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Here we go...had to swing through a McDonald's to get this to post. But here's the chest in a state of semi-disary, I was working on something, so I couldn't be bothered to put everything in their proper places for this photo

At this point, to work ourselves up into a rage over something as inconsequential as this just doesn't make sense to me. Maybe to others, but not to me. TIM I grant you your opinion Tim, but I don't see where anyone is in a rage over anything with this kit. It's just yet another "facepalm" moment from Revell. I guess to me, looking beyond these 4 "walls" at the overall hobby market, you should be able to build what's in the box as a reasonable facsimile to what's shown on the box. In this case you can't since the coupe vs. sedan thing is quite visibly obvious. For the "foaming at the mouth hobbiest" they might be willing to shell out another $25-40 for a resin conversion. But is the average run of the mill guy who buys a few kits a year, but really expected to build the race version? I wouldn't build the race version anyway, so I have no dog in the fight, just seems that there was another something version wise that could have been done instead. You know this kit is going to get at least one, maybe two more kittings at minimum. But then that hardly fits into Revell's business model of squeezing you to buy 2 kits to make one model...like the "no uptop" Cutlass, or the two kits to make one Yenko Nova, which has nothing to even do with the individual accuracy issues of the individual kits themselves. Revell is the only real game in town, and they get the largest slice if my hobby budget every year (unless you count Asian imports as a whole), but sometimes it seems they know they have the market cornered (since Round 2 has yet to show they can make an new REAL car kit that isn't a unassembled promo, and it will be a decade or more until Moebius can be considered a serious competitor) and as a result they just coast along presuming we're willing to fix their gaffes and just be happy they're around.

Outstanding attention to detail? When did Revell start specializing in that? I see not one person picking apart the kit itself. Not a single comment about body proportions out of whack or anything. I think a lot of us are waiting for Revell to take that step where they hit that "homerun" where they put out that kit that is darn near perfect. Maybe this is that kit until they threw a wild pitch, hit a batter, and then balked home the winning run with that never existed 2nd version. Attention to detail? Like how the box art model has the mirror and hood ornament out of place? Like not knowing your 2nd half of you're 2n1 is a sedan, not a coupe? Does no one at Revell have a computer capable of accessing Google Images? Revell will get my $20 as I build replica stock, but it just leaves ya scratching your head about what they were thinking. This isn't 1992 when the internet was at best several large forums (AOL, Prodigy & CompuServe), they can't just to slip a fast one by anyone anymore.

Will do as soon as I can get some WiFi, I can't seem to get pictures off my phone onto here right now.

Mine us a Plano 7271, not sure how much this weighs exactly, but taking the top most compartment segregater (the area directly under the lid) and pitching it onto the table at home lets me carry 32 bottles of Tamiya and still get the lid back shut again. There's a separate deeper compartment on the right 1/3rd of the top compartment that lets me store a half dozen Testors Acryl bottles, 4 glues (Testors Model Master, Tenax 7R, LocTite Super Glue Gel and clear craft glue) along with bottles of MicroSet & MicroSol.

As one of the resident trucker-builders here, a tackle box is exactly what I use. I will have to wait until daytime to photograph it, but it's about the size of a toolbox. I have just about my entire supply of bottled paint the only ones I leave behind are "specialty" colors (like specific manufacturers engine colors - GM Red, Ford Blue, etc) that aren't called for in most kits I'd grab at random off my stash shelf. I have sanding implements, fillers, knives, brushes, glue and all the rest staged through the various drawers and compartments. Frankly it's 10x more organized than it ever seems to get on my home bench.

Depends on the fleet. Your average U.S. department with 10-15 cars, 3/4 of which are primary patrol vehicles the difference in fuel economy really doesn't matter. But you start talking about say the NYPD which had over 12,000 vehicles getting an extra 5-7MPG is a substantial savings over a year's time, which is why they have so many Fusion & Altima hybrids.

Jake was housed in the Joliet Correctional Facility, the car itself was retired from the Mount Prospect PD, they were practically giving them away!

Dunno that I've ever see Revell really commit to a due date beyond what they tell vendors. I also hardly consider this rushed. Revell had the test shots already on hand when this kit was announced and here it is coming out 11 months after that. The Ford & '62 Vette (both which also already had test shots) are going to clock in over a year after the trio were revealed. If that's rushing against a deadline, I want a job like that.

A '50 Oldsmobile, '57 Ford, '62 Corvette, along with the modified reissues (adding the plow to the Chevy 4x4, tooling back a GMC grill to the tow truck), etc. Plus all the tooling for the stuff that will be announced at iHobby in October. It's not like this '32 is the only thing Revell is working on at any one time.

I don't normally weigh in on the "What's wrong with NASCAR" debate, but for the love of Moses take one of the dates off Fontana to spare everyone that boring 3 hours of TV and re-open North Wilkesboro. "Everyone" (being the NASCAR elite) claim NWS has no "modern amenities". GOOD! I don't need a sky-box, falafle and champagne, I want to see people beating the heck out of their cars while enjoying a hotdog and fries. Guess that's why the local short track around here always draws a good crowd.

What Don said. The Monogram box is the newest version of the top two. This is part of Revell's mysterious plan to sell pretty much everything that is a straight reissue as a Monogram kit. It looks like universally all of the Fall '12 release list that is straight re-pops of existing tooling (The Buick GSX and '04 Vette Z-06 being the first offerings this month) is being released under the banner "Dream Wheels" in Monogram boxing, even though at least half of those kits are 1:25 Revell kits.

The "big deal" as it were about this rover landing was that it's too large to land the traditionally way they have been in the past, so it was using newly developed, but otherwise unproven technology. You can test something hundreds of times pre-mission, but when it's crunch time and billions of dollars are hurtling towards the surface of Mars you have to hope it works like it's designed to...and in this case it certainly did!

That's ok though if you get the Revell N.A. boxed version the entire body will be warped like a wrung out washcloth...

Saw that yesterday, they just sold me on getting one of the "custom wheel" kits as that further distances itself from the Tamiya offering. Rather than a triumph for Aoshima, I consider it to be a big win for Toyota marketing that forced their hand into including the Scion option in the first two kits rather than a separate offering later.

Well my LHS guy has multiples of kits, but he traditionally only puts one out on the shelf of any given kit, unless it's a case where he snagged a collection. For example he has an original release of the Revell '67 Charger along with the "current" Cali Wheels version, the former coming from a collection. Otherwise I don't see much on the shelves of Virgil's shop that I can't get at mine in a way that doesn't have the kits go GMC P/U - Contach- '63 Bel Air - Mustang Saleen Speedster - '67 Chevelle - '32 Ford 5 Window - '70 Mustang - '62 Bel Air - '37/'38 Ford P/U. Nothing wrong with it per sea, but it makes my OCD want to re-organize their shelving... In regards to the original point of this thread, I didn't know my local Wal*Mart carried kits this Christmas until they showed up in the Clearance section Mid-January. I have no idea where they hid them at, it certainly wasn't in the toy section (with a 10 y/o and 1 y/o believe me I was in those aisles last year). I now work for Wal*Mart in their Grocery Distribution Transportation, so far I haven't seen any models, but I've only been to two of our 212 Wal*Marts we service since I saw this thread. If I do find them out there, I will be circling the aisles like a buzzard waiting for them to slip into clearance again, there's a great deal of parts potential in the kits the O.P. saw. Hmm I don't think I've bought multiples of anything since the Lindberg Police Chargers finally arrived after that Warehouse "fire". Although there are a few kits that I wouldn't mind having to build more than one way. But heck I need to build it the FIRST way before worrying about a second variation. My LHS is 11 miles to the East, but well worth the drive to me, and I'd be moping around relentlessly if they ever closed their doors. EDIT - I lied I bought several of the Lindberg Dodge 330 kits for their Straight 6s when they were on sale at Ollie's for $8 (the result of the aforementioned warehouse "fire".

He might love models, but he hates organization! Maybe it's me...but does anyone see a rhyme or reason as to how those kits are shelved? Glue in with the snaps, Ferraris in with Hot Rods...my gosh how do you find anything in there without having to go through every kit on each shelf. Perhaps that's the point...catch that impulse buy by getting people to find kits they didn't know they were even looking for... My LHS is Fords one shelf, Chevrolet the next, MOPAR the third (orphan brands - Hudson, AMC, Buick, Olds & Pontiac at the end of the Mopar shelf), 4th is Sports cars (Vettes, Camaros, Mustangs, Ferraris) regardless of year but organized by make and model, with import kits (Tamiya, Hasegawa, Fujimi, RoG etc at the end),Truck models on the bottom with any odd sized boxes (Trumpter, MiniCraft, etc) down there too. Snaps regardless of brand are in a clump, show cars in a clump, race car in a clump. All the manufacturer specific shelving is organized by age Newest to oldest by year of the subject left to right with any P/U & SUVs on the end after the newest cars (again in order by year of subject matter). I can walk in and in 30 seconds see what they have, if a new kit has arrived and get back out. Granted most of the time I go ponder the supplies and paint racks as well.

That should really be part of the swearing oath. Allegiance and faith to the constitution, honor, valor, bravery, dedication to the community....and anything else that may occur."

But for what point, with the bottom cover on (as seen in the Tamiya kit where they mold there's in place in the first photos) you can't even see that it has an engine. So you don't need more than the top part, and it's not exactly a hot must-have engine in the first place. The car is designed to be a perfectly balanced driving experience, not tear up the dragstrip.

Guy got stuck on the Cement Median Wall on the freeway as I recall in San Diego. The Taurus PI was at the funeral for the Utah Highway Patrol Trooper who passed away after falling to his death during a SAR operation near SLC, so yeah I would guess that's an I-80 corridor NHP unit.

Why does everyone keep saying the Aoshima kit has an engine...it did not, and does not. They have said repeatedly on their FB page that they could not include an engine at their price point...want proof? Fine...take a gander for yourself.

Yeah...so much for those Chargers there Wayne Having seen a few police policy manuals in my time let me assure you there is no section covering "Attack by Tractor"...

As pointed out above by Wayne, they ceased production of the Crown Victoria back in 2011, so unless they intentionally buy used vehicles, it's impossible to match them to the fleet exactly. Any "spare set" of vinyl will not fit any of the current platforms. Existing graphics might be made to fit the new Taurus, but heck if you're that far into a graphics program, might as well start from scratch.

Well once the "windfall" comes in from the insurance payout, lots of decisions to be made. Stick with the Ford and their new Taurus Interceptor, or go to Chevy or Dodge. Might as well consider a redesign of the graphics too since you have a blank slate of your entire fleet to work with...

Why would anyone at the Sheriff's Office get fired cause some nutjob pothead drove a tractor monster-truck style into a non-secured parking lot? You wanted them to station someone on the roof with a Barret just in case something like this ever happened? Perhaps they should have went out in the lot and did a Tiananmen Square with the guy?