Jordan White

I'm curious, does anyone know Monogram's reasoning for going to 1/8 scale instead of say 1/12 scale? I am going to assume it is because they wanted a large scale kit to stand out, and since they were already working on the 1/16 scale kit, they were easily able to just double all the dimensions.

So going back to the 1/16 Firebird kit, with Revell's current track record of adding new decals to their re-issued kits, hopefully they add a bunch more decals to their (assumed) re-issue. I don't have my kit on hand to check, but here's what I found for the first issue of the kit: Sad isn't it? Talk about minimum effort! I really hope they add some underhood decals, some dash/console decals, and some GTA emblem decals at a minimum. What would be extra nice is if they also add the decals for the regular Trans Am in silver and gold, since the main visual differences between the Trans Am and GTA are the two-tone paint and wheel color (assuming you got the same mesh-spoke wheels).

Anyone know if they could keep the “police” parts in the kit, but just not advertise them on the box and be legally in the clear?

Yeah that’s the problem with all the Otaki/Doyusha 1/12 kits, they were meant to be motorized and thus liberties were taken in their design.

Hopefully Revell keeps up this trend of greatly expanding the decal sheets on their re-issued kits!

If it's from Automotive Touchup, I have used Rustoleum's Wheel Clear Coat with great results.

Another item I just remembered is the exhaust is wrong, it still has the dual mufflers behind the axle rather than the correct updated exhaust with the single muffer.

Awesome build! Love the look and the route you took on this build.

Good luck with this kit! I have it too and I am going a different route than stock since I'm not a fan of the liberties they took to be able to have the kit be motorized.

Right, I have the GTA kit and there are some things they didn't bother to change, the transmission is a big one I remember off hand. It is still the T10 4-speed rather than the correct T5 (if manual 305) or 700R4 (if auto 305 or 350).

Right, however other than the grille and bumper, the rest of the custom parts are the same between the two issues.

That would be nice, since it seems like the Camaro kit is so much harder to find over the firebird kit!

I am actually surprised to see them bring back the 1/16 scale kit!

So from Scalemates, it appears in 2007 they rereleased both the stock version and the custom version (in its current iteration) and it has been custom since. However, the original custom version with the weird grille came out around 1999, so both stock and custom have existed at the same time. However you might be right where since the late 2000s, the molds for certain stock parts have gone missing.

I’m curious if they mean decal schemes as in factory and non-factory decals, or just as in the factory color options.

Fireball Modelworks, I’m not 100% sure if he is taking orders again, but you can email him to find out if you find something you like.

Doyusha/Otaki made an early 70's Trans Am kit in 1/12 scale, though they are hard to find and expensive.

Any images of the decal sheet yet? Wonder if they will have multiple colors for the bird on the hood?

Back on topic, I wonder if the Charger kit will offer any extra items. Looking at the brochure, there are a couple different wheel options that are available for the R/T, would be cool to provide 1 or 2 alternate wheel choices.

See I think it’s weird that they haven’t rereleased any of the 1/12 kits lately, and instead went straight to the 1/8 kit.

Looks like release date is sometime in June, and the price will probably be around $180 from what I'm seeing so far. Would be nice to pick up but I'm not sure my wife would let me spend that much on a kit. ?

I do have a list of all my future builds, however what I build next is just a matter of looking through the list and seeing what catches my eye.

Had to have been an AMT or Testors kit, I’m seeing sites saying not released yet, and I don’t see anything resembling box art.

The wheels are actually fairly close, you could do a little trimming and add a little styrene if you wanted to make them pretty much like the real ones. Otherwise, with them painted black, most people won't notice unless they are looking closely.

For Sharpies, I find you need to generally do a few coats for it to cover properly (make sure to let it dry between coats so the next coat doesn't wipe off the previous one). For amber, I find a base coat of yellow helps give it more of an amber look rather than just orange when you add the final orange coat.