AMT Porsche 928

[unclescott58]

1 hour ago, Can-Con said:

They're still around. The cars just don't stand out as much as in the "Miami Vice" era.

http://www.bb-automobiltechnik.de/deutsch/startseite.html

I did a little reasearch myself on b&b, this morning. They closed in the mid 1980's. And were brought back just a few years ago. 

[Dave Van]

3 hours ago, Fat Brian said:

Wow, evidently they weren't popular in real life or kit form.

I bought them cause they were cheap....never built one...no parts to rob!!!  Now they are cool....

[djflyer]

18 hours ago, niteowl7710 said:

At the time Ertl owned ESCI and there was some tool sharing in both directions. We got this 928, along with the world Diablo kit possible, the Italian market got a few American kits boxed as ESCI/Ertl.

For other 928s out there Fujimi has a couple of variants all based on curbside tooling, and Italeri offers a full detail 928 S4 which is a '87-'91 model.

I would be curious if the Italeri kit has any relation to the Gunze kit which has full detail as well.  There's nothing I can find that says it was reissued after this boxing.

[Eric Macleod]

I built the Revell 928 as a teenager. I remember it as a nice kit other than too thick, dark tinted windows. 

[unclescott58]

I don't know how others feel about this, but I'm impressed with how up to date this car is. It's been 42 years since its introduction. It was very futuristic when it first appeared. Both in appearance and engineering. As the the years go on, I like it's looks better and better. A car well ahead of its time. 

[fumi]

On 4/19/2020 at 12:21 PM, djflyer said:

I would be curious if the Italeri kit has any relation to the Gunze kit which has full detail as well.  There's nothing I can find that says it was reissued after this boxing.

The Gunze kit was their own design, all doors and panels open.

[djflyer]

12 hours ago, fumi said:

The Gunze kit was their own design, all doors and panels open.

I have one - fantastic kit, almost the precursor to the Fujimi EM series full detail kits.  Makes me wonder what happened to those tools and why it was never re-issued by Gunze (or anyone else).

[Fat Brian]

Okay, so that explains this kit. Testors must have reissued the Gunze kit and the Italeri kit at different points.

[niteowl7710]

Testors would reissue anything that people would produce for them. They didn't actually make any of their own kits.

[fumi]

On 4/29/2020 at 5:31 AM, djflyer said:

I have one - fantastic kit, almost the precursor to the Fujimi EM series full detail kits.  Makes me wonder what happened to those tools and why it was never re-issued by Gunze (or anyone else).

Gunze (now GSI Creos) last issued their own kits in the early 2000's.  The Hi-Tech series is impressive.  I have two of the bike kits, each come with white metal engine parts and a box of wire to lace the wheels.  The Panzer IV sold for the ridiculous price of 22,000 yen back then (equivalent to 22 Tamiya kits) and is reputed to be unbuildable with all the little metal parts.

It is believe that they still own the majority of their molds.  They are still a major model kit importer and distributor in Japan, and not to mention their paint and tool lines, but they haven't molded anything since then.

[Mark's Fantasy Garage]

This is a 1978 NITTO 928 kit from their "Circuit Wolf" series.  A popular race car manga in Japan.   This kit was first issued in the US through ENTEX, and then later picked up and reboxed by AMT/ERTL.   The mold and the pressing were in Italy at the time of this kits issue (1988), but it is not an ESCI kit.   AMT modified the base to remove the battery box, and added inside flares to make it less of a toy.

[Cpt Tuttle]

That explains a lot. I had expected more of an Esci than this. Generally they are good kits.