Junkman

Oh god, it's flat-pack. 1958 revisited. Not for me then, thank you very much. It would also have been nice if they had included a RHD instrument panel.

Sorry, I didn't know this kit has been dicussed already.

They are listed on I pay Germany, so the model is released. Prices are 22 to 32 Euros depending on who you buy from.

Wow, I'd never guessed that the colour is this popular! It wasn't my choice really, the guy at my local paint shop suggested it and did the painting. Don't get me wrong, I like it too, but I shouldn't get the credit for it.

There are two basic methods to modify a stock frame. Z-ing and C-ing. When you 'Z' a frame, you step it ahead and behind the cab, so the suspension mounting locations are moved up. When you 'C' a frame, you only notch it with a c-shaped cutout to allow for the axle to be moved further up, thus lowering the car. If you want to achieve the stance in the mock-up pics, you may have to 'Z' the frame as well as channel the body.

1/4 mile would be considered a long track. Sheffield is 390 yards and it is by no means the shortest track in the country. Engine size is unlimited, but all out out-cubic-inching each other is a thing of the past. Shale cars nowadays have around 500CI, and tar cars usually run small blocks. I'll have a look at your vids shortly.

Errrr...which Newport?

BTW, we are collegues, David. This is what I drive at work:

Did you guys notice that the new RoG Samba Bus is NOT a repop of the Hasegawa mold? It is a brand new tool with an up to now unequalled level of detail. This makes it the third Samba Bus incarnation by this company. The 1950s flat pack original, the Hasegawa in disguise, and now their own effort again. There are photos of a test shot on their website: http://www.revell.de/de/produkte/modellbau/service/info_channel/bildergalerien/samba_bus/?id=873 They say the kit contains both versions: The domestic one and the 'Export' with the US-spec bumpers.

Yay. Are Group 5 Rallye cars allowed? I mean, they were among the most insane formulas ever in motorsport.

A stockcar F1 cannot be compared with a sprint car. The stockcar is two to three times as heavy (minimum 1350 kg, on non-paved tracks there is even ballast added to the cars), yet tyre - sorry, tire - threads may not be wider than eight inches. If you don't make it lose, you go fencewards. And I talk fences here. Some English tracks retain what is known as 'post and wire', or vulgo 'cheesegrater', as the outer boundary. Here is some typical shale action: Note the shale type wings as opposed to the tar type wing on my model. Also note that contact is by no means avoided. Here is a track with post and wire fence: And here is tarmac:

Preiser is expensive. Try Schleich.

How about a pearl white nose, fading into gold and then candy red? Then you could add a yellow blob that has the car's name written in it to each door and add some really amateurish flames to these. Gosh, my imaginaton is throwing bubbles again...

Holy sh...moly! Gosh, I will have to sell my children if you show me more of this. As for the axle/coilover/frame layout: The rulebook specifies two straight beams that run the length of the car. Mind you, this is a contact formula, so the frame has to take quite some impact. Hence, there are no kick ups front and back to accommodate proper mounting directly to the frame. As for the wings, I think they are more a hindrance than a help and disputed them quite a bit during the past 25 years. I have a basic sense of aerodynamics. But to no avail. This is how a guy in Scotland makes them and it is impossible to talk the racers out of them.

Show me yours.

The colour is stunningly beautiful.

It's one of the colours you can't photograph properly. Ther eal think is mindboggling tangerine pearl. I mut be in my orange phase atm.

The wing is correct, this is England. I cannot change the axle/frame/coilover layout, because this is how it is required by BriSCA rules. This is how the real ones are built.

Despite I have a different taste when it comes to hot rods, I admire your razor sharp paint seperation and general detailing level.

No, this kit cannot be tackled. I wonder whether you traded off your soul for your abilities! The result leaves me in awe, to say the least.

Thanks god it's not me who has to provide the real estate to accomodate it. It's already promised to a friend.

This is the only car I own, hence it is my daily driver. It is going to be replaced with a 1982 Chevrolet Caprice Classic though. And when I don't use my car, I ride one of these:

So am I. They seem to have used leftover stuff mixed together for the plated parts.

Yes, I'm planning to build this one stock.

The Revell 59 Skyliner. It comes as a flat-pack, like IKEA furniture. Equally to when attempting to assemble the latter, I not only failed miserably, it left me the same shivering, twitching, salivating wreck. After weeks of post-Swedish-furniture-assembly-attempt trauma-therapy, I was able to look at model kits again without having a severe seizure.