Richard Bartrop

And yes to all of those too. Except for jumping off a bridge. Please don't do that. And seeing how Revell has just spent a lot of money to make a totally new Mustang kit, it looks like some people who are actually in the business think this might be a sound business strategy. What could be a bigger cliche than a 1932 Ford Roadster, and yet Revell has released a new 1932 Ford roadster, and bless them for doing so. ICM is giving us a new tooled Model A. It's a touring car, but if their Model T kits are any indication, we can expect variations on that too in the future.

If they can do it better than anyone else, then yes. Especially if someone makes a decent stock version. Some cars are iconic. Everybody wants at least one, so it's probably good to have one in your catalogue, just like every list of plane podels has at least one Spitfire, and at least one Bf-109. Personally, I ask if we need yet another boring generic malaisewagen, but the market seems to think differently.

I've never seen any kits at the Calgary location I go to, but it's also a few blocks down the road from what is possibly the largest hobby store in Canada, so this is not a hardship.

I like it it. First off, I applaud the trend to more subtly shaped sheet metal, over the overwrought origami that's been the trend over the past decade or so. It has echoes of the second generation Charger with some first gen Camaro, but combines them in a way that doesn't feel contrived. That grille, which is not really a grille, is also very 2nd gen Charger, and that squint reminds me of the DeTomaso Mangusta, which I happen to love. It's actually an opening for an airfoil that exits over the hood, so the Daytona will have a wing, only in the front. Stylewise, a vast improvement over the previous Charger.

That's the beauty of models. You don't have to worry about that stuff. I love The Red Car as a kid, and I have a Monogram TC in my stash. No surprise what colour that one's going to me.

Glue them to the chassis, and use that as a stand.

There's nothing wrong with letting the manufacturers know what you want.

An upgraded '36 Ford would be nice, and with all due respect to the people who think they speak for us, I could buy another one of Revell's '40 Fords. They're also a great source of kitbashing material for traditional rods. I suppose if Revell wanted to invest in the tooling, a '40 Sedan would be nice, or if they aren't, bring back Monogram's Pro Modeler '40 Convertible.

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A razor saw is good for removing delicate parts.

Yes, they did, and they recently released a very nice '32 Ford.roadster.

I never got that particular kit, but I did have the Little T and Green Hornet clones, which were called the the Ford-T and Green Bee. This was round about 1970-ish, so my memory is fuzzy, but they seemed all right at the time. THe Ford-T does sit higher than the Little T, presumably to make room for the motor. And it looks like someone has the actual kit online, so you can judge for yourself. https://public.fotki.com/DWDarby/model_cars/vintage_model_kits/bandai-monogram-lit/

It would be interesting. Japan and Europe both have a pretty active hot rod scene, and let's be honest, hot rodding over here is pretty niche too. The Japanese have been putting their own spin on hot rods too. I actually wouldn't mind seeing something like the Rod Riguez offered in scale form. We have seen the Japanese companies release hot rod kits in the past. We say Doyusha rerelease Eldon's show car kits, and wayyy back when, Bandai offered motoriazed copies of Monogram's Little T, Green Hornet, and Blue Beetle. I'm sure if Tamiya offered a Deuce roadster kit, it would be a glorious thing, but for the price they would want for it, you could buy probably enough kits and accessories to kitbash the hot rod you want.

Sounds like this, Maybe?

2020 Iso Rivolta GTZ. Who cares if anyone's ever heard of it? It's beautiful.

Oh, I'm well aware of its origins. It was just nice to be able to get one without having to pay speculator prices.

I picked this up from the LHS. Love these speculative designs because someone actually tried to figure out how to make a spacecraft. I got these off the clearance table. I have no idea what the story is on these, but they looked interesting, and the price was right.

I might want to take another try at that Mustang II.

Apparently the '70 GT-500s were just unsold '69s fitted with a chin spoiler and some new emissions equipment, so it's possible that it's the same kit.

I've been collecting references to model one myself, so I recognized that chassis.

Nice start on the Wasp.

They do build up nice. Revell really needs to bring the stock parts back.

For me, the big clue was the car int he background. It looked like some sort of manufacturer's display, so if you know the one if the back is a TVR Trident, so if you Googled "TVR" and "Fissore" (the coachbuilder responsible for the Trident prototype), this is one of the first results.

That's pretty much what happened. They redid the nose.

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