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I know this will sound odd, but I loathe the idea of cleaning up the kit. Sanding molding lines, cleaning up seams, injector marks, sink marks, etc. I absolutely can't stand the idea of doing all of that. Now I can do it all, and it's never as bad as I think it will be, but the idea of having to sit down and do it causes me...well to not sit down and do it. Then when I actually get the gumption up it turns into one of those "Why did I put this off so long?" things.

The track wasn't wet in the first place, the jet dryers were just out using the vented jet exhaust to blow the debris and built up rubber down the track. Why does everyone who wasn't watching the race, and are clearly too lazy to actually search out and watch a replay feel the need to constantly spout forth their opinions on this incident in both of these threads involving this discussion?

What difference does it make what color you paint it? Box Stock is about building it strictly from the parts that come in the box, it has nothing to do with what color you paint the model.

There's been plenty of posting going...why in the past 24-36 hours - I've re-learned what the NNL stands for, for the 10,000th time - Found out what it means when a forum topic is locked - Watched as people's apologies were questioned in sincerity and purpose - Saw people's real names and identities investigated by crack forum pot stirrers - Witnessed a former moderator break 2 of the 4 rules here and not get banned - Saw a topic with "?" as a title to find out it was disappointingly NOT a missive from the Riddler to Batman but rather how to ship a "life size" bench seat through Craigslist. - Celebrated Virgil's ability to post more in 90 days than the rest of us combined will in our lifetimes - Pondered how much I should bill Gregg if I'm going to shill to get MCM onto newsstands, since that seems to be the job of...well Gregg and/or Golden Bell With this much top notch, high quality, edge of your seat entertainment going on, who has time to build anything, let alone post about it?

They didn't take anything away from you, this is a 25+ year old tool, and for better or worse molding the rear suspension with the exhaust is just how things were done back then. A majority of these 60ish part 1:24 Monogram tools from the 80's "suffer" from the same type of design.

No the Tom Daniel BAD MEDICINE kit is what is being reissued in May (or April depending on your LHS's ability to be on the Preferred Retailer list). There's is no mention from Revell now or anytime this release platform about the Medicine Man kit coming back out. The kit was brought up in this thread as to which kit it was vs. Bad Medicine, but it is not in the catalog, nor forthcoming in the First Half of 2012. Come June when the Late Summer/Fall update release platform is announced, who knows. Revell has been on a tear over the past few years reissuing almost every single Tom Daniel's tool they still can find all the molds to at this rate.

I don't know how the current reissue's instruction manual reads, but the older version's (I have the SSP release from the early 90's) instructions has a blurb about doing just that (removing the "B" pillar) before the first step, to turn it into the hardtop. But you also have to file/sand off the side window trim.

I'm in the same boat Tim, except that I have to leave my house by 5:30pm to be in for my 6p-6a shift. Usually I get delusions of grandeur of all the work I will get done on project xyz as soon as I get home. But as I've told others my motivation tends to exit my spirit about the same time my front tires hit my driveway. We work a vague 4 days on, 2 days off schedule, but that tends to get thrown out the window on most jobs as things breakdown, or need to be rescheduled. Those 4/2's rotate so there's no defined days off (although we know our "schedule" for a month in advance). What Donn says about "forcing" yourself to hit the bench is true. I try to at least clean-up, paint, or glue SOMETHING every morning when I get home, even if it means I'm only at the bench for 15-20 minutes. Because I know if I pass the hobby area in my basement on the way up to the main floor of the house in the morning, there's a 98% chance I will not go back down. I love and value my sleep, and I like to get 8 hours a "night" (day for you non-vampire folk), so getting up early to work never happens, and if I stay up late (to the ungodly hour of say 11am!!) it's because I'm out of the house running actual errands. The biggest problem I have is getting major components spray painted. We've had a number of "warm enough" days here in PA this winter (looks to be another one today), but I also don't see the sun even on my days off because I am sleeping. Investing in a paint booth would of course fix that to a certain extent, but that involves spending money I don't necessary believe in the entire "shift work disorder" depression thing. I enjoy working nights, I requested to work them in fact. If anything I suffer from exhaustion! There was a span before Christmas where my crew and I worked 19 days straight without a day off.

If you look closely there's actually TWO engines in there. One the original equipment, and one a more modern "enviromentally conscious" retrofit.

I mean I was fairly "annoyed" with how long it took to get the '10 Camaro SS kit out. It was announced prior to iHobby at the NNL in 2010, so by the time it finally fell out of the sky about 15-20 days ago, it was also 15 months from it's announced date. But I never thought it had been canceled, or Revell wasn't going to release it. Now it's downstairs tossed onto the pile of everything else I "HAD" to have, and couldn't wait to see I think part of the problem is too many people know too many people who can get them the Quarterly "Preferred Supplier" Release list, which allows that foggy 3-4 month look into the future. Otherwise you wouldn't know what to expect from Revell other than what they announce as new releases on their website the first Monday of the new Month on their website.

Yes they did. Revell had test shots of their ill-fated diecast based 80's Olds Cutlass. Ever since then there seems to be immense concern when Revell doesn't announce 6 months in advance when new tooling kits are going to be released. Nevermind it's only been 4 months since iHobby, they aren't on the 1st quarter schedule....PANIC PANIC PANIC! Tower Hobbies is listing the Moebius C 300 for late June, that will put it out 15 months after it's original release date, and nearly 2 years after it was announced, yet I don't see where people are gathered with pitchforks and torches (i imagine because they've been reasonably transparent along the way). There was a bunch of "Revell is evil and isn't ever going to release it" drama around the '48 Ford when it got delayed, that ended up being much ado about nothing. There aren't even any known delays with these three new tools, but they aren't coming out fast enough. GATHER THE MOB! Most everyone here (myself included) could wait 50 years for this round of models to be released and never run out of styrene. Take a breath, step away from the ledges...

Well in that case I insist you go march your moderating powers over to the On the Workbench and Under Glass sections and promptly move every single thread for the entire 6 year history of this forum that is a truck, car-truck, SUV, or something cross-wise like that 4x4 Corvette "SUV" and put them where they belong immediately. Then promptly suspend or ban everyone involved for not being able to read and follow the rules. Oooor get some ice, and some nicely aged single malt, and go over in the corner and apply liberally until you relax sufficiently to stop yelling at the membership. The truck section was asked for by people who build trucks...ya know vroom-vroom diesel things with more than 4 wheels. I seriously doubt there are enough people here specifically building pick-ups, no matter how popular the lowrider/bagged trend is/was to justify the creation of a specific Truck section for them.

I have to say the couple bucks that a sprue cutter costs is worth the investment, both from an ease and safety standpoint. Cutting things off the sprue with an X-Acto tends to either send them flying, gouge them, or shatter the blade/knock the point off. I like the "scissors" aspect of how sprue cutters work. I sorta ho-hummed the idea for years, then found a set at Hobby Lobby and with a 40% coupon they were like $2. Now it's one of those "Why did I wait all this time to buy these?!?!?!?!" moments.

The key with DupliColor primer is to mist on the first 2-3 coats to get a complete coat down over the entire model before putting down one "wet" coat. At 10 minute flash times between coats, it doesn't really take that long. When it comes to painting after proper prep, not rushing is the next most important thing.

Correct, just mauled and manhandled into one of the boxes we insist on using here in the States. It also costs us a few bucks less for the kit...$21 vs. $26+ for the Revell AG version. Although my LHS has two of the VW Samba "Bus" van kits, and the Revell AG version is $5 LESS than the "North American" version. I think that might have something to do with how long the AG version has been languishing in inventory.

My kit also had all of the Spyder specific parts just laying on top of the "shared" (new tool, but some of the parts are the same) parts unwrapped. This isn't the first Revell AG rebox into Revell North America fiasco either. My Ferrari Italia had a warped parts tree that included such needed to be flat parts like the chassis pan and engine/firewall insert. I think I'm just gonna start paying the extra couple of bucks for the "long import box", as these kits clearly don't fit into our boxes without crush and warping issues. Things like the Trabant 601S, SLS AMG and Citroen 2CV Charleston that can only come via the long box have all been packed well, and demage free.

The recent modified reissue of the '64 Fairlane "Street Machine" has (although unmentioned on the box or instructions) at least all of the engine parts to build the motor from the T-Bolt kit. I haven't had one since way back when so I don't know if everything is still in there from the original release or not.

As a frequent importer via HobbyLink Japan I can confirm what the others have said in regards to there being NO import customs or duty fees on plastic model kits. There also isn't much of a wholesale (as we in the States would expect it) market either. Depending on exactly what kits you're trying to get $30 a piece might be more than you would pay via HLJ or Hobby Search. I am all rah rah for HLJ because they offer FedEx shipping, and for the few extra bucks I get a live tracking number, and my order arrives damage-free in 3 days like clockwork (when things are in stock). If this is your first time buying direct from Japan, I'd stick to established retail vendors for an order or two to get your feet wet, and get an idea for how long EMS & SAL take to get to your door. I'm relatively sure SAL is actually done on camel-back along the ancient Orient Spice trade routes.

My LHS has the following kits in stock... AMT/Round 2 '55 '09 '10 Convertible '12 The last 3 are the new tooling "Craftsman" style aka curbside (no engine) Revell/Monogram '53 '63 (coupe & convertible -SnapTite) '68 Convertible Aerovette Show Car '99 '01 Z06 '05 '10 ZR-1 Revell also tooled '58 & '59 roadsters which are reasonably easy to find on eBay. There is an all new '62 Vette based on the 58/59 tool coming out later in 2012 (probably late summer/early fall). You'll also find that getting the old AMT/Ertl era kits of modern Vettes (ZR-1, 50th Anniversary, etc) are easy to find on eBay, just watch the prices, some people are now calling them "VINTAGE", or "RARE & HARD TO FIND", but in reality anything over $10-15 is too much.

Got this at my LHS last weekend, currently in contact with Revell to replace the body which had a pretty severe counter-clockwise warp. Left front and right rear were trying to meet each other. Revell said they had not had any other reports like mine, so I hope I just got a "Friday" kit so to speak.

All things being equal I fail to see how disturbing photos of you in a man onesie did anything to make this a better more enjoyable place.

I notice that Dave's chrome tree in the first post also sports the same "sine wave" warp to it that my kit does. Mine was packed on the very top of the box, bent around everything to get the lid on... I don't know if they're rushing things overseas or what, but this is something like the 6th or 7th recent Revell kit that had packing and subsequent (or prior to packing) warping damage. You should see the body on my Audi R8 Spyder, looks, like someone rung it out like a wash cloth.

Looking at my photos closer you're right that is a light gray, not beige. Still isn't the dark blue that's standard. I also think the difference between city cars and the state cars (both in Az, as well as Texas & FLA) is that the troopers are going to be on their squads for quite a longer duration, and there's no shade to speak of on the median of I-8. Back to the more recent question, yes they were tan/beige in those years as evidenced by this '81 Gran Fury

AZ DPS has, or at least had tan interiors.

TX DPS Impalas (of which there were only a handful) had tan interiors. If you put a blue (or God forbid black) interior in state where the temperature parks at, and stays over 100 for the majority of the summer the car and trooper will spontaneously combust!