Exotics_Builder

The president of LMMCC lives in Oak Lawn. There are members who come from the south suburbs such as Frankfort. And there are members who come from Northwest Indiana.

So, at this point we really don't know what Revell of Germany is planning. Larry has brought it to our attention early. And I thank him for that. Even RoG's recent newsletter is sketchy on the Ferrari. As LArry has not yet posted a link to it, may I do so: http://www.revell-news.de/display.php?M=55486&C=114eb32970db945cfd3c0db492318f9f&S=163&L=21&N=59

I found the reference, it is actually on the Protar kit instructions. It is chassis number 3851 and has some history. barchetta.com is a good place to look it up. 3851GT was delivered to Jo Schlesser on September 11th, he finished the Tour de France 2nd OA, the GTO was involved in a very bad crash and was t-boned, it was send back to the factoyr for rebuilt and was sold to Paolo Colombo, he raced it in 1963 with great success, like Ernesto Prinoth in 1964 and 1965. In 1965 the GTO was sold to Fabrizio Violati. Here is a link to more info: http://www.barchetta.cc/english/all.ferraris/detail/3851gt.250gto.htm Supposedly the car has had multiple "facelifts".

Amen to that Tim. For example, I have the MFH 250 GTO, but the Fujimi or previous Italeri with Aftermarket (including Norm's or Harold's Ferrari engines) make for a much more fun build experience. I don't have the refernce anymore as I looked it up when I bought the orignal Protar version of that. The photos of the repaired car show the squared off rear end, which is the most glaring difference than what you see on many GTO's. As you know, all GTO's were hand built and there are differences in each body. I will see if there is anything in my Ferrari GTO book.

Yes he did! Unfortunately, Scale Kraft went OOB in 2005/6 time frame. Harold Bradford is working on one, but I don't have a date on when it will be available.

Can always find room to add a Lusso and a few others. Just got the 599 GTO, SA Aperta and F12 Berlinetta. Just a little bit of my Ferrari stash:

Double that. I have a resin Lusso that needs a donor kit, but it would be SUPER to have a plastic Lusso in 1/24

Hobby Design and KA Models offer PE/Detail sets for both the California and Italia. The Hobby design set is more readily availble. However, best to order these off shore (Japan or Singapore). There are a couple of EBAY stores and there is also HobbyLink Japan in Japan and Mediamix Hobby in Singapore that carry tons of aftermarket.

Really nice!

Hobby Design, but their wheels can be a problem at times for clean up Aoshima which sells some of their wheel sets separately Fujimi which also sells some of their wheel sets separately Tuner Model Manufactory which makes selected wheel and rim sets in various degrees of complexity (such as separate lug nuts and rim bolts) FG Models which has some very nice modern wheel sets Scale Productions which includes wheels as part of their offerings A+ Club which makes a few wheel sets Keep in mind, many of the above are geared to a Fujim/Aoshima or Tamiya mounting to the spindle and will take work. Some have no mounting components and you are on your own. Also, some, such as FG Model and Tuner Model manufactory don't include tires or you'll have to buy a separate tire set (as does Hobby Design). You can also raid the Revell California Wheel or like series to use the modern wheels/tires they provide. Here are a very few examples of the wheels offered:

Now that the big project at work is over and I’m using up some vacation days, I am catching up on the 66 El Camino Pro-Touring. I have a week and a half to complete this for the club project. Hopefully, I’ll get it done.

Chuck has done an excellent quick review of them and I agree with his synopsis. Note in his review that the Fujimi kit allows you to pose the doors open or closed whereas the Aoshima kit has working hinges. I put mine aside, however, to work on the recent RoG SA Aperta and started analyzing the Fujimi F12 Berlinetta I got delivered just before Christmas.

I remember you from the time I spent in PSAMA. We are in planning to move back.

He still is a member. But he really had limited inventory and had to store stuff away at the time of shutting down.

Here are some close up pics of the Corvette Nomad transkit:

I have one of the Corvette Nomads I got from R&D and will likely be putting it up for trade in the next couple of months. IMO it is isn't worth anything near what the EBAY prices indicate.

I can second that. Just did a small order yesterday and it is already on its way.

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.

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