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Another Charger done, decals from a Ebay seller. Paint is Dodge White Knuckle from Scale Finishes, pretty much an OOB. Had a slight set back with the paint/clear, I got rather inpatient and didnt let the clear set long enough which resulted in pulling up parts of the clear with the masking tape after painting the black trim, whoops, so that was a redo.

Found some info on this one , translated from a Chinese model kit review website. As mentioned above, this model is the first model produced by the square box model, and it was developed by raising funds on the crowdfunding platform. The model was officially released on December 28, 2023, and officially launched on the crowdfunding platform on December 30, 2023. The crowdfunding price is 199 yuan, and the official retail price is 228 yuan. At the same time, in order to allow more non-professional model players to enjoy the fun of the model. The pre-colored version was released simultaneously, with a crowdfunding price of 368 yuan and a retail price of 399 yuan. The original crowdfunding amount was 200,000, which was completed in just one day after going online. In the end, 1,559 crowdfundings were raised, and the crowdfunding funds were 549,000 yuan. However, due to various reasons, the model originally scheduled to be launched before Q3 2024 was delayed many times and was not shipped until the eve of the Lunar New Year in 2025 this year. If it weren't for the fact that the creator of the square box model was still slightly heard of among the civilian model player group, it is estimated that many people would feel that this project was difficult to give birth. (Okay, the one that is currently in labor is the Sauber C44, so Mr. Liu, please hurry up) The retail version is not available yet, and the box I have is the crowdfunding version. It has actually been a while since it arrived. I just took it out to take pictures recently. The box of the model is unusually huge, much larger than other 1/24 scale civilian models. It is larger than the boxes of many 1/24 Italian truck tractor models. Even if it is for giving as a gift, it is quite suitable.

New from Academy Models

Mine arrived today too

ST Blazer arrived today

I would buy more domestic kits if more modern stuff was being done, and to be fair , they do a good amount of modern stuff, and I do get those kits, so really my interest is modern subjects, doesn't matter where it comes from, stuff I grew up with. And I agree, it would be incredibly boring if we all liked the same stuff.

I would say 95% of the kits I buy are foreign , the only time I spend money on domestic kits if the subjects are somewhat modern( say like 80s to now).

Adding to what Rob said, it might also include their paint set, Revell is releasing that one with a paint set.

Model Car Garage has P/E slam locks https://www.modelcargarage.com/eshop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=309&idcategory=28

The Supra is a reissue too , just with some new parts, the wheels, body parts and spoiler.

Last one for 2024, finished it too on the 30th of Dec, overall, decent kit, and I feel like it could of turned out better, I was rushing to get it finished, only had a few issues , and those were mainly with the rear hatch/engine cover/window, I just had issues getting them all in the place, the engine cover kept coming lose, switch glues and the there is basically no room between where it sits and the rear windows so the rear windows got messed up a bit. Paint is AlClad Stainless Steel over Tamiya LP Black, it was a lot more shiny, but too much handling dulled it, I don't have any clears I can use over these types of paint, I tried to keep the handling to a minimum and wear cotton gloves. My only gripe with the kit, I wish Aoshima would have included overlay decals for the taillights, I ended up using a sharpie to get that part black, eggcrate I guess it would be called?

I didnt mention the movies in my build review video I did for it, and I didnt mention the movies at all in the unboxing video for it in September, does that make you feel a bit better now? Edit, I did mention it one time, but it was saying the chassis plate was the as the movie version of the kit and not stock.

One of the wholesalers list it at $37.99

AMT did a few full detail glue kits for the current/last gen Camaro, the 2017 MY, as well as the snap kits.

New from Hasegawa, Honda Civic SiR (EF9), coming late March

Recent stash reduction fails from the last few months.

Nice to know I am not the only one that does that 😄

You can adjust the percentage of those random events and detours to even completely turn them off , I have them set really low, pro tip, most of the detours you can drive thru the accident without issues.

The BTTF version would be an instant buy for me, hoping Aoshima's love affair with the movies will motivate them to do it.

On Display at the All Japan Model & Hobby Show , the 2022 NiSMO R35 GTR , this is being done in their SnapCar Series, three body colors are offered, red , white, and gray, due out soon.

I meant LHD parts , but for some reason I typed USDM, dunno why I did that.

Very happy to see all these getting done, figures, I kit bashed several Hilux kits a few years ago to make a stock long bed US version . I am going assume the LHD parts will be included since its being done as the USDM version and they just used the RHD for the show display. Happy to see them finally doing stock-ish version of the two low riders kits.

Announced at the All Japan Hobby & Model Shop

On display at the All Japan Model & Hobby Show