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Old 01-20-2013, 10:22 PM   #121
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1/12TH SIDECAR RACER AND THAT GOLF GTI CAR WAS TOO COOL!

the Golf and Jetta (2003) gti 2 door
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Old 01-24-2013, 08:20 AM   #122
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Porsche 904 in 1/24 with good engineering and detail. The Monogram is an old slot car kit, and the Revell has poor engineering.

Porsche 550 in 1/24 or 1/12. The Jimmy Flintstone transkit is meh at best.

Also, I'd love to see Scale Production bring back the Cayman Interseries transkit...
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Old 01-24-2013, 08:32 AM   #123
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2001 Audi RS4 / S4 (not likely is it...)
Mercedes-McLaren SLR Stirling Moss
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Old 01-24-2013, 03:49 PM   #124
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I would like to see Lancia 037 Stradale

Lancia S4

And RUF CTR "Yellowbird"
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Old 01-24-2013, 06:47 PM   #125
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Wish Tamiya would make:
Porsche 917K
Toyota ts030 hybrid
Audi e-tron R18

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Old 01-25-2013, 01:36 AM   #126
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I would like to see:
- 1:12 Nissan Skyline R34
- 1:12 (1:24) BMW E60/61
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Old 01-26-2013, 06:27 AM   #127
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- Ferrari P4/5
- AC A98 Coupe - the AC version of the Shelby Cobra Daytona
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Old 06-12-2013, 04:33 PM   #128
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I miss the 90s, when pretty much everything on four wheels came out in plastic.

Where is our 2006 Civic Type R? With the Mugen RR kit to follow soon after?

Where is the Toyota FJ Cruiser?

I wouldn't mind a modern Tahoe or whatever it they make the police SUVs out of.

The new New Beetle from VW would make great kit, especially with those retro wheels.

How cool would it be if there were scores of 18" and 19" injection molded wheels coming out, like there were as recently as 5 years ago? Rotiform, Fifteen52 wheels....

Why don't the manufacturers repop old kits anymore? I would love to get my hands on piles EG and EK Civics and the Tamiya Golf and the Revell BMW M Coupe.

Who cares if they make 3 versions of the McLaren (though, trust me, I was really excited about ONE version) or this or that who-cares-about-Ferrari-anymore kit. Where is the fun stuff? The stuff to get you excited about building something neat and interesting and being able to put your own personal stamp on it?

Oh, and an Aston Martin V12 Zagato would be great. The One-77 came out in resin, why did the infinitely more beautiful Zagato get neglected?

Let's get the fun back into the hobby. No wonder they don't sell kits when it's an expensive kit* besotted with expensive detail parts of unattainable cars.

*We car modelers have it easy. Have you SEEN the prices of aircraft kits? And their detail sets, of which they usually need more of per build? Those guys are getting raked over the coals!
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Old 06-12-2013, 04:48 PM   #129
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Almost anything as long as it isn't another bl==dy BORING Porsche!!!!
I'm SICK of seeing 'new' kits of the grotty 911 and all it's variants!!!!!!!
They're all the flippin' SAME!!!!
The most tedious, boring, uninteresting, drab pile of metal ever created!!!!!
Now I will get shot down in flames.
Oh, B.T.W.... I owned a Carrera for around 8 months, long, long ago.
A total pile of CR4P!
Drab, uninteresting, uninvolving, and actually, pretty SLOW!
Embarrassing when I was blown away by a Lotus Esprit!

My choice????
A good BIG kit of the Jaguar C or D Type.....
Roy.
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Old 06-12-2013, 05:26 PM   #130
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Cars/trucks from 1980-2013
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Old 06-13-2013, 01:07 AM   #131
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Why don't the manufacturers repop old kits anymore? I would love to get my hands on piles EG and EK Civics and the Tamiya Golf and the Revell BMW M Coupe.
The Fujimi EK is listed as available in Hobby Search at this moment. All three versions of the Hasegawa EG were reissued within this year, I just bought 2 hatchbacks last month.

All 4 Japanese manufacturers are busy repopping their more popular car kits in the last year or so. Even Tamiya did a run of their 80's and 90's classics, some of them we haven't seen in over 10 years.
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Who cares if they make 3 versions of the McLaren (though, trust me, I was really excited about ONE version) or this or that who-cares-about-Ferrari-anymore kit. Where is the fun stuff? The stuff to get you excited about building something neat and interesting and being able to put your own personal stamp on it?
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Let's get the fun back into the hobby. No wonder they don't sell kits when it's an expensive kit* besotted with expensive detail parts of unattainable cars.
I can't quite agree with that statement. In fact I think the car model scene is quite healthy now. We have the 86/BRZ from both Tamiya and Aoshima, and there is no short supply of fun cars like the AE86, RX-7, Silvia and 180SX, or the Mustang and Camaro. Aoshima in particular has stepped up big time, not only with the reissues but also cranking out a lot of brand new toolings that are among the best in the industry. And with the yen being devalued, the Japanese kits have become quite affordable now.
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Old 06-13-2013, 12:24 PM   #132
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Wish they make new f-250,f-350 off road series on 1:24 would be cool.
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Old 06-13-2013, 04:57 PM   #133
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Almost anything as long as it isn't another bl==dy BORING Porsche!!!!
I'm SICK of seeing 'new' kits of the grotty 911 and all it's variants!!!!!!!
They're all the flippin' SAME!!!!
The most tedious, boring, uninteresting, drab pile of metal ever created!!!!!
Now I will get shot down in flames.
Oh, B.T.W.... I owned a Carrera for around 8 months, long, long ago.
A total pile of CR4P!
Drab, uninteresting, uninvolving, and actually, pretty SLOW!
Embarrassing when I was blown away by a Lotus Esprit!

My choice????
A good BIG kit of the Jaguar C or D Type.....
Roy.
Well, I hear you about the 911 being done to death in plastic, though I personally like the cars. The Jaguar XKSS done by Revell Germany can be built into a short nose D without much effort and looks good. Aoshima did an XK-120 that is also well done but that model is difficult to find and would require serious surgery to convert into a C-Type. The Jaguar I can't believe no modern tooling exists for is the E-Type! It's one of the most iconic symbols of automotive art in the world and yet there isn't a decent kit. Yes, Gunze has a nice high-tech convertible but its a bear to build and Heller's coupe is also nice but impossible to find. If I were a kit company the Series 1 E-Type roadster and coupe would be high on the development list!
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Old 06-13-2013, 06:45 PM   #134
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Almost anything as long as it isn't another bl==dy BORING Porsche!!!!
I'm SICK of seeing 'new' kits of the grotty 911 and all it's variants!!!!!!!
They're all the flippin' SAME!!!!
The most tedious, boring, uninteresting, drab pile of metal ever created!!!!!
Now I will get shot down in flames.
Oh, B.T.W.... I owned a Carrera for around 8 months, long, long ago.
A total pile of CR4P!
Drab, uninteresting, uninvolving, and actually, pretty SLOW!
Embarrassing when I was blown away by a Lotus Esprit!

My choice????
A good BIG kit of the Jaguar C or D Type.....
Roy.

LOL Roy.
Had a 996 c2 and she was able to reach 303 kmts/h in highway.Mine was not so slow, even if also I think was not the nicest P they ever did (prefer a lot the previous, slower and uncomfortable 993..).she just look like a bigger and better done golf 2 me.

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Old 06-14-2013, 03:22 AM   #135
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The new Porsche 918 would be nice if tamiya would make it! Any rear engined and air cooled Volkswagen other than the bug and bus would be nice too!

After going thru this list again, I see that as modelers, we are a pretty diverse bunch. From choice of subject matter, to choice of manufacturers. Now...

Just a thought... What if ... You took the top ten scratch builders from AF, gave them all the toys they need like scanners, cnc 5 axis machines, cnc lathes and mills, etc., and you ask them to manufacture a kit, what would it be? A race car? Street? I'm pretty sure it would be multimedia. How detailed would it be oob? What scale? maybe this should be a new thread?

Of course I'd like to be present when they deliberate on which car it would be!
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