Junkman

Oh it would be oh so nice. And it doesn't even have to be restricted to American subjects. Bugatti Atlantic anyone? That Voll & Ruhrbeck bodied Horch 853 that's a regular at Pebble Beach? A Saoutchik bodied Delahaye? Despite the huge interest in classic era cars, and the growing popularity of many concourses d' elegance, the model kit industry does what it does best. Ignore the whole thing. And then say: there is no money in it. We think we can make money by doing bugger all.

Speak for yourself. I for one don't own a single 57 Chevy or Mustang. I have zero interest in this overhyped mainstream riff raff. And as for Harry's post, no, I will not buy a model kit just because it is a new tool. They can keep their 53 Hudson and 50 Olds hippomobiles, which I find as exciting as fallen asleep feet. Don't get me wrong, there are loads of early Fifties American cars I find exciting, a few of which have been mentioned by others in this thread. There are also a lot of the recently anounced reissues I will buy, actually most of them. So there is your opinion, and here is mine.

We are excited about the prospect of getting new stuff and not the same warmed over worn out shoes we got the past 40 odd years.

Read: "I nicked a pair of them at work"

Oh, I'm fully aware of the diecasts, but I no longer collect 1:43 at all. And I fully second your list of 36 GMs. I said before that the kit industry should pick up where it left off in the early Seventies, but as you point out, they should also close the gap between the early Thirties and WWII. The 36 GMs certainly would be a good start and if they won't allow for badge engineering and spin offs, I don't know what would. We will also need the Packards from that period, and like Studebakers, those would cause no or very little licensing issues.

I didn't know they weren't going through the metal. Always thought that must have been some ugly bodies. Guess a lot of elderly people knock on the car and say 'that was still tin'.

I guess it's all about original box art this time around. Last time out, all those kits came in packaging void of any beauty, which is called 'modern', and were clearly aimed at the builders. Now they seem to come in the boxes some of us love to decorate the walls with. I think round2 is doing the right thing to target the builders' market with some of their releases and the collectors' market with others.

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One of the big advantages of making Studebaker models would be that there can't be any licensing fees involved, nay?

It's the Signature 1:18 model.

The wheels that came in the kit are too small anyway. I also bought a set of 1:10 RC car wheels for it, but I can't remember what make they are. Your best bet is to go to an RC shop with a set of calipers.

Yeah, I'll just use the leftover hardtop from the AMT 62.

Hmmmm... If a resin caster decides to imperialize it, I'll buy two.

Why do you pplz have to post such sites? I'll end up in the debtors prison. Meh... http://www.auctionzip.com/Full-Image/1255706/fi7.cgi

It could do with some improvement in the department of interior. But overall it is very nice indeed.

It's just so obvious, isn't it? There would be a nice set of spokies in the '65 Riv...Bt Btw, I don't often comment on works in progress, but I fell in love with your's. No matter how you decide to continue.

They are PAID for though. So much for there is no money to be made with such stuff. Here is mine: Do you see this, kit makers? I put my MONEY where my heart is!

Me three! I actually have one, but guess which material it's made of. So - a 70 Chrysler 300 H with separate bootlid and bonnet - a 57-59 De Soto - a 34-37 Airflow - a 1973 Dodge Monaco... Gosh, it's high time those kit makers stop dragging their bottoms!

Junkman says "PLEASE!" And please include two bootlids and bonnets, the H and normal ones.

Let them make both. They could use the baseplate and tyres for either, hows that for getting mileage from a tool?

Me too. Can I now get my 1973 Dodge Monaco, please? Junkman said "please"!

The Welly diecast isn't bad at all, especially considering the price. And it is really 1:24 scale. But I agree, a kit would be nice indeed. It's so hard to chop and drop diecasts.

Right. However, there was a roughly 1:24 plastic bank/toy of the Trotter's Independent Regal van from the Only Fools and Horses TV Series. I have seen nice models built from it, but I was never lucky enough to snatch one.

I'm aware of the Gakken/Entex/Academy/Minicraft/whatever 1:16 Moggy and built a few of them. Unfortunately, in 1:24 there only ever was the prohibitively expensive Wills - now Southeastern - Finecast white metal kit, if you are wealthy and resourceful enough to obtain one. A plastic kit would be oh so nice. The Revell, nee Renwal, Continental Roller already made it to the shelves and apart from new box art it is the same as it always was, including the well known glitches.

Don't forget the Gunze Sangyo Elan, which, despite being a curbside, is not bad at all.