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My wallet is NOT gonna recover from every thing coming out ... but hey it's all good!! Several kits I never got to buy so glad to see them coming.

 

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9 hours ago, Jim B said:

You could fudge a bit with this one, up until the 2024/2025 year model.  The photo just above your post illustrates those years with the double throttle body intakes.  I'm loving the power those intakes provide.  And I'll be buying at least 2 kits even if they are snappers.

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On 8/6/2025 at 9:19 PM, niteowl7710 said:

Also being shown was the chrome and new glass runner for the 1/32 '56 Buick Custom

 

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Wait a minute:

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Thanks a lot, Atlantis. Knew I shouldn't have junked that busted parts car that had a stock bumper... 

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Fingers crossed that Revell will get around to the Z06 and/or ZR1 versions of the C8

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29 minutes ago, LOBBS said:

Fingers crossed that Revell will get around to the Z06 and/or ZR1 versions of the C8

I'd like to see either the C8.R or the or the Z06 GT3.R, but I don't think we'll see either of them. 😞

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On 8/8/2025 at 6:24 PM, tim boyd said:

I do not see a stand-alone engine in the new Mustang kit.  I thought that a prior thread on this kit announced that there would be an engine, albeit undertandably simplified in the context of the overall kit design brief. 

To me the omission of an engine in a model kit of what has been the world's best-selling sports car for several years now is simply unacceptable, particularly from a kitmaker like Revell.  Even more so when the engine is one as iconic as the current Coyote DOHC V8.

So maybe I missed seeing the engine parts in the images above?  Or perhaps Revell is planning a second kit release with the missing powertrain?  

But if not, count me bitterly disappointed in this new state of affairs....TIM 

I mean, it's a BIG move in the right direction over the 550s; but three straight curbsides now?

You're beginning to swing me over to your way of thinking... 🧐

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4 hours ago, Jim B said:

I'd like to see either the C8.R or the or the Z06 GT3.R, but I don't think we'll see either of them. 😞

Me too. I liked to see the HTC which they should here.

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6 hours ago, Chuck Kourouklis said:

I mean, it's a BIG move in the right direction over the 550s; but three straight curbsides now?

You're beginning to swing me over to your way of thinking... 🧐

Maybe it's time for the domestic aftermarket producers to take a page out of the import world and start offering detailed drop-in engine bays like these? Image 2: BMW 2002 Ti | Engine in 1/24 scale manufactured by USCP (ref. 24T025)

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35 minutes ago, Justin Porter said:

Maybe it's time for the domestic aftermarket producers to take a page out of the import world and start offering detailed drop-in engine bays like these? Image 2: BMW 2002 Ti | Engine in 1/24 scale manufactured by USCP (ref. 24T025)

Agreed 128%. As much as I loved building Tamiya's R34 V-Spec, I'da loved it even more with full underhood detail.

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2 hours ago, Justin Porter said:

Maybe it's time for the domestic aftermarket producers to take a page out of the import world and start offering detailed drop-in engine bays like these? Image 2: BMW 2002 Ti | Engine in 1/24 scale manufactured by USCP (ref. 24T025)

I can see why others might like this, but it doesn’t do a thing for me.  I either want to build a little engine or glue the hood shut.  Picking out little details on a large piece like this is not overly enjoyable for me.

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1 hour ago, Mark C. said:

I can see why others might like this, but it doesn’t do a thing for me.  I either want to build a little engine or glue the hood shut.  Picking out little details on a large piece like this is not overly enjoyable for me.

It's not just one piece. 

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The older I get the more I feel like I don't want to build an engine in anything built after the year 2000. 

Just too much trouble.

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1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

The older I get the more I feel like I don't want to build an engine in anything built after the year 2000. 

Just too much trouble.

Why? Almost everything is covered. Except for the GM "coil near plug" engines, there aren't any plug wires. Just paint detailing, most everything is black plastic or aluminum anyway. Add heater hoses if you want and you are done. You don't need to go Full Guthmiller and scratch the fuel lines from the direct injection high pressure fuel pump to the injectors or scratch build a purge solenoid and the lines into the intake unless you want to. And I don't want to.

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