Richard Bartrop

There is that Toyota 2000GT that MPC came out with way back when. Is that in Round 2's collection somewhere, or does it belong to Airfix?

I'm guessing those are Australian Dollars? If so, that would make it about 50 US dollars, which still isn't cheap, but puts it in the ballpark of Tamiya and some Revell Germany offerings, and it looks like a reasonably decent kit. IF you just have to have a Holden. If the Australian modeling community can support something like this, it has me wondering if there's a market for a decent styrene Beaumont or Monarch kit.

And judging by the sci fi kits I've built over the years, they tend not to be all that picky about quality. No matter, A lot of things would be nice, but the big thing is that they do a decent job on the parts that show, and it's not like there isn't an abundance of 1/25 Mopar donor kits out there if you just have to have an engine and a chassis.

I would definitely get one of those if Round 2 offered it.

Going by those wheels, I'd say it's the TV car.

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You have my attention, especially if it's the TV car. I have the Polar Lights version, but it's a smaller scale, and honestly isn't that great. A stock Imperial would be ideal, but this'll do.

Probably, but it's a claim you could make for most American cars made since WW2. I will say the WIldcat is definitely a step up from the origami they applied to the C8 Corvette.

At the risk of triggering another round of EV rage, I have to say, this thing looks sharp. If this is GM's new design direction, I'm all for it.

I suspect a lot of people are looking forward to that '27 T roadster.

That's nice. The math still holds for using that same solar and wind power to charge a battery, and if more people end up using hydrogen, you're still going to have to build more hydrogen plants, and find the electricity to power them. Rationalize it all you want, they still both run on electricity. One just uses a more roundabout way to do it.

And what makes you think that won't be a problem if you're using that electricity to make hydrogen. If anything, you're going to need more electricity to crack hydrogen and then use it in a fuel cell or burn it in as IC engine.

But now it's been shown that the kitmakers are listening, and will respond, so if anything, expect the flood of kit requests to increase.

I'm more inclined to say cult at this point.

This is what Diamond T was using in its trucks during the '30s. It's a flat six, so maybe some surgery on a straight eight from the recently reissued AMT 1932 Imperial or some other vintage car kit would get you in the right direction. A fun fact about the Doodlebug. So the driver would know when to shift, there was a microphone in the engine compartment that ran to a loudspeaker in the driver's cab.

The plans you showed are pretty clear that the engine hangs out the rear with the transmission behind it, bending around like Brian showed, with the driveshaft going forward and underneath the engine. For the particulars about the engine and other details, maybe research other '30s vintage Diamond T trucks, and see what they use. If you can't get the info, perhaps save yourself some hassle, and build it curbside.

Oddly enough, it doesn't. I know, picky, picky...

I'll probably still be pushing for a decent Auburn Speedster kit, as long as I have breath in my body.

It's nice that they did it, and it shows that they are paying attention to us. I just hope all the people who have been clamouring for this don't decide they don't need one after all.

Okay, I knew I'd seen the Miller mentioned before, but it was as an MPC kit. If it was designed to the same standard as their other classic car kits, I'm sure the finished model would have looked amazing, even if putting it together cost you your sanity.

A Miller 91, perhaps?

Those Willys do look really good with the early custom treatment. As for why we don't see more real life custom Willys, the only thing I can think of is how much interior space do you end up with once you start chopping and channeling them?

I have the last edition. The roll up windows are still there, though the geared steering is gone, as are the pop up headlights. A decent Auburn speedster would also be on my want list.

I've always had a thing for the Italian concept cars of this era, and this one is high on the list, but I didn't know there was a kit of it. Thanks for sharing!

I like it. Looks a lot like the '66-69 Riviera in the middle. It definitely looks better than the Mustang fighter they did go with.