Chuck Kourouklis

My ex used to have nightmares about little cars rolling all over her. "Ex" being the key word. ?

Pops had two LSCs, silver '86 with the 5-liter and white '84 with the BMW turbodiesel. Got one when it first came out and you guys just sold me another, so... thanks for that?

Hits me in the feels fer sure. Been wanting a proper kit of a roadgoing 21st-century 911 for longer than I can reckon by now...

WAY more interesting to me in 1/12 than in 1/24, gotta say...

Well, since both are mentioned: If Revell still includes the wheel option I used, you might consider that alone grounds for the Skill 5 rating - those wheels apparently weren't tooled with ANY sort of eye for them fitting the model at all, so much grinding necessary on the bosses to get them tucked inside the fenders. On the other hand, after decades of trying and retrying among all manufacturers, it was this very Revell kit (and its Black Widow stablemate) that finally nailed the front end of the car, just vastly superior to all its forebears, scale irrespective, even Revell/Monogram's own previous efforts - ALL of them. In addition to giving the front bumper far and away the most correct shape it's ever seen, note how they moved the mold parting lines to the perimeters of the side elements that sweep back. I don't think near enough has been made about the kit's obvious superiority in this area.

It's a very good question, 'cause not only would that sort your engine mounts, it'd bring you the poseable steering from the ProModeler-based kits that the '70 lacks. We'd be talking entirely different wheels and mounting systems, which might confine you the 68/'69 Magnums or the '68's steel wheels, unless you were feeling more adventurous. Far as I can tell, the chassis plates are close enough they might interchange, needing only the most minor work if any. But as it's been pointed out, there's less rearward bias for the rear axle in the '70 than there is in the '68/'69.

Heh. I actually decided on the color just as the black F&F version debuted, with all its signs that a street R/T was coming. Was not overjoyed about Revell doing it on the first boxcover car, but I had a different interior color and graphic scheme in mind anyway, and they supplied Hemi hood billboards not used on the cover so it was all good. Even kept the Round2 tires and street wheels from the Sox & Martin 'Cuda on standby in case Revell didn't change from the Magnums, months ahead of the R/T's release. Engines are strictly Hemi at this point. You can source that lovely 440 from the '68/'69; just bear in mind you'll need to do some minor work on the engine block tabs that slot into the engine mounts - staggered forward and back on the '68/'69, straight across on the '70.

Well howdy, Monty! Since you asked (and I just tripped across your post):

Hmm, see they've skipped the black fields for the HEMI hood billboards this time. Makes a bit of sense, because even with a firehose application of solvent, a bit of bunching was inevitable at the corners. The model does appreciate a substitution of 'Cuda Rallyes and lettered tires... Stock version appears later in this thread, if you want more details about the kit:

As we've said, all-new tooling from late '21/early '22. If you check over the assembled targa and coupe a few posts above, you might see that they don't particularly look like Fujimi's kits. The tires are probably the biggest giveaway, if the subtle improvement in general accuracy isn't immediately apparent.

OH yes. The ones we're talking about are all-new tooling from 2021/22, decades more recent than Ceji's ownership of Revell.

^^agreed^^

Mine wasn't bad at all, Brian! I can't remember if this went against the instruction sequence or not, but I found it far better to get the interior into the body shell first before fitting in the chassis; there's a bit of flexing required at the forward interior mating surface that's far easier to manage this way. And yes, I did find it necessary to bore out the wheel retainers - essentially plastic surrogates for the nylon washers favored by Far East kit manufacturers - just a bit, so that the wheels would go all the way home. I think it was essentially interference from paint on the axles that I was trimming back. Otherwise, a VERY agreeable build. Mine tricycles just the slightest bit, and the passenger's front wheel may locate a bit forward of center, but otherwise, it's quite well-designed for tolerance stacks and I think rather more accurate in appearance than the EM-series kits.

VERY nice, Jim! Leaves me wishing we could park side by side to show off the differences between Euro(British) and US versions.

American releases are molded in white, so the US-boxed version of this should follow suit. Pics of a coupe for context: Mainly to demonstrate that unlike what you might have seen in other reviews, you CAN get the wheels in about where they belong.

Ah, Hasegawa - continues to drop my jaw with funky little JDM contraptions I didn't know I wanted. ??

Tried it a while back based on what I've seen from others, and the Hasegawa factory shortnose fascia is just about a glove on the Tamiya shell. Biggest problem I recall is that you'll have to trim locating tabs from one piece or the other - from the look at the parts above, maybe those two belt-level forward nubs poking proud of the Tamiya shell.

Kool! Kinda dig me these Moebius Chryslers. ?

Eh, not my favorite iteration of Corvette styling, not my least - certainly wouldn't break the deal if I were in the market. Honestly, if we remove "chaotic" from Stef's description above, you have a flawless characterization of the C5 - it wasn't interesting enough even to include that term. Seriously, what. is. UP. with ripping off almost the entire, cowl-forward clip of an FD RX-7 and then slapping a near-formless billboard on its oversized rear? It was the sad-sack-est, blandest, most derivative and uninspired Corvette body style ever. Committee-designed? Hell, that thing looked worse, designed by consumer clinic. None of which is to say I'd kick one out of my driveway. The C5 was a sea-change under the skin, and I like the looks well enough. Just don't love it like a '57-or-earlier C1, or the absolute pinnacle of Corvette styling, the C2 mid-years. Say whatcha want about the 8, at least it's its own car. Of course, the same could be said of the C3, the most excessive styling since Harley Earl splattered headlights and chrome all over the '58. But whatever. These kits are badly overdue. Boxcover models show noses properly hunkered down, just fyi...

Yup. Been looking forward to both. ?

And while we're throwing noodles at the wall, this moves out of the era of Red Wheel's full offering into the time period of their first accessory kit: There's a certain word describing diminished mental capacity, starts with an "r", that polite society is not supposed to use any more - but I can't think of a better word to describe the continuing absence of a boat-tail Riviera in kit form. There's been a swing or two in resin, but nothing on the order of that Tucker 48.

Hmmmm. Hope we get all that same goodness in the stateside boxing. RoG C7s had a definite edge on the decal sheet. EDIT: izzit me, or do they have the convertible illustrated on their coupe boxing?

Quick refresher on what this kit looks like with Round2 tires and Rallyes pilfered from the Sox & Martin 'Cuda that doesn't need 'em... Differentiations between this R/T and the Toretto car:

Actually, Oleksandr, I was just reminded of something once teased and abandoned, that follows a little straighter-on from the Tucker and jives with Red Wheel's penchant for American subjects: A "bullet-nose" 1950 Studebaker with the panoramic backlight. This one is the Studebaker Champion.

x2. Looks REALLY GOOD on first glance - think I count something like 175 parts? Body looks like it could have been scanned. Yay!