Richard Bartrop

http://toyland.gizmodo.com/mattel-is-making-a-300-3d-printing-toy-studio-for-kids-1759078152 Obviously a lot will depend on how good the results are, and how easy it s to use.

Some of the things I've scratched on my Neikamp roadster project. Here's the front axle and spring I built from various bits of Evergreen strip and rod: One of the spindles:: And here's the front suspension painted and installed in the scratchbuilt frame: Master for the brake backing plates: I wanted to build it the way it looked when Hot Rod did an article on it in 1950, and since nobody makes '49 Plymouth instruments in 1/25, I made some in Abodbe Illustrator, and had them printed on a sheet of plastic. The instrument bezels at aluminum tubing

Probably an Auburn Speedster by Monogram

I have the last reissue of AMT's Model A, and it has the '32 grille, unplated, but not the grille shell. I ended up using parts of the custom hood and body to make a belly pan for the Niekamp roadster project, and the custom fenders were mated to a Revell '31 Sedan for an early 60s style radical custom project.

The Talbot-Lago probably is a reissue, and if it is, it's a pretty nice kit. Easily one of the nicest front engine open wheel racers you can get at that scale.

Nice to see someone making new brass era models.

From what I understand, what's kept the Uncertain T off the shelves all these years has been getting permission from the owner of the original Uncertain T, thought it certainly would be nice if they could somehow work it out. Something I'd like to his Revell do is resture their Model T kit back to the Little T, Like they did wit the Blue Bandito. I like the classics, so I'd certainly love to see them bring out the Monogram classics again. Their Cord 812 is vastly superior to that horrific lump of plastic that Lindberg sells.

They're probably some of the best car kits ever made in that scale. THe Monogram 540K is pretty nice, but the Jo-Han 500K makes it look like a toy. Lower demand? I'm okay with this. It meant I got to grab some early issues of their Cadillac V-16s, still in the wrapper, and popped out of practically virgin moulds, for less than the price of a new kit, even with shipping. The people who do appreciate them can still get them for a reasonable price.

Airfix did a pretty basic 1/24 Bora, but you're right, there should be more.

Amen to that. It also shows the down side of being a car nut, in that you can almost always tell when a car is about to explode, crash, or go off a cliff, because it's twenty years older than anything else on the screen. The exception is historical pieces, when it's the one that looks suspiciously modern. Another great place for car spotting is PBS. All those British period dramas mean lots of British period vehicles.

A 300S would be very nice. How about the 1886 Benz? There are some large scale kits, but it would be nice to have one in 1/24 or 1/25 An SSK would be nice, especially if they decide to do a better version than the Lindberg kit. How about the Count Trossi roadser if they want to do something different? Some of the Silver Arrow racers fromthe 1930s would be nice. There's certainly been no shortage of 540K models, but if they could somehow obtain the molds of Jo-Han's excellent 500K models, I think that would be a welcome addition.

And they weren't the only ones. Volvo and Peugeot, both released their own versions of the Airflow.. I could certainly go for a Caribbean model. Same with a '56 Lincoln, or a '53 Buick Skylark.

The Green Hornet, maybe?

Now if we're talking about what I think would sell, as opposed to just what I'd like, I'd probably go with the exotics. Stuff that people fantasize about. se theBugatti Veyron, or even better, the Chiron when it comes out. Possibly a Panoz, or a Keonigsegg

Personally, I think you could just park a new Camaro in a bad neighbourhood. I guess it's the same mindset that paid premium prices for faded and distressed jeans.

A Jo-Han quality kit of the Auburn Speedster.

Anyone else seeing a little Tesla in it? That is one fine lookng machine.

I don't suppose it could be the original GTO?

If you like classic cars, their 1930 Blower Bentley is especially nice.

Already got the Aerovette, but yes, I'd definitely buy a Tucker kit.

Probably bankroll a decent Auburn Speedster kit, and a Cord L-29

In Three Days of the Condor, there's a scene where Max von Sydow's character is painting some model soldiers.

Ther's a few that keep showing up on eBay, but there are three that I never see show up, and those ar all MPC The Astro-Vette concept car, is one, and the other two are a pair of superdetailed 1/32 kits they put out in the 70s, a Jaguar 420 saloon, and a Mercedes-280SL

If you wan't model cars in movies as model cars, there's the 1953 movie Niagara, where Marilyn Monroe's psycho husband, played by Joseph Cotten, unwinds by assembling a model kit.

I'd like to see a reissue of their traditional roadster with the flathead and the steel wheels. A set of Kelsey Hayes wires would be nice if they're up for cutting some new molds. A stock version would be nice, and would be a useful source of parts for the vintage rodder.