Who thinks Revell should team up with more car builders?

[Jon Cole]

I don't recall building many, if any, of the big name customs or hot rods of the '50s and '60s and I built maybe 3 or 4 replicas of actual racecars over the past 52 years; I really don't have much interest in building a specific subject that anyone else could and did build. That's why I had shied away from military modeling for some time- it's not too acceptable to build a P-47 in fictitious markings. I build automotive subjects as though my bench is my own little rod and custom/racecar shop. I do appreciate the creations of the big name designers and builders but they don't inspire me to re-create theirs in scale, rather, they inspire me to apply that same kind of creativity to my own works. I don't care if any manufacturers work with any of the big names but I would rather see that money invested in better kits with a wider range of past and contemporary optional parts (as applicable), better detail ( I want to see "Goodyear", et al, on the sidewalls) and more fidelity to the actual vehicle.

X2.

[jaydar]

Not me for one. Certainly from a purely selfish point of view, those collaborations result in custom cars. I don't build custom cars. For example, I would have much preferred Revell re-release the 68 Firebird instead of the Foose car.

I respect that this website has many really good custom car builders and i have learned a lot from you all, but on this point i prefer factory or the 2 in 1 kits.

BTW, i have two Ed Roth cars so i am not a total dweeb.

joe.

[tooltas]

tester had some best ''BOYD.C kits out there but thats in late 90's

[Jordan White]

Seems like it would be better if Revell would produce the tires with sidewall lettering. Sure the aftermarket could pick it up, but no offense to resin casters, the time to create the parts is quite long. Most don't do it full time, so lead times are painstakingly long. A company like Revell could pop out hundreds of thousands of tires relatively quickly, and could sell them separately and make back the money for the licensing (assuming they sell them for a realistic price that people would want to pay). I know that I would love to have several sets of the Goodyear Gatorbacks alone, along with the Goodyear Tracker A-Ts and Radial GTs.

[johnbuzzed]

I gave this some more thought this morning and realized that it would be nice if a model manufacturer could collaborate with the domestic car companies to produce models of the Challenger, Mustang and Camaro that are used for NHRA racing- not in Pro Stock, but for the class in which Don Garlits now drives, whatever it's called. In this way, those of us who wanted could build replicas, and the modeling community would actually have a source for contemporary speed equipment. I know I would buy a few of the Challengers and Mustangs.

[martinfan5]

Money for tire lettering= there are better things to spend money on

Money spent for new tooling/and or making older tooling better = a better thing to spend money on