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The Miami Vice car was supposed to be an early single high rear view mirror car. The later TR issue had dual mirrors. The 512TR all had 2 mirrors. You can build a single mirror car out of dual mirror car just mount drivers mirror higher toward drip molding, about 2/3 up windshield. I've not had any of these but I've seen built, and I know TRs pretty well. I don't think anyone did 512M version of car in plastic

The 1:1 bay is shrouded almost completely. Other than the hoses, that's it. The turbos and exhausts are up top in the V, and the intakes are outboard where exhausts usually are. Motor type is M177 and M178. I'll see if I can find a pic of my old one. Will add in a bit. Prob resort to google for motor.

Cool. This and the Audi make my year.

Sadly I think they're gone. 63 Ford p/u reissue had no kart parts in it in 68-69 reissue. I've got the streamliner and the regular karts complete. Never had the bike, looked for decades for bits or builder. Norm at RMCM has both in resin, usual outstanding quality. I've got one of his too.

This is the old Esci tool. Looks great built, this version is a great one. Wish we had a P38, we've had 3, another great Rangie. Thanks for post.

Since the rear fenders and cab/hood are the primary differences, and Sam Foose built it, not son, I'd venture a cab/hood, fenders (assume separate) and engine would give them a nice new tool stocker, as is their MO, I'm resonably confident we may well get a stocker out of it. Win/win for all of us. Suburban based on pickup, and much more was needed. So demand is there, profit is there, business case is made. Best thing about RM is multiple builds out of one tool. For me Foose version is fine, I like the subtle changes that make it more flowing and are similar to what I did with an AMT 53 20 years ago. Stock is pretty, but wheelwells look odd with setback of wheels in opening. Hood has vast empty space, and bullnose makes it nose heavy. I'll build both, as I did with the beloved 53. The 2 Foose cars were voted on, so there you are. Customer demand, PS, thanks for posting, photos just fine.:)

LOL. Still, if a kit is fine with bumpy rotors (C7R) per some here, they'd think the Fujimi M3 was just fine, and we're beating a dead horse. I tried to use a 325 to make a replica of a girlfriend's car. So sad. Palmer of the East for a few things. These are going to be awesome. Evo 2 and Sport Evos. Then 2.5-16 Evos. For $30-ish? Cool.

So you troll and rant. Riiiiiiiiggght. Just like so many others these days, if YOU declare it "just fine", it's all good. Doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. Entitlement-it's the new black.

It should be correct. Period. It took 0.62 seconds to find these giant photos just now. Maybe a computer with a modem and a color screen would help designers? Google. Try it. Basic understanding of how a car works? NO. THOSE ARE NOT TINY LUGNUTS. Who looks at test shots, someone that drives a car with drums? WTF.

S38 in anything is just fine. Why we don't have an S65 in scale baffles me. European motor of the year <4.0L for FIVE years in a row. Fits in an '02, E30-36-46-90's. I cringe when I see LS motors in 3'ers. Can't wait for this kit. Just for grins for you guys http://www.bmwmregistry.com/model_faq.php?id=8

Maisto did a nice, huge series of 1/24 scale HD's. Diecast, quite good, many different models, from WW1 era until present. Still occasionally see one paired in an HD liveried Maisto pickup, but I haven't seen the individual bikes for years. I thing there were 5-6 release sets of about 5-6 different bikes. Nice Police Electraglide, some cool 40's panheads, etc. I've got a ton of them, but none handy now. These are NOT their 1/18 bikes. I know you said kits, and mentioned these, but few people seem to know about these. Sorry, just trying to fill in gap. Quick Google:

I like that, but Revell should bring a curbside in for a bit less than $175+. 50th anniversary of Ford GT LM win, I'd think it'd be easy to get it to roll for this year or even for the Mk4/P1075 anniversaries in '17-'19. Lots of resin I'd rather spend 175+ on than that. Plastic Ford GTLM and a GT350R even semi curbside would get huge welcome, even if screams from much of this board. A Platz M6 lump has zero interest for me, but the M3/M4 DTM, the C7R, etc all kill at a $35-40 price point, still cheaper than Asian stuff. What do I know

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/113701-amt-der-beetle-bus/ Quick search here got this, new and old issues both.

No intake manifold, just steel plate covering valley, seen in top photo just in front of distributor. Fuel meter 510 hangs off the Intake runner 530. It glues to the blowers on the belts, as outside air goes straight to blower, not intakes. Pressurized air comes straight from the output side of the blowers to the intake ports of the heads in the valley. No intake manifold.

There's a nice thread here, bu the twin blown engine issue not directly addressed. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/56528-amt-studebaker-avanti/?page=1 That is the Due Cento (200) engine out of Andy Granatelli's record setting Avanti. Lots of pics here http://www.studebaker-info.org/AVDB3/duecento/dcind2d.html These two pics may help. Check other thread too, lots of build stuff in there.

That looks nice! Way overdue car. Sweet. Mahalo.

Stuff the Allison in the Coronado. Wish anyone would bring Miss Bud back. Airfix Mustangs have a really nice Merlin. The Allison was a good motor, but the Merlins did much better in the Mustang than the Allisons did. Pretty sure that particular Miss Bud U1 had a Packard Merlin in it. 2 stage superchargers made them amazing at many altitudes. Few Griffons were in Spits. Allisons have 12 exhaust ports per side, seen in the display motor and in this slightly different U12 Miss Bud with an Allison in it Way off topic, sorry, but cool. Also found nice pic of a Merlin in an early wood hull Miss Bud. Last pic.

Funny thing too is Revell making modern day Craftsman kits of new Mustang, Ford GT, Raptor, C7R, etc. and guys complain. They complain about Fujimi and Accurate Miniatures too. Complain about not made in USA. They can't afford to do it here. Nobody including the complainers would work that cheaply, and everyone insists on 40% off to buy one. Sorry, but If you won't take 40% off paychecks, the USA chants ring very hollow. It's a BUSINESS. Not aimed at you Bob, just observation over years here. Never have seen so many unhappy people on a board in my life. Sad.

I typed a reply earlier, but punted. I was wrong about Skylark. Sorry, I thought they were. Weird that 59 Continental was able to be reissued, but it should have turned into the 60. Agree about the 63 Falcon, and the 63 Comet was closer to the 62 than the 64, so who knows if it got flipped. The Craftsman 57 Bird top was discussed at length in a thread here. The HT was much better than the regular kit, and that HT has meen unchanged since original issue. John Goschke was the knowledge source, the pic is his. I bought a couple Craftsmans after that thread. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/91580-vintage-kit-review-amts-other-125th-57-thunderbird/#comment-1222237 Much better detail in the Craftsman than the glue kit on top, hubcaps, bumpers, taillights. Odd. Craftsman Tbird top on left. Glue on right, with the sloping window.

The Cuda chassis was under the Fireball 500, with the Hemi. The Valiant lasted as promo from 63-66, and the 66 Promo is wrong, and rare. IIRC, it had a one piece chassis with engine molded in. The 65 Nova was the AWB IIRC, and the 63 Nova Wagon became the mid-engined wagon drag car. The 63 Nova detail kit and the Craftsman shared much, but Craftsman kits always had the large Promo style axles. That chassis had an engine insert too. The 64-65 Chevelle I think became the AWB then the Modified. The 66 Skylark annual tool became the Modifed, but the Annual and the Craftsman were not the same tools, I have both, and they differ. The annual has a radiator crossmember that the Craftsman does not have, and the screw posts are in different places on the chassis. It did not have an engine insert like many promos/Craftsmen based on glue kits (63 T-bird, for one). It came back as the Mexicali Mudlark once. The 59 Buick HT, 62 Galaxie HT, 64 Comet, 61 Ranchero, and a couple others (?60 Merc?) came out in a desert series someone here knows as well. Several annuals were different as well. They did introduce convertibles first in the Annuals, but some differed. One of the early 60's Fords said Sunliner on fender of the HT. I have it, but cannot remember the year. 61-2. Many HT's had convertible interiors, so those were shared a lot. Weirdly, I have all the Imperials from 58-82. The 58 was converible only. The 59 and 61 HT's were add ons to the convertibles. The 60 Imperial HT was a completely separate HT tool. Only that year, no idea why. They did stuff like that. I think Art, Rich and a couple others can fill in details better than I can with my chemo addled brain, but there are tools that should be left if not scrapped.

The jillion re-issues 66 Bird is full detail. The Craftsman is the promo. Hardtop only. Different tools. Both had Landau roof, Craftsman was fixed IIRC. 57 Bird Craftsman was completely different tool than the jillion re-issues 57. Much better hardtop, molded in windshield frame, year on plates, Ford script on hubcap centers. Much nicer in many ways save for Hood/engine. 59 Imperial is a found and re-engineered kit from tool vault, so it can be re-issued. They're not hard to find reasonably priced. The 71 Tbird was a Motor City Craftsman equivalent, as was the re-issued 70 Wildcat. I found 70 Tbird and 69 Wildcat builders for less than a new kit. The 71 has full detail, but it has Motor City engine insert of 70 too. Tools that dead ended could be around if not scrapped. 63 Falcon, 63-64 Corvairs, 66 Skylark, 64 Galaxie, all the stuff that came out with the Boondock series. I think the 61 Ranchero is a modded original Styline issue with open hood added, done about the time of the 66 Mustang coupe Promo/kit mashup. The 1/32 scale stuff hadn't been seen in 50 years, and they came back. Another thread is kveching about low detail re-issues, and this one says there aren't enough. Glad I'm not trying to satisfy this crowd.

Didn't they just do a '16 Camaro? And a Challenger in '09, and.... Selling old issues pays for new issues. They seem to care about the market, bringing back some stuff, restoring some tools. Rather them tool up a chassis for a 50yo body, or an all new kit of something not kitted? Maybe replace a lousy but high demand item like a 65 GTO with a new tool? Guess we should spend some money on something we like, or look at tool layout on box before pulling trigger. I don't buy everything that comes out, and I dislike some stuff, but the 57 tool is from 62-63? Body is awesome, I hate sedans, so one of my original issue bodies is going onto a Revell chassis. If you look at Round2's sci-fi issues, they're pretty cool. Hmmm, I wonder if huge sales there will generate tooling dollars for the car side?? Nahhh. Let's just rant. Like Mel Brooks said "Harrumph harrumph harrumph!":)

They've re-issued the 64 Comet and the 61 Styline Galaxie which is close to a Craftsman, and they tooled a new 60 Starliner in past. Also dragged out the 64 Promo Galaxie since the original gone as Mod Stocker. If only to run them once and see if they sell, yes, they are looking. 59 Imperial, Manx, all came out of nowhere, as did the Soapbox Derby car for the new tool truck. A tool with no plastic running thru it is a paperweight. A tool with plastic in it that sells is business. They're looking if they want to make money, They're not hiding them to pizz us off. So, without standing on the tool bank, but looking at people that bought a company to make money, that should be proof.

Same thng always comes up. Simple kit, No kit, or Resin kit that costs about 2 cases of the simple kit. They look nice, are current, and people may buy and build them. I've paid hundreds for resin that has less detail than this. I don't see anyone else doing current American race cars. Need Ford GT LM version, hopefully Ford will want one as well.