CAL

As much as I like Porsche and am a huge Porsche fan, and the fact that they are indeed the most winningest sports car in the world, and have kicked Ferrari's butt, there is nothing on Earth that sounds like a V12 Ferrari. A Ferrari sounds like passion. There are some other awesome sounding cars, the raw power of a big displacement V8, the wherbble of a 5cylinder twin turbo Quattro, the piercing 4 rotor 787B, but there is nothing that sounds like passion like a Ferrari. linked wrong vid here ya go

1:32 Gulf Porsche 917

um buy more build less, um wait, what was that again. Build more buy less.

Ah those big cam v8s always sound like they are just barely even running on half it's cylinders and will sputter out at any second.

It's hard to beat a Ferrari v12 sound. this makes the AR sound like a toy. or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBXUOomynxw...feature=related and 60 years of Ferrari Music. it should have been this vid.

They say you can kit bash it with one of the couple Dakar kits. IIRC a large article on the subject. I got off on another path with a couple stick and tissue planes.

That is a good answer since January has always been there and first since it's inception.

Most complete, or feeling of complete: out of the box. Many kits feel a little lacking in one area or another. It has been a long time since I have open a box and truly been impressed with everything about it. I hate to keep harping on an armor kit but Cyber Hobbies really has done it with their kits, particularly with the Tiger. And they have done it at a reasonable price. I know AMT tried with the Pro Shop 57' Chevy, but it failed completely. It seems to take just the right amount of ingredients to come up with a masterpiece of a kit. I agree some of those ingredients are Popularity - but sometimes not Engineering - goes a long long way. Just look at Tamiya, sometimes over simplified but stunning results time after time. Accuracy - sure everyone the most accurate but that always doesn't equate to the best. Fun Factor - is an absolute as well. The others are rather sub-categories. It's not an easy task picking KOTD. Just look at some of FSM KOTY picks. There has been some that really make you think what were they thinking.

What decade is that though? I donno, seems like going aginst convention argument is moot. The Roaring 20s, The Tewnties, the 1920s is 1920 - 1929 not thru 1930. Acutally he was 5 in 1 CE since scholars have kind of pin-pointed his life from 4 BC to 30 CE. I very little doubt there was some version of this argument going on 100 years ago. Since the single digits seem to mess with people, and the teens are 13 - 19... not even a whole decade's worth I wonder who came up with that geniuses idea. So it's going to be a few more years before things are back to normal. Eventhough you may technically be right, you're not really right in reality. And FWIW the calendar as we know it didn't come to fruition till deep into the 18th century

Tamiya's Enzo ranks right up there. KOTD has to, unfortunatly an armor piece from Cyber Hobbies who did an increadable job with DML's Tiger kit to produce Wittman's last Tiger, a true multi media kit, it's accurate, crisp and clean, magic traks, PE, cast metal parts, chains, and more. Everything you could have ever hoped from a kit. 2nd whould have to be a Eduards FW-190 which is the Accurate Miniture's Mclaren of 1.48th scale aircraft. Very detailed mulit media kit that is not for the faint of heart to build. There just haven't been a car kit that has risin to either of these kit's dedication to detail and a feeling of completness out of the box. Nevertheless, there has been some pretty good car kits. The Tamiya Enzo is an out standing example. The Fujimi 250 GTO is a great subject matter but only a good kit The Revel 69 Nova is a great subject matter but only a good kit There isn't and car KIT that stands out.

I found that to be the case with Tamiya sprays. The red Cobra was Tamiya topped with Future. The Porsche was Testors Enamal gloss topped with Future. The Starliner was Testors custom mix - flat topped with Future. So even flat base finish can be brought to a high gloss finish with Future.

Polishing Future doesn't work out well. The whole trick to Future is knowing how to work it with an airbrush

I have gone down the polishing road. Several sheets of micro mesh, car past cleaner, car past swirl remover, Novus 1, 2, 3, and a model polishing kit, a Dremel with wooden dowl cotton swabs, and diaper cloth and micro fiber. It's labor intensive, but you can get a great finish in countless hours. Future is quick and easy, and is good over everything, BMF, clear parts even to attach small PE, and had a deep high gloss finish in a coupe hours and very easy to work with. I don't polish anything any more, just Future it. Future over the clear (glass) and everything

apparently related to the old Hudson "Old Timers" which were also 3/4 " scale and wood. Nope not German, made in New York. Says here cheaper plastic kits killed them.

never knew... interesting little balsa wood car kits.

was a non-believe for a long time but Future and an airbrush....

Fiat Jolly. From the orginal post Volugrafo Bimbo Homy Super Long Toyota Deliboy Toyota Estima Lucida G Luxury Joyful Canopy Tang Hua Detroit Fish Studebaker Dictator

i'm in I kind of like the Volugrafo Bimbo and the Homy Super Long.

That would habe been a great name for it.

But he (Dennis Shattuck) did, and basically outlined the Mustang as the template for the Pony Car.

It was a sleeping pony.

That is kind of how I always felt about it. And why does everyone consider the Chevy Camaro GM's pony anyway. The Chevy II (Nova) was first and fit the bill. It didn't even make it on the Pony Car list.

yup, the British got the first production "Mustangs" arbitrarily named by the BPC (British Purchasing Comm). It was until after the British got there first Mustangs and put them into service the USAF even placed an order. The British order placed in Sept 1940 and were seeing combat in May 1942, and wasn't till June 42 the USAF place their 1st order, and most of those ended up with the RAF.

Which are all also airplane related. The USAF Thunderbirds The F-16 Fighting Falcon The P-51 Mustang The 1929 Mohawk Pinto The OV-10 Bronco and Maverick Jets LTD. weird huh.

Maybe maybe not. It has also been suggested that the Mustang name was first suggested by Robert J. Eggert, Ford Division market research manager. Eggert, a breeder of quarterhorses, received a birthday present from his wife of the book, The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie in 1960. Later, the book’s title gave him the idea of adding the “Mustang†name for Ford’s new concept car. As the person responsible for Ford’s research on potential names, Eggert added “Mustang†to the list to be tested by focus groups; “Mustang,†by a wide margin, †came out on top under the heading: “Suitability as Name for the Special Car.â€