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You might want to know that Academy is a Korean company.

The brilliant thing about Gundam is its appeal across so many generations in such longevity. Fathers growing up watching and building Gundams in the 70's and 80's are watching and building Gundams with their kids today, and both the fathers and the kids are enjoying it at the same time. I don't think there is a parallel in the Western world, as far as modelling goes. It is considered geeky to build models. You probably wouldn't want to let it be known that you are an avid modeller during your teenage years, lest the girls think you are weird. But unlike anime, there is no negative connotation for adult who build models (unless you build anime figures with skimpy outfits). One outgrowth of the supposed geeky-ness of the car modelling hobby is "Ita-sha", a genre invented by Aoshima and Fujimi that combined model cars with anime. It became successful enough that it crossed over to the real car world. Some actual race cars in the Super GT and the drift series sported anime graphics in recent years to grow their market in the anime geek segment. There is one more thing that helps car modelling in this part of the world. Real car is generally not a necessity and the upkeep of a car is very expensive, especially for those who live in the city. Unlike their counterparts in the US or Canada, most young people who want a WRX or a Evo or that black and white Hachiroku just like Fujiwara's will have to get it from Aoshima, Fujimi or Tamiya.

There were a few Accords as well, both the Euro and US/Japanese spec. The idea was neat, but there were too few entries (around 10 cars each race), and only the Stratus and the Accord were competitive. Probably not the best idea to tack them on as CART's sideshow either. It would have been much better if it was run by, say, SCCA as a separate series. Which really is a shame because the European and Japanese series provided some very good racing.

I'm sure it comes with a can of goo and a electric pump as standard. I had one of those in my last Fiesta, it actually worked well enough when I had a puncture, and the tire could still be patched afterwards. Although the guys fixing the tire weren't too impressed about it.

The best thing that could have happened is the Habs get swept by the Kings. As the Habs failed to make it to the Finals, the next best thing would have been the Rangers get swept by the Kings. Now that they managed to stay alive, I'd take the Kings winning it all at home.

How about limonene glue? Supposed to be made with citrus extract and non-toxic, but you will need to double check the label. http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87113limonene_cement/index.htm http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/87134limonene_cement/index.htm I have not tried the ones from Tamiya or Mr. Hobby, but the one from Sirius/Tristar works well enough for me.

It seems to me the 46 grille is specifically made that way to fit the contour of the grille opening molded into the front end. In the kit the front end is formed as a flat vertical plane. The grille opening is sunken into it, with a flat backing. The grille is installed into the opening. It is designed for the 47/48 grille, with the grille bars extending outside the opening. For the 46 grille they just made it the exact squared off shape as the opening, so the grille fits inside it.

The clear and chrome parts were never bagged before they moved production to China. Back then they stuffed every sprue into one single flimsy plastic bag. Clear, chrome and all. Scratch was guaranteed. IIRC they stopped doing that around the early 90's. Clear and chrome sprues were still unbagged, but are packaged outside the big bag of sprues. They also started using stronger bags. When production moved to China the clear and chrome parts started getting bagged as well.

As per Beemax's Facebook page: 1/24 CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC - JUNE 2014 1/24 1991 ST165 RALLY MONTE CARLO - AUGUST 2014 1/20 McLaren MP4 /2 - DECEMBER 2014

Funny you mention Model Empire, I get a lot of kits from them regularly, which would probably not happen if not for the Internet. Maybe the Internet didn't kill all the hobby shops, afterall.

These ones? http://www.revell.com/model-kits/cars/85-4056.html#.U13C_FdD5dw http://www.revell.com/model-kits/cars/85-2148.html#.U13C21dD5dw

I believe the water pumps on the passenger car and truck engines are different, too. The ones in the 48 Ford would be more correct?

I would avoid the older issues and just get the latest release. With the way they crammed everything in the little box back then and the age of the kit, you can expect some serious warping issues with the old releases.

When someone orders a Venom GT, Hennessey will buy a Lotus, strip it to the bare monocoque and modify it to accept the Chevy V8. Here is an article on the Venom GT by EVO, a British car magazine that doesn't hold a particular bias against American cars (and in my mind way better than the much overhyped, overrated Top Gear): http://www.evo.co.uk/features/features/288841/az_supercars_hennessey_venom_gt.html

It is based on the Lotus Exige.

This has been covered before: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=52024 For a 427 Cammer I'd go with Ross Gibson's resin engine. The Blue Oval scripts on the cam cover in mine is very faint, but you can always scribe it out to represent the early version with straight ribs. For kit based Cammer, the AMT one is off. The one from Johan looks nice, but will need work on the spark plug locations.

They have a web site. http://www.sefinecast.co.uk/ Just wonder did you order from them direct? I am planning to order the Rover V8, not sure if I will go direct or from other model shops.

In 1979 Ford would have probably wanted to push the 5.0 and turbo as the way forward, so how about a turbocharged 5.0 Clevor? The Cleveland heads seemed to be a popular upgrade for Windsors until aftermarket aluminium heads became readily available, and it would make for a contemporary (for 1979, anyway) Boss Mustang. The engine with turbo on carb and big valve heads is going to be temperamental, but I bet it would make a ton of power.

From Zoom Zoom's review and article of the GT500KR in the magazine whose name must not be mentioned (06/2009 and 08/2009 issues), what you get in the KR kit are: - New wheels, albeit in 20" vs the real car's 18" - New hood - Larger front brakes with ventilation holes and Brembo decals What you don't get: - The cold air intake (you get the same air box as in the regular Shelby) - Proper low profile tires I bought two RoG GT500 back when Revell kits were really cheap in here. I originally planned to use the engine for the Jada Ford GT but that is put on the backburner now, maybe we can work out something if you are interested in it.

I've just received the kit yesterday, the first thing I noticed when I pulled out the body is that the front windshield seems very low, as though it has a chopped top. I'm also not sure if the shape of the rocker panel is correct, the bulge is quite pronounced on the kit body.

American kits: Model Empire USA Japanese kits: Hobby Search Aftermarket parts: Hobby Easy Last resort: HLJ Now that HLJ list anything they can't get as "discontinued" I don't even use them to order out of stock items.

Alex Kung has a Hobby Shop directory for the Toronto area. He updates it frequently. http://www.alexkung1.com/scale/shoppin/shoppin.htm Sad to say the list has drastically reduced compared to when I was still living in Toronto in 2000.

It could very well be some deadbeat bidders who bidded an insane amount and not intended to pay anyway. We saw quite a lot of that back when my friends were selling sports cards on eBay. Bids are not rigged that way. No one would rig it by $660, or 26 times over the leading bid.

Ah... you have to click "on to the comparison", the link near the bottom of the page, right above the back button.

http://modelcarshirobom.syanari.com/029-250gto/250gto.html The order for the pictures is Gunze, Italeri, Revell and Fujimi.