Brett Barrow

For example, the recent VW Golf/Rabbit kits are $39.95 US MSRP for the RoG version and $24.95 US MSRP for the US Rabbit. The RoG kits do tend to have better decals than the US, so depending on what you can find them for they might be worth it.

http://www.rkmotorscharlotte.com/sales/inventory/sold#!/1956-Chrysler-300B/132140/88581

That would be the 29 Roadster, not the 31 Coupe.

As Luc said, it's the transition from the designer's 2d drawings to the pattern maker's 3d (as in real, actual. Not 3d as in computer) master is where most inaccuracies creep in. Sometimes there's just not enough information on the drawing and the pattern maker has to use his skills to fill in the missing information. Some are better at it than others. Then that pattern has to be input into a computer to where they design the actual "kit" parts and layout the runners and cut the tool, again another step where inaccuracies can creep in but I believe they are using 3d scanning for this step now to alleviate this. The trend is moving towards doing it all in 3d in the computer from initial design to tooling. I think that will alleviate a lot of the mistakes.

Yes there is a 3x2. Don't believe there is a hood. I do hope they fix the firewall, as is it is not only incorrect, but appears to fit poorly at that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I have it on good authority that the roof insert was intentional. The designer saw one done in the later 32- style like that and liked it.

Wow, he's figured it out - just take accurate measurements! I'm sure that's all there is to it, just take some measurements and plug them into the computer and out spits an accurate replica! Or maybe, just maybe, designing scale model kits is a difficult task that has its own set of specific challenges and takes a team of folks all around the world that all have to perform different tasks that all contribute to the final product and even with an accurate set of measurements there are still opportunities for mistakes to creep into the workflow and those mistakes take money and time to correct and there are budgets to come in under and deadlines to meet and every model that has ever sat on a shelf is a series of fixes, corrections, patches and compromises and is a refection of the circumstances of the market in the time it was created in. Nah, just kidding, it's cause they spent their tape measure budget on hookers and blow....

If their bosses are happy with the jobs they're doing and continue to employ them then who are we to say? If that job is to provide a reasonable replica developed over a reasonable timeframe for a reasonable price that pleases a majority of modelers then I think they're doing a good job. If that job is to provide an exacting replica without regard to time or price that pleases even the most discerning of modelers then I don't think they're doing a very good job but maybe that isn't the job they set out to do. Ultimately it's up to each one of us to determine if it meets our standards. If it does, we buy it. If it doesn't, we don't...

Woo-hoo!

Speed City has a 68 transkit with a corrected body and grille, bumpers, etc....

Either 1000 grit wet-or-dry or 3200 Micro Mesh pad, both used wet.

From yesterday:

Here's my set of '69-'77 Ford Truck paint chips. I noticed Moebius missed Code J Rangoon Red in the instructions...

I've shot alclad through just about every airbrush I have, from .2mm superfine to 1.0mm heavy and it really doesn't make a big difference. Alclad is thin and ground fine and doesn't need to go on very heavy.

They're flat, you'll need to clear.

My 69 only has the step bumper. Yeah, that might be a problem. Only the step bumper is shown in the instructions, but the box does mention the others.

Two totally different cars. There is no 70 Gran Torino, that series started in 72. 72 is one of a kind with its small central grille, 71s were much like 70s and 73s started the "Starsky and Hutch" body style.

I believe that's Prairie Yellow and Wimbledon White. Here's the link to the page I got it from http://www.schmitt.com/viewimage.asp?ID=5135

We have top men working on it right now. Top.... Men....

I don't think he's serious with that hood, I think he's trolling someone who bought a 1/25 hood thinking it was a 1/1 hood. And we sell model stuff on ebay too, and every day we get several questions asking if it's real-life 1/1 sized stuff. Especially on stuff like Plastruct/Evergreen corrugated siding and Grandt Line HO-scale windows. I guess there are folks out there that think they can get actual replacement windows for $3 for a pack of 6.... I would never change our descriptions to anything this insulting, but I fully understand how frustrating it can be...

Whatever the upper fenders/hood are. Same for the interior and firewall.

The Magnum PI Vanagon is real. The 60 Minutes dragster is the recently reissued MPC Jawbreaker. Except for the Newhart Olds they're all based on actual kits.

It looks to me that if the blower was the correct height the scoop would be under the to edge of the grille shell. Maybe - MAYBE - they noticed this early in 3D and stretched the blower to bring the scoop above the grille shell. I doubt they could raise the motor because that would create interference with the interior. I'm not making excuses, but I have talked to folks at Revell about situations where they have to make compromises due to plastic thickness that throws things out of wack and this seems like the type of thing they have to do at times. I know the carbs on the 70 cuda were stretched to bring the shaker scoop up into the hood opening because this was an example of a part they gave me.

Scale Motorsports made a couple 69 Camaro decal sheets and a photoetch set in 1/18 scale. They did not sell well and were soon discontinued and they gave up on 1/18 (cause if you can't sell 69 Camaro stuff, what can you sell?).