Italeri 2017 releases

[Daddyfink]

I've got a Revell Gr4 Stratos, one in a Lodela box, one in a huge flat box. Full detail, decent body, maybe a little coarse. Wheels look a bit small. 80's box art on Lodela it seems. Nothing like the Italeri/Esci/Nitto. Full engine. IIRC open deck louvers. No pics at hand, has this ever been reissued? Until the Hase and Fuj issues, it was the best out there. 

Yes, this has to be one of my all time favorite kits. I currently have a couple of them and I need to get to building one sometime soon. 

[oldcarfan]

I still have two of the ESCI Renault 5s in the rally version and one of their Escorts. I had the Nitto release of the Lancia Stratos at one time. I may have to get a couple more. How are Italeri's prices?  

[Snake45]

 How are Italeri's prices?

Dunno about their cars, but their most recent reissue of the ex-ESCI, ex-AMT AD-4 Skyraider had a jaw-dropping price. And not in a good way.

[Junkman]

Those Beetles look a lot like the old Imai rubbish to me.
So if the Stratos isn't the ESCI, it could well be this:

[GeeBee]

Those Beetles look a lot like the old Imai rubbish to me.

they are, I was very disappointed when i found that out .....

[Cliff Dagger]

any body know when the Escort will be out ?

I will get about 10 of them .

 

[Luc Janssens]

Those Beetles look a lot like the old Imai rubbish to me.
So if the Stratos isn't the ESCI, it could well be this:

Think I built that one in the late 70s, was it motorized?

[niteowl7710]

Those Beetles look a lot like the old Imai rubbish to me.

 

 

They're someone's rubbish alright, but the IMAI tooling is owned by Aoshima and they've actively released both versions in the past 18 months. 

[Junkman]

They're someone's rubbish alright, but the IMAI tooling is owned by Aoshima and they've actively released both versions in the past 18 months. 

That doesn't make them better.

[Atmobil]

They're someone's rubbish alright, but the IMAI tooling is owned by Aoshima and they've actively released both versions in the past 18 months. 

I think they have been released many times over the years. I built this some 5 or 6 years ago:

It is very simplified and far to wide. It scales out as being just as wide as a full size US car of the same era.

 

[Junkman]

Potentially suitable to do a Nordstadt Käfer.

Autohaus Nordstadt in Hannover put widened 1303 bodies onto Porsche 914 chassis, which they fitted with Carrera engines.

 

[Dodge Driver]

Potentially suitable to do a Nordstadt Käfer.

Autohaus Nordstadt in Hannover put widened 1303 bodies onto Porsche 914 chassis, which they fitted with Carrera engines.

 

Well, that's a neat piece of automotive history heretofore unknown to me. Always learning new stuff here

[lysleder]

Potentially suitable to do a Nordstadt Käfer.

Autohaus Nordstadt in Hannover put widened 1303 bodies onto Porsche 914 chassis, which they fitted with Carrera engines.

 

I love it!   It is calling my name, and tries to make me start another project

[Mike999]

I still have two of the ESCI Renault 5s in the rally version and one of their Escorts. I had the Nitto release of the Lancia Stratos at one time. I may have to get a couple more. How are Italeri's prices?  

As a benchmark - full retail price of the re-issued Ford Transit Van is $37.99, according to a couple of on-line vendors. So I'd expect most of their kits to be in that general range.

If you don't know this, some Italeri re-issue boxes say "Upgraded Molds."  That just means they threw in a couple of new parts.  In the 1/24 Willys Jeep and Toyota Land Cruiser, it meant a new .50 caliber machine gun and mount.   So don't expect a whole new body casting or anything if the box says "Upgraded Molds."

Snake45 said: "Dunno about their cars, but their most recent reissue of the ex-ESCI, ex-AMT AD-4 Skyraider had a jaw-dropping price. And not in a good way."

Last year's Italeri re-issue of the old 1/72 AMT B-52 retailed at $72.99.  Though that is a BIG model.  I just hope Italeri learned to protect the tiny cockpit glass.  Some friends worked in hobby shops around Los Angeles when that kit was first issued in 1994.  They had many irate customers complaining - the cockpit glass was just tossed into the box with all the other heavy plastic parts, which shattered the clear parts beyond repair.