Rob Hall

There was a small hobby shop I went to once somewhere on the west side last summer where the proprietor had a gun on his hip...weird....Wild West stuff, I guess..not used to seeing people w/ guns in public like that.

Saw a few Revell kits at the local K-Mart...haven't seen any kits at the Wal-Marts near me in Central Phoenix...the only hobby shop I usually frequent is Hobby Depot (good new kit selection) in Tempe which is more convenient now that I work in downtown Tempe. The Hobby Bench at 19th Ave and Northern is close to home and they have a decent kit selection, but usually don't have the latest releases.

Whoever put the mockup box art together probably grabbed an image from GM's press photos w/o looking too closely....not sure about why they have the year goof..you would think they be labeling these kits as 2012s since the 2012s are out now....likewise for Revell and their Camaro kit...2010 is so 12+ months ago...

It is odd...the boxart shows a European spec '12 convertible (the big mirrors and wide plate are the giveways)..don't know why it's marked as a '10, since the convertible was a MY '11 addition to the Camaro line. I had read there was going to be an '11 IPC convertible promo.

Totally different since this is the production Camaro...and curbside.

Actually, they have released a few newly designed kits in recent years--the '09-10 Challengers, the Batmobile, the '09-10 Corvettes, and the upcoming '10+ Camaro....

Beautiful truck.

Went on an end of the month eBay spree earlier this week and snagged a few interesting old MPC kits...unbuilt '82 Ford EXP (never had that one before), unbuilt '77 Monza (have the '76 and '79), unbuilt '79 Nova, and built and restorable original issue '71 Road Runner (I have 4 of these + the GTX, but love this style Mopie)..

Back in the mid 90s IIRC.

So if you've seen in the box, are the bumpers and fascias separate or molded in? That would definitely help in kitbashing...

It means the AMT, MPC and Polar Lights brands have a future.

I thought Round 2 was leasing the tooling from RC2...RC2 was bought by Tomy, IIRC.

Just marketing nonsense...like the stupid 'Streetburner' moniker Revell uses on some kits..or 'Special Edition', 'Revell Muscle', etc...means nothing.

Sweet...

My LHS said they would be in tomorrow...

Happy Birthday!

Haven't been in a Michaels in years...didn't realize they carried kits.

That's the old concept kit from about 4-5 years ago. This thread is about the new AMT production '10+ Camaro kits that are coming...

Nice...haven't seen that in a while...maybe I will see some over Xmas when I go back to eastern Ohio to visit family for a few days.

Those would be cool variations of the new 2dr sedan...I've never built the old Revell '57 Ranchero or wagon.

AMT is doing them also...SS coupe and convertible kits...as curbsides like their Challenger kits, I believe. Was in the iHobby Expo news a few weeks ago.

Not a big deal to me if a roof is included or not...I have the hardtop from the AMT '62 anyway (have several of those kits). Would the convertible uptop for a '58-60 be similar?

I can't recall if the Revell '58 and '59 (new tool) kits had uptops or hardtops or both.

Cool..nice weathering job.

I've been watching off and on since childhood in the late 70s...have a bunch of the Tamiya and Fujimi 1:20th kits, and a couple of the 1:12th ones. My favorite era of F1 in my lifetime was the late '80s-early '90s--the Senna/Prost/Mansell era. I've also read extensively about F1 in the '50s-70s and have a lot of F1 diecast. I'm planning to go to the Canadian GP next year, never been to an F1 race...I should have gone when F1 was at Indy in the '00s.