niteowl7710

So I take it you had the chicken pox on reading comprehension day or something? I said nobody removes mold lines in the context of no pre-painted kits come with mold lines removed. The WRX STi kits have very faint mold lines that depending on how thick the pre-paint is might be muted, but I bet show up under very close inspection. Aoshima's mold lines tend to be more prominent the older the base tooling is, just like anyone else. But of COURSE most people remove their own mold lines, that's what makes the lack of decals in these kits so frustrating.

By contest standards a curbside is a kit with no opening panels (eg. doors, hood or trunk), judged at "curbside level of paint/body work and interior. It's now become a catch-all term for any kits - mostly Japanese, promo based annuals, and/or Snap-Tite kits that don't have any engine detail. BUT you could leave the engine out of a full detail kit and glue the hood shut and wind up with a curbside entry. Although some contests WILL judge the chassis work as for a good majority of RECENTLY tooled (last 10-15 years) import kits they have very detailed, multi-part chassis details that end up making the bulk of the kit's parts. Slammers usually have no interiors, and plausibly no chassis pans, with all windows blacked out, and judged strictly on the visual impact of the body, paint, and wheel choice.

Parting lines I expected, nobody actually cleans those up. It's poor paint quality, poor masking on the color separation on the ZL-1 on the rocker panels, the fact the stripes on the Challenger being uneven, not straight, and not equidistant. They start and end in random places, and are different lengths. The tampo printed wording logos being wildly out of registration is also a shame. These are not impressions from "pictures I saw online", I held them each in my hands. I believe that Revell also missed the boat with the lack of decals. I get the market of the kits, BUT and ESPECIALLY with the upcoming Corvette the market for the kits themselves far exceeds the target audience. How much would decals raise the price of the kit? 50¢?

Fussing about the merits, or lack there of is kinda a hobby of mine...

On the main page of On the Workbench in the blue bar are a bunch of ways to sort the forum, including one labeled "Custom". If you click on that you can then sort the forum by "Topics I Started". So easy a caveman can do it, and makes those of us following this build not have to chase two dozen individual threads around and/or make Harry have to constantly remerge this build back together.

I certainly NEVER defended Revell's decision to release a new kit of an old car. Go back to when it was announced and you'll see I said it was a stupid idea along. All I've said here is that the kit isn't some top secret surprise, it's also not the old Lindberg tool. But is IS THAT old Crown Vic no matter how hard people speculate that it's not. Ed DOES attend model shows, like the NNL East, NNL in Toledo, and the like. He's not holed up in some bunker some place, although I bet he needs a couple of showers after meeting with the adoring public. He's not Revell, Revell is not Ed, he's just the messenger who sits in the grassy meadow between the customer mountain and management mountain, and sufferers the run off from both camps.

This purchases comes with a tale of intrigue and conspiracy so great, I might actually make a build thread for it. DSC01888 (1280x852) by niteowl7710, on Flickr

If you want an F40 buy a Tamiya one, the Testors kit is just a reboxed Fujimi kit. I dunno what the Testor rebox is running these days, but the Fujimi F40 has a 7 piece engine, FIVE of which are exhaust parts...so it's just two large slabs of molded "details". The Tamiya kit is full detail, and available factory fresh from HLJ & 1999 for the $20-22 range as it's still active in the Tamiya catalog.

Not assumed, heard directly from the source. Why are people insisting about arguing about this? It is what is is, a Christmas time stocking stuffer for the little kiddies, just like the NEW Jeep kit.

It's what is shown, as nonsensical as that may seem.

It's a new mold. Period. End of Story. They aren't leasing anything, they aren't buying anything. Don't believe everyone who already knows, go ask Revell for yourself.

Unless Tamiya really has truly unexpected announcement next month, then they are done for 2014 with this Hobby Show. They've chosen to sink most of their tooling money into WWI era armor, a few new ships, and a 1/32 Corsair kit. Because IPMS guys are actually willing to crack their wallets open more than an 1/8th of an inch. Car guys this year have been giving a modified tooling reissue Porsche racecar, and several minor-tweaked "Street Custom" kits the 1/12 Z, the just issued 2000 GT-R, and the November release of the BRZ. There was also the new tool Ducati Pagani, and Harley-Davidson but I don't know how many CAR first guys build "large scale" motorcycles. So if you want to talk Porsche 918 you're going to have to wait until at least January when the next big trade show is over in Japan. As far as your supercar licensing keep in mind, Aoshima holds it for McLaren & Lamborghini. Fujimi has it for Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren & Porsche, and Tamiya has it for Ferrari & Porsche. I idly wonder who is going to be the first company to do the new NSX they're building in Ohio. Both Fujimi & Tamiya have active licenses (based on reissues) for Honda/Acura. Revell AG has it for Ferrari, and obviously VW Group, with a few tiptoes into Audi. So far it doesn't seem to cover Lamborghini, Bugatti or Porsche. But with multiple companies with at least their foot in the door at VAG, it'd be nice if someone made that Veyron before it's replaced in 2016.

Holy Christ my head is huge the way this forum displays that video link. I had been meaning to post about the new video series I'm doing in the appropriate section, so thanks to Jonathan for the unsolicited plug. Aoshima has a new super car coming out in the 1Q of 2015...and that's all I can tell you about it. But there, THAT's some legit 2015 news. The above referenced kits for the All Japan Toy & Hobby Show have tentative 4Q 2014 releases (Oct-Dec).

It's somewhat older, not as old as say the Legacy Sedan & Wagon kits, but it's been reissued several times over the decade and picked up little improvements here and there like the window masks. Fujimi is spot-running 7 seemingly random 10+ year old kits in September all with new window masks being added into the kits.

Dave - Would Moebius consider updating the LoneStar to 2015 specs? They seem to only come with Cummins ISX engines now, and they lost all of the tank skirts/fairings with the placement of the DEF tank behind the driver's side steer tire. Guys would probably buy it for the engine alone, plus if you just added the "open side" parts and the new engine on separate runners, it would allow the kit to be built in either variation.

The kit is in fact full detail...kinda. There is a really nice, 15 part or so COMPLETE engine/tranny, and everything on the chassis is separate. Eg no molded in exhaust or suspension parts. BUT the old motorized heritage of the overall kit, or the lack of a complete overhaul of the tool means that other than a radiator (which is there more as a detail piece since the grill is mesh) there is no under hood detail. The tooling was also not modified to cast the hood as a separate piece for the 2-3 variations that got the newly tooled engine. So much research needs to be done to cut the hood out correctly, along with the fact the under side of the hood has a giant mold mating line (remember in 95% of their C110 kits don't have the engine) and fabbing up the underhood area if you want more than an OOB presentation. The upside? HLJ sells the kit for $12.60. Subject matter is subjective, but what kit can you buy even WITH the majikal 40% coupon (other than out right clearance) can you pick up for $12 and change. Heck the most expensive of those 4 kits is the Initial D AE86 and that was $22. The other Fujimi kits were $12 for the R32 (curbside) and $14 for the little Datsun roadster (top half engine insert). Shipping all 4 was $20, so $5 per kit basically. Everything you've been told about the "sky high" prices of Japanese kits is a lie

Big thing is the T-Tops. No BC4 Camaro had those. That's been the "problem" with all of AMT's Camaros when it comes to converting them to Police models.

From the article I read about the Renovo the other day it sounded like Brock had a hand in refining the design from the original Cobra Daytona into the vehicle they're producing. There are worse (and far less attractive) ways to spend $550k.

Yeah I scored them both - from separate eBay auctions - for what one of them usually sells for. Both of them open, but still bagged up on the insides. However my frugality caused the Post Office to lose the Legacy in my OWN Post Office for the better part of a week, and the WRX came to the local regional sort center, and then was dispatched on a tour of Minneapolis & Iowa before finally getting sent back a week later. I suppose I should be happy that after all that neither of them was damaged.

DSC01885 (1087x1280) by niteowl7710, on Flickr

Supposed to be released in December, but out TODAY, the 4 Fourgonnette is stock. Basically the 4L with new body shell and interior parts. Retains the ability to build a French or Export vehicle of two different generations. Also has nifty "paper craft" sheet so you can load the back full of EBBRO shipping boxes.

It was a SSP reissue, which are allegedly limited runs.

No the Monogram 1/24 kits are the only ones.

Considering the near fist-fights that have broken out over a mere inch in scale differences between 1/24 and 1/25 around here, I wonder if the Power of Nostalgia Compels You (Say it like in 'The Exorcist') will over come the fact that other than F1 cars, 1/20th is the red headed stepchild of the automotive modeling world.