oldcarfan

Our local Chevy dealer has had a new Hummer truck on the floor for a long time. I looked at it out of curiosity and it wieghs over 9,000 pounds. To me that is way past ridiculous. They should have named it the Canyonero.

Nicely done. This is one of those models where I look at it and wish I could have done that well! They are really nice kits but they take some fitting. I bought all the variations of this kit back in the day and built them side by side. Sadly, they don't travel well. Don't ask, it wasn't a pretty sight. I think I still have most of one somewhere.

Love the way the top came out nice concept!

I can see Tamiya do those two cars. They did the new Ford GT and the Lexus LFA and a lot of other niche super cars so it wouldn't surprise me.

In general I agree about computers and the weight savings, but dash controls are my current pet peeve. Last year we traded our old 2nd gen RX350 for a 4th gen version and I'm not impressed with the interior. The old one also had a lot of electronics, but it was arranged in a relatively intuitive way. You could perform most functions without taking your eyes off the road. Not so much anymore. It wasn't that long ago that everyone was making texting illegal because it takes your attention away from driving and they had a point. Things always get more complicated, but the way these systems are engineered is just as unsafe as texting. On a lot of cars, you have to navigate multiple screens to change settings that could be done by a knob or button without taking your eyes off the road. I sound like an old man yelling at a cloud but this is as bad as texting.

If you're looking for a Tamiya spray, I think the number for Italian Red is TS-8. I seem to remember it being slightly transparent so if a primer was used, the color of that may effect how the paint comes out. You might do a spoon test using white and gray primers.

Sounds good to me, too. I have several cars I owned and a few I almost owned that might work, and even better, I think I may have kits for a lot of them.

Just a thought but I wonder if it could be modified to print only the center part of the lid so it would fit under a standard mason jar ring?

Seeing this reminded me of a guy I knew back in those days. He bought two or more of every promo that came out especially the Corvettes and stored them high on a shelf in cases, box and all. He said they would be his retirement plan some day. I often wonder how that worked out for him. Not that I have any room to talk, I bought comic books with the same idea and we all know how that turned out.

Just realized my reply was almost the same as Seth's, sorry! Maybe it could be stretched into how you would have built or restored it if you had had the money? I've had a lot of junky cars that I would have fixed up if money allowed.

I recently bought their Lamborghini Diablo kit, the first time I've one since they first came out. I'm looking forward to doing something with it. We went back today for some stocking stuffers and I almost got this one. I assume its the old Revell kit?

Monogram's 32 Ford is still a favorite, and even though their 57 Chevy and 69 Camaro aren't super accurate, they hold a sentimental attachment back to my childhood!

I think STS Decals has replacement copies of these decals if you need them. I bought a set of the Charlie's Angels from them for that version of this kit.

I don't think so, but those cars are pretty wild! They would offer a wide open field for the imagination. They could probably rolled into an unlimited or a race car category, I guess.

Sounds good to me. This is a busy time of year and we could all used time to think about the options! I must have missed the Peking to Paris build. Thanks for letting me know.

I'd love to see Revell bring this King Cab version out again!

Nice catch! I think I have a Pantera that came from the same company. I wonder if someone still has the molds for them? They seem pretty accurate to me.

All the ideas seem good so far. I could go for any, but a 4-bangers Run would be cheap, as I have a lot of Japanese cars. lol. Street legal race cars could go a couple of ways, a stock body on a race car chassis, or a race car with added lights to make it street legal. There is also precedent for Pickups in Cannonballs, both movie and real life. Work trucks might be cool in the same kind of way.

I wonder if a second limited time limit group build maybe a three month build or something would be popular without taking away from the annual Cannonball competition? That could cover an Alcan Alaskan Highway Rally, Panamerica or Baja 500 Mexico style rallies, or even a Paris to Dakar style rally.

A Radwood could be fun, either limited to things you might do in period, or taking an 80s-90s car and updating it. That could maybe stretched into a Fast N Furious early 90s tuner sort of thing.

I wonder if that body will fit on the MPC '73 Cougar chassis?

I think this kit was issued as a Pro Street kit originally. Not sure, but if the body is a stock Berlinetta, I'll get one and try to fit it to one of the other Camaros. I have happy memories of riding in an Aunt's brand new B'netta.

I'll definitely want a Taurus, and a Monza for sure. I had the Taurus kit back in the day and turned it into a two door coupe. Now I'd like to do one all lowered and with a tuner vibe. The only thing I really remember about the build is that it was pretty straightforward, but the ride height was way too high.

Definitely odd. The HL tag usually means the kit was bought by an individual on their 40% sale or on clearance to be resold.

I can't believe AutoWorld would send a kit like that, their standards must have really slipped! I wonder if they sub-fulfilled the order from a third party. I know there are a couple of people in even our small town who troll Walmarts and HLs looking for marked down kits and Hot Wheels to resell. A couple of times I've run across one of them sweeping a whole row of clearanced kits into a basket.