Chuck Most

One of the reasons I have this 'personal thing' against competing in (or acting as a judge) in contests. As for helping you understand, Kevin? Can't help you at all there, I've often wondered the same thing. I've seen quite a few well-done models lose to what I'd consider second or third place entries. All I can think of is that judges are humans like anyone else, and maybe the model that wasn't the cleanest build and had maybe too many added bits on it just somehow had a little bit more 'gotcha' factor than the more cleanly-built models with fewer bells and whistles at that particular contest. No idea if I'm correct or not, or how many times that particular scenario may play out, just a thought.

I saw a Nailhead powered T... and I forgot what this thread was about...

The earlier D-series was International's inspiration for the LoneStar's styling, but I do see a bit of a resemblence to the KB just the same. The LoneStar is coming out great!

Nice! Wasn't this one kind of my 'fault'?

Glad you're back.

Nice! I always had a thing for the EB110.

Nice! Love '30's Ford heavies.

I don't care if it's a hybrid, nor do I care that I'm not normally a fan of FWD compacts, but the CR-Z is one of the best looking modern cars if you ask me. Love the way this came out, and the lights look sweet.

Another Enzo kit being misused beyond all recogniton? You have my full attention.

I'll be in with a Lindberg Lincoln at some point. For those of you unaware of the kit- it has a multipiece body, one-piece all-chrome engine/engine pay piece, and generally lacks anything that could be called detail. You'll see once I post some pictures.

At least it doesn't look like the love child of a '69 Camaro and a rubber door stop anymore. Wait, no, it still does...

THANK YOU!

Nice little Honda!

Forget the trailer- I want the Argosy! I've seen them in 1:50 and HO scale, but I'd love to see one in 1:25 or 1:24.

A convertible! Yay! Wake me up when they finally use this tooling to kit a decent '57 Nomad. I'm going back to sleep now...

I seem to recall R&R making something similar years ago, but given the casting quality of R&R vs. Flintstone, I'd go the latter route.

Depends- Model King kits are reissues. This one's a '60's Revell kit- meaning it has opening doors, a multi-piece flip front end, and a lot of small, fiddly suspension pieces. Molding quality and the decals are good. If you can get the front end to fit together and open/close properly, you should be fine.

Just this.

Gorgeous little wagon.

I love it when people take a substandard kit and prove it has real potential.

No. I don't know why, either...

Because race car?

The Ford Transit is Europe's version of the domestic E-Series/Econoline line here in the US. They are full-sized, RWD vans (not the compact FWD Transit Connect which is sold here), and from what I hear will eventually replace the now 20-year-old Ford van design. Esci did an early '80's model of the van first introduced in 1983. This is the Paris Dakar version, but other than molded body colors and decals, all the kits were the same otherwise. I've found four versions so far- this, the molded-in-yellow Hertz version, and two plain versions, molded in red and burgundy. It is 'just' a curbside kit, but it does feature opening front doors and an opening rear cargo door. Interior and chassis detail are pretty good too- I'm reminded of similar-vintage Fujimi and Aoshima kits in those areas. The only parts that might not be quite up to snuff are the head and taillamp lenses, which have mounting tabs and pins (respectively) which remain visible after assembly. And I can't say this is universal, but every Esci Transit I've seen has had the decal sheet stuck to the instruction sheet at this point. That being said, the decals are well-printed. It's a simple kit, apparently they're pretty rare, though, and they aren't easy to track down for a decent price. Still, they're nicely done, and many different variants can be built. I've seen Transits of this body style with sliding side doors (as in the driver's and front passenger door), and I've seen cutaway versions built as wreckers. It would be a cool kit to have if you are into light commercial kits, Ford trucks, or European vehicles- or any combination of the three. This is one of the few ESCI tools that wasn't reissued by another manufacturer such as AMT/Ertl (Ertl owned ESCI toward the end of their existence) or Italeri, who ended up with some of the former ESCI kits.

Who needs wipers? Treat the glass with Rain-X and just drive fast. Came out pretty well- I think if I'd built it I'd have gotten a bit lazy and skipped the CF.