Jump to content
Model Cars Magazine Forum

Chuck Kourouklis

Members
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    2,103

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Chuck Kourouklis

  1. Chuck Kourouklis
    There's a tree sure looks as if it has I-beams, but there's another just by the tires has two solid axles on it, one with an offset differential. Boxcover illustration, possibly a very heavily retouched shot of the model, also has a differential visible up front. Trailing arms, maybe?
  2. Chuck Kourouklis
    Yup, mystifies me too. I think the Aoshima LP400 is the blue-ship gold-standard most accurately proportioned 1/24 Countach ever done, and I thought there was online literature somewhere that LiDAR was involved. According to knowledgeable others, that area might not have gotten enough attention in the 3D modeling...
  3. Chuck Kourouklis
    The lower border of the side window intake is an exaggerated bevel where it joins the rear fender. Bit o' putty, swipes of a file maybe. What'll take much more finesse to correct is the way the front fender crimps into the leading edge of the door. That transition is much smoother and more blended on the 1:1, and from some angles, Aoshima's treatment looks like body damage. The side view mirror will cover it from some vantages and generally draw the eye away, but this area will require some careful work if you really want it right.
  4. Chuck Kourouklis
    Now THAT is what I would call beautiful. I just like the DLO and drip molding sweep so much better on the Arrow...
  5. Chuck Kourouklis
    Just gonna leave these right here, in case any of you wants to know before you buy...
  6. Chuck Kourouklis
    Yup. Car-to-car variance also opens up a little license for Revell in this case, which makes it all the more impressive to me that the base kit seems so solid. Getting more and more excited about what it portends for the next version. Got another car I hafta paint black, might just rotate this one up with it...
  7. Chuck Kourouklis
    **slobber**
  8. Chuck Kourouklis
    Oh no. If Revell follows its typical m o, I'd guess Spring or Summer of 2017 for the next version. And while we have no guarantees, I'd bet on the full-width R/T taillight treatment for that one, thanks to the F&F parts arrangement. One thing to keep in mind about the movie cars is that there was probably a number of 'em for each flick. Some may have had '70 taillights and reflectors and others may not. That would probably account for why there are none visible in one still, while they're clearly there perhaps in another scene.
  9. Chuck Kourouklis
    OH, and the new Chiron is considerably less an eyesore than the Veyron. Plastic please.
  10. Chuck Kourouklis
    Know what, mark me up as another for a boattail Riv. Just perused that thread 'n yeah, we gotta have one. That age-old Bronco itch is finally gettin' scratched, and this makes just as much sense. 250 Lusso, vintage 1600/2002 and 3.0CS/CSL are criminally overdue, ALL of 'em.
  11. Chuck Kourouklis
    Only question I'd have about that - they may be wrong for a '70, but are they necessarily wrong for the F&F car? The picture I put up from the movie on page three seemed to show a decent match. Aftermarket pieces? Main thing has me wondering right now - 'cause I'm too lazy to Google it just yit - is the rear wheelhouse arches, which are pretty changed from the relative match between MPC and Revell '69s. Wondering how those compare to 1:1 ref pix...
  12. Chuck Kourouklis
    Mmmm mmm, GOOOOD. Want.
  13. Chuck Kourouklis
    Yeeeeeeeeahhh... I was actually wondering about that
  14. Chuck Kourouklis
    One-sided detail on sidewalls? Don't think that's likely. Hope not. I've long lost track of otherwise nice builds with directional tires pointed the wrong way. Sometimes from side to side.
  15. Chuck Kourouklis
    Alas, Charlie, I think that if they were looking at a 318 car, we wouldn't have gotten the R/T grille. That part seems to show where R/M's heart really is on this tooling. So the kit's split for the lower front valence is prototypical, according to Gerald's pic? Cool!
  16. Chuck Kourouklis
    Excellent, Bill! Pile on right here if you want as you get yours, everybody. The more the merrier - and more complete the assessment, the more eyes we get on it.
  17. Chuck Kourouklis
    Scoop was one of the first "oooh" moments for me too. I could swear there was a light parting line mid-level 'round the thing, but the shot looks more like it picked up a sprue reflection than it did that. Guess I gotta git m' specs on 'n have another lookie. Looking between the Toretto car and the R/T and seeing how the trees are grouped, I'm half-wondering now if the street R/T will have guards on the rear bumper.
  18. Chuck Kourouklis
    Waitaminit, wasn't that "make like a tree and go away"? Not the sharpest putty knife in the drawer, that Biff.
  19. Chuck Kourouklis
    Oh YEAH… that Mouton Quattro is WELL overdue!
  20. Chuck Kourouklis
    Oh, ain' TELLIN' anyone. Just SAYIN'...
  21. Chuck Kourouklis
    The rear fascia: which seems to match this 318 car - a bit better than this R/T: and it seems the F&F cars were mostly non-R/Ts: and don't forget what this rear fascia was grouped with...
  22. Chuck Kourouklis
    MORE PICS, then: Engine breakdown. Most of the parts involved. Hat and blower up close.
  23. Chuck Kourouklis
    A sloppy slammer over a donk on its BEST DAY for me, but like y'all say, whatever shifts enough units to make it work...
  24. Chuck Kourouklis
    Oh, big ol' Sox & Martin meats and that LOOK-AT-ME hat with the red butterflies on the decal sheet? Yeah. Think this'n will mos' DEF'nitely suffice.
  25. Chuck Kourouklis
    Yup. Cain't wait to find out...
×
×
  • Create New...