Jeff Johnston

I'm with Bill. Every car manufacturer has some real winners and some, not so much... I'm a car guy. If its cool, I dig it !

Very informative post and nice to see the top guy weigh in on some details that we may not be aware of. We'll all complain sometimes, and that will never change. Personally I think the stuff I've seen form Mobius shows the amount of scrutiny that goes into these kits. Very accurate and well engineered kits. Now how about whipping up a nice 67 Galaxie Dave ? (sorry I can't resist saying that at least once a month...anyone who knows me for more than 10 minutes knows my love of the 67 Galaxie !)

Can't argue with your list at all. The only one I might change is the 68 Mustang. I like Lime Gold the best on 67-68 Mustangs, but Highland Green on a 68 sure is a close second for me.

That plus my !:1 Mustang gets me a new 2015 Mustang LOL

I'd have to say the Monogram 1965 Mustang Fastback. Even though the Shelby GT 350R should have the battery in the trunk. That kit, in all of its iterations, builds up nice every time.

I have to agree that Tom at Spotlight Hobbies has his kits very reasonably priced. You can also get good deals on Ebay, and there is a site on Facebook where I've bought kits from individuals at a very reasonable price. Its called buy, sell, show off model kits. I also have gotten great deals at model car shows. All my local hobby shops are pretty much gone. If I had a LHS I'd spend a little more there. My closest it about 40 minutes away and I do buy kits there occasionally even though I know I can probably get them cheaper elsewhere.

A model, or for that matter anything, is worth what people will pay for it. It's worth $1500 because there was someone was willing to pay that for it. He has sold a lot of other high dollar items if you look at his history. The most I ever got for one of my models on ebay was 300 bucks, and that was for a 66 Mustang with opening doors and trunk and fully detailed engine. That was worth 300 bucks because that's all someone was willing to pay for it. I have to say he sure does some nice work. Jeff

Jim Rockfords 1st Firebird.

LOL I love it !

He also asked this .... "I have seen some aftermarket carbs that ARE nicely done .. so why can't the model car makers do the same? I think Art answered that question... and a very detailed and informative answer at that. It's good to have guys like Art on here that will take the time to give us interesting and accurate info.

Simple. Never.

Kids not liking to build models has nothing to do with video games. Anyone who thinks that is mistaken. The reason is cultural. My kids don't spend a lot of time playing video games. They do play them, but aren't addicted. They Appreciate my models but have no interest in doing it themselves anymore. Its a lack of patience, and need to be entertained constantly. The microwave generation. I think if we want to get more young people into building, you have to focus on the 20 somethings. But what do I know...

Yup Paul does some really nice work and gets some incredible prices for his builds. He sure does have a strong following that's willing to pay big bucks. Nobody else who sells on Ebay has been able to capture the following that he has.

That made me laugh out loud for real. So true !

I'd love to own that era of Corvette again. I bought a 72 just after I turned 22 and oh how I wish I had that car still... It's really the one and only car that I have ever owned that I regret selling. I sold it to buy a new 1991 MR2 that I just had to have.... you know, the new body style on the covor of Car and Driver with a Ferrari. Yeah that one... ugh. This is 22 year old me just after buying it. sigh...

I have a mint 46K mile 2006 GT that I absolutely love (my avatar)...If I didn't have a kid in college and another one going next year, I'd have my Mustang on Craigslist already, and in the spring I'd get a new 2015 GT. I might even consider the ecoboost 4. I'd actually have to drive them both. My gut tells me I'd pick the GT. Until that time, I'll be driving my 06

Honestly the 53 is the only one I DON'T find interesting... As silly as this might sound, I'd even take a mid 70's Corvette as long as it was a 4 speed. I grew up with those cars and still like them. Yeah they aren't really fast, but having owned one I can attest they are fun... So yeah, send one my way. 75 T Top ? Yup. I'd take it.

That's a fine looking space you have there !

stupid.

I think part of the problem is that the product manager can't interact regularly with manufacturing. I'm not an expert but I have to believe that in the days where it was less common to have "issues", a Revell (or whoever) Product Manager spent a lot of time with the design and manufacturing team, who were all right there. You can't do that if the design and manufacturing team is half way around the world. A great example is the Revell Mustang notch-back. While I am not an industry expert, I'd venture an educated guess that if the design and manufacturing were all able to regularly interact, that roof would have been correct. It would have been caught early and corrected early. I mean, if that were not true than there would have beem more mistakes on vintage models, and there weren't. Johan is a great example. Yeah they were somewhat simplistic but the body details were right.

I knew Todd from the message boards, starting back when he lived in Milwaukee. We had planned to meet in person at NNL east, but we never seemed to find each other in the crowd. I was sad to hear of his passing. You did a nice job finishing that one.

Scott - yeah I see a bunch of comments disappeared

This is the recent release of the Academy "European Classic Car" kit which is essentially the Italieri kit, and the same as was released as a Testors kit back in the 80s. No Ferrari decals come in this kit but I had a photo etch fret and some Ferrari decals that I bought from Ebay (even though I only needed the nose decal). This is straight box stock meaning no extra details added except the Ferrari script and node decal. The paint is Testors gloss Red Lacquer mixed with dept store lacquer thinner and and cleared with decanted Testors Wet Look clear.

This is the recent release of the Academy "European Classic Car" kit which is essentially the Italieri kit, and the same as was released as a Testors kit back in the 80s. No Ferrari decals come in this kit but I had a photo etch fret and some Ferrari decals that I bought from Ebay (even though I only needed th nose decal). This is straight box stock meaning no extra details added except the Ferrari script and node decal. The paint is Testors gloss Red Lacquer mixed with dept store lacquer thinner and and cleared with decanted Testors Wet Look clear.

Very nice build Mike !