Rob Hall

Came home from a long weekend in Ohio and found a Fujimi Porsche 917k (#20 Gulf colors, 1970 LeMans) waiting for me from Hong Kong.

I'm lucky I didn't give up on the hobby after building the old tool Revell '56 Chevy 'Bad Dream' kit. It was my first glue kit, Oct 1978. Age 8. Scary complex for a kid that was used to Lindberg and Revell 1:32nd snap kits!

Agreed on the Boss 302...that would make a great kit!

Speaking of a stock '48 coupe, I picked up one of the old Testors/IMC multi-piece body kits on eBay last year..want to build it stock eventually..maybe kitbash w/ a Revell '48 convertible.

Definitely! A phaeton, Victoria, sedan delivery, or the funky convertible w/ the side rails (C-600?) would be great.. Agreed on the Bel Air convertible. Or a '57 Nomad.

Looking forward....it will be interesting to see what Revell announces for the 1st half of next year...at the iHobby Expo or New York Toy Show, I assume? I'm hoping for a '10/11 Camaro SS (the concept kits are nice, but I'd like the see the production version kitted), an '11 Dodge Charger, and a new Mustang variation (maybe a Shelby GT500 or '11 5.0 GT). Maybe also a variation of the '62 Impala? I also wouldn't be surprised to see another '32 Ford or Tri-Chevy variation..

Revell has a nice variety of reissues and new tools coming that should appeal to a wide variety of modelers. The Black Widow and '48 Ford don't appeal to me, but I'm sure they will find many fans. I'm looking forward to the '10 Mustang, some of the reissues, and the Midget race cars (something completely different for me). I just got the '72 Cutlass Supreme conv, a nice follow on kit to the Hurst/Olds convertible. I'm also looking forward to the new Revell of Germany kits--the Ferrari 458 Italia, Merc SLS, and the new F1 car kits.

Looking good...I have one of those unbuilt to build eventually...those wheels look like the custom ones from the AMT '66 Mercury Park Lane.

The AMT '49 is a neat kit..I built one stock about 20 years ago from the original issue.

The '10 Mustang looks quite accurate...looking forward to it.

Speaking of Ohio, I have a quick trip scheduled for next week..I have no idea if any of my old hobby shops in Akron/Cuyahoga Falls area are still open....flying into Columbus, then up to Cleveland, Kent (visit my old college campus alumni center), then down to the New Philadelphia area to visit family for a few days..

Got two packages today--the Revell '72 Cutlass Supreme 2n1 convertible and a Fujimi Ford GT-40 '69 Le Mans race car.

It's an issue of timing... since the '11 is out now in 1:1, it's a bit late for Revell to be releasing a '10 kit now..they should have done the '10 kit last year if they were going to do it. And the new 5.0 V8 is definitely a gem. Though I'll still be happy w/ the '10 kit, I just hope they release an updated '11 sooner than later...

Maybe, but I doubt if there was much difference in the exhaust of the '10 from the '06, the engine for the '10 was pretty much carryover from the '05-09 model. It's the '11 that has the big mechanical changes (both for V6 and V8 in 1:1).

Exterior is much the same..the big difference is under the hood..the '11 has the all new 5.0L V8.

Some of you guys are taking the tire thing way too seriously.. As far as 1:1 tires, I'm sticking w/ Goodyear and Michelin.

The Cutlass and '59 Caddy are out now, and in another thread I've seen the expected release dates for the midgets to be Nov and Dec...

Anyone know if the '59 Caddy is molded in white now? I have the original issue molded in pink.

Got a Fujimi Ferrari 512S from Hong Kong in the mail today...neat kit.

Yes, I've seen quite a variety of pool service trucks around...my pool guy has a small 3 person business and has a couple Toyota Tacomas. Similar w/ yard services...my current yard guy is a one-man operation w/ an F-150, but my previous yard service had a 4-man crew w/ a Silverado and trailer (had to get rid of them---they were flaky when they showed up and kept cutting off sprinkler heads). The build is looking good..

Beautiful....excellent detailing work.

I think I have some cars somewhere stashed away that are 1:144th scale.. I have a number of 1:87th HO scale models..Monogram Mini Exacts, Wiking, and others..

I've never had anything worn out (started out w/ new or nearly new cars from my first car onward), but have had friends that had rolling wrecks...in college a buddy had an early '80s Citation 4dr that had been hit hard in the right side, both passenger side doors crushed in..no glass on that side, interior would fill up w/ snow in the winter and he often had to get a push start (bad starter). Another friend was constantly buying and selling $200-500 cars and fixing up the rust w/ lots of bondo and cardboard...he went through probably 50 high mileage '70s-80s cars in a couple years... Cars today do seem to last longer w/ proper maintenance..I'd never driven a car past 100k miles until last year, my 10yr old Jeep is still going strong and looks great w/ 120k.

Wow...the most original GT-40s I've seen at once is 1, once at the Copperstate 1000 road rally and one years ago at the Barrett-Jackson auction. Speaking of Goodwood events, I'm thinking of taking my summer vacation next year to include going to the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July. The Trumpeter build up turned out beautiful--great work!

I like that color...saw an R/T Daytona on the freeway the other day in that color w/ some huge black wheels and redline tires.