Ace-Garageguy

I believe you can still edit them out. I just took out the extra originals.

As others have advised, eBay has a resolution procedure to make this right. You can even upload photos to prove your point. Poor packing is clearly to blame there, so go through the available channels. I've had a few models arrive damaged, and I got at least a significant partial refund on every one...including one 1/8 scale Pocher that was pretty expensive.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED. I LOOKED AT THE POST POST-POSTING. THE PHOTO WAS NOT REPEATED. I HAVE EDITED THE REPETITION OUT.

Not as ambitious, but every bit as well designed and thought out...

Infinitely adjustable and fully automatic with its own programmable microprocessor...self cleaning too:

Only thing it's missing...

Just got in the engineless version of the Gunze "high tech" Ferrari 250 GTO, for about the same price as the all-plastic versions go for now. For those who don't know, Gunze did three versions of the 250 GTO: 1) a "high tech" version with an engine, chassis, and various parts in diecast material, with nice PE wheels and other bits, and a plastic body with opening hood; 2) the same kit with no engine and a non-opening hood, and 3) an all plastic kit with the open-hood body, but no engine, and reduced parts count. I had the all-plastic version, and wanted an additional kit to do another American V8-powered hot rod. The only plastic ones available right now seem to be in Japan, but I found the mid-level no-engine kit Stateside for about the same money. Though the bodies in these Gunze kits have some inaccuracies, I prefer the lines and proportions of the Gunze version to any of the other renditions...other than those oddly squared-off and too large rear wheel openings...a relatively easy fix.

The automotive equivalent of Windows 10.

Friendamine's '96 Miata he bought new and has maintained meticulously since was hit while parked by a brain-dead texting beeyotch a few days back. Car's still drivable, needs a fender, bumper cover, a little work on the hood, a headlamp assembly, and maybe a light pull on a rail. Natcherly, it's gone to "economic total" and they don't want to pay him diddly for the car. I'm going to look at it tomorrow prior to getting in a pizzing match with the other party's insurer to pump the payout as high as we can and still keep the thing. Shame he wasn't insured under one of the stated-value/10,000 mile/year policies available now from special-interest insurers.

The engine in your photo is a very special Roush 427 based on the Windsor smallblock (289-302-351W-etc) design. https://www.roushperformance.com/engines/427-r.html It is NOT an FE-based engine, as were the production 427 Ford engines (the engine represented by the Revell parts-pack kit). The big visual tipoff to identify most FE-based engines is the fact that the outer edge of the intake manifold forms the sealing rail for the upper edge of the valve covers. This smallblock manifold (below) is similar to what's in your photo:

Geez...I know I've seen it before, and when the answer is given, I'm going to have a big "doh" moment, but after scrolling through some of the uugliest concept cars from the period, I understand why I kinda lost interest for a couple decades. Not a bad looking car. Windshield is a little overpowering, but overall the whole thing is a helluva lot prettier than a lot of the dog-awful concepts from the time.

Many years ago ('96-'97?) when I was doing a lot with my engineering consulting company, I developed and prototyped the black vibration-damping part of this line of hammers for the Canadian company Wavex, and assisted with writing the patent application. Based on technology from their earlier vibration-damping line of golf clubs, I built the hammer handle from scratch just a block from where I'm sitting right now, with a hand-laid longitudinal fiberglass core, and an overmolded rigid vibration-damping shell (for which I still have the silicone molds). I also prototyped a cricket bat for them using the same idea. It was to have been manufactured in India, but the project fizzled out. They never paid my last invoice for completed work, and never bothered to return some books I'd loaned them on vibration propagation in various materials and structures, as apparently Wavex went bankrupt, and sold out to another tool company. Still, it's kinda cool having something I made immortalized in a production tool though (and I did get a few hammers out of the deal).

I'm still working every day, business as usual...though shop volume is down about 50% and we laid one guy off until it picks back up (but he's not panicking, 'cause his own shop is full of work he can catch up on). The state is seeing a rise in new cases (primarily among younger people), interestingly about 2 weeks after all those "peaceful protests" where nobody was too worried about social-distancing. Still going for my twice-weekly hikes at the mountain, weekly grocery run, parts and hardware stores for work as necessary, twice to Hobby Town since they reopened, not wearing a mask unless wherever I'm going specifically requires it for entry, and not using hand sanitizer...just a little common sense. I'm well over 65, so I guess I should be hiding under the bed, praying for another round of stimulus checks. Nah.

Thanks for your interest too. I like that hot-rod Maserati. And yes, it's not going to be red.

Thanks for your interest. I'm kicking myself for holding off so long to try the Tamiya stuff, but Duplicolor and PlastiKoke used to work so nicely...

Thanks for the heads-up on the Airfix version. I'm looking for another engineless one to do something else a little different, and boy, have the prices climbed since last time I looked.

Thanks guys. As always, I appreciate your interest and comments. And Pico...you just never know.

And thank you all for your interest and comments.

Kinda hard to understand why that didn't grind to beat all hell, sounding like you were chewing rocks with a front wheel, every time you stepped on the brake pedal. It has to have been crying for help for weeks to get that bad.

Gotcha.

Again, I'm curious. In my understanding, fun=enjoyment. So...why the hell would anybody do this stuff if it wasn't for enjoyment? Much of the narrative always seems to me to be implying that "fun" and pursuing excellence are mutually exclusive, and that those of us who enjoy pursuing quality, even if we never finish anything, somehow are not doing it right. Can "fun" be challenging? Can "having FUN" sometimes be frustrating? Can "fun" be difficult? Can "fun" be very time consuming with little tangible reward? Yes to all the above in my world-view. And in case it's not clear, I'd rather have one unfinished model exhibiting exceptionally fine craftsmanship than a hundred just slapped-together. BUT...that is certainly not to say that I don't see how people can enjoy putting kits together, even with nothing added whatsoever. Minimal effort. Or working to ANY standard they desire to embrace. If that floats somebody's boat, that's just dandy with me. And I don't think we need fun-police. Or quality-police. So...if you enjoy modeling the particular way you approach it, if it adds something to your life (even if it's not adhering to anyone else's definition of "FUN"), even if frustration occasionally makes you want to throw something across the room, then you're doing it right.

Lotsa info here... And here:

Me too. Some of the Homeowners Associations here are run by power-mad baby-Hitlers, commonly known now as "Karens". Their mission in life is to tell other people what to do, how, and when. I've refused to live in any planned neighborhood for decades for this very reason. Interestingly, it doesn't seem to bother a lot of folks to be told what mailbox is acceptable, how often to mow their lawns, trim their trees, or whether they can have guests park in the street for a party. I've had a friend once told he couldn't work on his own car, in his own garage, if the garage door was open...and that working on one's car was discouraged anyway.

Glad to. Box was full; now it's not.