Richard Bartrop

The annuals were more about getting some extra use out of the moulds for the promos, than the demands of the market. The promotional models were just that, promotions to advertise the full size cars. Once the full sized carmakers lost interest in promotional models, the annuals went away..

Nice BMW, BTW. Liking new stuff is great, but even there, the tendency is to want to build stuff you do see on the street every day. Unless the street you live in is packed with racing BMWs, in which case, I'm envious.

Or the new Demon. Don't try to tell me that factor built dragster isn't even a little bit interesting. Exciting cars are still being made, and kudos to the carmakers for making them. However, the nostalgia factor has always been a part of modelling too. Build a model of something you can see on the street every day? You might as well building a model of your washing machine. On the other hand, something you remember, but don't see anymore.... Look at the early kitmakers like Hudson Miniatures, and Gowland & Gowland, and most of it is cars that ae about as old as yur typical muscle car is today.

Great score! I got these as a gift when they first came out. So much good stuff in there, and so very useful when some trivia master thinks they're going to stump you with some obscure British make (or should I say, marque?)

Outstanding work, as always!

The wires in the Italeri Ferrari GTO are also pretty nice. I think the ones in Jo-Han's Cadillac V-16 and M-B 500k are the best of the era, but of course they won't fit any modern car. Truth be told, most of the injection moulded wire wheels in this scale are pretty horrible, and the ones that aren;t form a very small group.

The more I see of that, the better I like it.

The MPC Lincoln and Imperial ca be fiddly, but the results will be well worth your patience. The '56 Chrysler has been on my want list for a long time, and I finally got around to getting one. The Challenger was on a clearance table fo $15, and I couldn't resist

The relationship between a business and it's customers is a little different from that between parent and child.

THanks, and have a happy 4th when you get around to it.

I'd love to see a nicely details stock A too, but I'm not holding my breath for any major revisions on the Revel '29 roadster, though I am wondering how much trouble it would be to include a Deuce grille like on on the '30 coupe. As it stands, I'm more like t pick up AmT's roadster for a traditional project, because the wheel wells are stock height, and it includes a Deuce grille.

I like the idea of a few oddball speed parts. It's certainly not the first time it's been done, it's certainly a big draw for the people who want them, and it's not like it's a deal breaker for the people who don't. If you do want t put a unique spin on a flathead, how about the '42 version with the crab style distributor? It seems to be a popular option in traditional circles, and I can't recall ever seeing it in kit form. Alternatively, how about a nicely detailed first generation flathead for people wanting to build something closer to stock?

A pickup has merit, especially if they have optons for both open and closed versions like their '29 A pickup

I like Ace's idea of a traditional '32 rod (might as well make it a roadster, because that's what most people want), with more traditional suspension and the rat rod wheels, though I'm all for having a nice flathead as an option. I'd definitely be in favour of a stock '32 Ford, with stock wire wheels, though if they fudged it a bit with a set of later model Kelsey-Hayes that fir the rat rod tires, this would be aceptable. If they did do a stock '32, it would be nice to make a kit that catered to the hot rod fans as well. Include the option to make it fenderless, and design it so you could use the aforementioned rat rod wheels, and add some vintage speed parts for the flathead. As far as how it sits, that is gong to vary with taste and fashion, and you're never going to please everyone. Maybe if could be engineered so have lots of room to tweak things to your own taste?

Reminds me of those airbrushed paint drips that used to be popular, but I like her choice of colour better. I think she's on to something.

I've built the AMT kit, and I'm in the process of building a couple of Revell '40 Ford, and it's no contest. The Revell kit has more detail, and the parts look more like the components they're supposed to represent. Just the wheels alone, with those nice in scale trim rings, blow the AMT kit out of the water. If your goal is to built a model of a '40 Ford, or want chassis components for a traditional rod, the Revell kit is the hands down winner.

Looks like Lindberg also sold it as a "Mercedes Grand Prix Racer" The driver is moulded in with the body, so yes, you would have to make a whole new interior, and the Sigma had a pair of nose vents that are missing on the model. Love how the model has an air scoo on the front, even though the3 engine is in the back. The original was based on a 60s vintage Ferrari 312 F1 racer, so in theory, if you could find one in the right scale, you might able to use use the engine and suspension parts from that, those as far as I can tell, nobody made that particular model in 1/20 scale, those it looks like Protar made one in 1/12. So, like other people have been saying, lots of work. I guess it comes down to how badly you want a Pinninfarina Sigma

That looks to have some nice chassis parts. You've got me thinking how they'd go with some of Minicraft's 1/16 scale hot rods.

That combo roll bar/ wing looks a lot like the Sigma, but seeing how it made its debut is '69, it would not surprise me in the least if the staff at Pininfarina were aware of the Harvey Aluminum Special, and took some inspiration from it.

Looks like they based it off the Pininfarina Sigma Formula One concept.

There are some 1/28 kits that might do the job. I've seen them in at discount store in the past, so it could pay to keep your eyes open.

I took another pic.

Here's my take on the kit, done as a 40s vintage custom.. It's not bad. It's about what you'd expect for a kit first released in the 1960s. It you're doing an early custom, it has a very nice Lasalle grille and moulded headlights which the AMT kit doesn't have. THe Custom taillights are ugly little chrome blobs, but that's easily dealt with by filling in the holes, and raiding the parts box for something better. The wheel backs are just the right size to fit the standard AMT tires, so you have lots of options for hubcaps.

I can't imagine them not being reissued at some point.

I got pointed to that one by someone who's post somehow got sent over to another thread. Browsing through the galleries right now