gasman

I'm building mine as a stripe delete car so I was only worried about the other bits. I can't comment on the stripes. but they are available in other colors then blue or white. they come in black and two shades of gray as well

I got the GT500 today, no pics but it is a good bit different then the 06 GT kit. the body's different. the front fascia is seperate. and the rear bumper is different (but still attached to the body). there's a new hood, The engine is completely different. it shares nothing with the 06 kit. The chasiss and interior other then seats are the same. the decal sheet is excellent. both blue and white stripes. guage decals. decals for under the hood. it is excellent. my only gripe is that the wheels may be a tad small. they are the same size as the 06 GT wheels, all in all its an excellent kit. and its nice too Revell is giving us different versions of this body style Mustang since they shafted us with the 99-04 body style

video games are $40-$60 a game, not including the system, so there still alot cheaper then them From what i've read there only making 45,000 mustangs in 09. compared to close to 100,000 this year. the 2010's should be out around June-July

I didn't even notice the Fairlane. thats great news if it will be stock. those 1:32 scale snaps look nice too. the slot car guys will like them. I'm guessing all the 1:32 reissues have been good sellers. they still have the snap 69 Camaro as coming out in August no news about the 87 Cutlass and 87 Regal. I'm still hoping they eventually get done. but i'm not going to hold my breath.

there are some new Revell kits they just announced. most we already knew of snap Hummer H2 (i'm guessing that this is based off the glue kit) snap Mustang GT500 2008 Mustang Gt500 KR (we already knew this one) 2008 Mustang Bullitt ( iwas going to make one of these out of the 06 Mustang kit....guess i'm not now) 1968 Mustang from the movie Bullitt 1957 Chevy 150 (we already knew this one) 2007 Charger Super Bee (off the uptown tooling?)

that was GREAT stuff. the racing was good. the tires did great, they didn't seem to wear at all. it just was raining way too hard at the end of the race for them too continue. some of the team where not prepared to do this at all. some weren't running wipers or even taillights. like the 60 of Carl Edwards who did'nt even have them, he tried the swiffer thing but that didn't seem to work, you better believe all the cars will have wipers and taillights at the Glen next week. in both Cup and Nationwide. and some sort of defroster system for inside the cars I think this was a huge success for NASCAR and I would hope they wouldn't hesitate to use them at road courses in the future. I have to build Ron Fellows winning car now, complete with PE wipers

correction the Revell SSR has an LS1. the LS2 came out in 2005, and the Revell kits an 04. The AMT Concept Camaro should have an LS2.....but that engine sucks, and should'nt even be considered. IIRC the V8 in the Revell 99 Silverado is an LS1. (but don't quote me on that) The only good LS2 that has been tooled up is in the Revell C6 Corvette kits.

whats interesting is that the Revell AG version is still shown as the regular GT500 (there a boxart pic on EBAY), but the Revell US Version is clearly a KR from the test shots seen online and in magazines. I wonder if there two different kits. meaning the Revell AG one is the regular GT500 and the Revell US one is the KR BTW AMT's Challenger looks great. the wheels may be a tad too small but other then that it looks good.

The AMT "Back to the Future" Deolorean kit has great box art. I'm biased since its one of my favorite movies but I think its looks great.

The Polar Lights GTO has a LS1 IIRC. but its a little soft on the details. The Revell 98 Firebird has an LS1 The Revell 02 Camaro has an LS1 The Revell Chevy SSR has an LS2

both the GT500 and the GT350H are listed as in stock over at Tower Hobbies, so I guess that means that they are out

i'll be 24 in September. I was brought home in either a red 1981 Ford Fairmont wagon. or a brown 1983 Buick Regal. my parents can't remember which one.

I just picked up on of these kits since I'm kinda in a light commercial mood. what year is this van supposed to represent?

I can't help you with the Hobby Shop (I know a great one in Ventura. but I don't think you want to travel that far north), but be sure to visit the Peterson Automotive Museum while you are there, its a great place. Be sure the drive through the museums parking garage too. they store some cool stuff in there too

all the LHS around me have them, they all want $60 bucks for it. I would think Fujimi or Aoshima would everntually release a LHD version (they usually do). so i'm gonna wait for there versions, and pass on the Tamiya

thats one sad looking beretta

They announced the the "reasonably priced car". its a Kia Rio. and the first two guests will be Howie Mandel, and Melanie B (from the Spice Girls), both have shows with NBC affiliation. I think they could've done a little better with the stars they choose even from the NBC range of shows. like Steve Carrell or Jason Lee

anyone know the street date for these kits, Tower Hobbies list them as late July...which it is.

all you want to do is clean some promo's. and the next thing you know there completely apart. this happened last night to a rare AMT 98 Olds Intrique, Brookfield 95 Monte Carlo, and AMT 91 Geo Storm. all I wanted to do was clean them, but then I decided they needed a little more detail. next thing you know there all completely apart. and I'm planning new projects for them

looks like Mercury will live after all. and there getting new product.....sorta Mercury to become Fords Saturn I would think Ford would kill Mercury's entire current lineup if this happens. the Mondeo would replace the Milan. The Kuga would replace the Mariner. and I would think we would get the S-MAX and maybe the Ka. Ford US is already getting the Fiesta (Finally), the Euro Focus (Finally) the Transit Connect and possible the Euro Ranger

I wonder what would count as a fuel efficient vehicle. like if my 28 MPG Ford Ranger pickup be allowed to park there.

since kits cost more then 5 years ago (I remember paying $10.99 for the Revell 66 Chevelle wagon when they came out), the cheap hobby store in my area wants $18.99 for the Revell Nova. people will nit pick about kits more and more. one thing about us car modelers is that we are cheap . I do think the wheel wells are a bit more squared off then should be, its something I noticed when I first got the kit. but its a very small problem. I'm not going to even worry about correcting it. its not that big of a deal. majority of people who build this kit won't even notice since the 1:1 seem to have a bit of a squareness to them.

I got my kits today, and I'm going out on a limb and saying this is the best muscle car kit in 1:25 scale ever produced. starting with the decal sheet, which could easily be confused with an after market one. two decals for the gauges (one stock on custom), all the correct decals for the emblems. some nice Drag car decals. and Hoosier Tire decals for the drag tires. two sets of wheels, (Chevy Rallye and Center Line drag wheels). two hoods, the kit manufactures have finally realized what the after market has been doing for years. they included a nice cowl hood in the kit, as well as the SS hood. dual carb setup option for the kits 350. full detail interior with separate center console. and bucket seats. the rear seat can be omitted for the drag car. full detail chassis with a nice set of optional traction bars. the is a great kit, and I can't wait too see what the after market does with it.

do the 4dr cars and 2dr share the same wheelbase?. I have two Revell Nova's on there way to me, and I know i'm going to turn one into a 1970 Yenko Duece. i'm not sure what i'm going to do with the other one. but a plain jane, old lady driven 1969 4dr Nova with a straight six might be the way I want to go.

The wheel size on the KR look correct. but the tires seem to be too tall. (too much sidewall). I applaud Revell for deciding to do the KR instead of the regular GT500. I just hope Revell gives us all the correct detail under the hood. The Hertz wheels appear to be one size too small. but I can deal with that. I'm planning on steeling the wheels out of that kit, put them on an 06 kit and build an 09 Mustang GT (debating on doing the glass roof option)