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I am ready for 2k
niteowl7710 replied to Mike 1017's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'd take the step to put that vent into a piece of plywood or something similar, so you have a functionally closed window. 2K is shiny atomized super glue, if you spray it with that window standing open like that it's going to wind up looking like a breaded chicken cutlet as every bit of dust, floof, fuzz, and pollen swirling around your basement is going to land in it. -
Revell 2022 Corvette Stingray C8 Z5
niteowl7710 replied to Luc Janssens's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
The M4 has been floating around since Shizouka last year and it'll probably be 2027 before it sees the light of day, even n if NuNu insists it'll be out before the end of 2024. Tell anyone that's been waiting for 4 years to see that 2018 "Pink Pig" RSR 911 to arrive about blown delivery dates. The M4 is also going to come as Sheldon van der Linde's 2022 DTM Championship car out of the box, so you'll need LB Production or S.K. Decals to fill in the gap as usual. One would expect the C8 from Revell because they've kitted the past 3 generations of Corvette, and they have am extensive working relationships with Pratt & Miller from those kits. -
Revell 2022 Corvette Stingray C8 Z5
niteowl7710 replied to Luc Janssens's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Since WEC & IMSA adopted the GT3 specs to supersede the GTE/GT LM rules, the Vette is racing in GTWC, IMSA, and everything else. It's a full-on Customer Racing platform now, not something being confined to "Factory" Works teams the way the prior iterations of the Corvette had been...still I get the indication that Revell doesn't have any interest in making a racing version of it. I'm not sure how well the prior Corvette racing kits have sold, or the Ford GT, but a lot of it would come down to how bad GM wants to see it get done, and the C8.GT3 actually doing something special during the seasons. Maybe if it dominated GT3 LM this summer... -
Revell 2022 Corvette Stingray C8 Z5
niteowl7710 replied to Luc Janssens's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Last time I asked about that, back when the C8.R was still a thing, I was told point blank - No. Presuming the same still goes for the C8.GT3 that's the global racing platform now. -
Moebius Wrecker Truck Announcement
niteowl7710 replied to Erik Solie's topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews
Two different beds, scuttlebutt is there will be more than one release of the wrecker with different year cabs. -
William weise
niteowl7710 replied to Madeline Nelson's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
When you say "NNL Show in Ohio", do you mean the one in Toledo? Because the answer to that would be never. The last NNL in Toledo took place in 2019. -
NuNu is back with a test shot of their upcoming BMW M4 GT3 after showing rapid prototypes the past two shows. Also showing parts for the long promised 2018 911RSR GTE kit which should finally be released this summer.
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Hasegawa also has their updated (or in this case backdated) 1966 Isuzu Bellett on display. Slew of new body & interior pieces for sliding the 1969 kit back 3 years.
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Aoshima once again has their new line of 180SX kits on display. Billed as a 1996 Type X the black one will be the "Option Wheel" version which is sporting a set of wheels from an R33 GT-R. Gimmicks in the kit include the open/closed headlights and normal/low-down ride heights.
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*RHD Yeah I think Aoshima is really missing the boat there, aside from an optional wheel kit, and a series of decal revised offerings from the manga SF Ghost, there's nothing that makes their kit any different that the Tamiya kit that's been around for almost 2 years now. Unless it's coming later not doing an Export Version is a hot pile of disappointment considering the first gen 86 was so export specific there was a Europe specific 86GT and North America specific Scion in the box.
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Well I mean there's a 1/20 AND 1/28 version of the S10, what more could one want? Actually they can do a new S12 too while there at so those nearly as old Aoshima & Fujimi tools can be buried in the doldrums of motorized history.
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The parts being shown at the show are the same ones shown in the earlier thread posted here. They did not include the entire kit.
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My NNL East show haul. Alright so no one was selling the Miku Z4, but I picked it up from a friend who shared a co-order, so I say it counts. Stuff in the left column I purchased to replace old original 90s Monogram releases I had sold off. They were pretty musty and dusty after all of those years and I yearned for fresh decals.
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Revell 2022 Corvette Stingray C8 Z5
niteowl7710 replied to Luc Janssens's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Yes the C8 Vettes are being built RHD from the factory for the first time. No more expensive after-delivery in-country conversions. GM sold 300 RHD Vettes in Japan in less than 3 days when it was announced the cars would be RHD straight off the boat. For the kit since the C8 is mid-engined and the "frunk" is molded shut creating a RHD set up is a dashboard, center console, pedals, and scuttle panel/wipers. The way the car/kit are with a flat chassis aero plate you don't get/see the parts of the front suspension that would different (aka mirrored steering column/box). -
Most recent box from the Links of Hobbies in Japan Also got talked into this Alpha Models kit because I got a bit of a discount. Who could say no? ?
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niteowl7710 replied to Luc Janssens's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Next two months or so was what was intimated at NNL East. -
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Handy if you live in the UK I'm sure. However for U.S. Delivery there's a 17.24£ shipping which once you account for the currency exchange comes out to over $63USD. So...for most here that in fact is not at all a cheaper place.
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Couple of things from the past weeks. Box in from HobbyEasy that has the latest NuNu reissue of their Audi R8 GT3. This has the revised Evo II rear spoiler (no more $25 resin conversions). Also got the kit's designated P/E set. Two sets from Shunko, the Clarion is a newly done sheet, the Loctite is a reprint. Both replace the kit decals in the corresponding older Tamiya kits. Also the new interior Carbon Fiber sheets for the MENG version of the Audi R8 GT3. Nominally a little more important than doing the same on the NuNu kit as the MENG kit has opening doors. Lastly for this update 3 of the newest sets of decals from S.K. Decals. You'll need some brand new resin bits from ZoomOn to fully convert the NuNu 320i to how each of the liveries ran in 1:1. The Hello Kitty decals fit the above referenced NuNu R8.
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If you *really* want one RIGHT NOW, there's a seller in Poland on eBay selling them for $50 shipped.
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1/25 Tucker 48/Torpedo -- "Coming Soon" at SpotModel
niteowl7710 replied to Matt Bacon's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
That whole side circus is providing one of the most audacious real time "Pot calling the kettle black" I've personally witnessed. Alpha is Hobby Design, and HD got their entire start via being the biggest, rootin'-tootin'est band of IP Thieves the hobby ever has seen. Now because they insist on over promising and under delivering their product line they're up in arms spam-posting their little manifesto about being copied by PZY. If you sit both 911 GT3 RS kits down side by side they break down slightly different and PZY's offers options the Alpha kit doesn't. With the Ferrari SP3 Alpha promised that almost a year ago...this isn't the world of "normal" Model production where a licensor wouldn't grant two competitors license to do the same thing and the same time. They're both making boot leg products probably from boot leg 3D CAD/CAM and bickering about which one of the illicit copies is legitimate. -
1/25 Tucker 48/Torpedo -- "Coming Soon" at SpotModel
niteowl7710 replied to Matt Bacon's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Red Wheel is based in the Ukraine. For some reason everyone in the former Soviet Satellite states learned CAD/CAM, and now it's where most 3D files seem to come from...the guy is on FB and the kit is a few bucks cheaper if you order it directly. He already sold the entire first run in a matter of days. For anyone who trades in the deep end of the resin pool these days knows the price is what a full-on multi-media kit costs now. If you want a Tucker that isn't a diecast or an old resin piece that's going to look like a $10 slush cast piece (in comparison) then this thing is going to be worth every penny. -
Price is right. Like I mentioned in the other thread those "cheap" Revell prices from last month are what was wrong. Take a look at the prices on the 3 newly arrived/inbound Revell kits ('57 Ford/Tudor/'77 P/U) the street/shelf price on those kits is $30 or more depending on the vendor. I paid $30 in cash at NNL East for the ones I got, and Model RoundUp has the Wagon and Tudor priced at $32.90...
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It'll be a Revell Germany reissue, sometime in 2024. Places in Europe taking pre-orders don't have dates, just a price in the $150 before shipping ballpark. U.S. MSRP is $188.99 per Stevens International.