Junkman Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Christian, yes, that's the one I have. Nice model, in my opinion. It could do with some improvement in the department of interior. But overall it is very nice indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffs396 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 X4 on the styrene Airflow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronw Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 What I want to know is where are all the Aston Martin Models? Aurora did a DB4, and doyusha did a DB5. In 1/32 Airfix did a nice one, but aside from the Tamiya DBS there isn't a modern quality model of any Aston Martin. That one baffles me too, Aston Martin is one of the best known British car maker up there with Rolls and Jaguar, the cars are comparable to Ferraris which have dozens of kits, and they have James Bond going for them. Seems like a winner to me particularly the DB-5 which is tied to the Sean Connery movies (the best Bond ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I will take an Airflow, also! I have thought of soaking a Franklin Mint Airflow coupe in Silcon rubber but I already have too many projects aand a resin caster shouldn't be known for just copying stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Sign me up for an Airflow too! I forgot how good that Airflow Harry posted looked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Okay... at least six guys would like an Airflow. Now, the question becomes, what year? Oh, and Chrysler or DeSoto? At least three of us would like a '37 Studebaker Coupe Express.... and one of those guys has connections. Just need to find several thousand more modelers with similar tastes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry P. Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 On the Airflow, any one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperStockAndy Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I'll take my 60's and 70's cars over modern ones any day. Why? Because you know that PRIDE was put into that vehicle. Vehicles then were made to last, and these days they only make throwaway cars. You know, cars were made out of STEEL and not this plastic junk (yeah, I know a model forum isn't the best place to call plastic that ). Everything's electrically operated, eh, I prefer mechanical and manual mechanisms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 if we are talking Studebakers, i'll take one of the bullet nosed ones please, whatever years they were. '50 and '51 Speaking of... am I the only one baffled by the lack of a full-detail styrene kit of one? Even if AMT had done one as part of that 'Slammers' series from the '90's I'd have been happy. I mean, hey, the DID kit a '61-3 Rambler American as part of that series... If you aren't intimidated by them being 'kids snap toys' or whatever 'serious' modelers call them and aren't afraid of a little cutting and pasting, they're fun projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Handley Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I wouldn't mind seeing most of that series make a comeback Chuck, only in bare plastic. Those were a neat line of cars, even if they had no interiors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Meh.... I'm not about to let lack of an interior and a sealed hood foil my fun! Had they introduced such an animal in Bullet Nose Stude form, I'd have several of them with engine and interior detail added. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Andy- you master that '10 Olds Limited, touring and limousine bodies, and I guarantee I'll buy AND BUILD both. You might not like what I do with them, but I guarantee they'll get built. As far as hoarding kits? Guilty as charged. To me just looking for lost souls to fill the Demon Fleet is half the fun. I second Chuck, and you, if an Olds Limited were to be produced, I'd buy multiples, especially if there were different bodies (I thought they only came as a touring car and limo? I've never seen or heard mention of anything else?) However, while Chuck might do that un-restored one that went for megabucks a couple of years ago, I'd be inclined to make a model of the white tourer that was at the AACA Museum in Pennsylvania in 2007. What an awesome, massive machine! Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Actually, a '10 Olds Limited is one of the few cars I'd build factory stock and showroom fresh. Wouldn't stop me from building a hot rod or distressed junker or two as well, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Add one more for any Airflow, although my preference would be a Imperial Airflow Custom 8 limo like that diecast. By the way, whose diecast is that? It's nice enough that I might actually buy one, and then hope someone makes a plastic model I can display with everything else I have. Studebaker Coupe Express and bullet-nose? Yes, please. Most of Christian's picks- absolutely interested. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Add one more for any Airflow, although my preference would be a Imperial Airflow Custom 8 limo like that diecast. By the way, whose diecast is that? It's nice enough that I might actually buy one, and then hope someone makes a plastic model I can display with everything else I have. Charlie Larkin It's the Signature 1:18 model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 One of the big advantages of making Studebaker models would be that there can't be any licensing fees involved, nay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie8575 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 One of the big advantages of making Studebaker models would be that there can't be any licensing fees involved, nay? Pretty much, although I do believe the Studebaker Museum likes to be involved in some capacity. And even if they request something, where it's a non-profit organization (and from all reports, an excellent museum,) I find it nowhere near as onerous as gratuitous pocket-lining. Charlie Larkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I second Chuck, and you, if an Olds Limited were to be produced, I'd buy multiples, especially if there were different bodies (I thought they only came as a touring car and limo? I've never seen or heard mention of anything else?) However, while Chuck might do that un-restored one that went for megabucks a couple of years ago, I'd be inclined to make a model of the white tourer that was at the AACA Museum in Pennsylvania in 2007. What an awesome, massive machine! Charlie Larkin There are pics out there of a Roadster and a lightweight close-coupled touring, sort of a massive 4-seater Stutz Bearcat like thing! Out of the extant Olds limiteds there are variations on the bodies - some have doors in front, some don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelmartin Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I actually think a good 51 Studebaker Starlight coupe would a no-brainer for a plastic kit. It has been desired for so long by so many. I think Moebius is the only outfit with enough vision and imagination to do it. Converts, business coupes and sedans could easily follow. The chassis and engine tooling can be used on the Hawks from later years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I actually think a good 51 Studebaker Starlight coupe would a no-brainer for a plastic kit. It has been desired for so long by so many. I think Moebius is the only outfit with enough vision and imagination to do it. Converts, business coupes and sedans could easily follow. The chassis and engine tooling can be used on the Hawks from later years. I'd really love to see that infamous list of potential subjects Moebius worked from to develop the Hornet and Chrysler. I'd be willing to bet that there is a Bullet Nose of some type on that list. Another reason I'm hoping the Hudson and Chrysler do well- might point the way to a Bullet Nose. The Lonestar must have been a hit- they're working on kitting a Prostar and a 53' reefer trailer. Hopefully any sucess they have with their '50's car kits will beget more '50's car kits, such as the Bullet Nose Stude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my66s55 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) O.K. So here you go. Everyone seems to want certain cars put out in plastic by the model companies. Here is mine. The A bodied cars produced by G.M. in the mid 1930's. The Cadillac 1936 coupe: http://images108.fot...ANSCOUP5-vi.jpg the 1936 LaSalle coupe: http://images44.fotk...cLasalle-vi.jpg the 1936 Buick coupe: http://images15.fotk...RACOUPE6-vi.jpg the 1936 Olds coupe: http://images51.fotk...tscoupe8-vi.jpg the 1936 Pontiac coupe: http://images57.fotk...eClassic-vi.jpg the 1936 Chevy Master Deluxe coupe: http://images54.fotk...Coupef3q-vi.jpg Making the convertible coupe is just a matter of removing the top. Multiple opportunities for variations and can appeal to the stock, drag, custom and rat rod builder. And Christian, many of these are available in die cast by various companies including Brookline. I just don't feel like spending a $100.00 dollars plus for a 1/43 die cast that isn't that accurate. Edited October 26, 2011 by my66s55 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 O.K. So here you go. Everyone seems to want certain cars put out in plastic by the model companies. Here is mine. The A bodied cars produced by G.M. in the mid 1930's. The Cadillac 1936 coupe: http://images108.fot...ANSCOUP5-vi.jpg the 1936 LaSalle coupe: http://images44.fotk...cLasalle-vi.jpg the 1936 Buick coupe: http://images15.fotk...RACOUPE6-vi.jpg the 1936 Olds coupe: http://images51.fotk...tscoupe8-vi.jpg the 1936 Pontiac coupe: http://images57.fotk...eClassic-vi.jpg the 1936 Chevy Master Deluxe coupe: http://images54.fotk...Coupef3q-vi.jpg Making the convertible coupe is just a matter of removing the top. Multiple opportunities for variations and can appeal to the stock, drag, custom and rat rod builder. And Christian, many of these are available in die cast by various companies including Brookline. I just don't feel like spending a $100.00 dollars plus for a 1/43 die cast that isn't that accurate. Oh, I'm fully aware of the diecasts, but I no longer collect 1:43 at all. And I fully second your list of 36 GMs. I said before that the kit industry should pick up where it left off in the early Seventies, but as you point out, they should also close the gap between the early Thirties and WWII. The 36 GMs certainly would be a good start and if they won't allow for badge engineering and spin offs, I don't know what would. We will also need the Packards from that period, and like Studebakers, those would cause no or very little licensing issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 you guys jump from 70's land barge's to moldy oldies? an afternoon nap is more exciting then those subjects posted We are excited about the prospect of getting new stuff and not the same warmed over worn out shoes we got the past 40 odd years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Notarangelo Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 I've givin some thought to this whole model renaissance thread and I say let it happen and I dont care what is offered and how old it is cause for alot of us younger guys who balk at evilbay price's I say this is a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my66s55 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 you guys jump from 70's land barge's to moldy oldies? an afternoon nap is more exciting then those subjects posted That's your opinion and your entitled to it, but this is why it is difficult for model companies to choose a subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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