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They look like the mag wheels from the Revell 32 Ford series

The Aoshima Aventador does have hinged doors versus poseable for the Fujimi.

Here are a couple of photos I took at the recent Corvette and Muscle Car Nationals. Maybe these would help.

http://downloads.hobbico.com/catalogs/2013-revell-catalog.pdf

It would be nice if Tamiya did, but the only thing I have heard is that Revell of Germany is CONSIDERING this one and the Enzo replacement. Have no idea if they will actually follow through though.

Here's the link to the info and instructions. http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10202437

On Gearz last night, Stacey David announced the winners of the last contest, said there would be another, and had a built Revell Model of his Rat Roaster with what looked like slim front tires. Couldn’t see a lot of detail on it though.

This way to the album:

He's talking about the Scale Motorsport FXX detail kit. The Instructions are on the Scale Motorsport site. I haven't started mine yet so can't answer the question. You might try Automotiveforums.com and ask there. Someone may have likely done it already or do a search for FXX.

And it s essentially 1/25 scale.

No firm painting ideas yet. On the F12, I would likely cut the seat bottoms out and work from there. And that is assuming RoG doesn't announce a F12

Not bad. No sidewall detail. Tread pattern appears to be a reasonable rendition of Pirelli P-Zero Rosso tires

SA Aperta http://s150.beta.photobucket.com/user/exotics_builder/library/Ferrari%20SA%20Aperta 599 GTO http://s150.beta.photobucket.com/user/exotics_builder/library/Ferrari%20599%20GT

In cars, I haven't seen any.

There is a Lusso, but it is resin, costs $170 and needs a 250 GTO or SWB to complete. Not something most folks will go for. And let's not discuss the upcoming Model Factory Hiro 250 Lusso that is likely to be well above $350. Only, if Italeri or RoG would do a Lusso.

At this point, only the 599 GTO is getting the US rebox. I know this because Revell said so. I brought them my Italeri 250 SWB to see if they could clip it into the US Box, but it could not. They RoG didn't make the deal with Italeri anyway. I still have, unbuilt, a lot of the Italeri Ferraris such as the 275 GTB and GTS, 250 SWB, 250 California, etc. So Revell could actually look at the sprues to see if there were cut points that be used. On the SA Aperta, since only 80 were (offically) made, it was deemed less desireable to US Box than the 599 GTO. They could always change their minds. But that is where they currently stand. I also made a case for them to get RoG to do the F12 Berlinetta and Enzo replacement. I know Fujimi is doing the F12, but we saw the quality difference on the 458's. I have a Fujimi F12 on pre-order and will evaluate it when it shows up.

More pics later if there is interest:

Allclad sells an Aqua Gloss CLear (ALC 600) that is supposed to seal their chrome and keep the shine. A member of GTR club showed an F1 car done with it and it looked good. Picked up a bottle the other day to try as I had to strip the front and rear bumpers of the 66 El Camino.

Exactly!! However, I bet the folks at the Toledo NNL were presently surprised!

I don't disagree with what you just said. There is such a thing as "marketing" across multiple channels to reach the broadest audience and widest demographics. You can have annocements and videos all you want to orient people. "Hands on" is where you can get an extra level of satisfaction

Why do so many assume cost was the factor on attendance. It may have been. When I asked Revell why they were not going, the indication was Hobbico, their parent, made the decision. For all we know there may be disagreements on how the show is run. But Revell said they were still supporting the Make and Take, which is a considerable cost just there. Even at last year's IHOBBY there were a bunch of empty booths and some vendors packed up after the trade days. To me, the big opportunity is exposing the youth (of all ages) in the public days. Don Yost and Matt Wells were the only aftermarket vendors I recollect at last year's and saw on the list for this year

Yes they were at the Pegasus booth last year. And they told me they would out early in the year. Same thing with the AutoWorld/AMT stuff. The Opel GT was displayed last year as well along with a couple of others yet to be released.

Here is the AMT version of the batwing air cleaner:

I'll take a photo of the AMT one later today if I get to it.

It was done in the AMT upgrade 57 Chevy. It is a dual oil bath batwing air cleaner.