unclescott58

I don't know how others feel about this, but I'm impressed with how up to date this car is. It's been 42 years since its introduction. It was very futuristic when it first appeared. Both in appearance and engineering. As the the years go on, I like it's looks better and better. A car well ahead of its time.

Chris/HPIGuy just did another great review on YouTube. This time the reissue of this kit. Well worth checking.

Yea, I'm familiar the Aurora Ford GT kit. I too have one. I'm wondering what it looked like with the Battle Aces of the Road decals on it? This goes true for the other Aurora kits in this series. We know what the basic kits look like. What do they look when built in series? And that's not to discount the nice job you did on yours Rex. It looks good.

And this one.

Here's a series of Aurora model kits I did not know of at the time they were originally out. Years later I found out about them, and have been kind semi lusting for them ever since. Not really enough to pursue them. But, if I could find them at right price. Maybe. Any how, I'd like to see what other know of these kits. Has any built them? Does anybody have them in their collections today? It would be great to see what they look like. Below are copies of box art from the net that I could find on the series. I assume this is it. Or were there more?

By the way, that whole Battle Aces of the Road series of models that Aurora put out were kind of cool. I would love to have a complete set today.

The top two are the ones I have.

I just had a lot of fun going back through this thread from the beginning. A lot of good stuff here. I think just about everything that could be said about Ford GT and GT40 kits in 1/24 and 1/25 scale, was said. As noted by some of my later postings here, it had a great influence over adding the Ford GTs I chose to add to my collection. And I'm pretty pleased with that collection. There are really only two more kits I'd like to add to it. One is the nearly impossible to find AMT 1/43 scale kit. And the other? The still never done as a kit, GT40 Mk III. I'm probably the only person out there that like that car. So, I still have no ecxpectations ever seeing a kit or build up of that one.

Their Mk II version is a Fujimi kit in a Revell labeled box. A curbside, like the other Fujimi Ford GT40s. But, a great kit. In boxes seen labeled as Revell/Monogram, you'll find an early prototype version of the Ford GT. This kit has a lot more details to it than the Fujimi kits. But, it was originally tooled up by Aurora back in the mid 60's. And is a typical of car kits put out by Aurora at the time. Not bad. But, really great, like the Fujimi GTs. So, there are two GT 40s out there under the Revell labeled boxes. I don't mind the Aurora based kit. I have one. But, I love the Fujimi based kit even better. And have built a couple from out of both Revell and Fujimi labeled boxes.

I did a little reasearch myself on b&b, this morning. They closed in the mid 1980's. And were brought back just a few years ago.

Beautiful engine. ?One of best designs ever.

Interesting. b&b did the car in real life? Learn something new everyday. Interesting also. Note the box art car. It has modifications that obviously had to be made to the doors to accommodate the top setup. The box art car shows a vent like window in the front door that one does not see on a normal 928. I also do not see it on the kit itself in the pictures above. Are they in the kit? Lastly, I wonder what happened to b&b? I only remember seeing them around in the 1980's. About the same time as AMG was coming on big for Mercedes Benz. I know what happened to AMG. But not with b&b.

Looking at the instruction for the Revell, it's looks great compared to the AMT version. I may someday want to hunt one down. But, I'd love to see what a finished version looks like first.

A 928 with a T top or Targa set up? With the way the 928s were designed, I don't know configuration be done on the real car. Are you sure your not thinking of the Porsche 930, Brian?

Well, at least you got three out four, and can't blame yourself for the one that is missing. Those pegs for the pipes are nice. But, I don't think missing them is going to effect my build too much.

Don brining up Mouse Trap reminded of a fun game I got for Christmas in '67 or '68. The game was the Silly Safari Game. I remember the game being fun, but for what ever reason we didn't play it a lot. I think setting up and taking down the game center piece evertime you wanted to play, was maybe the reason why?

Good old Mouse Trap. I have never really "played" the game. Neighbors had a copy. But, the only thing we ever did with it was set up the trap and make it work. Other than using the board to hold the trap pieces in their correct positions, we never used the outer movement squares to play the actual game. I can't even remember if you had a spinner, dice, or what, for determining the movement of the mice.

I don't remember ever seeing one those before. Great job on building it to the condition you now have it.

This is going to be weird statement. As I noted, this my least favorite product ever sold in an AMT box. Now if I had found this in a Monogram box, pre Revell/Monogram merger, I would not have been as disappointed. That's the quality of kit. It's just not what I expect from AMT. Shame on Ertl for putting this under the AMT banner.

You are correct about why it's not a mistake to call a Comet an Edsel. Very good. I'm impressed.

What are the letters? Maybe they wouldn't appear random to someone else. No guarantee. Why not give it a try?

Hey, your postal carrier brought cooler stuff to your house, then to mine today. I'm going to have to have a little with mine. ?

Your right about it being Italian Rob. At least that's what it says on the box. In the last couple of hours I've been doing some subassembly work in preparation before painting. The kit is a mixed bag. If one doesn't look at the kit too close, it doesn't look too bad. In fact the body proportions don't look bad at all. But, the engine compartment, the interior, and the chassis are a joke. Parts fit. But, details are weak. The rear seat on a real 928 is a joke. But, the kit's is a joke of that joke. And a joke that doesn't work. And seems to the best explanation for all of the "details" of this kit. Even though I'm sure it will continue to go together with no problems. I have to rank this as maybe the worst kit I have ever seen in an AMT labeled box. It's just not right. It was obviously engineered to pass as something barely acceptable. Easy enough for a kid to build. But, not acceptable to someone who appreciates a good scale represention of an automobile. And that's coming from me, who willing to overlook a lot of flaws and inaccuracies in a lot of other kits. Including other AMT kits.

The question is, what to do with it? I mean I will build it. But, how? I'm just thinking about basically getting a can of cheap gloss black, and basically shooting eveything in that one color. With a few exceptions. Wheels, etc. silver. And call it good.

Wow! This one is a disappointment. They say a picture can speak a thousand words. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.