Dave Van

I have gotten to help on this project some....and was not aware that it was going to be announced at Toledo. As soon as they can I am sure Dave Metzner will get on here and give details. But he will be out this week at iHobby. If I get a OK I will detail.....but that will be a few days at best. Just let's say it will make modelers happy!

2013 to be expensive?!?!?!? I hope R2/AMT/MPC will have some good news Thursday too. Also keep in mind this is info through about June 2013....more on the way!!!

Model King is set to reissue the 53-54 Chevy kit.....the old tool but still a cool kit.

How about the paint 'locker' .....8 jars for $1 ......

If you went during the peak of the shows......you can see how it would be easy to spend $100,000 or more for the show. Just not worth it any longer. An example.....not a slam on unions.....but you are not allowed to move displays, chairs or run any electric lines to display cases without a paid union member from that trade.....that alone is a big cost. Bring in a display car like RM did with Roth one year and cost go through the roof......four days of staffing etc......just too costly for the size of todays market. Not a negative...just a change...the only constant. All is well!!!

Simple economics. These trade shows are more and more costly every year. The move to Ohio was in part an attempt to lower some cost....but still a very costly venture. I went on trade days way back when it was RCHTA late 80's. The show has, to some extent, lost it's importance. Before the net, FaceSpace and all the instant communication we have today getting info out there is a lot easier and, for the most part, FREE!!! I don't go any longer and while I do miss seeing indeustry folks once a year, the show has lost some of the 'need' to attend. I saw most all of the industry insiders at NJ NNL show!!!

Drop me a note for info on decals for the 510....

Here is a Bobby Allison race version I built a few years ago....... 'Miatatom......I have that shirt too!!!! Great show!!!

Got word Olds kits are on the way!!!! PS.....the Hudson skirt issue has been corrected as of the Marshall Teague kit and going forward. Moebius deserves a nod!!

Nice and clean.....

I cut off the odd kit valence and made a new one from stacked sheet plastic, sanded to shape. .. The Intrepid did not share much sheet metal with the Concorde. Doors were very close (same shape overall) and a pillars are the same. The rest is unique to each model. The roof is very different. I found this when I parked next to a new Intrepid a few days after I bought mine and saw how much different the two cars were. The Concorde having a more formal roof with more headroom and a rear window smaller and a high degree. PS rear view mirrors are from Lindberg Caravan kit!

I bought a 1999 Concorde new in late 98. It was the bast hi-way car I ever owned. I was rear ended in it while I sat at a stop light by a driver 'looking for my cigs'. The crash knocked me out and the car eneded up in a bank parking lot half a block away. It was totalled needless to say but I was unhurt, other than the black out) so I credit the car for that. My model started as the curbside AMT kit. I removed all the molded on aero spoilers and wings. Made a new lower valence for the front clip. The kit had no emblems so I made some on my ALPS printer. More stock like wheels were found in a aftermarket Japanese wheel/tire kit. Candy Apple red paint was matched to the factory option color (that cost me $500 extra on the real car) One of my favorite models. I'd like to build another with a interior and engine bay.....but the chassis is from a first gen Concorde and not the 1999-2003 car as the model has the motor mounted side to side but the real car had the motor front to back.

Thank God it was no worse than it was....sounds like it could have been!! Reminds me of what my mom would tell me the day after I'd come home a 2 or 3 am......'nothing good happens after midnight'!! I hated it when she would say that...but understand better now that I have 3 kids!!

I'd love to atteand a model show of any kind.....but you also need to remember many more folks live in areas that never have shows than live in areas with shows. The last show that was within 3 hour drive was 5 years ago and must not have done well as it didn't happen again. Our Wally does not have models and would not carry what I buy anyway. My local hobby shop is 3 hour drive. If Wally did carry models I'd check them when I went (not often) but just to kill boredom while the wife shops.

Pretty sure I recognize those prose.....even if condensed some!! Having seen the kit myself it will be great. The hobby as a whole is bringing out some great stuff......Just wait for iHobby......we will all need 2nd jobs!

Got mine yesterday and this issue is better than my 1969 version!! With clear and green tint glass, glossy box and diorama and the solar power roof sticker is back but with a slightly different pattern but thumbs up to R2 for putting it back in. Didn't need more of these as I stocked up when my LHS dumped the 2000 version for $9....but this is nice.

Glad someone is doing this one!!! It's on my movie car list....but so many in front of it I'd be lucky to get to it....Good start!!!

Who won overall??? I was schd to go....but things happened.

SLOW DOWN!! You are excited!!! I am too as this is the first 'famous' NASCAR racer. And a great choice for stock, custom, drag and oval racer....it will be big...and it's just the start!

Me too!! Even if I'm a little older!!!

None here as of yesterday.....they have had a few online for a long time.

Beyond cool!!!! Hard to drive I bet!!

A few items to educate. A 2012 NASCAR Cup car has a chassis that has strict tolerances but every chassis manufacture's design is a little different. Why else would a driver get out after a race and say 'this is a new car'?? Engines are DESIGNED and cast by the manufacture or a vendor the manufacture hires. None of the current makes share any parts other than radiators and the such. All NASCAR Cup engines are Fuel injected not a single carb in sight. It's TBI set up and not direct.....but not a carb. In 2013 ALL Cup cars will get a makeover and retain more 'stock' look. They will also get unique body sides which is new. 2012 NASCAR Cup sheet metal is the same from the A pillar back. Each make has it's own hood, nose and C pillar window shape.....so no just decals would not work. The grief model companies get for a wheel arch shape being 'off' in a few folks eyes would not compare to Ford decals on a Cup Chevy body!!!! YES...NASCAR stock car do share parts. The Ford 9 inch has been the rear axle of choice since NASCAR allowed parts swapping. And GM truck arms where the standard rear suspension for years. But they were Ford, GM or Mopar parts. I for one hope the numbers are there for Revell to do a NASCAR Cup kit. But if they don't here will be TONS of new stuff at iHobby to keep us busy.

Very nice work on that conversion!!!! I was lucky in that my buddy bought a 77 when we got out of HS......but his looks about like yours...or my model of it does!!! Mine is just box stock with new wheels.

What's inside???? No one has reviewed the reissue. The 90's reissue was missing stuff and the display. I love this kit and have a rare 1969 version in dark blue plastic.