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Just the one 1970 kit.

Body and flat hood. The Monogram '79 Camaro had always been a T-Top prior to this release.

There hardly anyone in the U.S. that will do plating anymore on commercial injection molded kits. You want chromed parts on an aftermarket kit being produced in a war zone?

In the previous post I mentioned being too lazy to take these photos, but I eventually overcame my procrastination. Shunko sheets are for the Tamiya Pajero Dakar kit. The others are all from Reji Model- The Audi is one sheet that builds either the '18 or '19 car. Another random sheet for the Belkits 6R4 and Bastos sheet for the Ascona. And the "logo sheets" for the 555s on Hasegawa Subarus and the Rothmans logos for the Ascona kit.

Yes this is the Circa 1969 everything opens Revell kit. Their box art is a homage to the original.

It's an "industry" standard within modern aftermarket that anything that doesn't need a donor and can be built directly "out of the box" is a "Full Kit" regardless as to whether or not it's a "full detail kit (aka w/engine)" in terms of injection molded kit parlance. Anything that isn't a full kit is a transkit, which within the name indicates your transforming something else with the resin parts and you'd need said donor kit (and probably a decent modicum of skill and experience) to build the item.

Put in an order at SpotModel after Christmas with a bunch of decals I'm too lazy to photograph, and also both versions of the Belkits Opel Ascona 400

The kit is out in it's North American boxing, it's running roughly $47-$52 depending on where you buy it which is a hot discount compared to importing the Euro boxing and dealing with Euro conversion and Int'l Shipping. There's boxings for both sides of the Atlantic as shown in the first post of this thread.

However in modern kit injection molding gates are no longer used. The tool runs with all of the parts, and you're suggesting gating out (if you don't want windows or chrome) 98% of a single piece tool to pop a body and hood for a kinda sorta the thing (previous messages about tooling changes to the original taken into consideration) you want. Ya know I guess if it were some sort of "One Run of Fun" release and you were personally going to be responsible for all the slings and arrows Round2 would take for releasing a "close enough" version of the kit. But I doubt Round2 is going to risk damaging their tool by welding gates into it and trying to figure out the flow rates on injecting a fraction of the tool on something that could never be reissued again. The UnReal Edsel is rapidly closing in on being 60 years old and the vast majority of it's customer base is closing in on (or past) 70. They aren't going to need another one when they're 80+ yrs old.

The 65 is probably tooled in a way the suspension/drivetrain can be run separately because it goes under all of the other AWB subjects. The question is whether the 90s Edsel body & Chrome can run without the rest of the tooling. It probably isn't economical to have to scrap 90% of the Edsel kit just to pack the body into something else, let alone tool new parts to boot.

Frankly I'd be happy if someone made new tools in 1/24 of both the Fiat and MkII Escort to ship those ancient ESCI kits off to purgatory where they belong 40+ years later. The other things you mentioned are Belkits, not Beemax. The problem is Belkits is still 3 years behind (given their one kit per year pace) given they still have the RS200 and 3 Renaults pending.

I just mean there are a lot of EF3 & EF9 Civics that ran stuff like Spa (which they did both R31 & R32s for), Macau, and more than the "famous 4" that were in JTCC. Hasegawa does love to release nearly every version of something no matter how obscure (see the AE92 & 101 Levins). Not sure they could do the Cabin one period as that's a eeeevil Tobacco livery. Interestingly the Fujimi EK they just reissued in Late Version boxing actually has a newly tooled body in it. But I'd still take a current "look" Hasegawa version of one. Not so sure about a 1996 version given how basic the EG Civics are (in comparison to the newer stuff). Also definitely a vote for a 3rd Gen Civic to "replace" the Tamiya kit and plug holes in early JTCC collections.

I didn't intend for this to be a Nissan only shipment, but sometimes that's the way the releases crumble. Latest box from HLJ.

Correct.

I'm guessing there will be an EF3 (Earlier 4th Gen than 1990) version to come along with a few years worth of racing kits out of this one. For those who are like - Ooo another Civic - Whoopie! - I can't help that exactly, but for JDM/Tuner folks there's (for whatever reason) never been a factory stock kit of a 4th Gen Civic. Beemax/NuNu have released about a half dozen racing kits of the EF3 & EF9, but you're only bet for making one into a street car was a lot of resin or 3D printing with some kitbashing mixed in there. This should be a strong seller, especially if they don't double up on the previous race versions already done. The 4th Gen Civics ran from the 1988 Season through the 1991 Season and were the most popular and successful JTCC Group 3 car, there's dozens of choices beyond the ones already done.

So after an arduous journey because HobbyEasy used some odd 3rd Party shipper instead of the usual HongKong Post - which involved this being handled by UPS Mail Innovations. The only thing Innovative about it is how long they take to deliver it to the USPS for the final mile. Anyways here's my Tamiya 911 GT3RS. Also with this shipment a set of Fat Frog (HobbyEasy house brand) "regular" GT3RS wheels, a set of decals from MixHobby for a random 2021 GT Sprint Challenge (Chinese National Series) Audi R8 [I'm a decalholic], and Studio27 P/E frets for the Hasegawa R32 GT-R and Mk 3 Supra race cars.

This is the typical Moebius reissue of a Model King "exclusive" kit. Pretty much every kit that Dave has helped to fund in some way (different engine, racing option, the ramp truck parts) is eventually reissued as a Moebius branded kit after a period of a few years at their normal production quantity. By the time this winds it's way around, it will have been two years since the original MK kit was released.

Some Ferds from the LHS Also the latest from the folks at PZY/Kitbox. A resin multimedia Liberty Walk Ferrari F40

Did I quote you? Did I quote anyone at all in that post? No I didn't. So I don't know why you decided to call me silly and then write me a novella I'm not going to read on principle. When I was scrolling in amazement of how long your diatribe was I noticed you mentioned modern SUVs. Well Round2 made one and since then all anyone here and every other social media platform has done is kvetch, moan, and complain about the number of doors and the lack of an engine.

Should be in stock just about everywhere this week. Your individual mileage may vary depending on where your hobby shop/vendor gets their Tamiya kits. Be aware Tamiya has sold out the initial production run, so if you want one in 2024, grab it when you see it or you'll be waiting into the 1Q of 2025 for a restock.

Just a little nibble from HLJ in November...

This might have waited until the kit was closer than a calender year away...

Another big problem is the licensing for John Deere - to just pull it out of space, rather than utilizing a long standing one like Tomy/Ertl has - is ridiculously expensive. Likely in itself would cost more than the ROI of the kit sales would produce because the last run of those kits sold like moldy produce. If there's one thing that kiboshes kit projects faster than anything, it's past sales data.