Chuck Kourouklis

Yup! At least a couple of those here, please and thank you.

I always thought the R/M '65 had an aspect to its greenhouse that was a bit too "forward-leaning" - a touch too vertical in the windshield and a smidge too "fast" in the C-pillars - and the '66 mostly corrected that to my eyes. They sabotaged that improvement a bit in the drip rails and perhaps a certain abruptness of transition where the C-pillars hit the deck, but those problems are easy to fix. Those of you who like the kit and don't see that, nobody's telling you not to enjoy the model. I might like to pick this one up to do the lowrider, m'self.

I'm absurdly happy about this - most especially if it's the (now nearly 20-year old) "new" tool.

Hmph. Think this new boxing is the first time the '66 is out with the '65 lowrider parts, anyway...

Didn't really wanna bump the thread for this reason, but I didn't want this to go without a thank-you either. The extent of my research was basically confined to the Google machine, but with LOTS of digging around on it. Pretty much wrung out anything I could find on a '30 Ford till I hit on a restoration with whitewalls and that color scheme - not only lovely in the way those cream-yellow wheels set off the two-tone body, but very like a '30 or '31 Tudor sedan a tire-dealing neighbor brought home one afternoon some 40 years ago. Left quite an impression on pre-teen me; sat there one afternoon and did a pencil drawing of it in profile. Appreciate it, John!

That's very kind of you Eric! I personally think it's beatable as a factory stock build, but I'll allow that somebody'll have his work cut out for him doing so. Chris D's take on it, though? To get that weathered bare metal finish, and a stance you can tell is dialed in from overhead, to add louvers and a steering pose, to get every detail from so many disparate kit sources so locked down and close to scale that the model looks as if it jumped straight from the pages of The Rodder's Journal - well that takes some doing. And that's why I agree with everyone else calling it a G O A T execution of this kit.

Why thanks, Chris! Ain't a patch on your little masterpiece, but for o o b, I like to think it came out okay. ?

Except possibly for yours, Dennis, I'm hard-pressed to disagree.

Comes to that, even I have one: And I would have understood the question perfectly... up till a few years ago. Don't we have Revell's new one in 1/25? Well. Maybe we don't technically have-it-have-it just now, but we should again just as soon as Revell can get off the thumb with the re-release, right?

Yup. Don't have a full-on closeup at the spindles, but I seem to recall the T's front axle being right about the measure of the Renault piece above, complete with molded see-through spaces around each spindle. Taxi looks hella kool! Did NOT know it was available in 1/24, think I'ma get after one...

This has been going on a few years now, gents. The likelihood of a company going out of business before finishing your kit isn't zero (nor is it for anything else), but it's pretty low. And there are LOTS of these. Must've found a market, because frankly, there have been at least as many new $1600 subscription kits as there have been new domestic $30 plastic ones showing up lately, if not more.

Resin/multimedia, right? About 6,000 Euros / $8,000+ US? They're generally pre-built and finished, though a select few are available as kits without instructions. What are those, $4500 or so?

That's exactly why I'm not particularly inclined to sign up for this one myself. If you really want a 1/8 Charger, though, there's no other game in town, and you have around $60-70 disposable per month, you might find it worthwhile to give it the TLC needed to make something an order of magnitude better. There are all sorts of issues with that 1/8 GT500, but it's a 1/8 scale 1967 Mustang and the body looks right. You might guess why I couldn't resist that, and Bill might have been of a similar mindset.

heh heh heh, I hear those gears turning, Bill! It ain't fully stock, but it might give you 70% of what you need for a stock one... hmmm...

Oh yes. Among pricey four-figure subscription kits, that is a particularly pricey one. And while there's nothing guaranteeing a company will stay in business, the subscription kit concept has proven pretty successful outside the US market. I've been through four of these from DeAgostini/Modelspace, and while there are sometimes delays in installments, there's not yet been any failure in delivering a complete kit.

Not exactly the 1/8 Superbird he wished for... ...but maybe close enough. Info.

The tire issue might have been addressed after a fashion. There's an unboxing video that appears to show RevellAG went with the 16" Gatorbacks from the 1/16 '87 IROC/GTA kits for this release - a bit anachronistic for late '70s, but I'm guessing MUCH closer to scale size than the old rubber GT Radials.

Maybe it was those great mid-'90s sheets from Lindberg that prodded a change to something more competitive, I don't know - but ever since they changed carriers around 2000 or so, Revell has reliably turned out some great decals. The domestic-release Ford GT may be a little shorted relative to the German release, and yup, we got some deviations on the AAR sheet. The dashboard graphic for the '70 Charger R/T, on the other hand, is one of the best I've ever applied - dead in-register not just in itself, but also with the engraved plastic beneath.

lol, yup! I think I had to trim a bar just to get the '95 graphic to fit the 1/24 body.

Yup. From just under 16 cubic feet for the C7 to just under 13 for the C8. The same fitted luggage is supposed to work between the two. I'd be quite surprised if it were as light on its feet as the Alpine or the Lotus - the Huracan, the more garden-variety 488 Ferraris, a number of McLarens and maybe even the Aventador are probably closer benchmarks in size and mass - but the ride/handling balance is sure to be an order of magnitude beyond for a Corvette. After 60 years of coyness with prototypes, the time was finally right to do this for a few reasons. For whatever its future holds, the gen-6 Camaro actually seems to manage its power better and play to better press reviews. The Corvette needs to reach a younger audience. And if that audience doesn't have a Ferrari 812 budget, then yes, the C7 was beginning to show the ragged edge of what could be wrung out of a lighter daily-use front-engine coupe. The C8's sub-3-second 0-60 time is thanks mostly to newfound traction and uninterrupted torque from the dual-clutch transmission, and who knows what future performance models will bring. And it's not as if the mid-engine concept is new to the Corvette. This year marks the 60th since Duntov came up with the CERV1, and if he had been allowed to prosecute fully his notion of a Corvette, it might have beaten Ferrari and even Lamborghini to market with that layout. All I got to say is plastic. NOW. And something way beyond "Snap it"/"Build 'N Play" if you don't want torches and pitchforks at the door.

Never got it the first time so it's new to me! Diggin' it.

Heard that. Bill. The observation that can't be refuted: "Eh, except for the fender flares, the other issues aren't that big a deal to me". On the other hand, there's a profound distinction between "I can't see the differences" and declaring "there are no differences" as if that's some sort of objective fact. The notion that there are no objective deviations from the 1:1 has been eviscerated and beaten flat by proportions and illustrated math, which is something the less critical should bear in mind: the more critical modelers either have or can quickly find proof of their assertions. And whichever way, none of the more critical modelers seeing problems with this kit is trying to mandate or ridicule how the less critical should react to it - that kind of assault is only happening in the other direction. Most of us see this 'Cuda as worthy of rehabilitation at worst, so it only stands to reason that those who like it as it is should enjoy it to the fullest. Notice the difference in emotional maturity, by the way, between that attitude and hollering "if you don't like it DON'T BUY IT" just to try and kill the discussion.

x2. Fantastic, Stu!

DayLight Opening. The greenhouse openings on each side of a car that encompass the side windows

NICE WORK, btw, David! You may have shot that kit from the only angles that work for it, too.