Chuck Kourouklis

How 'bout a manufacturer you might have heard of - Airfix? For a while they indicated newer tooling with CG-illustrated gray prototypes on the sides of the box. They've now moved on from that to give you the specific year of the boxing and the year the kit was designed(!)

Sure thing, Mike! Caught a wild hare about some Bandai 1/16 a while back and hunted a few down. This one may be the best overall of the group.

Turns out none of us was even close on the parts count for the n/a version: 249 on a conservative, one-pass count thru the instructions sheet, inclusive of various tubes and wires in the engine bay. Here's what greets you on opening a Bandai box: though many of the ones you come across in auctions might be missing the inner box dividers. Here's the parts layout as seen in the instructions: The engine/exhaust tree is satin plated and the lens reflectors are chrome. The four suspension pieces at the bottom are die cast metal. Not pictured are non-functional suspension coil springs, fastener screws and rubber tires. Not much to say personally about fit, but a model seemed to go together decently for the instructions and box cover.

Well, there were a couple Bandai versions, right? I'm just trying to recall what made it to Entex packaging, because iIrc, the Turbo just had an engine bay insert while the n/a had complete engine detail. Got a clean Bandai 924 unassembled (and NOT for sale) if anyone wants pics. With all-opening panels, I'd put parts count at around 150+ for this one with a complete engine. Kinda par for the course between this, the Jag XJ and the Lotus Esprit, all Bandai-tooled at 1/16 and Entex-boxed at one point or another.

Pretty pleased about the 928. Been looking on evilbay for some of the originals. Nice bookend for the new-tool 356s, which I've been eagerly anticipating for a year now. And yeah, that Bussing is a monster.

Hmmph, so no NSU. 'Salright. I'll take the consolation prize.

Too true, Stu. Followed the maths all the way and it comes to something like 1/11.4. Seems there's some discrepancy between 1/10 and 1/8 depending on which preview pops up too.

While we're on that subject, some of us have been pining for a 250 Lusso how long now? 10 years? Since Hasegawa fired off their pontoon-fendered TR salvo and Fujimi answered with a GTO to beat all its plastic predecessors? Be great if Tamiya tossed their hat into the 250 ring. Liking the idea of the NSU better and better, though...

Welp, unapologetic Yank that I am, I had to google the NSU. What a funky, stunted love child of a Corvair and a BMW 1600 that thing is! Tamiya does it, I'll be shaking my head (and slapping one in my private warehouse host paste).

No Nissan GTR? Nothing else pop culture oriented? Maybe the English website has content differing from the States? https://en-us.eaglemoss.com/model-enthusiast

Man, I'm thinking how great some authentic Eagle GTs would look on Monogram's 1/8 '82 Z-28, but I don't know if those are even the right size. Eh, well. Rabbit-hole thinking anyway. Nice work and thanks for sharing, Dr Z! A question if I may: there's been some speculation on Eaglemoss's service elsewhere, and I'm trying to determine if it's a larger number of squeaky wheels on on their Facebook page or just a few really loud ones. Have your subscriptions issues generally been on time and to your satisfaction, or no? Any mystery charges from the company?

Hmm. Welp, guess I'll know better as the R35 sub starts up. As for the other 1/8 subjects, they put the jam your doughnut or they don't, and for the general audience here, it's not such a wild guess that the former might be more likely. No Dodges from anybody yet on 1/8 subscription, but that may change. Deagostini have had their hitches but they've made good on all of them so far, in my experience. If Eaglemoss meets that standard at least, they'll be fine with me.

Never picked that one up but I'm almost certain it's just the factory version of the '50. My recollection of the yellow "TRUCKS" reissue would back the notion that there are no stock heads, but if I can find mine, I might have another look to be sure.

Yup, if you've got the right interior, it should go together without much trouble.

Yeah, probably not. Brian, if you have the '67 interior and no other recourse, your best bet is to carve off any of the hinge positioning channels molded to the forward portion of each interior side panel (the Shelby hood hinges followed a different geometric arc than the '68 hood). Think that was how I solved both the hood positioning and the interior fit in the end for the review model I did years back. Had to restrain a little venom for that particular article.

I have things to say about this kit, but they're extremely unkind; what it is about Revell and certain vintage Mustangs I can't fathom, but it'll start a stream of invective from me that'll actually justify a few torches and pitchforks around here and won't help you any, Brian. This might: there was a run of these kits that had the wrong interior tub, and as a result, included useless locating channels for the hood hinges that ALSO interfered with positioning the interior correctly between body and chassis. Trust me, when the standard-pattern '68 Mustang interior is supplied instead of the deluxe interior from the considerably better Revell '67 GT500, the hood works as it should. Is it possible you have this mixup? As I recall, I think it was also considerably less of a headache to join the interior to the chassis first and finesse the hood as you brought the whole works inside the body (or at least, leave the interior loose as you put the three together). That was the sequence for the American Dreams '68 diecast, if I remember it right.

Casey was being a little wry - 11 years after the fact - because Larry G's suggestion about Revell's diecast '68 Mustang came to pass EXACTLY as he suggested. Just have another look at when this thread started, and all should come clear.

And Bill, you're just killin' me over here. I'm, uh... sorry?

Oh, YOU BET, Dr Z. You bet.

Here's that stupid Falcon: which has taken grip in my imagination just 'cause it seems so unlikely as a 1/8 model. Not available in the US yet far as I know, but if it ever is... Meantime, I made the PROFOUND mistake of visiting the Eaglemoss site to have another look at the DB, only to get lassoed by another one I never thought we'd see stateside. Um, don't go to the Eaglemoss site. There's another big pop-culture item waiting to snag the unsuspecting - and I'm not talking about the DeLorean.

Yup, looks like the Flareside tailgate got mixed up in this release. You're not the only one with that problem.

Oh, Bill - Don't look now, but Eaglemoss is re-releasing their James Bond Aston Martin too. If they see their way back to the 300SL Gullwing, I'm done for. To say nothing of the Salvat F100 or their four-door '63 Falcon, if those ever make their way stateside...

Hmm. Never had the Badman so I'm speaking entirely out of school here and ready to stand corrected - but if the basic engine carried over from PC83, it appears from the exploded view above that the oil filter is down driver's side in front of the transmission by the oil pan. iIrc, the only Monogram-branded '55 with a top-mounted oil filter was the 1/25 '95 convertible tooling.

Yup. As ever, it cleans up beautifully under your ministrations, Steve. I certainly like it better than the bumpside kits anyway, which suits me 'cause I also like the 1:1 better. If the greenhouse rides a little high - and the jury's still out for me on that one - it'll be a relief 'cause I can fix that with a saw. It's the pre-chopped roofs that really get on my nerves, and the bumpsides somehow got mangled pretty good from their initial patterns to production. This'n seems a fair amount closer, down to nothing I can't fix with a little filing at the roof and bending at the front and rear quarter extremities. I'll have a few!

For some reason this particular series seems a cut above the rest of the Moebius car line in detail crispness and mold finishing. Even with the little crown at the top of the windshield - and still more accurate overall than the Lindberg 330s - this and the Satellite are far and away my favorite Moebius kits. Can't speak for the entire model yet, but my interior and engine bay press-fit/tape trials are very positive and clean.