Gramps46 Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 DB4GT - do like Matt said: If you want a DB4GT, cut a chunk out of the middle of the cheapest Airfix/Doyusha DB5 you can find, and sand the sides a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 Step-by-step: best, M. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubaja Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 19 hours ago, stavanzer said: I'll bet the street price winds up closer to $70.00, than $80.00 anyway. My LHS is selling them for $77. It's very not good for almost $80 when you can get a very well detailed Tamiya kit for $60 or less if you try hard enough. The easy together build isn't so much a detractor. But it being the usual revell quality, and for $80 lol. Edited January 21 by blubaja Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 1 hour ago, blubaja said: My LHS is selling them for $77. It's very not good for almost $80 when you can get a very well detailed Tamiya kit for $60 or less if you try hard enough. The easy together build isn't so much a detractor. But it being the usual revell quality, and for $80 lol. Tamiya made a DB5? I though the only made the 2010-ish DBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250 Testa Rossa Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 USCP is now doing 3D printed wheels for the Revell DB5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugatti Fan Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) Tamiya never made a DB5. They would make a cracking good kit of it if they did. Matt Bacon's observations about the DB5 the other Aston Martin variants and the kits made interesting reading. Learnt quite a few things from that. The Airfix JB DB5 is 1/24th scale not 1/25th as I thought so I stand corrected! Edited January 21 by Bugatti Fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Did the DB5 only come with wire wheels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 50 minutes ago, stavanzer said: Did the DB5 only come with wire wheels? I’ve never seen one on anything else. That’s not to say no one in the history of the world ever fitted Campagnolo alloys or Dunlop Competition rims, but wires (with a bit of variation in sizes) are near enough standardised and period-correct. best, M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john sharisky Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 23 hours ago, Matt Bacon said: Looking at HPI-Guy’s video above, the tracker screen panel on the dash is a separate piece... It isn't. For a stock build it needs to be cut off the dash and the hole filled. I paid $33.99 plus shipping from Burbank's House of Hobbies on Jan. 9th. Two are listed on their site today: with and without paints (and double-ended brush). When I ordered, only the one with the paints was listed (it's priced much higher now). But the one without paints is priced in line with Model Roundup. I'm building mine without bumpers. It isn't #1 on my to-do list but I've glued on the front pan, ejector seat lid and I sliced the top part off the bullet proof shield to fill the hole. I also filled the hole in the "boot" lid for the revolving license plate with a piece of Evergreen (I want to use a US plate). There's more stock alternate (non-Bond) parts than I expected: center console, wheel knock-offs, front parking lights, etc. There's a waterslide decal sheet that mimics the self stick one. I've ordered the USCP front grille and wheels and tires. I like this kit. I'm glad I bought one. John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubaja Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 1/20/2024 at 9:20 PM, Jim B said: Tamiya made a DB5? I though the only made the 2010-ish DBS. A tamiya kit, in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 8 hours ago, blubaja said: A tamiya kit, in general. Oh, that makes sense. I'd like a DB5, but I think I'll wait to see if a non-gadget version will be issued. $80 is a little steep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 On 1/21/2024 at 4:55 PM, john sharisky said: It isn't. For a stock build it needs to be cut off the dash and the hole filled. What's your interpretation of what he's doing here, then? best, M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john sharisky Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 2 minutes ago, Matt Bacon said: What's your interpretation... I guess "interpretation" is a good word for this. While yes, the screen is a separate piece, the appendage on the dash that it attaches to has to be dealt with if the screen is not used. There's no alternative in the Revell kit (i.e. radio face and speaker grille). The video posted has a good view of the two between-the-seats consoles included in the kit. One "open" (showing the Bond switches) and one closed. John 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Bacon Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 Ah, I get it... I wasn't suggesting that you could build a stock car from this boxing without mods, but my interpretation of the fact they'd bothered to make the screen a separate piece was that it was to allow for the possibility of a non-Bond kit without having to retool a whole dash, just a 1cm square radio and speaker part. When I built the 1/16 Revell Porsche 356 coupe Easy-Kit, there were quite a few parts for the full detail kit on various trees of the snapper, plus a 3-part siren and parts of a radio setup designed for a Dutch Police-fit 356 which as far as I know has never yet seen the light of day as a separate release. I think Revell likes to give itself the option wherever it can... it's like the new 1/48 Airfix Sea King helicopter kit, which gives you all the parts for a a number of different variants and overseas operators version that are not included in the decals or instructions, and a tantalising handful of parts which can only be used for more radically different versions, if and when the more substantial bits you need appear in a later box... best, M. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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