Luc Janssens

Because there are far more people and kids who like models, but don't want to build, don't think Diecast kits were a success either. And creative kids use Lego and the like, to express themselves, maybe due to the fact that building a model kit, is a one way street, once build it just sits there and deteriorate over time (mom cleaning) Lego can be disassembled and the parts can be used to build something else, dunno just guessing

I think the licensing and tooling costs, stamps this proposal paper as not lucrative. If it had a great ROI percentage then it would've been tooled up yesterday

Just bought these from that auction site, spread the word....

I like the mainland Europe version

Think the question to ask is, is it worth to pull the '68-'69 tool from production, to rework it.

I would kill for this in 1/24th scale, sadly the new helmsmen at Airfix, keep holding on to the 1/32nd scale for their automotive kits. The Brits and tradition I guess ;^)

Too bad, do thanks for checking Francis!

Chrome headlamps, or bucket with clear lenses?

Think he told it, or I heard it a day or so before the HH party at Dean's museum, back in '03

Probably as a "size" reference

What bothers me with that kit is that the chrome headlamp buckets aren't buckets but flat. In that respect I find the Revell/Monogram kit better and cheapo to buy on the secondary market.

Was browsing the German Wettringer hobby forum and discovered this.... http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=34363 Couldn't hot link the photo's from their site, but found this one at Scalemates, thus picture courtesy of them. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/184984-zd-progress-moscow-no-12-amo-typ-f-15

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 ;^)