Rob Hall

I fear a US version will be dreadful and sanitized. I'm not optimistic. I can't wait for BBC America to start showing some new episodes...they seem to be just running a few episodes over and over every Monday night..

I've preordered the Tamiya one from HLJ...wasn't sure which to go with (Aoshima, Fujimi, or Tamiya), but most all of my past GT-R kits are Tamiya, so I stuck with them...

Ah...there you are...I thought you had left the board. With moving and changing computers (twice) in the last month, I've kind of lost contact w/ the online communities I've spent time in in the past..

$3.75 here in N. central Phoenix. Had my first $70 fill up yesterday. Fun fun.

Speaking of Jarius, what's he up to? Haven't seen him around here in a while..

IIRC, the AMT '71 Charger kit has a 440 Six Pack. I'd probably use parts from the AMT '68 Road Runner....

Sharp Super Bee...I really like the white w/ red stripe.

Looks pretty sweet...what is that color..reminds me kind of the Odds and Ends Cream that I painted an AMT '67 Cyclone back in the '90s..

Yeah, the weather was always unpredictable there.. I'm pretty much full time now in Phoenix/Scottsdale, but did live the last 11 years in Colorado (5 years in Colorado Springs, 6 years in Denver)....

Who knows what was really built or not built then? That was almost 40 years ago!

I've finally made the switch to only Macs...no more Windows garbage for me.

No sure what my problem was there..ended up creating a new user id, couldn't unlock my old id....am using Firefox 2.0.0.14 on my new Mac Book Pro (4gb ram, 2.6ghz, scary fast). Not sure if I like the new forum format there, though.

Interesting...my usual online vendor has the Charger in stock for $12.95 and the R8 for $12.10, same prices I paid when I preordered them. I checked my LHS last weekend, and they didn't even have the new Mach 1 yet (their stock seemed a bit behind).

I haven't been able to login yet...the site claims you can reuse your existing profile, but it doesn't seem to work for me with Firefox. I don't use IE (and esp. now that I've gone to a Mac).

Looks great, Bob!

Cool..I still remember seeing a new one on the lot as a kid walking to school past Montgomery Pontiac, in Steubenville, Ohio. That's a subject that I've long thought would make a nice kit.

Nice to hear about the steelies and dog dish hubcaps... I have a couple of the Landy '68s and one of the MPC '68s, but I definitely have ideas for 2-3 of this revised reissue.

Ah, nice..just in time for my birthday. Sweet.

Cool..... I can see myself doing several--stock small block SS, big block SS, drag car, beater (maybe like the car in Beverly Hills Cop), and stealth car (like the green one in Hot Rod mag in the last year--mild on the outside, wild under the hood)..

Hendrix Resin has several '56 Ford wagons..they appear on ebay frequently. I think R&D Unique used to do a '68 Mustang CS, not sure if it's still available or not.

So what all is included? From the pic, I see 7 engines and a T-bucket body. I assume the tool chests, broom, drill press etc are not included?

Looks like the Modelhaus now has a Country Squire version also! I wonder if it has woodgrain on the sides..

Very nice...I have a 3-kit parts bash in mind for the Allison Thunderbird myself...I have an original issue '69 TBird kit that the body is very rough on (glue spots, no suspension, and someone removed most of the stock trim)...I figure I'll use '65 Ford suspension, the Allison kit body and chrome, the original interior, chassis and engine, and Modelhaus wheels and tires...

I wondered about the code names...after the R34, the Skyline has continued with the V35 and V36 generations (sold in the US as the 1st gen Infiniti G35 and now the 2nd gen G35/G37, respectively), and the new GT-R is the R35, a separate model from the Skyline. Wikipedia article on Nissan Skyline

I haven't heard anything yet...I would think Fujimi would do one eventually (it seems Tamiya has given up on new kits). I saw the GT-R on display (RHD model) at the Denver Auto Show today, it's an impressive design...