no 2 door fox chassis LTD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 They're both fox chassis cars. The fenders/hood/nose are different, along w/ the back of the quarters/trunk. At least on the 4 door cars. I have never seen the two cars together in person to compare.The 2 door cars though, are a whole different story. There was a "box top" Fairmont, and a Fairmont Futura. There was no 2 door fox chassis LTDthe kit would come with both fronts and rears to make either car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertburns Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 I'd love to see a phantom Fairmont Futura w/ an LTD nose... a couple guys have made those happen in the 1:1 world... they look great. I think "I'd love to see" doesn't necessarily mean you'd buy one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhess Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Fairmont with a Zephyr option. Different grilles and taillights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTalmage Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 I think "I'd love to see" doesn't necessarily mean you'd buy one Totally would. Probably a couple of em. I could cram the Revell 90 LX chassis/suspension under it (with a little lengthining) and build in several configurations. Here's the LTD/Fairmont Futura Mashup I was referring to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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