Junkman

This looks fantastic. Can't find anything on Frontier Design on teh Interweb. Do you have a link by any chance?

Just one thing: It would be nice to have a showcase and WIP section in the big scale section too. Or whould the finished big scales also go into the 'regular' showcase?

Samantha, you are not only an excellent modeller, but also a model and a scholar. I've shown the photos of your build to my daugher, and she asked me whether I could provide her with a model to build. You should be very proud of yourself. And hey, thank you so much for sharing it with us!

A 78 GM car would have HEI, hence 8mm HT leads. In scale, the difference is marginal though.

Well, it was end of the tax year and full moon after all...

I think only in 1955 and 1956 and only in certain markets. Where is Dennis Doty when we need him? I was never able to get the whole story about this partnership and its subsequent break-up, but what I've heard is, that there was a law suit instituted by Revell, when AMT started making model kits without the OK from Revell. Revell was successful to the tune of 6 million Dollars iirc (in 195x money!). It was the money won from this law suit that enabled Revell to make a quantum leap in the idustry shortly afterwards. It was at this time that Revell expanded into 1/25 scale, namely the Corvette, the '59 Ford retractable hardtop, the 190 Mercedes, the Porsche Speedster, the Microbus, to name just a few. The box should be considered a collectors item by itself, by virtue of the logo. Revell/AMT boxes are very rare.

See, I didn't even know they made that slot car. I of course meant PC-1. It is my understanding, that this kit was initially 'sold' through Kellogg's. You had to send in a certain amount of tokens from your Kellogg's boxes and they sent you the kit. It was bagged, not boxed. I have this kit less box with the Kellogg's instructions. Not sure whether they started to market this kit as a regular boxed kit via the toy trade after the Kellogg's deal was filled, or at the same time. Nevertheless, those 1/25 Revell midgets AND their trailers look entirely new to me.

There was also the Chrysler New Yorker: And a stock Continental MKII: Initially the models were offered only in stock form and there was a 1955 and a 1956 lineup, all in 1/32. These kits can be considered the very first annual kits. Available were the following kits: 1955 Ford Fairlane Cvt 1955 Mercury Monterrey HT 1955 Buick Roadmaster HT 1955 Cadillac Eldorado 1955 Chrysler New Yorker HT 1956 Ford Fairlane Cvt 1956 Mercury Phaeton 4dr HT 1956 Buick Roadmaster HT 1956 Cadillac Eldorado 1956 Chrysler New Yorker HT 1956 Continental MKII A few of the 1956 models were then revamped into these 'customizing kits' and released in 1958. I'm not sure whether the entire 1956 lineup made it, but I doubt it (I only ever saw the Mercurys and the Chryslers). I will stand corrected if they did. The kits are collectable and can command comparatively stiff money considering they are 1/32. 75$ for a customizing kit in the condition yours is in is not unheard of. The stock models, especially the much rarer 1955 models, can easily set you back three digits.

Those midgets are a dream come true for me. They will perfectly complement the Etzel Speed Classics multimedia of a Solar I have here for ages. They cannot be the old Monogram, which was not only slightly larger than 1/25. It was at least 1/20 if not 1/18.

The good news: there are kits of those in abundance. The bad news: None have an engine.

I have a late 60s Nichimo Mark II Hardtop by Nichimo in 1/20 scale. It has a beautiful full detail engine and drivetrain. It was not intended for being motorized.

"Blowsperior" Variable Type to be precise. The Aoshima kit is better than the IMAI one.

Are you talking about MY trophy?

Can you please specify the year? The Mark II was built over three decades.

Have you tried, or is this mere speculation?

I would be very hesitant in blaming anyone for anything. This is a rare kit in good condition and some people very obviously want to intagrate it into their collections. this is a collectable kit for collectors, period. If you want to build a model of a '65 Chevelle on a trailer towed by a '63 Impala, there is plenty of material out there for very reasonable money and in better quality.

Sorry, tuffone20 and Terror, but I don't get your points, so could you please elaborate? - The photo of the decal sheet in the auction is part of the auction and there to describe the article. If a decal maker can work with it, good. But the seller is not obliged to provide a better picture to someone just asking for it. - The seller did not list the kit for 500$. Bidders bid it to this amount.

Hey thanks. I didn't know the Fujiwara, Zenki and Kouki bits. Both, the Levin and Trueno were available in the UK, but both were sold as Corollas.

£4.99 on Ebay UK:

Why don't you put your mirrors in the paint booth and unpack your airbrush?

Looking at the seller's other items, this is quite a notable collection hitting on the market. Apparently a few people were actually waiting for this to happen. I expect more collections like this to become available in the near future, since the round one collectors will start passing away.

Did they never use undercoating over there? Our cars were always undercoated when they left the factory, as long as I can remember and this seems awfully long by now.

Do you mean Levin or Trueno, i.e. hidden or exposed headlamps?

Err, like us, they actually steer from the right side of the car.

If it is such old news, and you all know about it for months, then I wonder, why none of you have seen fit to post it here. I thought this is a model car forum??? This was the last time I posted anything I found out being announced by a manufacturer. Back to ego boosting and cliquing, since this seems to be the only purpose of this forum anyway.