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I get it. I'm with you. However this brings three issues that still don't understand. First off, they can still reissue some old stuff AND create new. One does not exclude the other. And they have shown they are capable of it both financially and technologically, with their diecast releases in various scales and product lines. Second, they could still reissue some kits, but improve them in some areas. I mean, some of them are just waist of plastic out of the box. And last, but definitely not least, is the issue that I know will strike a note with some. This kind of thinking is extremely selfish and not healthy for the hobby's future. I am in my '40s and have two boys, who are at ages perfect for getting into the hobby. But that is pretty darn hard, when you go in Hobby Lobby (which is like a Round 2 company store) and they don't see anything that grabs their interest. Or when it does, it has such poor fitment and bad instructions, that it is no fun for them. In forums, in magazines and at every show I have ever been for the last 20 years, I hear how the hobby is slowly shrinking. How there is no new blood. How there is no one to replace the outgoing generation of builders. And how model stores and companies are closing doors and going out of business. Well, duhhhhhh........ Tamiya is not. Aoshima is in its renaissance. Fujimi had a huge plastic kit comeback. But look what they are making and how they are making it. I build hot rods and customs. Throw enough '30s Fords at me and I'll be happy. The Japanese companies take care of my Ferrari passion. But the hobby can not progress and continue on people like me alone. Or on people who like to build their neighbor's daily beater from 1971.

I just wish, that instead of reissuing old and in many cases obsolete and sub-par kits (by today's standards), they would invest in making something brand new.

Great looking Deuce. I love the color combo.

To achieve the "Foose body" - no. That's the short answer. Now, as much as I love Foose's work and talent, this is yet another plagiarism of his, writing his name on something originally created by Boyd Coddington. Originally the idea was a collaboration between Bob Kolmos and Boyd, which Boyd made a reality, without Foose involvement. The AMT tub and for that matter the original '32 Phaeton body has different shape than what Boyd originally created and Foose put his name on years after Boyd died. This is the Bob Kolmos Phantom Phaeton created from an original steel Tudor Sedan.

One of those cars, a 1999 to be exact almost killed me. At the end, I survived, but the car didn't.

ohhhhhh I just did. That's a bummer! I even had the wife convinced on a trip to Memphis and all........ oh, well.....it is what it is....

I will be going. It will be my very first time as I just moved to Nashville. Can't wait. I need my "fix". Haven't been to show in years.

Unfortunately I just saw this, so I missed it by a weekend. Oh, well....Maybe next year in person.

All I was saying is that it would be great if there was a body like that available from Motor City Casters. And you have both the skills and the connections.

Thanks for the info. What kind of semi-gloss clear do you use? My experience is that most paint does not do well on the tire material.

Found it. It was Rodney. I apologize to both of you. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/130134-32-phanton-foose-build-update-21118/

I may be mistaken, but I thought you started working some time back on making a two door phaeton, by combining the Tudor sedan, with the 3 window with the roadster cowl, to replicate the Brookville limited run of bodies, which were designed by Chip Foose. I thought that was you, but I may have mixed you up with another builder on here.

Wow! Amazing! I have used decals for white walls only once (the only model I have ever built with white walls ). They were not bad, but not as bright and crisp as yours. Did you use any clear or anything other than Micro-Sol?

You will. And I hope you finish that phantom phaeton (Chip Foose) WITH A ROOF. And then get it molded. I would be on board for few.

There is no way in hell, these white walls were achieved with the kit's decals.

A perfect Deuce. I need to order me some of these bodies.

Great looking model. Although, the more I look at it and at the model I built, the more I realize, how much that windshield needs to be chopped.

Gorgeous

I personally had a blast building it, so you should definitely get one and give it a try.

I enjoy watching your progress. I started one of these kits too. But mine is going to be far from box stock.

I just received my order from Drag City Casting this morning with Moredoor body It is absolutely stunning. Both the execution of the chop and conversion and the flawless quality of the casting.

Very nice. I really enjoy your choice of engine and colors.

I just received two of these two days ago. I still have not decided what I want to do with them, but I have that image burned in my head of a teal '29 highboy with full hoods on the cover of Street Rodder magazine from years ago. And I mean many years ago. What I really want is a full fendered model A, but I feel too lazy to tackle that. Here is my roadster. It is box stock, except for the wheels/tires.

Tim, thank you for the insight. I think this conversation got really tangled up. I was responding to someone's notion, that over time perhapsely there would have been more releases of the model A's with other options. (I don't doubt that) But the Revell '32 "franchise was given as an example. Tho which I responded that Revell made new tooling for some absolutely unnecessary changes, while for 25 years they never changed the boring plain Jane 9"rear. The grille shell in Stacy Adams Rat Roaster is a new tooling. The grille itself is new. The front shock mounts and lights are new tooling and the hood is a new tooling, which is optional and could have been omitted. The whole body is a new tooling. With new fenders. The frame is a new tooling. The entire interior is a new tooling. Now if Revell made a Tom Prufer style Street rod, retaining the frame, the body, the hoods, the grille shell, grille, lights, the front shock mounts and added just new style door panels and seat for the interior and put the same rear axle with quick change and packaged it with SBC they made for the Rat Roaster with some cool wheel/tire combo similar to the original roadster's, it would have cost half as much to make and it would have blown the doors off the Stacy Adams's sales. Not to mention, without paying what I am sure is insane amount of licensing money to him and his show. So, the point I am trying to make is that obviously profitability is not the only driving force behind the decisions that Revell has made. And exactly because it is easy for modelers to swap parts, it should be considered to add a new rear end once every 25 years. And yes, we can find the parts we need in other kits. Heck, I can make me the parts I need in more ways than one. But just like not everyone is capable of that, not everyone can afford to buy six different kits just to get a '32 to sit right, just because Revell forgot they already have what they need to put in the box. Ultimately, things like that lead to the demise of companies. Two almost identical kits, but with two different bodies, two sets of wheels, two frames, two engines, two interiors (each!!!!), three sets of headlights....Revolutionary! it is an absolutely amazing kit I have multiples of both. And then you put in the same 25 year old pumpkin? Was that hard to have two different rear ends? One in each kit, like the engines.