Rob Hall

A couple online vendors are now showing the '62 Impala SS for July, so who knows...

I surprised myself..48 out of 48, 100%. The hood ornaments were a bit tricky. As far as old cars go, I'm much more of the '60s-70s fan, but I guess I know 50s designs fairly well..

Originally, I'd seen April 29th on some vendor sites, but the latest intel I've heard is late summer or fall...

I saw the Routemaster and 2CV announcement..surprising considering Tamiya did the 2CV also years ago. I thought I saw the Routemaster was going to be 1:32nd. I see they are also doing an Audi R8 Spyder..looking forward to that. And reissuing the Merc 300SLR coupe..I have the open version, the coupe will be nice to have.

Either...though I was specifically thinking of Revell-Monogram.

Does anyone in the know know when Revell will announce their 2nd half 2011 new releases? IIRC from last year and years past, it was always around May 1st....of course, many of the 1st half 2011 new releases are delayed until the 2nd half of the year, but that's expected..

Yeah, they can be addictive...I've been collecting Hot Wheels, Matchbox, Tomica, etc since childhood, later added Johnny Lightning, Greenlight, M2, Siku, etc...I easily have 15k diecast or more...

Sharp build...back when you could tell what kind of a car a NASCAR race car was without reading the brand labels.. I enjoyed NASCAR racing a lot in the '80s.

Very cool build and diorama.

The Avalanche didn't make the playoffs...so I suppose I'll root for the local team (Coyotes) or the hometown team (Penguins).

Interesting...I've seen stuff like this in 1:1 before..reminds me of some the 'Keys Cruisers' or Kruzers I saw in the '80s in the Florida Keys..old rusty cars (usually wagons) w/ the rear bodywork removed and a flatbed added...I remember a mid '70s Torino and a mid '70s Mercury Colony Park..w/ woodgrain.

Too many things this weekend..I'll miss it this year, going to Long Beach tomorrow for the ALMS and Indy Car races this weekend.

I remember getting this kit as an xmas present when I was around 12. I remember I was disappointed by the non-stock chassis, engine compartment, fake dashboard, etc.

My Jeep consistently got 18 mpg in mixed freeway/city/suburbia commute for the last 2 years...now it consistently gets 16 mpg in an all-city commute.

Looks like a Land Rover 90.

Looks like Fujimi is doing a release of this kit soon apparently w/o any decals..

This cab concept reminds me of the Dodge Ram Mega Cab, which is an extended 4dr crew cab, though w/o the quarter window.

Neat..never seen a cab like that...I've seen a couple aftermarket 6 door ones of that generation along w/ 4dr Broncos (badged as a 'Centurion').

70-72 had different taillights w/ the backup light centered. The front bumper parking lights were different from '70 on also...lots of little differences...a Google or Bing image search turns up lots of pics.

I built this kit back in the day as a teenager..did it in bright red....may have to get another to build in non-stock manner. I have the MPC SVO kits, but have never built them.

Sweet build on the Ferrari engine...I have that Hasegawa 312T in my to-build pile of about 2 dozen 1:20th F1 kits..

Nope, front engine, rear transaxle, like many other sports cars (such as the Corvette). Near perfect 50/50 balance.

Sweet...I'm planning on getting this kit eventually.

Cool...so it has a full engine? Tamiya lately has been doing only the upper half of the the engines on some kits...

Was 70 and sunny here today. I don't mind Phoenix this time of the year...