Chuck Kourouklis

Wow. Dug the E46 and E92, gonna go deeper to see about that A4... Edit: there we go!

Yup. You 'n Bob, Bernard. We got the right general proportions so I'll deal, but I'm not looking forward to glaze-puttying, priming, block-sanding and rescribing the thing. I've seen Lee knockoffs with better molding.

Oh I'm sure you're not the only one. But at least the two-piece standard US box doesn't collapse practically under its own weight. And the standard US box hardly corners the market on warps.

'Fraid that's the way it's looking. No listing in the USA catalog section yet...

KOOL! (re new tool Land Rover, then Brat, then Dodge pickup!) And yeah, Accurate Miniatures stuff was molded in Korea, right? So I guess Academy didn't have too far to search.

Find it interesting that the AAR new-tool 'Cuda variant isn't listed in the Revell USA section, but whatevz. VERY interested to see how that Land Rover susses out, getting after that range of 1/16 Porsches soon as they're available here. It's actually the warbird offerings piqued my interest - a 1/24 stressed-skin Hellcat from Airfix? 1/24 Butcher Bird and razorback Mustang from Trumpeter?? whuuuuut...

GORGEOUS. Hadn't seen that one yet! And yup, current 8C is badly overdue in plastic. I found a drug store diecast to ease that craving a bit in the meantime.

VERY. I'll have one.

I'm old enough to remember shelves awash in the black version and the "Badman" reissues, but still 'n all, I can buy what you're saying, Mark & Casey. I'm still a bit flummoxed as to how a Badman can command a premium over one of the original PC83 kits, though.

Welp, I'm back from that wretched hive of online auctioning scum and villainy, and what I wanna know is this: since when did the lousy Badman start trading so high-falutin' within a mere seven years of the last pressing? I just snared a clean and complete PC83 variation for about half the typical buy-it-now asking on the TD kit! A starting bid on one of those is now in pretty extravagant territory.

Don't think it's the Boxer, but a Daytona hardtop, Bill. A 1/12 365GT4 BB? Oh yes, that'd be one MFH to rule them all...

That's not a bad question, Kurt. If it isn't MFH playing games,. maybe it's the vendor. MFH evidently has a few more releases lined up before the expiration - one of which appears to be the 1/12 365 GTB I'd prefer over the spyder.

Yeah, Iike the snapper well enough, but I've never much cared for its daylight openings on the sides. Had to pile my appreciation on with everyone else's. VERY sharp, Steve!

Am I wrong, or did I see some rumbling about the Monogram 1/8 small block kit on the Atlantis Facebook page? Guess so... EDIT: woops, here too. Shoulda known...

Just HAD to mention the detail-up kit, 'n I just HAD to fatten my private warehouse...

Well the old practice with annuals was to make detail changes to the tooling all the time. As for something this major though, yeah, I'm not sure. From the beltline down, the corrected body seemed very similar to the chopped one, but without the two shells at hand to compare, I can only speculate.

Yup. Thanks, Rob!

Well I think it's been long verified that a '69 has been planned from the start. Whether we actually see that from the new company may be in some question at this point. The AAR 'Cuda from the '13 tooling, scheduled for upcoming release, might be cause for optimism. I don't know if I'd necessarily preclude scanning because of the Hobbico circumstances - there was marketing language about the '14 Corvette that might have been mistaken for LIDAR being used in its development - but I wouldn't be surprised if things really did play out the way James figures. What's important is if the model is executed well enough you could confuse it for coming from scans. Still waiting on mine, but I'm really liking what I see so far.

I may be mistaken - and it would be interesting to hear if I were - but I think after the rollout fiasco, R/M made hella sure everyone had matching glass for their body corrections at least.

Like the 'Shima Spec Nur I got well enough but yes, Tamiya x 4 absolutely.

I'll just blather the tired old trope of I've-got-plenty-to-build-in-the-meantime - but yeah, I'm with Dave on this one.

Glad I have one on the way! That sucker's pretty, innit? A bit like a Porsche 962 with some 917-style softening of the edges, if you squint.

I'm kinda miffed they let that go, myself. Gonna take come filler and rescribing to get that all the way fixed. Still 'n all, I'll take it.

One of the biggest fumbles ever from Revell/Monogram. For my money, also one of their greatest recoveries. I asked for a couple of the corrected bodies and they sent two entire kits. R/M could be really good like that from time to time, and I hope the new company takes such things into account as it works out its new normal. That first body was rough, but it does make you appreciate the correction all the more. The recent '70 Chargers are also pretty nice, based on the corrected '69 patterns but all-new in tooling.

Well then why not here too: