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It's not just you; if the photo is too wide to fit your browser on this forum it gets a "shrink to fit" treatment so the whole image is visible w/o a scroll bar. There are multiple ways you can temporarily zoom out on the web page so the pics aren't pre-shrunk. I use the Ctrl and minus keys to zoom out, and Ctrl and plus keys to zoom back in afterwards. Or use Ctrl and mouse scroll button. Let's just say that the forum software has a lot of bugs, quirks and glitches and leave it at that.

Nowadays the old 5.0 Monster Miata has been put out to pasture, the hot setups for engine swaps for early Miatas is the GM LS series V8; being 2 valve engines they fit fairly well. Even more interesting from size/weight perspective is an LFX conversion, w/modern GM V6. With the right tune even that V6 (which stock has about 75 more HP than the old 5.0) is going to have a power to weight ratio that will blow your mind...or even that of an old Cobra! The Coyote engine would be interesting, but since it has more modern 4 valve heads, it takes a lot more real estate than the GM LS series.

Too late for me, mine is on the way. I'll deal with it...the NSX I built for review is getting upgraded with the molded mesh replaced, new Plamoz wheels, and a rear spoiler.

I assume no photos of Panamera or the Porsche tractor?

I told Eric when he built it that it's exactly the first 308 I ever saw, exact same color combo. Almost wrecked my Dad's car when I saw it. One of my favorite Ferrari designs ever. For such a dead-simple kit, it's the best looking, best proportioned 308 plastic kit ever. I have one of the Revell AG reissues that I intend to build one of these days when I need a good slump-buster.

The RX7 will be a 2-in-1 this time; full stock and race version all in one box. Definitely looking forward to it! It's not part of the Monogram exotic series; has full detail. I wouldn't be surprised if the Revell Miata gets reissued soon, it's been a long time since it's been out and it's a great kit. Much more detail than the Tamiya kit.

Thanks for sharing, so bummed we had to miss the show this year...

Love that! Gorgeous lines. Definitely has classic coachbuilt proportions. Goes without saying Ford had the right start but this takes it towards sublime.

I think it's a great idea; one I have had myself as well. Take the well-designed but "economy car of the day" proportions of the Ford and stretch them to classic proportions. The Ford is so clean, if it had classic proportions it would fit among the high-dollar, high-end classics. Now...get to building it!!

LOL ain't that the truth! The last time our ACME group descended on NNL East in numbers (2014) Harold had a banner day in sales between at least 5 of our group. Going to try to finish my 250TDF before this year's show because he told us he hardly ever gets to see any of his kits actually built!

Plating hides absolutely nothing, so the quality of the plating is dependent on how clean, smooth, and glossy the material is that is being plated. The parts get a clearcoat applied before plating, but if resin pieces being sent are not as clean, smooth, and glossy as similar injection molded plastic pieces are, then the quality of the plating will suffer. Can the primer be sanded & polished to the same smooth surface finish as injection molded plastic? I spoke w/Bob Dahl (Bob's Paint & Kustom Khrome) in person, if you have any questions he'll give you plenty of input before you send parts to him for plating.

One of the benefits of going to NNL East: Harold is there in person with product for sale. Good for the psyche. Hard on the wallet.

Yes, he closed it down recently. Not sure if there was any public announcement.

Yes. Hobbytown is right off of I-75 in a major shopping center, Free Time is along the major 4 lane highway running through Blue Ridge.

Yes, but mail order only, no showroom.

There's a big Hobbytown USA in Kennesaw, northwest of Atlanta, and if you want the best hobby shop in the region, you have to drive up to Blue Ridge to Free Time Hobbies. Excellent shop, excellent selection, great prices.

The first shipment of RF's hit the west coast, including Canada, in the last week or so.

I have bought wheels & tires, good stuff!

This is the only fuel for the imaginary fire. It's a fake news site. The entire rumor began from a fake news site. There is no reality to the rumors.

Jonathan, thanks for your honest review of the kit. Let's hope AMT listens to the critiques and refines the kit, and others that may be coming behind it. The more full-detail kits they make like this, the better they should get.

Thanks Tom, great coverage and great to see you again, see you in January!

I know of at least one

The latest sheet I purchased is back to smooth; the 2 previous had the "orange peel" adhesive issue. Those sheets are now used for masking. I only use the regular aka "new & improved" chrome, never the ultra bright, though I think there was a time in the past couple of years they tried to pass off the ultra bright as the regular when they were having yet another one of their production issues.

I measured the steel wheel. I could see on the test shot that the wheels were small...but until I measured them I had no idea how small they really were. The visible outer diameter of the steel wheel is a scale 14"; the diameter is .56". Considering that the visible diameter of any wheel on any car is roughly 1" greater than the size of the wheel/tire at the bead because of the bead retainer, this makes the Bronco kit wheel a 13" wheel. Data shown by Gregg elsewhere on this forum shows Broncos used 15" and 16" diameter wheels. The visible diameter of the steel wheel should be anywhere from .64" - .68" diameter. Here's a comparison of the kit wheel/tire (on the right) next to the kit tire (on left) with an AMT Ford Ranger SXT 4x4 wheel inserted into the tire; it fits fairly well and stretches the tire diameter. The SXT wheel is .675" in diameter; it's the size the Revell wheel should have been.

Thanks Tim! The Toledo show went by too fast...