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Dug this quote up from another Johan thread from '18. Someone noted they'd gotten a 73 in a 71-72 box in thread below. The unengraved car seems like an early 71? Can't tell if it has trunk vents, but ALL 72-78 Eldos had rub strip. Doesn't make sense they'd fill in a rub strip as stingy as Johan was. 73 in 72 box using up old boxes? The 74-76 Ranchers/Eldorados came in boxes with a 74 on them save for the simplified engineless 75-76's. Also, 74's had taillights on valence above bumper, reflectors (dimples at best) on bumper uprights. Still have a 74 from family stash.

That is still an epic post. Easy to shout something is wrong, but fairly straightforward fix how-to is the point of a forum. I re-read it. Thx

OK. I thought the 71 had trim, 72 didn't. But, no pics on web show that. Odd thing is the car with fake vents on fender also has rub strip and 8.2 liter engraving, the plain car has neither. Both have the Cadillac script on fender over sidelight. So, maybe smooth side is early?

The car with the side trim is a '71. The car without is a '72. Good finds both. Johan early Eldorado boxes can contain either car it seems. '73 had separate box art, '73 only IIRC. '74 came in "Eldorado Rancher" boxes, but you could get a '75, maybe '76 in there too despite '74 on the box art. There was a sort-of promo kit with a '75/'76 on box too. '71-74 all one yr only releases I think. Mark B knows kits far better than I do, but I like Eldos.

Very different statement from original, negative, unsupported declaratory post. "...we're done for awhile." has no bearing on the "succinct" post's "...and are back." Posts like this seem to fit same old rumor-mongering. Really no benefit from last few pages other than demonstrate the contrary, and too long for people to wade through other than the first post, a page or so. Pretty much only input OP has had is to complain about snarky? responses or try to claim statements unlike the original post. Zero supportive evidence to pages of contrary. https://www.idiomeanings.com/stir-the-pot/

Palmer, baby, Palmer all day. ?

I dunno, read the 40 some posts in the thread? Try it! If that's TL:DR, Revell is ok coming back from bankruptcy despite rumor mongering. Basically same rumors like "Testors paints pulled off market" "Hobby dying" nonsense here for years. LOL. Complete lack of evidence for rumor, and hysterical response when presented with real facts.

You can claim your kits are mint in the box too! The colored gels are fine, the sparkle mixed in or the big blue flecks I'd stay away. I second the vote for PlastX an Snake's silver cream.

F50 was '95. Roughly based on 33SP. No crossover at time. Carrera GT was '05. Direct comparison is the Enzo. 928 was dead years before 550 came out. No real cross competitor for the 550 '97-2001 458 and 997/991 TT '10-'15 Speciale and 991.1 GT3RS '14-'15

Great build. The yellow car that was on all the US magazines was owned by Paul Frame. Interesting history. He went to prison, is out now. F50 long gone. https://www.chron.com/business/article/Stunned-ex-CEO-of-Seitel-ordered-to-jail-1475638.php Funny how these cars have stories attached. #103806

Those are really nice for this application. Wish they had 7.5 and 9" for the Daytona, but I'll take the 7.5" squares. Pinto's Auto Union is stellar. His kits are a cross between Paul Fisher's and a MFH is some ways, far easier to build. His LM winning Ferraris are great. Hope Paul Fisher and Suzy are recovering from the Paradise fire. Total losses. No current Fcar is as pretty as the pre-78 stuff. Wish someone did good 512bb wheels. Family friend had 7.5 & 9's on his BB, other than broken spokes they looked awesome. How's the NART coming? Sorry we strayed a bit, but I love this stuff, grew up with it.

Is that tool the same as the Heller, or a different body? It looks like a 2 seat could be made out of it by shortening the frame between axles and the rear seat removal. I'm surprised the rear is so similar. Never have seen a built-up before. The Bentley in that series always made me wonder. The Monogram Cord and Lincoln tires will fit the Burago 55 and Atlantique, look less like pro-touring Bug.

Great looking wires, outside laced though. Only for fronts usually, NART has inside laced Borranis. They'd be perfect for Jags. RMCM has Dunlop wires off Tamiya Mk2 Jag that are great for E, 120 btw (sorry OT) Yep, that Norm, RMCM. HRM is Harold Bradford aka Brad. FPPM is Fernando Pinto. Does amazing stuff. Crazycar19 on Bay, on FB too. Lots of Ferraris, LM and GP cars. Here's the diff between outside laced on front. and inside laced in back.

Glad links helped. NART's are amazing cars, pretty fun histories. Norm has the correct mags for the NART and 4-cam B's. Square (trapezoidal) holes with knockoffs. NARTs ran with those too. GTO tire sets probably work using just fronts, or asking to buy 2 pair of fronts. FPPM has some that'll work. The nero 275GTS in above post is #8621, second from last 275 GTS. It has different side vents than early GTS in series. Rear nearly identical to 330, but front bumper on 275 is lower, really doesn't wrap around much. If you look, the 275 bumper ends below the knockoff, the 330 ends above the knockoff, even if you can't see the front end. Here's front view. Here's 10703 below, a 330 GTS, unrestored sub-30k mile car. Borrani style correct for California thru Daytona.

Great kit. It is not a 275 GTS. It's a 275 GTB/4 that Chinetti/North American Racing Team had Scaglietti build 10 Spiders. 275 GTS/4 not really used for these. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_275#275_GTS/4_NART_Spyder Tons of great ref pics I'm sure you have. A couple of very succesful race cars in the bunch. Barchetta has full DB for all 10. http://www.barchetta.cc/All.Ferraris/by-serial-number/ferrari-by-serial-number/model-index-65-71/model-summary/275-gtb-4s-n.a.r.t.spyder-register/index.html Build looks nice so far, wsf really fragile as you've found. Flat box doesn't help. BTW, only 2 were rosso chiaro (not corsa), 3 yellow (2 fly, one pale yellow), 3 Blu Sera, and 2 grey. Below is a 275 Spider for comparison, 2 cam only. Evolved into the 330GTS with nicer nose.

Licensing Schmishensing. Fojitsu and Hitaochi decals, sweet! The square fan shaft nice too. I'm holding out for a MFH Subzero multimedia kit though. ? There are some great cars available in high end resin kits that would sell in volume though. Platz/NuNu/Belkits has hit a groove, and there's lots more. Same with diecast. Why there isn't a McLaren 720 model 2y after it came out is dumb. 570 ok, but model the car that runs mid-9's dead stock. 991 GT3RS, 991.1 and 991.2 both, GT2RS, M3, M4, M2, even AMG, Porsche and BMW SUV's. That's what people buy. Panamera kit ok, but limited. Why it rather than GT2RS? No detail kit of a current Mustang and it's thru it's 1st facelift already? One of few actual non-SUV's Ford will sell, and one sold worldwide? Of course no kit. Not even a snap-Plus with headlight fix and waterslide decals. Box art that makes you want to buy it (Mustang, both Raptors, and GT kits have WORST box art for cool cars), can hardly tell Raptor from Raptor, and they'd all sell if people knew what and where they were. #biggersigh Saw a comment here on a build by someone new, in eastern Europe. Put vinyl roof on the car, had decent trim strips, tried, did better than I would. Someone commented "you don't have seams on your vinyl roof". Really. Between struggling with English, noob on board, and I'd guess hard to get kits of US cars, that's pretty cringeworthy. Hadda add that when I saw Chris's comment.

I'm a car guy. I like 50-80 yo cars, amongst others. But you're in biz, so it's easy to keep old cars running. If you're not, it isn't. Certainly not with the poor knowledge of cars in general, even with my friends. How many current young car guys have seen feeler gauges, or carbs for that matter? LOL. Tinbox. Cheap Hondas and Toyotas run forever now. They rarely need fixing. Truly a get-off-my lawn rant, and I respect your efforts. New cars can be boring, heavy, and ugly. But the market won't allow bad cars for long. See Fiat, Alfa (sad, stupid effort). Safety wise, cars far better. Poorly engineered? Tin-box? Now? Agree hard to service in many cases, takes longer to get to the plugs than change them. There's a huge secondary electronics market for modern cars. Great stock to own. 50-60yo kits are great. Best available then, and still look like intended car. But totally miss new target market. Need Gti, Focus RS, new Shelby, goofy but fast Hyundai N, stuff you see beyond the 85th 69 Camaro (I like them, just not thrilled by another red Camaro). Relax, I was brought up on your side. Acceptance and tolerance will keep hobby going. But as your most recent Supra 4x4 shows, that's the stuff that'd sell. #notgonnahappen #wheresmydiscountcoupon #videogamesareevil #SMH

The Chiron has working sequential gearbox. 4wd transfer case, steering rack, visible working pistons, rods, crank, halfshafts, and is constructed like the real monocoque. The body is more of a see thru/cutaway than a poor representation. same with their 991 GT3 RS. Kids don't learn about how cars work anymore, that's what these teach, and persistence as well. More like a Visible V8 than a BelKit. I had trouble with the steering rack in Bugatti, left out a gear by omission. Dad showed me how to take subsequent sub-assemblies apart to get to the gear without backing all the way up. We discussed how engineers need to make stuff to be repaired too, if a part fails. I learned a lot from that. Since I'm headed for engineering, it stuck with me. My dad got me interested in full size cars and modeling with snap kits, random builders out of his huge pile, and Michael Schumacher Lego F1 Ferraris. My sister too. Always had exotics in garage, used them as cars, not worship objects. Never saw a boat, car, WW2 fighter, or car he didn't like. Taught us to appreciate build quality, parts beauty, pre-computer slide rule engineering. Went to Power Tour, Goodguys, F1, Pebble Beach, and various Historics. Lots of exposure few get. Funny to me that so many hate on current trends here but don't even have smart phone. Big wheels can be too big, but it's their car. Car guys don't leave modern cars stock. And asking for models of a Rambler wagon are akin to asking for a kit of a '17 Corolla DX. Who cares. Forza has latest hot car in game, paintable, and tunable with camber, caster, roll bar settings, locking diff settings, and spring rates, jounce and rebound shock settings. That's stuff few understand, but some of the 10 million Forza Horizon players do. They're virtual models. Acceptance, and something current, not kits of 40-50yo cars that weren't very well built to start with, will advance the hobby. Heaven help us if a drip rail or trim group is misrepresented. LOL. Perspective too, as pointed out above. Just a second generation thought.

Nice stable. Mk2's and Mk1's my faves, had a few of them. My dad had a W124 300E ages ago, has an E63S wagon now, but doesn't drive much anymore. Be well and successful.

Some Casey guy has a nice site I wandered across. ? http://modelkitreviews.proboards.com/

No kit in 1/24-25. White Box has great diecast for <$40 usd. Quattroruote magazine has same model in their series too, sl easier on your side of pond

Haven't tried it but AMT 300 glass may fit. Desoto pretty hard to find, esp just for glass. Some parts guys on Bay may have if you watch. Nice find, they never did a 60 300 AFAIK.

That is a CA distributor plate. Bigger wheels and tires it seems. Toyota at the split IIRC so could be from there. Or, BMW testing S58 in Supra body, Z coupe expected. Usually M's have 4 pipes but what better disguise? Lol.

User kimherd38 on fleabay has some resin bits for S&C Mustangs that just popped up lately. Hoods, grilles, tonneaus etc. They have some other stuff too, looks nice but no idea who's casting. Look pretty nice though. Was waiting to find out more before buying.

The Z4 B58 I-6 is exactly the same as a Supra. There is no M version of the Z4 yet. The M version of the shared B58 engine is the S58, only used in the X3M and X4M for now. It has bore/stroke of 84.0/90.0 vs. 82.0/94.6 in B58. S58 is twin turbo vs. single twin scroll turbo on the B58 in Supra/Z4. HP on the S58 is 473hp/442tq in base, 503hp/442tq in Comp version. No idea if BMW will sell M motor to Toyota. I'd be surprised if they did.