Tommy124

Correct: https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=All&q=audi+esci I'm curious about the Porsche 956. If the image is correct, it will be a "Kurzheck" (short tail), so a non-Le Mans version. Which is very rare on 956 kits as, for instance, all of the Tamiya kits represent the "Langheck" (long tail, mostly Le Mans) versions. The only 956 Kurzheck kit I know about is the Protar one. Now wouldn't that be something... Furthermore, I am very surprised about and anxiously awaiting their release of the Lancia LC2 in it fabulous Martini livery...

That's what I heard from someone well-informed... Good to see that the Porsche 918 Spyder is a "street rod": https://www.revell.com/products/cars/street-rods/ Just thinking, isn't it strange that the Ford GT LM 2017 is a ROG-only kit? I mean, it was the other way round with the C7-R, it was a US kit first and then later released by ROG aswell. But this is somewhat odd I think...

Thanks Mark. Although I have had much too many kits already, I wouldn't want to miss any of these 13, all of which were on my wishlist. The Gran Torino certainly is the "rare gem" of the lot, but all the others are quite hard to find over here either. Will try to deliver myself now, if you know what I mean...

Given the circumstances, this is not too bad an outcome, I gather. Besides that, there were at least 2 brand-new ones (68 Chevelle and 69 Mustang). The Chevelle will be sold officially by ROG too, btw. Different boxing, same kit.

And here (although the wheels are a bit over-the-top for me...):

Guess I've been a bad boy...

Keeps looking very nice, Dann. The Lotus logo will be a nice touch on the floormats!

For information regarding which snap kits will be in the 2019 Revell US range, see my other post here (last image shows the snap kits):

The new Revell 2019 catalogue will be presented there today. It contains the Revell US models aswell. See my other post here:

Got some Revell news yesterday. The molds for all Revell US models have been dispatched to Revell in Germany and are being stored there. So ROG will be taking care of having the kits molded in their Poland and China production facilities. The good news is that those kits obviously will remain on the market under the Revell brand. Furthermore I had the chance to take a look at the new Revell 2019 cataloque already which will be officially presented today on the Nuremberg Toy Fair. I was very but happily surprised to see that the whole range of Revell US kits is contained in that cataloque aswell in the "USA" catagory. I thought this might be interesting to some so I made some snapshots:

That's a polite way of saying, stick to reality... Which is...: I fully agree. Besides that I never quite got what group these kits were targeted at: kids, lazy modelers... To me they are an adequate way of finishing a reasonable-looking model within a short timeframe. I myself can define which additional details need/ should be added. The only real downside of most of those snap kits (the Revell ones at least) are those adhesive stickers instead of decals. That's where I need to look for replacement which isn't always that easy in Germany. MPC or AMT snap kits which I have seen carry BOTH versions (stickers AND decals) which is the right way to go IMHO. Anyways, some of the next models I will be building will be some of those snappers. Probably starting with the Chevelle '70 pretty soon. Looking forward to that (need to arrange for stripe decals first though)...

Haha, funny, that this review is coming up now... Little story... From time to time, I undertake new attempts to get my 10- (nearly 11-)year old son into modelling. He started on a Dodge Viper SRT 10 two years ago or so but never really finished it. So I thought a cool-looking Snap kit like the '77 Monte Carlo (the red one with the flames) could whet his appetite. After I received the Monte Carlo kit I ordered for him, I saw the link on rightonreplicas.com which is referred to above - and I saw what can be done with this kit. I fell in love with this kit and had a hard time convincing, no, persuading my son to "release" the kit I actually bought for him. These snap kits are pretty rare over here and the Monte Carlo one especially, otherwise I would have just ordered another one. He finally gave in to my desperation but since then is calling me childish... I probably am!

Agreed 100%. Thanks for NOT doing this in silver. And this is a very nice build.

Hi David, this is a beautiful result. Liquid Red has been my favorite color on the GT from day one and the Gravity colors red looks good on yours. Do I understand correctly that this requires a separate golden basecoat? Zero Paints has released that color now also but it doesn't have (and require) the metallic base...

Good suggestions. I like the one from JC the best. If you have to paint the complete inner part of the wheels , there is another good trick I read about, it includes the use of the airbrush: First paint the rims in the desired color. Then take a coin similar to the size of the inner wheel and cut a circle from a piece of tape using a cutter around the coin. Then divide the circle into 8 equal parts, using a pencil and a ruler. Cut those 8 pieces out properly and use them to mask off the painted rims before painting the outer rims with Alclad Chrome or similar. It's quite some work but I have seen nice results coming from this procedure. It has been used by a guy on a German forum, here is one of his results: http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=811453#post811453

Looking at the closed front grille, just like with the Revell, there will still the need to replace some black plastic with honeycombe PE material...

You are taking this to a new level, Dann!

LOL... The front end of that kit looks like a sporty type of security van...

All I know there is a Mustang 5.0 litre...

Great conversion, brilliant build!

I only saw this now... What a stunningly beautiful Jag!

Great model! Glad I could grab one of the re-released kit lately...

You sure did a great job on saving that one!

Great result, well done! I can practically feel it... coming in the air tonight...

That's nicely put, fully agree.