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Better than a model of a subject that is over 50 years old, the hobby isn't just for the "boomers" and its time they accept that have some respect for us millennials that is spending our money in the hobby too. So you are darn right, yippy skippy indeed?. ( I am not directing that at you Tony, just general lee speaking)

Yeah Carl, the bottom part does pop out when moving if you are not careful , the only downside to them.

If I am being honest, it was whole lotta meh for me, but I am just not in the target demographic they are trying to sell models too.

its still there as of 1 hour after your reply , I missed the live stream and just skimmed thru it.

Yep, I ran out of room a long time ago for both built and unbuilt, but I keep buying and building..................

Here is a look at the built ups that are on display( credit goes to whomever I "borrowed " the pic from)

Why I didnt bother doing any photos myself, I got my kit last week. I was test fitting the body and chassis and its not a great fit, there are some gaps in certain areas.

Ahh, so I found the article , here is the piece from the article I was referring to. The person that I am quoting is "Interview with Masato Kiya" he worked for Tamiya and at the time (2013) Ebbro models I mis quoted him and I couldnt remember word word or in what context, but in the interview he was talking about kit design, he said this Of course. Tires are always a bother… Where you put the wheel centers changes the impression that a car makes considerably. But the tires don’t squeeze down under their own weight, as they do on real cars. Even though they’re made of rubber. You can find it here http://f1modelingcorner.blogspot.com/p/ebbro-interview-part-4.html Well, I know there are some people who go by the re-arrangements-aren’t-necessary theory, and I can understand what people like that are saying. But, just as we were saying about “where to put the wheel centers” before, if you just shrink down actual car blueprints and transpose them onto a 1/24 or 1/20 model as-is, you don’t get that “realism”. So, there are times when you have to do some re-arranging, to kind of emphasize realism. But you know, with the Honda City R for example, I made some adjustments by lowering the waistline and widening the window areas a lot, but none of those no-adjustment-theory people even noticed. So I “get away with” things like that, but in the end with models, and with car models especially, I think it has to be that way. That is to rephrase, models are sets of tridimensional volumes, aren’t they? So I think that feeling of volume, that comes from the lines and surfaces, is what’s most important. So whether the cabin is big or small, the window areas are wide or narrow, or the tires’ ellipticity mass is large or small, of course I draw out those things with lines and attach my surfaces to them, but it’s in the way the surfaces lie, I think. And that’s the fun part of designing. That is from here http://f1modelingcorner.blogspot.com/p/ebbro-interview-part-5.html

Dale, you brought up a very good point, and if I can find it I will link it, but there was an interview with one the top guys that worked at Tamiya and then went to Ebbro models, within that interview he spoke about the challenges of designing a kits and that is the suspension and ride height because its very hard to transfer the weight of a car on the tires to scale, or something on those lines.

Well, another , didnt see this one coming, interesting they chose to do the race version, but nonetheless, cool to see another new modern subject being done. Its close enough to stock that one could make like a modified street version, more than likely that is the route I will take.

My guess is they are always sold out , its a product they sell, for long time, it varied and some locations here would or would not have them locked up. The bottle of primer is not locked up at any of three locations that I visit.

I was hoping someone would pick up on the way I was saying it, and shocked it was you I am not Matt ?

Clean, I love it

For that, sure, it probably is "just as good" for those people, sigh.

And they said that with a straight face?, that is load of bull, and then some.

Tamiya has primer in the bottle that allows it be used as a filler primer https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/finishing/liquid-surface-primer-40ml/ If you have a Hobby Lobby, they carry Tamiya primer and you can use the 40% off coupon, I order my cans on line for about $9 per can at $3 shipping, I get a couple at time and save.

Thats a real nice looking rack.

This is a very valid point he is making, a lot of the "hardware" store masking tapes are only designed for oil based paints, not for hotter type solvents, I just recently learned that about masking tape, its not a one size fits all product.

I do the same, I use Tamiya for the main masking, and then I use Frog Tape to cover for overspray

The only tape I trust is Tamiya Masking tape, and probably Mr Hobby's new line of masking tape

Here we have Kurt's Monster Camaro, first completed for 2020, although I did start work on in 2019, decals were provided to me by Mark at MPR decals, these are from his new printer, and wow, they are excellent decals to work with, much better than ALPS printed decals. Some of the decals are not from his sheet. Body is from Mike's Decals, and needed a lot of work , was in honesty disappointed with the quality of the body. I am sort not happy with how it turned out, I used the same method and products on this one like I have on all my previous Monster and matte/satin finished builds and it did not turn out the same.

Thanks Rob

Well hopefully the aftermarket world will step up and do up a correct I4 engine and stocks wheels for the Luv, I would "luv" for that to happen

The Range Rover is a carry over from last year I believe, it should be out soon.

Well thats cool gonna have to get both of them ( El Cam/Luv)