Junkman

One can't blame Lindberg for not trying hard. For a good few years, they put in a bigger effort than all other American kit producers combined at the time. They filled a long gasping gap with their excellent '53 Fords and with their 60s Mopars they gave us something to pimp our Jo-Hans with, including a decent Slant Six (one wonders, where the capital for the tooling came from). Large scale modellers may have been delighted by their fairly recent 1/12 and 1/8 reissues, which included the very sought after Exterminator, a kit that can hold its own even today and is an excellent source for vintage speed equipment in this scale. IIRC it even includes a Potvin option? Then they catered to the truckers at heart with the re-releases of the loooong missed IMC big rig stuff, the Lil Red Wagon, and also the AMT 34 Ford P/U was a very welcome reissue. OK, I bought them all. Twice. Even trice. Now what? I seem to remember that Lindberg is run by a bunch of true veterans of the hobby, some of which having been around since the heyday 60s. Maybe the current management of Lindberg just reached the end of their working life, looking forward to a well deserved retirement? One thing is for sure. Going down the 1/20 street in this time and age will not save them. It was a mistake back then and they should have learned their lesson.

I actually wouldn't put the UK among the Phalanx of car modelling. When it comes to cars, this is traditionally Diecastland. 90% of the plastic modelling activity here is done by people who think the war was very nice and unfortunatley ended way too soon. IMO, the traditional plastic car kit modelling countries are the USA and Japan.

'73 Pontiac Grand Am '74 Dodge Monaco four-door sedan '78 Ford Thunderbird Tbh, I could live with curbside snap kits of these.

£17.95 and he does ship international.

The set comprises rectangular headlights and a decal sheet: The '007' was a limited edition 2CV to commemorate the James Bond movie "For Your Eyes Only": In the film, 007 (Roger Moore) uses a yellow 2CV (of course without 007 decals) as a getaway car.

As seen on the Nürnberg toy show: Release is temptatively scheduled for May 2013. Looks like Tamiya and Ebbro are now cooperating. The founder of Ebbro is a former Tamiya employee. Ebbro and Tamiya have previously cooperated in the development of various 1:20 scale F1 Grand Prix model kits.

Now we're talkin'.

Ah, don't get me started. Whenever I see a picture of Hitler, I raise my right arm and sign a membership form of the Nazi party. On a more serious note, I hope at least the decal sheet is - erm - complete.

Don't you worry. So is everyone else who ate one.

I'd second that without a second of hesitation. However, I'd say we can be happy, if ICM will release more of their own 1/35 offerings in 1/24 and they are obvioulsy concentrating on WWII related stuff, although the Opel Admiral is strictly speaking a 1936 vintage car. For the Bulletnose Stude and Coupe express, I'd appeal to the American kit manufacturers, despite they verociferously refuse to do anything but warm over stuff they have re-released 17 odd times the last three decades an 18th time, because, according to them, nothing whatsoever else will sell. But every time I bring up this subject, I get a beating and no support, which is phenomenon that will never cease to amaze me.

Oh man. The world would change for me. That's why I said, I hope they will include some of their trucks. Imagine, a Ford v3000s Maultier. That Studebaker US6 would be high on my list, too.

I bet you anything that this is a hefty premium over what they will sell for in Europe. I'm currently looking whether I can find a mail order shop in the Ukraine. Cut out the middle man.

A hot butty? It's a bread roll, so freshly baked that it's still warm. Cut in half and buttered. You can then add anything you like to make it (e.g.) a bacon butty, a jam butty, whatever.

Eat your heart out. The 1:24 Opel Admiral is your ticket to a Dubonnet GM 'Knee-Action' front suspension!

It's the other way around. Revell AG markets the ICM kits in Germany in their own boxes.

You can stop dreaming. The G4 and Opel are reality soon. Apparently the prices are quite reasonable too, suggested retail is around 35€. OK, not cheap, but for a new full detail kit? I'd say sales will determine whether the line is going to be continued, but they will sell like hot butties to an audience deprived of anything really novel for decades, no doubt.

They all are full detail kits. All of them. And I think it is safe to assume that they are going to launch the Opel Admiral saloon version pretty soon. This was the same with the 1/35 versions. First came the cabriolet, then the saloon shortly after. Since those are multipiece bodies, only three parts need to be changed to make the saloon. The Packard would be a total winner globally. Imagine a hearse conversion.

While you are waiting for new releases from the US you can appreciate what the Ukrainians tool up in the meantime. They announced to release 1/24 kits of two of the kits they already offer in 1/35 scale. The Mercedes G4: And a pre-war Opel Admiral Cabriolet: If they continue to release more of their 1/35 offerings in 1/24 scale, we might be in for some real treats, like: Opel Olympia: 1936 Packard Twelve: 1939 Opel Kapitän: Mercedes 770K: Mercedes 320: and a plethora of German, American and Russian WWII trucks and Soviet Cold War Trucks. Mind you, those kits already exist in 1/35 scale! I previously moaned about it here on this forum and said I wish they would make them in 1/24. I then wrote to the manufacturer and suggested to release those in 1/24 as well. Apparently someone is finally listening to me. Now what about some 1/24 scale airplanes? A Heinkel 219, a Polikarpov I-16.... Sigh...

Miles???? 1320 feet.

Nah, man, it's fine. Don't wake them up. I spent about $7000 on diecasts from China and kits from Japan last year and will likely increase this this year, seeing what they announced at Nürnberg today.

If you really want to keep hyping those worn out shoes, stop pretending to be surprised that this hobby doesn't catch on with the youngsters. That this backward thing got the trophy is a slap in the face for everyone who builds contemporary hot rods and proof that the award is now worth bugger all and nothing else.

Since it is an apparently totally unreasonable request to get anything new out of America for the past 30 years, I adjust my desires accordingly. AMT: A 61-69 Lincoln Continental hardtop. MPC: A late 60s Bonneville hardtop and the Superfly. But please understand, I only mention these under the premise that - no tard of the model kit industry is the least bit incommodated by dusting off the molds (provided they are fully intact and need no repairs whatsover), sticking them into a bloody injection moulding machine of all things, adding some styrene granulate (I know, that stuff comes at a premium nowadays, making every business venture involving it a stunt that requires the real pioneer spirit), and selling the ruddy things once they are moulded. - my requests don't clash with the taste of some grandpas in America. For crying out loud.

It's all about individualism and nonconformity in America? God help us. I've seen more creative stuff in Poland.

Show me where I wrote that.