Rob Hall

I'm actually looking forward to that one. Nice to see some ordinary, everyday modern cars kitted, in addition to performance cars, luxury cars, etc. Probably will be only RHD, though..Fujimi usually doesn't do LHD.

Interesting...also on that site it says Fujimi will be doing the Prius and HS250h...but the years are odd...since the '08 is the 2nd gen Prius, not the new '10 3rd gen...

Yes...and IIRC, it's priced over 3x more than the GT-R, so it better be an incredible performer.

I saw at the LHS today that the 359's companion kit is out now also, the Revell Kenworth W900.

Looking sweet... I have just two Tamiya F1 kits, the 1:20th 1988 McLaren MP4/4 from my favorite season and favorite drivers (been a big Senna and Prost fan from back then). Got to get some more..

Thanks..went to my LHS today, they didn't have it. A New Years resolution is to subscribe and order missing back issues.

Ya, I should have gone back to Denver a couple weeks ago for a buddy's annual Festivus party... first year I've missed it, been going since '02. A house party w/ mass quantities of alcohol, drunken Canadians, the midnight throwing of the decorated Christmas tree off the balcony, snowball fights, karaoke (I love doing AC/DC songs as if sung by William Shatner), great fun...and a great hangover the next day.

I prefer Festivus.

Picked up the new Revell '72 Cutlass at my LHS. I had preordered a couple from my favorite OLD, but couldn't resist one as a little xmas gift to myself. I've looked at the instructions, haven't taken any of the trees out of the bags yet...maybe I'll glue the engine block halves together before xmas. Was pleasantly surprised to see it does include the optional rear spoiler, though I had seen somewhere online that that part wasn't included.

What's on the cover and what month? The most recent I've found at my LHS was October, w/ Challengers and Galaxies on the cover.

60s and overcast here in Phoenix today. When I lived in Denver, we occasionally got huge snowfalls..those were work from home days...

They all have 'em for preorder. I've preordered a couple myself from my favorite online vendor.

Been there, done that...about 14 winters in E/NE Ohio, 3 in Michigan, 12 in Colorado before the last 2 in AZ... plus 6 in S. Florida mixed in there..

Sunny and 73 here in PHX.

So I heard...someone on one of the other boards mentioned finding one at Hobby Depot in Tempe...I almost went there after work, but after going to Target and Petsmart, I was tired and drove on home. Oh well, I have two on preorder from Evers Toy Store..hope to get them by the end of the month.

I've only been summoned for jury duty 3 times. 1st time I was at college, away from hometown, so I had a reason that I couldn't be there. 2nd time, I showed up, but was excused after an hour, they had found their jurors; 3rd time---I got a notice, filed it away, forgot about it...found it..a year later. Since I'm an hourly contractor (software engineer) now, it would be painful to do jury duty more than a couple days--would lose too much money.

I just wish Bernie were gone. Truly despicable man.

2010 is definitely going to be interesting...

Mostly online. My favorites are: 1. Evers Toy Store www.everstoystore.com --great for current and new Revell, Revell of Germany, and Lindberg releases, great customer service 2. Model Express www.modelexpress.net -- current and new AMT (Round 2), Model King, Revell, etc. Plenty of older releases from the 80s to today also. 3. Hobby Link Japan www.hlj.com My source for Aoshma, Fujimi, Tamiya, etc eBay is my source for old kits, and occasionally some newer or recent issues I can't find at the above venues. And I buy from plenty of other online vendors for resin and other aftermarket parts. For LHSes, In the Denver area, my favorite is Colpar's Hobbies in Aurora. In the Phoenix area, I like Hobby Depot in Tempe.

The original factory Goodyear Wranglers on my Grand Cherokee were good in snow overall...went through 2 sets of those. I now have a set of Goodyear Fortera Triple Tread tires on it now, very good in snow and nasty weather. In the past, it was fantastic in driving in heavy snow...in 4 wheel low or high (depending the speed and depth of snow). I store away my RWD fun cars for winter. Not such a necessity in AZ, but I'll always have a 4wd SUV when I'm living in the land of snow and ice.

It's all in the tires. My '87 GT was twitchy in rain or leaf-covered roads w/ the original Goodyear Eagle GTs, but w/ a set of Firestone Firehawks, it was quite driveable in rain. I have a set of Michelin Pilots on it now. In 22+ years, I've only had it in snow twice when I got caught out by accident. Otherwise, it's garaged in winter.

Nothing concrete on the driver front yet, but one name I've seen as a possible driver is Argentinean Jose Maria Lopez. I follow about a dozen or so F1 news Twitterers and not much on USGP lately.

Long ago, I drove an '86 Mustang LX for 6 winters in Ohio. Put snow tires on all 4 wheels, 2 bags of Quikcrete in the trunk for weight, and a snow shovel. Got around just fine. Since '94, I've always had 4x4 SUVs for dailydrivers, much better.

I've sat in both and test driven a 2wd CTS...I find both quite appealing. Love the interiors. Even thought about going old school and getting a Town Car, though I'm probably too young for one (my Dad was a serial Lincoln driver for 20+ years). If I stayed in AZ, I'd get a convertible for a winter car.

I've had 3 main winter daily drivers vehicles in the last 20 years. '86 Ford Mustang LX 2.3. My humble college car from '88-94, ...had snow tires on all 4 corners (on black steel wheels) w/ a couple 25lb bags of concrete mix in the trunk. Got around just fine in the nasty NE Ohio winters. Was totalled in June '94, two weeks after I moved to Ann Arbor, MI. Having this car allowed me to keep my '87 Mustang GT in storage in the winter. At times, I also drove an '84 Ford Escort diesel, great traction, but hard to start in really cold weather. Drove my Dad's '79 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 occasionally also. '88 Ford Bronco II XLT 4x4. It replaced the Mustang in '94, was quite good in snow.. a bit tall and narrow and sensitive to cross winds. Had it for 6 years, traded it in '00 on the Jeep.. Drove it in Michigan and Colorado winters. '00 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 4x4. This has been my daily driver since '00, been great in deep snow...plenty of traction. Drove through winters in Colorado Springs and Denver. The last two winters here in Phoenix haven't really needed the 4 wheel drive. By next winter, I should be out of AZ and either back in Denver or quite likely Pittsburgh, so I'll need 4x4 capabilities again. Most likely, I'll keep the Jeep for winter and get a car for a daily driver...thinking an AWD car would be good-- maybe a Cadillac CTS-4 or Lincoln MKS, or get a new SUV--the next gen '11 Grand Cherokee.