Chuck Most

Oh- you also get a cut-and-fold mini box, and the aformentioned postcard size photo of the 1:1, with a breif story on the real truck on the back.

Not exactly new, but still current. Just had the chance to pick one up, and I really like what I see. First off, yes, the engine is not a Ford as in the 1:1, it's a Small Block Chevy decorated to look like a Ford. But it does come with a really nice Roots supercharger. It's fairly small, and I'm thinking it would look really good on a Flathead. A red beacon sits atop the scoop- the beacon lens itself comes from the clear red sprue, which is the same you'd find in an AMT big rig kit, so that means you'll end up with a spare red lens and a TON of red lenses for other projects. Interestingly, MPC includes a small, postcard-sized photo of the 1:1. In this picture, the truck has six-spoke spindle-mounts up front and a Ford 'buggy spring', while the kit has a coil-sprung front axle and spoked dragster front wheels with 'O-ring' tires. I don't know for sure, but this kit was based on either the King T or Wild Dream kit originally, so the front suspension might be a compromise because of that. Otherwise, it looks every bit the part of the 1:1. Kit comes with all sorts of cool parts- a plated 'foot' accelerator pedal, the aformentioned blower and dragster front wheels, a 'monacle' windscreen with clear or smoke-tint panes, somve very nice five-spoke mags and radius rods, and even a stock Model T radiator shell in addition to the Fire Truck piece. The heavily-modified T frame would work under all sorts of T-based hot rod projects, and the rear slicks are the Round 2 MPC pie crust pieces with printed lettering.Should be a pretty cool OOB build, and has a bunch of cool parts for other hot rod projects.

Okay... I'm asking what is wrong with the styling of the Seven, not why the Donkervoort doesn't resemble it. As I said, I don't see anything wrong with the way the 7 looks.

And just out of curiosity, what's wrong with a Seven? (Lotus or Caterham?) They're a nice design, in a minimalist sort of way.

Looks like you had a pretty good year.

Gregg- jeez, the plastic is THAT transparent?

Then of course, there is the Gumpert... http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Gumpert_Apollo_Dubai.jpg

I think I would! http://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/340-hp-donkervoort-d8-gto-dutch-treat-201918581.html

Began work plugging the hole I made with the bed from a '41 Chevy pickup.

My favorite Revell Beetle buildup so far.

Hearse builders- that means Eric is the go-to guy for that mid '90's Caddy hearse. And the limo.

THIS is on the back cover. On the outside, anyway= http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/amt/images/amt_0690_title.jpg

Those Tamiya Beetle wheels are VERY nice, just a bit more narrow than what you'd usually see on a buggy. Though I don't suppose widening them would be too far beyond the skillset of most modelers.

Wholeheartedly. Kenny's stuff is very nicely done, and the prices are pretty good too.

You should be able to do that fairly easily. All three were based on the same basic tooling.

Goodguys '48 Convert can be built stock, as for the '40 Ford only the original Monogram-brand issue and the Pro-Modeler can be built stock, the Goodguys reissue of that has only the hot rod parts.

I've noticed the plastic coming off in layers on a few kits- worst one for me was the Lindberg Dodge L-700 reissue from a few years back, but I've had it happen on EVERY manufacturer's kit at one time or another.

Hey- I've used your decals on everything except the kits they came with, so I guess it's cool.

http://members.fotki.com/cnaind/about/ Ordering/pricing/contact info and photos are all there.

Bored by the subject matter? Or bored by the kit itself. If the subject matter bores me, I never let that stop me having fun with the kit. Not a fan of '57 Chevys or Novas, but I still had a blast on both of these things.

I'd say it pegs a solid 11 wows, but that's just me.

What he said.

Dave- pretty nice! The Mundy livery looks great on it. (BTW- are you the same Dave Van who does decals for Model King?) Niko- to be honest, the interior photos on the box art are what I kept going back to for reference, even though I have page after page of internet images of Hornet interiors saved on my hard drive! The buildup photos in the last issue of MCM (Bill, Len, and Sean's models) I also found very helpful.

Those don't explode, though. They just sort of cease to work after a while.

Molds... probably should have said masters. Yeah- no wonder it isn't being cast, the molds would be shot by now, no matter who got them.