Luc Janssens

Here actual info, no nonsense!

IMHO this generation deserves all new tooling, but if the numbers don't warrant the investment, I will be content with a retool of the faux Mpc '71 Mustang in the original configuration of the tool, meaning the '71 anual kit, with one suggestion for a upgrade, meaning chrome headlamp buckets with clear lenses, a pet peeve of mine ;^)

Test shot from the new BMW i8 kit, by Revell Germany Photo's courtesy: Robert Fuchs, DPMV Germany For more photo's please click on link below http://www.plastik-modellbau.org/blog/testshots-vorgestellt-bmw-i8-von-revell-124/2015/

Mine the '62, like you see hare in the pics, and also the '69-70 DeVille's, Photo taken by me, somewhere north of Seattle just off Interstate 5, in the summer of 1999.

They will need to change the shipping routes then, Asia, Europe (via Suez) and then the US (East coast) That way we in Europe get the Revell US kits first too LOL

makes sense, to me Revell USA stopped existing after the move to the Monogram plants (Morton Grove and Des Plaines) The Monogram brand was worldwide synonym for quality model kits, Revell up to that point was hit or mis.

Do hope Revell sends you a final shot, or an production sign-off copy of this new kit, so that you can present it's contents on the various boards and maybe turn it, into an online build You're retired, so what else can you do to keep you from boredom! Best Regards Luc

Maybe your build inspired them?!

Thanks guys, but I'm only the messenger, Andreas Eichendorff from IPMS Germany did all the work, kudos to him for a job well done and then some... BTW there's more Steffen Arndt posted more pics from the event... http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Bilder_AT/Bilder_AT_1.htm

saw one of those, parked near the doctors office I went today. My 7 year old son, asked what kinda car is was.

France seems like a "grow" market for model kits..... http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Artikel_PR/Revell_Wirtschaftsmeldung_2014.html Maybe like in the US, the majority of European automotive modelers, love to build cars which they saw on the roads in the '50s, 60s and 70s...maybe there's hope for those of us, who like Opel's and Cologne / Dagenham Fords

http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Bilder_AE/Bilder_AE_1.htm By Andreas Eichendorff http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Bilder_JLF/Bilder_JLF_1.htm By Jean-Luc Formery http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2015/Bilder_AT/Bilder_AT_1.htm By Steffen Arndt Photo courtesy IPMS Germany

Great news! Hope this opens the door, to do more more vintage racing kits, like... late '70 early 80s Opel Manta & Ascona 400 late '70s Opel Kadett GT/E ;^)

Darn didn't knew about that one, stock wheels!

Cost cutting measure, in this case tooling costs

It was a mad mad world, back then

I wanna see more of Jairus Watson and Sean Svendsen creations, on the box-tops of US automotive kits! It not only screams buy me, but also fuels the creative mind. ;^)

Ditto, was there celebrating Christmas/ Welcome Ludwig!

Thanks Tim! I wonder who buys model kits now, walmart and other big box stores have been out of the picture for about a decade now. Production numbers are a far cry, from what they used to be, yet we're seeing subject matter which would've been laughed away 20 years ago and while at a higher production cost per unit, people seem to be willing to pay the premium that comes with it.

The model but prior to the facelift, was all over the place, this one wasn't, at least in my neck of the woods.

The yellow one (ex amt), RC2 put on the market, not, only the ex mpc kit

Why not self adhesive metal transfers for body lettering and emblems like Tamiya does?

This kit has some great box-art, bought it because of it, back in the day. (still remember the full page ads in the German modelkit magazine Modell-Fan) But now in this day and age I always wait for the internet reviews. Still, I think good box-art is useful for the "window shoppers" not so much for the e-commerce consumers. I once asked a representative from a model company, if they could do a test by releasing the same kit with two box-arts and follow which one would perform better, he said the exercise would be to costly. Think now even more then then, because at that time, the big box stores were still selling model kits. Photo courtesy from oldmodelkits.com h http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=21522

I'm glad they pulled out of the automotive segment and glad Moebius stepped up, 'nuff said.

But maybe has clear headlamps, that would place it one notch above the Lindberg offering