Rob Hall

Time Machine Resin makes an uptop for the Revell '69 Camaro, pretty nice, I have a couple of them. For a boot, well, the kits come with them.

Planning to be there..

That's cool..I'll have to look for one...always liked the DS, and love the SM (have Matchbox ones in 2 different scales).

I'm used to the term being used by old school computer scientists... i.e. to grok something is to know it very deeply, inside and out. I think the term may have originated in the sci-fi world w/ Heinlein. I got into the computer world about 20 years ago, but have read extensively about the history of the industry and the geek world I work and live in. As far as grokable kits, I've been tempted to get the RoG bus... not sure when I'd build it, it would probably go to a storage unit with my other 1500 or so unbuilts. My RoG BMW 7 series and Merc 560SEL and Fujimi Enthusiast series Ferraris are fun to just sit and grok. I'm not into large scale kits, but I would love to grok the parts trees and instructions of Tamiya F1 kits and their large Lola and others..

Compleat is a fun place...haven't been there in a while, but I used to go there several times a month when I lived in the Springs from '97-02.

Yeah, any of those would be welcome..the B400 is such a cool bodystyle....I think Danbury or Franklin Mint did one.

Ah, I forgot about that..I never thought of it as an SS, since it didn't have an SS hood. Though they now have an SS hood on the snap kit.

Well, since they previously did a '69 Yenko Camaro and not an SS Camaro, I assumed they would be consistent.. And a B-M Nova will probably follow eventually, since they've done 3 other B-Ms.

Vettel's 3 wheel driving was a high point for me...surreal.

TiVoed the qualifying and the race.... watched qualifying last night, watching the race now...the ending is WILD...was a great race.

Thanks..I couldn't remember how the AMT Nova was equipped. The Impala sounds like a good starting point, it's the only GM bench seat of that era in a kit I can think of right now...

Speaking of a Nova bench seat, does the AMT '72 have a bench or buckets? I have 1/2 dozen of them, but haven't looked at one in years, and mine are in storage now.

Some pics I've found online of '69 Yenko Novas show the SS hood, but with the plain non-SS grille and taillight panel..those seem to be two noticeable parts Revell missed....supposedly, 10 were built, but that was 40 years ago, so who knows what is exactly 'correct'.. And a lot of the cars I've seen pics of online are clones... I like the look of this clone, has a plain hood, bench seat and a plain grille, and the DD/steelies (available in resin from the Modelhaus and others): Lot more pics of this clone here: Super Chevy article on Yenko SC Nova clone The four parts I'd like to see from Revell or the aftermarket to use w/ the '69 Nova kits are the plain hood, bench seat, plain grille, and plain taillight panel...would be useful for a lot of build styles.

It will be interesting to compare the engine parts to that of the Yenko Camaro kit. Can't tell much from this box art pic:

Nice..those look similar to some wheels and tires I bought from a vendor 'RPP Hobbies' on ebay a couple years ago..want to use them on a HUMMER H2.

There are a bunch on ebay now..box art shows the 427 engine, the YSC decals on the seats, the striping and the 5-spoke wheels (like the AMT '69 Chevelle and R-M '70 BM Chevelle, Magnum 500 style). Nice that the box art is in red rather than blue like the preview photo was.. I have one on preorder from Evers Toy Store, looking forward to it.

That's going to be cool...

Cool... I've read some of the Initial D manga and saw the movie on DVD a couple of years ago...neat subject to model.

It's in storage in Colorado w/ most of my model collection.. I can't remember if it has the raised molding like the kit longbeds did.. it's basically a shortened version of the kit longbed box...includes taillights and tailgate, IIRC.

I have no idea who cast it...I picked it up secondhand on ebay a couple years ago along with a Dodge Club Cab pickup body that I plan to use for another project.

I believe pettybluecamaro2 is the same guy that used to run Lookout Resin. I got the '79 Dodge truck parts from him a few years ago, I want to build a replica of the '79 my Dad had that I learned to drive in...I have the 4x4 suspension parts, some parts box MPC wheels and tires, a resin Fleetside shortbed, and the LRE to start from.. Not familiar with SoReal.

Those Art Deco cars are pretty incredible... I saw a group of Delahayes, a Talbot Lago, a custom bodied Rolls Royce and a few others at a special exhibit at the Petersen Automotive Museum a few years ago... in fact, that roof w/ the split rear windows reminds me of the RR, it's a car famous for it's round doors..can't recall what the model name is, but Autoblog or Autoweek had an article on it recently...

I've bought from HLJ since 2000 or so, never had a problem...I usually preorder the hot releases from them (the new GT-Rs, Fujimi Ferraris, etc when I first hear of them)... I would assume many of items they have listed as out of stock are older, out of production kits. Also, the big 3 (Aoshima, Fujimi, Tamiya) don't seem to have released that many new kits over the last year, compared to the previous few years. I've also bought Japanese kits from Hobby Search (http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/car) and Model Express (www.modelexpress.net) with no problems. I've only heard of HW-Japan recently, apparently, they are owned by Aoshima.

Yeah, they are out of production.. I think RC2 retired the Polar Lights brand 3-4 years ago.

That was 30 years ago...unless you worked for Chrysler then, how would you really know? Every 1:1 '79 Dodge truck I've seen in the past had the '80 style hood... my Dad's did.