Darin Bastedo

It's ironic that you chose to bash someone in a post complaining about bashing someone posted by a guy who just had a recent post deleted for bashing someone. Geez! Most complints posted of this board could be answered with these answers... 1. The publisher can't control how the post office handles your magazine but will replace it if it arrives damaged. 2. The new issue will be out as soon as possible, Gregg is not a miracle worker. 3. Resin casters are often one man operation, and thus sometimes are delayed in getting orders out by illness and such your order will arrive in time. 4. You trade with people at your own risk. sometimes you will get burned 5. yes ebay fees are outrageous, use eModelcars.com it's free. 6. Yeah I know that instead of the 1957 chevy that the model companny put out, the should have released a 1912 chevoldsmobuick. but sometimes the model companies need to make a profit.

Evergreen styrene tube and sheet stock with aluminium tubing for the goggles, and plastic coated wire for the arms

I don't think that casting them is really an option at this point. aside from licensing concerns, to be useful in a dioraba setting they really need to be individually posed and the expressions would be different. But I'll be building a few more. the next one I'll photgraph the process and post it in the tutorial section.

I don't know where you would have read anything bad about them other than they are currently not operating. They were one of the first aftermarket firms dating back to the early 80's and always have been known for the highest quality parts. I have the Transkit in question and it is as good as most on the market. I'm pleased with it.

This little guy is kind of a prototype. I wanted to see if I could do a reasonable 1/25 scale Minion from the movie "despicable me". The next one will be a quite a bit smoother and finished. I'll give him hands and other small details like hair. What do you guys think? wouldn't a fanciful garage diorama with a bunch of these guys creating mischief be kinda cool?

I knew I had a Fujimi Ferrari 288 GTO but for the longest time couldn't find it. Today it jumped out at me and said "here I am" I was almost to the point of buying a new one!

Some of my favorates are also some ov the most frustrating as the model inside never was as good as the box art...

I guess it all depends on what you have more of, time or money. I usually only get a few hours a week to dedicate to building these days. I wouldn't want to spend a few months worth of bench time making something else work. To me 40 dollars would be worth it.

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The coolest accessory in it is a drive-in diner tray with food. Yum!

Thanks, while I think all of these would do well they are also ones I would really want to buy too. It has gotten to the point that I've got all the kits that have been holy grails for me over the years, now my holy grails are all kits that haven't been made yet. One of my holy grails is not on the list though, as many people have no idea what it is, and that is the Siata 208s

Not likely, RC2 infant toy lines and other products are wort much more to them. Tomy is a toy company first and foremost. They are actually more likely to offer the plastic lines to Round 2 for purchase as to the bean counters it's a marginal product, and they got it for pennies on the dollar.

I think it's because Tomy's buyout of RC2 has no immediate effect on Round 2's Model kit production, it never really had anything to do with model cars.

RC2 had no plans to release anything new, that is why they leased all of the plastic model tooling to Round 2 the company who is currently producing AMT, MPC, and Polar lights kits. That contract is still in place and will be for quite a while. And Budweiser is owned by Belgians.

I have good news for you, they did do a 55 Belair off the new tooling...

there are kits on this list that have either never been released or in some cases the exiting kit is is not up to modern standards. So to whom it might concern this is my list of what I think would sell. this is in no particular order. 1971 Mustang Boss 351 The existing kit of this is far from accurate and takes quite a bit of effort to get even a good looking shelf model out of it. Alfa Romeo Duetto (the car from "The Graduate") Why there has never been a popular scale kit of this car puzzles me It was in production for decades and is possibly the most beautiful if the 60's small sports roadsters 1929 Ford Roadster. coupe and sedan. This would be the logical next step for Revell to follow up thier great success with the 1932 Fords. 1957 Chevy Nomad do we really need another 57 chevy? Yes at least 3 more. include parts to do Sam Hollingswoth's custom with an optional tuck & roll interior, bucket seats skylark wire wheels and decals and you have a winner! 1957 Chevy Convertible Give this one a 2 4bbl set up for Revells already great small block and a nice set of chrome reverse wheels. 1957 Chevy Sedan delivery Add optional gasser parts and a big block that would be adaptable to the other 57s in Revels range and you have a hot hot seller Revell 1970 Ford Torino released as a special edition Add all the optional parts from the Pro Modeler GT kit and you have a sweet 2n1 1972 Ford Gran Torino Give it some pro-touring options and a full sheet of decals to do multiple paint schemes 1975 Ford Gran Torino Can you say "Starsky & Hutch? 1970 Mustang Convertible Make this one a base model with an inline six and poverty caps. sure not many convertibles were ordered this way but they are pretty much the only trim package that hasn't been done yet. 1967 Mercury Cougar Who wouldn't love a new tool of this? add some period mag wheels and perhaps a two 4bbl option 1965-66 Mustang coupe Based on Revell's decent fastback/shelby/convertible model. throw in a paxton set up as an option and maybe some vintage drag parts 1965 Ford Galaxie make it buildable stock, but load te box with enough period Nascar parts that people will buy it just for those. Shelby 289 Cobra With optional dragonsnake parts Shelby 289 Cobra FIA can use most of the tooling of the street car Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe No explanation needed. 1963 Corvette zo6 coupe With street and racing parts, based on Revell's excellent 1967 kit 1963 Corvette Roadster Done as a non-zo6 car so wee can kit bash with the coupe. 1968 Chevelle SS 396 hardtop add some period street machine parts 1968 Chevelle convertible non-SS small block add some different S/M parts and we can kitbash with the coupe. 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge with S/M parts and srtipes to go with different stock colors 1970 pontiac Lemans convertible You could kitbash this with the GTO to make a Lemans coupe or a GTO convertible 1966 Pontiac GTO Convertible Based on Revell's excellent 1966 GTO Coupe 1948 Ford Coupe Stock roof Add parts to make a 48 merc out of it too. Divco Milk Truck give it a load of milk bottles and crates as well as a load of street machine parts. 1963 Buick Riviera Throw in some 60's custom parts and a how-to booklet on custom paint techniques 1971 Buick Riviera GS Boattail Some 70's lowrider accessories would be welcome here 1969 Buick GS 400 could be based on the 72 Olds tooling 1963 Checker A11 W/ taxi parts and some cool street machine parts. 1966 Chevy Suburban Based on Revell's 1966 pick-up. Includs some outdoors accessories like a tent and canoe 1965 Pontiac GTO Convertible The current MPC/AMT kit is a joke. this would be a welcome replacement 1965 GTO Coupe Add some period drag parts or modern street machine parts 1969 Dodge Charger 500 Could be based on the current Revell tooling 1946 Merc Sprtsman Convertible Can be based on revell's 48 Ford, it's the extremely rare woody bodied convertible 1970 Olds Cutlass Rallye 350 hardtop Could be based on Revells 1972 Cutlass convertible 1983 Hurst/Olds Add some optional pro touring parts and this would be a big hit 1954 Packard carribean This would be a nice one for mobius to do 1969 Pontiac Trans AM Coupe Could be based on Revells excellent 1969 Camaro tooling 1969 Pontiac firebird convertible same as above but could be used to kit bash the very rare 1969 T/A convertible 1972 Pontiac Grand Prix Hurst SSJ Could also be based on the 1972 Olds chassis, this was a stylish muscle car and would look great next to the hurst olds.

This is me reflected in the paint on the door of a nicely painted black chevy truck Here is the truck

I've started on the the project I'll be photgraphing this on. I will submit it when the work is finished.

Which competition 427 Cobra had webers? the only 427 Cobra I've ever seen in my reference albums with webers was the ex-bill cosby car that Brian Angliss rebuilt from spares. as far as I've been able to reserch there hasn't been a 427 Competition cobra raced with webers.

That would explain why the magazine got cancelled. why not do it as a rod & custom magazine build off?

This is a Revell Dodge sidewinder show truck I was working on. The hinge was made out of sheet plastic thick enough to drill and and insert a wire pin through. It takes up very little space and allows realistic operation. I'm currently working on a more durable metal version that i will shoot a how-to on. Any interest?

thanks for the responces. It looks like I'll be able to get in there in a week or so, and get some work done. I'd like to get my Sam Hollingsworth '57 Nomad done for the Mid-Atlantic NNL in Towson Maryland in May

The Writer of the article may not have honed his skills enough to come out with a perfect result, but that doesn't mean the technique is flawed. It's up to us as builders to take it to the next level. I believe given the right amount of practice I could follow the instructions in that article and make a nice engine turned dash. I thank the author for showing us his idea.

When I mooved into our new house two years ago I got the dream Hobby room in the form of a second garage with a full kitchen and built in workbench and lots of storage. Well it took two years but I finally got it exactly the way I want it. Now I just need to find the time to use it!

You are correct, the body in the 93 Cobra was newly tooled.