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Kurt trust me, I know about being delayed. My shop has been slowly coming out of boxes for the last FOUR years. I'm finally able to connect my spray booth and who knows, maybe even destroy some plastic.

Actually Priority boxes come in a bunch of varieties. The Post Office often only has the flat rate boxes in the lobby. Ask for others. They have the OSHOEBOX which is great for shipping standard 1/25 or 1/24 kits. I often sometimes use Regional A boxes. I use the calculator to determine which is best. It all depends upon distance. Priority Mail 7 boxes are 12 x 12 x 8. I can get three kits in one but four can be a challenge. Fortunately, USPS has gotten better with larger boxes. The used to be a stickler for things measuring over 20 inches in one dimension. That seems to changed. As for flat rate, unless the item is heavy, avoid flat rate. Typically, it seems $5 a box higher than paying actual weight to ship.

Any updates?

A few thoughts. In some ways I compare this to the ALPS printers. When they first came out they did not sell. This was due to several reasons. First off, they needed more computer horsepower than the average computer. In fact, they needed a top of the line computer. If you could connect it, I think an iPhone 8 would power it. In addition, the software to create the required files was very uncommon when the ALPS was in production. Many high schools now teach that software. A misconception is that with larger volumes printed, the cost will go down. There are two costs associated with printing these files. Designing the files and the actual printing. The cost to design will be less per piece the larger the volume printed but the cost per item printed will remain the same. Analog printing technology allows many of one while digital is one of many. There is no cost reduction in the actual printing cost of digital printed images if the volume increases. As for quality, currently other forms of mass producing kits are less expensive and produce better quality in the hands of a skilled craftsman. If given the same quality pattern, injection molding is currently better quality at less cost per piece. If the volume doesn't support injection molding, resin casting produces better quality than the average 3D printed item but if the product is large enough and the volume small enough, 3D will be less expensive and if printed on the right printer will be equal or better quality than resin. In many ways both injection molding and resin casting are mature technologies. There will be few if any major technology upgrades in these technologies. 3D printing is very immature. The best quality printer of five years ago, is equal to today's hobbyist printer. The technology will continue to evolve. Soon hobbyist printers will equal better resin parts. This is another facet of the hobby that some of us will explore and others will choose not to

Normally I look at kits that combine different eras as bad styling experiments. That's not the case here. I could see someone taking a beater and making this beauty. The sidewinder parts work very well with this conversion. I'll admit I think that's one kit that offers a host of styling possibilities.

I often think today's builders are so talented with their photoetch, resin and machined parts. Then I see something like this. Different raw materials but still very talented. Care to share what you paid?

There's some very nice detail pics i this collection. Thanks for sharing.

That is impressive.

Funny this should come up.... Last week I sent the following email: I’m curious if there’s a possible date for your Nova gasser to be released? This is a car I really want to build and am anxious for a release date. Thanks, Mike The reply I received: Hello Mike, Not soon enough! I'm waiting for it myself. It's still sometime off in the future, but it will be getting done. In the meanwhile, the first of the new Ford trucks in getting very close now! Hope that helps some. Thanks, Erik Solie Moebius Models

Nissan 210.

I'd weather them.....I think they'll look more realistic unless you're trying to make them look like stickers.

I can see why replicating the nose would take so long. Not only are you trying to make the part but you're also constrained by making it as close in shape and size as the original, often without measurements and other details except their best guesses from photos. For example take two AMT Riveras, a reasonable common kit. Chop one then from pictures only chop the other one identically. Bet that's a challenge.

Maybe they know we're all broke from taxes so they gave us a month of new releases that no one cares about?

Can you provide a link?

What I find interesting about this car and the Barry Setzer dragster is how many modelers want to build a copy but yet they were a dismal failure. I've got the dragster started and the M/T car is on my I'd build if I could figure out the decals list.

You have three blue decals to help decide the color. The blue in the RAC logo is lighter. The blue stars are darker than the body. The Revell logo is just slightly lighter than the body color. Have you seen this Facebook page? https://www.facebook.com/groups/1557664791215362/

If I could post more than a few words, I'd recommend Auto Models. A four hour trip for me. Worth the trip.

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Your work always looks like studio shots of the real car. You're very talented.

Here's a couple of other issues. It looks like they're waving bye.....plane seems to be going into a not so good take off in the wrong direction. Plus this looks like a 60's family. Mom, Dad, Brother and Sis. They all won't fit into a Renault. I teach graphic design. I'm adding this one to my collection of bad ads.

Remember you always heat aluminum and reduce the temper and make it softer. Printer's plate has a fairly high temper and is not very malleable.

Let's face it, 89 NYC pimps can't be wrong!

I've heard of Hobby Express but not Auto Models. I appreciate the suggestions.

I'm going to be in Lancaster PA on a road trip to buy a new to me car. My trip will take me from Lancaster to the Ohio border and then back down to West Virginia. Any good shops in Pennsylvania that I should put on my route map? Thanks, Mike

Looks like the real thing. That is my greatest compliment to a model.