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10 minutes ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Well, maybe if the tooling is ever resurrected or repaired or redone, it will have input from somebody who has 1) actually seen a 1930 Ford and 2) can use a tape measure.

I wonder if there is a clinical name for a tape-measure fetish???

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2 minutes ago, Dennis Lacy said:

I wonder if there is a clinical name for a tape-measure fetish???

:lol:

"accuracy enthusiast" ;)    Since these are customs, not sure how the accuracy would be determined.   Now the accuracy of a kit of an actual stock Model A could be determined, obviously. 

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Counting Rivets, But Bill is correct.

This has been debated here and on other boards  to the conclusion that "Oh well, it's good enough." and the never ending " A GOOD modler can fix those minor nuances."

Things that are rarely excepted in the armor or aircraft side of the hobby.

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6 minutes ago, Rob Hall said:

With a subject like the Revell '30 Ford I can see looking past any perceived innaccuracies since it represents a custom (i.e. fake) subject, not an actual production vehicle. 

I'd wager there's not a '30 Ford on the planet, "custom" or otherwise, that has the firewall and cowl as portrayed on this model. I've done a partial tutorial on correcting it, by the way. I've seen HUNDREDS of these cars, both stock and rodded. It's just flat wrong.

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45 minutes ago, Greg Myers said:

How many model A hot rods ( Customs) have you seen with that Deuce top insert ?:wacko:

I think it was over at TRaK where this was discussed, and someone found one car that had the top modified like that. It ruined an otherwise nice hot rod.

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Might as well speculate on the price of tapioca futures. Quantum Capital Partners AG doesn't acquire companies just to cash them out. Purchasing Revell's assets must make sense. I won't say that this was done because, as has been, heh, speculated,  some of the team have warm and fuzzy nostalgic memories of building a model in their youth. They are hardcore specialists in their fields and are making decisions based on the bottom line.

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