Richard Bartrop

I know a few people who will be eagerly looking forward to the Razor Crest.

Actually finish a model this year, and the ones in particular that I want to finish are the Red Devil Cadillac v-16, the '32 Imperial, and the '29 Roadster. The last thing I need is a new project, but after having another Jo-Han Cadillac practically drop in my lap, and looking at the unbuilt Lindberg Auburn in my stash, I am sorely tempted to try duplicating this Pininfarina bodied speedster.

I like that a lot. All the mods really work together.

Nicely done. Thanks for sharing!

Piece of cake.

I didn't paint my first kits either, and prefered the kits with the colored plastic. I was 10 at the time, and I got better. Kudos to Round 2 for bringing back those old kits, and hurrah for the people who can whip them into shape. but let's not kit ourselves that there aren't better kits out there, especially when those old kits now have "collectable" prices on them. Oh, and my list of AMT kits that don't suck? 1957 Chrysler 300 1958 Edsel 1966 Riviera (the retooled version) 1953 Ford Victoria. Not a complete list, of course, but these are the ones I've had experience with.

The Model T Ford Club of America gives you everything you want to know about the Model T, and then some http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/index.htm

A paint guide for Model Ts, courtesy of the Model T Ford Club of America: http://www.mtfca.com/encyclo/P-R.htm#paint3

For some reason, some people have decided that criticizing AMT kits is a personal attack, and that it calls into question their manliness. Some people really need to get over themselves. Are kits better than they were in 1968? Thankfully yes. Is it unfair to compare more modern offerings? Of course not, because it isn't 1968 anymore. I don't know about you, but I don't use glue out of a tube, wire engines with sewing thread, or paint with a brush. When I want to do chrome trim, you can be sure I won't be reaching for a bottle of Testor's Silver. Progress happens, and sometime new is better than old. As for who is worthy of being in the "real modelers" club? As has been mentioned many times before, the industry is about numbers, Every time the kitmakers turn someone off their kits, that brings them that much closer to the day they have to shut their doors. They need all those lowly "kit assemblers" a lot more than they need some "real modeler" who only buys vintage kits off eBay anyhow.

Even if you're in one of those places that is locked down because of the virus, the local shops should offer some sort delivery service.

You've probably noticed that when it comes to AMT kits, people aren't exactly rational about this topic. There seems to be consensus that paying outrageous prices for dubious kits of plain vanilla American cars from the '60s represents the pinnacle of the hobby, and to suggest otherwise, you might as well spit on the flag and kick a puppy while you're at it.

A long shot, to be sure, but I'd like to see this wagon as a kit.

BMF makes a brass finish foil, but the colour does come off if you burnish it too much.

That's the original prototype, and I would be okay with some kits of early Lambos as well.

Though if they could find a way to include the Lasalle grille and custom headlights from the last version, I would not be unhappy.

They could probably just switch the scale on the box (and they have done that in the past), and most people would be none the wiser.

That turned out pretty nice.

It's their slant 6. Other kits with a 6: Monogram Rolls Royce Phantom II Heller Hispano-Suiza K6 Heller BMW 328 Heller Talbot Lago Record Heller Delahaye t 135

Since we know Okie was planning to release this one, the moulds must be around somewhere:

I've built the Monogram kit, and I'm pretty partial to it as well.

Considering that in practice, the actual models can be anything from 1/22 to 1/26, regardless of what it says on the box, people are literally arguing over nothing.

I'd like to see these two come back: I'm not sure how much work would be involved is switching from metal to plastic bodies, but the others in this series were released in all plastic versions (53 Corvette, '56 T-Bird, Jag XK-120), so it has been done.

You may be on to something. I've had an idea for a Packard woodie for a while, and I've been looking at ICM's very nice Packard, and thnking maybe I shouldn't wait for a 1/24 version.

I agree about the windshield, but the rest of it looks pretty right, and it's the body that they other kitmakers seem to have trouble with. 1/24 seems like a sensible choice, since it matches their other Jaguar kits, not to mention all their other sports car kits, not to mention, just about every other sports car kit from everyone else. The people who buck the most about 1/25 also tend to be the ones who think that foreign cars have cooties, so catering to that particular demand probably wouldn't help sales that much, if at all.