What would YOU like to see as a model

[Wickersham Humble]

Reissue, or true replica kit, of Reventlow's late-fifties Scarab kit; I have the Strombecker 'slot car' kit, mostly intact, and am rebuilding it as a replica racer (without the M. Mouse slot-steering stuff.  Slow process!  Or, the other Scarab cars, even.  RAI cars were knock-offs of Scagliatti (?) Ferrari bodies, but then so were the AC cars that evolved into Cobras, right?  Early Kurtis or derived Muntz Jet sports roadsters.  Tom Carstens HWM-Chevy racer. Ole' Yeller?  Even some of the old Aurora or Monogram sports cars, or specials like the Panther, etc..  Wick

[alan barton]

I haven't gone through all 47 pages so this may have been suggested already. I apologise if that is the case but here goes anyway.

I'm a hot rodder and really can't complain about the amazing range of model kits available to build cool hot rods from.  Pre-war Fords have had a great run, even if some are dated and a bit funky.  A 35 and a 38 something, anything, would be nice but its not a deal breaker.

Surprisingly the Chevy side of the hot rod family tree has also fared  pretty well.  MPC did a nice 32 Chevy, AMT did an equally nice 37 Chevy, Monogram gave us a reasonable 39 Chevy tool and Galaxie gave us the awesome 46-7-8 tool a few years ago. That's four of the most popular generations of Chevy hot rod material. 

So where's the 34 Chevy?

If my 50 years of attending Australian, American and Canadian rod runs is anything to go by, the most popular Chevy based hot rod by far is the 1934 version. Heck, they make fibreglass bodies of roadsters, coupes, and Tudors, a sure sign that people want them, that demand outstrips supply.   So why is it that apart from a recent Matchbox release 5w coupe in 1/64th diecast and a dodgey French 1/43rd diecast delivery, they are non-existent in the miniature world?

Why? Just the market for owners of 34 Chevies  (or their wives and families who are hunting for birthday presents for Dad) would be huge! Never mind hot rod modellers hoping for something different to 32 Fords and 40 Fords.

With the economic need for tool variants in today's model manufacturing world, you could do Tudor, roadster and 3 or 5 window coupe bodies with 33 and 34 grille and hood variations.   Like the gasser Willys kits from Revell a while ago, you could have  two distinct chassis formats, a stone cold stock chassis with stovebolt six and wire wheels or a pro street hot rod chassis with a blown big or small block. I'm sure police car modellers would love a  34 Chevy tudor patrol car. The mix and match opportunities would be considerable.

Anyone else think like this or am I on my own on this one?

Cheers

Alan

[Reegs]

A '65ish FED

 

Edited February 17 by Reegs

[oldcarfan]

5 hours ago, alan barton said:

I haven't gone through all 47 pages so this may have been suggested already. I apologise if that is the case but here goes anyway.

I'm a hot rodder and really can't complain about the amazing range of model kits available to build cool hot rods from.  Pre-war Fords have had a great run, even if some are dated and a bit funky.  A 35 and a 38 something, anything, would be nice but its not a deal breaker.

Surprisingly the Chevy side of the hot rod family tree has also fared  pretty well.  MPC did a nice 32 Chevy, AMT did an equally nice 37 Chevy, Monogram gave us a reasonable 39 Chevy tool and Galaxie gave us the awesome 46-7-8 tool a few years ago. That's four of the most popular generations of Chevy hot rod material. 

So where's the 34 Chevy?

If my 50 years of attending Australian, American and Canadian rod runs is anything to go by, the most popular Chevy based hot rod by far is the 1934 version. Heck, they make fibreglass bodies of roadsters, coupes, and Tudors, a sure sign that people want them, that demand outstrips supply.   So why is it that apart from a recent Matchbox release 5w coupe in 1/64th diecast and a dodgey French 1/43rd diecast delivery, they are non-existent in the miniature world?

Why? Just the market for owners of 34 Chevies  (or their wives and families who are hunting for birthday presents for Dad) would be huge! Never mind hot rod modellers hoping for something different to 32 Fords and 40 Fords.

With the economic need for tool variants in today's model manufacturing world, you could do Tudor, roadster and 3 or 5 window coupe bodies with 33 and 34 grille and hood variations.   Like the gasser Willys kits from Revell a while ago, you could have  two distinct chassis formats, a stone cold stock chassis with stovebolt six and wire wheels or a pro street hot rod chassis with a blown big or small block. I'm sure police car modellers would love a  34 Chevy tudor patrol car. The mix and match opportunities would be considerable.

Anyone else think like this or am I on my own on this one?

Cheers

Alan

A lot of cars deserve to be kitted, sadly, I guess the companies couldn't make a case for investing the money. That's why I'm following 3D printing with interest. It seems every year they get more sophisticated, requiring less and less cleanup work. I'm guessing in not too long you'll be able to download a program and print the more obscure cars we love.

When I was little, my dad used to talk about a 34 Plymouth he had as a teen that he loved. He said he sold it because the principal at his High School told him he couldn't park it on school property. To him that was the car that he always wanted to find again.

[Wickersham Humble]

I have a 3-ring binder stuffed with manufacturers release flyers and catalogs (interesting reading!) and I'd still like to see more of the really old kits located, restored and reproduced*.  There are some very fascinating kits from almost unknown makers, some of which I had once upon a time; often still have a few bits turn up or decals.  Living in a small, isolated town kept me pretty dependent on whatever maverick kits the local five-and-dime store put on the shelves;( glad when they concentrated on AMT/SMP promo-based 1/25 kits!) and there were some strange scales: 1/34, 1/20, etc.  most of which were multipiece glue-up bodies.  Sor hard for a ten year old!

Aurora, Pyro, Palmer, Renwal, Hawk, and a few others made interesting auto kits, be fun to see them again.  Wick   *However unlikely!!

[bamadon]

Got agree with Alan Barton on the 34 Chevy. To me, it's much better looking than the 34 Ford. And I know it's been said before, but we NEED a '27 Ford Roadster,

Don R

 

Edited February 17 by bamadon

[Bill Anderson]

I'm pretty sure we all have a wish list of kits we would like to see produced.  When I left model railroading and returned to building car kits, I wanted to replicate my favorite vehicles that I had since my first one in 1961.  I did manage to build a '57 Ford ragtop, a '75 Gran Torino, and a fairly close '80 5.0 Mustang (from a '80 kit).  But there are a few left on my wish list:

-  a late model ('15 - '24) Ford F150, preferably a supercab.

-  a '95-'00 Ford Explorer Sport.

-  a '63 Ford Falcon

-  a '70 Ford Torino 4 dr HT

-  a '10-15 Ford Escape

-  a '13-'15 Ford Edge

-  a '90-'92 Ford Ranger supercab

The vehicles on my list were fairly common, but obviously not on the kit makers list.   I've researched as best I can, but maybe I've overlooked a kit or two that would work.

But hey, that's my list, what is yours?

 

ENJOY,

Bill Anderson

[Ben Brown]

My wish list is probably more like a list of the cars that are least likely to be seen in kit form, although there are rumors of the first one.

Lamborghini Huracan GT3 Evo

Honda NSX GT3 Evo22

Ferrari 488 GT3

Porsche 924 Carrera GT

1st generation Acura Integra

2nd generation Mazda MX-6 LS

1st generation Lotus Esprit Turbo

Ben

[Steamboat]

I'm on a mission to build cars I've owned, so my bucket list is a bit more obscure.

58-66 Dodge Town Wagon / Panel

73 Chrysler Newport

75 Plymouth Fury

71 Buick Sport Wagon

Ford Granada

1st gen Dodge Dakota 

[Tom Geiger]

Never say never!

I once had a 1978 Toyota Corolla Deluxe station wagon. It was my first brand new car, a company car.

Surprise! A resin caster in Ukraine produced it!  So I have it ready to build

Edited March 20 by Tom Geiger

[Rbray47]

I just wish there were more modern trucks. 

[Bill Anderson]

Living here just north of Houston, I would guess that 1/3 of the vehicles out here are pick-ups.  Have to add, the other thirds are SUVs and then sedans/sports cars.  So  one would think that there would be a market for late model pick-up kits, perhaps even more than other groupings.   But they just ain't out there......