Spex84 Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Ok, let's take this to the lab. Enhance. Enhance. Enhance. I need to get a life, hahaha.
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) There are 8. I spent some time studying the photo carefully, and as mentioned, the light source casts shadows that make it appear that the spacing is odd at the top, leading to only 7 terminals, when in fact, it's fine. What appears to be a dark absence of a terminal at the top center of the cap is actually a terminal, but the angle the light is hitting it makes it appear dark. If you force yourself to see what IS there rather than what it APPEARS is there, it becomes apparent what's happening. EDIT: Spex84 beat me to it. Well done, sir. Edited March 20, 2016 by Ace-Garageguy
Greg Myers Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 8, 8, 8, do we have 9 ? 9, 9, can we get a 10?
Ace-Garageguy Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Kinda casts a little more doubt on all that "photographic evidence" of alien faces sculpted on the Martian landscape, and alien "structures" on the moon etc., eh?
Brett Barrow Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 (edited) I would tend to agree with you Tim, but this photo isn't blurry, and it clearly shows only 7. (Unless two are Siamesed? - Still not good) Won't stop me from picking one up, but if the one I buy has only 7 towers, I will grumble...It's a trick of the light. There's a highlight around the edge of the cap itself and it cancels out the highlight on the top pip and makes it look like a space. The one from the roadster is doing the same trick right in front of my eyes as type this. Oops, I responded to this from the previous page, now I see it was answered even better up this page Edited March 20, 2016 by Brett Barrow
exesivefire Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 So now that's two people that pointed this out, can we move on?
afx Posted March 20, 2016 Posted March 20, 2016 Agreed. If that is the only issue with the kit it will the greatest kit in history.
ChrisBcritter Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 I'm only counting seven spark plug terminals plus the coil wire terminal on this distributor cap (or is it the lighting?): If the court pleases, Your Honor, I'd like to withdraw the question.
Dave Darby Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 It's a trick of the light. There's a highlight around the edge of the cap itself and it cancels out the highlight on the top pip and makes it look like a space. The one from the roadster is doing the same trick right in front of my eyes as type this. Oops, I responded to this from the previous page, now I see it was answered even better up this page OK, so apparently my reading glasses need glasses. Now we can all get back to griping about the firewall and the top insert. (Just kidding). This one's for you, Tim.
Mr. Metallic Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 If the court pleases, Your Honor, I'd like to withdraw the question. Maybe an admin can go back and scrub all this 7 vs 8 distributor stuff from this thread? I found on another forum where someone was bad mouthing Revell for a stupid mistake concerning this distributor stuff, and it's not even a mistake. When there is a legit error with final tooling of a kit, I'm all about identifying it. But since this issue has been found to be untrue maybe it would be fair to Revell to wipe it off of here? And Chris, just to be clear, I don't have a problem with you calling it out. I'm glad you did.
Impalow Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Ok, let's take this to the lab. Enhance. Enhance. Enhance. I need to get a life, hahaha. Chris thanks for better explaining the non-issue... you found the words i couldn't... haha Edited March 21, 2016 by Impalow
tim boyd Posted March 21, 2016 Author Posted March 21, 2016 (edited) Dave....thanks! I've really liked that A Coupe in your picture in part because it runs a SBF instead of an SBC and looks super-cool all the while. All...here are some detail photos of 1/1 scale '30/'31 A Coupes that I shot about a year and a half ago in anticipation of the debut of this new Revell kit. Lotsa detailing photos including the roof top opening and the firewall areas....and some cool engine ideas. Also posted are overall shots of 1/1 scale '30/'31 A Chopped Coupes I've shot over the last two years to give you plenty of kitbashing ideas for this kit once it hits the market.... Best Regards...TIM Edited March 21, 2016 by tim boyd
Spex84 Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Thanks for the photos, Tim. There are so many potential '30 coupes to build, it boggles the mind.
Jairus Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Here's a few Monogram 1930 Fords we can use for comparison once the new kit arrives.Think I might just mate that Phaeton with the new Revell release.
Chuck Kourouklis Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 What's funny is that my own shot is a little ambiguous too: In the end, though, I think the spacing of the points proves it's got 8, if nothing else does.
Danno Posted March 21, 2016 Posted March 21, 2016 Jairus ~ Aren't those Monogram '30 Fords 1/24th scale rather than 1/25th? I don't recall being able to mix and match parts between the Monos and the AMTs & Revells. Or, am I mistaken. {I don't have either handy to check.}
Jairus Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Danno, I bought them as is.No box and I rarely see a box on these old kits.But the two scales are so close as to make the differences moot unless you are trying to match up a head on a block.
tim boyd Posted March 22, 2016 Author Posted March 22, 2016 Yes. those old Monograms are 1/24th instead of 1/25th, but in this particular case the Monogram bodies are more like 1/24th 3/4....they are very, very close to 1/25th. As far as I'm concerned, they can be swapped just as Jairus has suggested and we'd be very hard pressed to tell the difference....J., I'd love to see what you might do with that Phaeton! TB
Danno Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Good to know. Thanks, Jairus and Tim. Learn something new every day!
Dennis Lacy Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Yes. those old Monograms are 1/24th instead of 1/25th, but in this particular case the Monogram bodies are more like 1/24th 3/4....they are very, very close to 1/25th. As far as I'm concerned, they can be swapped just as Jairus has suggested and we'd be very hard pressed to tell the difference.... J., I'd love to see what you might do with that Phaeton! TB To take Tim's point that they are very close a little further, here is the Monogram '30 Phaeton body (rescribed as a two-door) on top of a Revell '32 Ford series frame. Despite the slight scale difference, the body fits to the frame pretty much just how the full-scale combination would. Hosted on Fotki
Jairus Posted March 22, 2016 Posted March 22, 2016 Nice wheels Dennis! I like the look of the rod.I'll probably build one of my illustrations just for fun.Yeah I know it's a '29 but the overall look is what I am trying to attain.
tim boyd Posted March 22, 2016 Author Posted March 22, 2016 To take Tim's point that they are very close a little further, here is the Monogram '30 Phaeton body (rescribed as a two-door) on top of a Revell '32 Ford series frame. Despite the slight scale difference, the body fits to the frame pretty much just how the full-scale combination would. Hosted on Fotki Den Dennis...that one is SO sweet....[.err....for some reason I seem to be experiencing a blind splot and can't quite focus on what's in the engine compartment, but it doesn't matter ]....love the layout, the stance, the color, the Dow #7 wheels and the tire choices....super, super coolt!!!! TIM
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