Richard Bartrop

I already have plenty of kits to work on while I wait for it to hit the shelves here.

Bingo. And there are cars where the underpinnings are the most interesting thing about them Not to mention, I probably have different ideas about what may or may not be great subject matter.

Those promo chassis were a big part of why I had almost zero interest in doing modern i.e. 60s and 70s cars when I was young. Aside from them being almost painfully boring to put together, cars aren't just their outside. All that stuff underneath he sheet metal is what gives them life and makes them interesting. If all you have is the outside, you may as well just have a photo.

Personally, I would pick anything over yet another malaisewagen.

As opposed to the burning desire for a '77 Pinto?

And when it comes right down to it, would you rather they spent the money on the kits, or the boxes. I will say the thing that irritates me is the trend to charging extra for fancy "Collectible boxes". Though I suppose for the ones who fill a room full of kits they're never going to build, and the "investors" who are never going to open it, I suppose it they would at least want a nice box to look at.

You do know eBay charges for shipping, right? This means another $20-30 on top of that, depending on how larcenous the seller is feeling. Factor in wait times, exchange rates, brokerage fees, and the usual eBay malarkey, $90 Canadian to just walk in a store and pick up a kit starts looking pretty good.

The ICM kits go for $90 here, so if they can bright the price down to the ballpark of other RoG kits, this will be very good news.

If you're willing to be patient, I'm sure they'll be in the stores up here eventually

That 1913 model T roadster looks pretty exciting. It doesn't say whether it's a new tool or the ICM kit, but either way is good.

It's like any skill we had to develop to make models. The one who want to do it will find a way to do it. Those who don't, won't. And let's not forget that there is an up and coming generation for whom playing with computers and 3D is second nature to them. There is a thriving hobby devoted to modifying computer games, and creating custom characters for them, and some of them are already exploring the potential of 3D printing.

Same here. It looked like nice stuff, and they have the right to conduct their business however they want, but the lack of Paypal was a dealbreaker for me.

Newsreel footage from 1953 via The Jalopy Journal. Items included the Railton Special, and gas powered models.

Defintiely considering the large scale '55, if it has a decent set of white walls

If they'd just labeled it "100 really cool cars over the last century", but the most important? The Graham is pretty neat, but when it comes to importance, Oldsmobile is the hands down winner for 1940. Love it or hate it, the Vega had more impact in 1971 than the Stutz Blackhawk. And how can the Camaro be important when the car it copied, the Mustang, isn't?

I see the hobby stores are selling lengths of carbon fibre. Maybe those would do the trick if you think you need reinforcement?

Perfectly understandable, and yes, they're getting better all the time. It wasn't that long ago those UV printers were in the "If you have to ask, you can't afford it" category. It'll be interesting to see how soon the ones that print metal start coming down in price. I'm just saying that even if you don't have the scratch for the high end ones, you still have options.

Just because you can't afford to own something, it doesn't necessarily mean you can't afford to use it. I have a cheap little inkjet i use to print ou the occasional coupon, but when I want to print out artwork, I go down the street to a print shop and toss a couple of dollars at them to use their very nice, and very expensive professional grade printer. There are probably already some 3D print services in your area.

Even worse, when they're chasing someone who's on foot, and they still can't seem to catch them.

It also occurs to me if you wanted to do an updated version of Speed Racer, you could do far worse for a new Mach 5

It still builds up nice. Thanks for sharing!

The steering wheel faked me out, so I was hunting for Australian specials.

It's actually based on a 1933 Ford.

Very nice! Welcome to the forum!

You can say the same thing about Porsches, but people seem to like them anyhow. Yes, it is over the top. It's too low, too long, too everything. It looks like a giant Hot Wheels, and that's precisely why it would make a great subject for a kit. It's a car that speaks to your inner 10 year old, and if the kitmakers are serious about attracting some new blood into the hobby, maybe this is the stuff they should be looking into instead of another request for a base model malaisewagen.