Justin Porter Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 For oval racing fans, these are probably some of the most exciting kits that Salvinos has announced in some time. Preorders were opened at two of my wholesale distributors today and I am seriously looking forward to putting these kits on my shop's shelves. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 NICE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtienutz Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Wes has posted many videos of the process of bringing this into reality you can preorder from his site. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1715810092006055/media . https://wesmodelcarcorner.myshopify.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Wow! A potential Game Changer! I cannot wait to see more details on these kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Great news! This will be a must have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vettegasser Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Can't wait for mi e to arrive. Really looking forward to this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CabDriver Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Oh AWESOME! Need a couple of these for sure! Way cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rbray47 Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I can see a lot of these being rebodied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Going to be a whole lot of Vac-u-form bodies for these in a few months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted September 1, 2022 Author Share Posted September 1, 2022 I would imagine so as far as aftermarket updates to capture some of the variations in roof and window cutout. The box art cars show two different roofs and two different noses and while nothing has been shown as far as the finished plastic I wouldn't imagine that Salvinos is going to go to those lengths to capture such subtle things. More critically, I am hoping that it won't be long before we get some New England schemes in decal form for these kits. I know I'd be inclined to build Jon McKennedy's car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyK Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 Yes, I'll be getting a couple of these! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 These look pretty cool. Probably much better quality than the MPC modified cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted September 1, 2022 Share Posted September 1, 2022 I would think, that much like the old MPC Modified's, that one tree of Air Cleaners, Bumpers, Nerf Bars & Hoods, could cater to any differences in cars, as long as the Body Shell stayed the same. And like the MPC Kits, different body shells could be used, giving many variants. From a tooling & kit engineering stand point, these will be some fascinating kits to see. I really look forward to seeing them. Do these cars race both Dirt Track and Pavement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted September 2, 2022 Author Share Posted September 2, 2022 16 hours ago, stavanzer said: I would think, that much like the old MPC Modified's, that one tree of Air Cleaners, Bumpers, Nerf Bars & Hoods, could cater to any differences in cars, as long as the Body Shell stayed the same. And like the MPC Kits, different body shells could be used, giving many variants. From a tooling & kit engineering stand point, these will be some fascinating kits to see. I really look forward to seeing them. Do these cars race both Dirt Track and Pavement? These cars are dedicated pavement cars. Salvinos already had said they were taking a very "general" approach with the chassis as opposed to reflecting small variations between various chassis suppliers (Troyer vs LFR and so on) so I would imagine they'll offer small variations but nothing too radical as the cars in a field of Tour modifieds are all quite similar to each other. IMCA style modifieds (sometimes called economy modifieds or e-mods) run dirt or asphalt and have a bit more variation between each other, but even in those cases dirt and asphalt cars have become quite specialized in terms of chassis and bodywork. As far as the dirt side of things, I would absolutely LOVE a kit of a modern big block dirt modified but I realize that's even more niche than an asphalt Tour modified. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGaree Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 I’m looking forward to these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 Read over on the Other Board, that these kits are supposed to have 2 intakes and 2 hoods, so that you can simulate a FOMOCO or GM Motor. It will be neat to see what else might be offered as build options. Probably just one kit, and many, many decals.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Builders should be expecting this kit to be hitting their local hobby shop's shelves fairly soon. They hit both of my distributors late last week and sold out at the distributors VERY fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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