Mr. Metallic

Your scratchbuilding skills are impressive. Missing frame rail??? Just make a new one! Excellent. I'm following. But I have a feeling once a mod sees this it will get moved to the big scale area

Revell and RoG were both owned by Hobbico for the last few years. Hence, RoG was also obviously constrained by Hobbico's capital issues, which may explain not being able to retain the Ferrari rights.

Very nice buildup. If you hadn't pointed out the "flaws", most of us would not have noticed.

That color really suits this car. Nice build

first, let me say I'm sorry for the Revell employees that did lose their jobs. Now, here's a couple thoughts on statements made here. I'm not going to speculate at all about what could happen because that's not helpful to anyone at this early juncture. I'll simplytry to clear up some of the muddy thoughts that have been presented here so far. disclaimer- I am no expert. 1) Yes, RoG kits that are imported into the US are more expensive. However, when you look at RoG tooled kits that are reboxed and sold in the US they are comparably priced to other items in the Revell line. 2) Many of the new tools produced by RoG in the last 5-10 years have been lauded as Tamiya-like in quality, fit and accuracy. Imagine if they brought those standards to new subjects of US vehicles.

Excellent idea. Speculation is useless at this point. They've owned the company for less than a week. How about we, as a collective hobby, give them a chance to set up shop and show us what they're going to do.

Man, this is cool. Nice detail work.

This thing is very kool. Nice paintwork, and the grille/headlight combo is spot on. Excellent work on the piping as well.

Very clean buildup of a tricky kit. Very cool

Those Woodlights are cool, and a few years ago they were very trendy in the 1:1 traditional hot rod segment. However, I think you either have them backwards, or the ones from the mail truck weren't molded very well. Do they look like this on the backside?

This build is shaping up pretty cool. I'm following along Thanks for the heads up on those pins. I use tons of straight pins on my builds, but these to have a slightly larger and flat head on them. I'm going to have to seek them out.

I'm pretty sure Round2 had announced this for reissue a couple years ago, but then cancelled it. Bummer

This is a very cool project. What are your plans for an engine? Since you mentioned TRoG, I'm assuming you'll be going for a patina look? I'm following for sure

Man, I'm glad you brought this back to the top. I missed it back when you finished it. It's certainly something to behold. The patina is just so well done. Like others said, you nailed the stance, and the use of the y block is something special. Well done sir.

Man, this is killer. May have missed it, but what's the source for the cheater slicks, or did you cut your own grooves in the Monogram slicks? I've thought about this one myself and knew the headers and top would be a pain, as well as sourcing decals. But you nailed it. I also am working on a Little Drag. Just got the turtle deck from Missing Link and am scrounging up the other parts to make it happen. The roll bar, push bar and again, the decals, are going to be the tricky parts. Again, very cleanly executed build. Well done.

Your build thread has inspired a few of us to build our own TransAm Cudas. I know yours inspired me enough to go and buy the Fireballs Minilite wheels and the other necessary parts to build this conversion. Thank you for taking us along for the ride. I hope mine turns out half as nice yours. Stellar work JC.

Very nice restoration. I too wish they would reissue one of the 4 versions of this kit. Fingers still crossed.

Beautiful build, and cleanly executed. A historic car for sure, and you did it justice.

Man, that thing is sweet. I can practically smell the gasoline. Very believable weathering, not overdone

Pretty sure Lyle used a 5 window to begin his master for the Cabriolet. I know I did for the sport coupe. I removed the roof above and behind the doors. Then I worked a convertible top from a Monogram 30 cabriolet to fit the new opening.

This is a cool concept. Please excuse my rough illustration, but I think if you scribe a couple panels line straight down from the bottom corner of the top that would simulate a reasonable rear hatch opening. The top molding of the taillight molding would flip up with the hatch.

That's on the money right there. Killer stance. I vote for leaving the hump in the back. And that top is a great idea(nice job taping of the roof vent to preserve it while sanding

This is a great looking project. You nailed the stance, and that Frenzel is sweet!

Just got some stuff from Missing Link on eBay (Falcon/Mustang engine bay and Little T turtle deck). Lightning fast shipping, and the quality of the parts is very high. Buy with confidence

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks for the answer