Rob Hall

Been a while since the Nomad has been out..figured it would get the Retro Deluxe treatment sooner or later.

Last HLJ shipment of ‘21 came yesterday.

I'm talking about the top of the box...odd to see the car shown w/o the decals.

That does look really cool...I haven't built anything Star Trek since the 80s.

I've alternated between contracting and full-time positions over most of my career in software development over the last 20+ years. Done contracts lasting from 3 months to 6 1/2 years, been an employee at my current position almost 1 year. There is never a shortage of work in my field, always plenty of good paying gigs and plenty of them now remote (which I like, worked out of my house for over 4 1/2 years). I still enjoy it...

Looking good..I could see using that gray w/ a maroon for a two tone.

I figured it was old...way before my time.

That's like 50s slang..

Odd they don't show it with the decals applied. The '64 ht kit illustration looks great, though.

Yeah, definitely not talking like a Millennial...'rad' and 'cool' are from my Gen-X youth. Maybe he should be using 'groovy' or other '60s-70s slang to appeal to the typical 65+ Round 2 customer, I guess...;) Most of these future releases posted really appeal to me, about the only January Round 2 release I'm casually interested in is the Surf Shark Caddy. I could see getting the Californian, maybe as a basis for a custom Toro (I don't care for the provided custom parts).

Who knows..would be interesting, and there is precedent--Revell has done a '66 Chevelle wagon and a '57 Ford wagon in the 20 years. But that was a different time and different Revell..who knows what today's Revell will do.

Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if a stock '65 2dr sedan and stock '65 2dr ht are in the works, among other variations...

Neat site. Lots of ideas for Chevy IIs, Chevelles, etc there. Surprised by all the 4dr Chevy II drag race cars.

I noticed that. Sounds like it is the bus version of T3 (Vanagon)…they reissued the camper version last year, but I don’t think the bus or van versions have been out since the 90s..I remember the Magnum P.I. version in the 80s, and there was the panel van and UN ambulance in the 90s.

Been a mild winter so far here outside Cleveland, only a couple dustings of snow so far..supposed to get some on Thursday. I really don't mind a big snow or two during the winter, preferable to the polar vortex cold. I keep telling myself only moe 8 weeks until March...

I think it would be the Fujimi one, since Revell has reboxed Fujimi Ford GT40s...

Sink marks are nothing new w/ RoG, though...their Panamera a few years ago had a variety of sink marks. Revell really needs to work on their quality control. It's a bit absurd to see these kinds of issues w/ new tools....

Check his website. He's temporarily closed, not taking new orders until mid January. https://fireballmodels.info

It's horrible... high winds and fires...an old friend lost his house, he and his family are safe.

Yes, it would..I seem to recall seeing a 1:1 32 Ford or Model A street rod w/ a SHO engine in a car magazine maybe 30 years ago...

There was a kit of that..from Polar Lights IIRC. A replica of the Canyonero or Marge's wagon would be neat...

Those kits had the SHO Yamaha V6 IIRC...(they were modified from the SHO kit).

Cool about the E-tron GT...seen a few of those, basically Audi's version of the Taycan. Too bad they didn't do an RS6 Avant, though..that is my favorite current Audi. If I'm not mistaken, this is the first BEV to appear in a 1/24th scale model kit. Would be nice to see kits of the Mustang Mach-E, Tesla Model S, Hummer EV or Rivian R1T also...

Alas, no white Christmas this year in Cleveland. Had a white Christmas last year, though. Have a chance of snow on Sunday, though.

The modern Hemi from the Revell Magnum or Challenger SRT would be an interesting swap...