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Model Forum / General / Models / April 2004Car Model brand with engines
Yo, After much looking around for a perfect theme for my model collection I came up with the decision to collect model cars. I especially like ones with detailed engines in them. Can anyone recommend good model brands that specialize in cars. I'm also interested in just detailed engines too. Thanks in advance for the feedback. Regards, Chad Depends on the type of cars. If Tamiya makes what you like, they are super good kits. Polar Light kits are a bear to build, you need to be a really experienced modeler for their car models. There are a number of brands that make different kinds of cars- again, knowing what kinds of cars you are interested in would be a help. European, domestic, racing cars, street cars, classic cars? > Yo, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Chad  SignatureDon Stauffer in Minnesota stauffer@usfamily.net webpage- http://www.usfamily.net/web/stauffer Racing cars and street cars i find interesting. I also find those classic muscle cars nice to work on. > Depends on the type of cars. If Tamiya makes what you like, they are > super good kits. Polar Light kits are a bear to build, you need to be a > really experienced modeler for their car models. There are a number of > brands that make different kinds of cars- again, knowing what kinds of > cars you are interested in would be a help. European, domestic, racing > cars, street cars, classic cars? >Polar Light kits are a bear to build, you need to be a >really experienced modeler for their car models. Don, Just hang on to your hat! I'm doing up the new Polar Lights VW Beetle (Herbie The Love Bug), it's a glue-optional, full detail kit, and the fit of the parts is right up there with the best of them! And, in about 3 months, Polar Lights '65 Dodge Coronet 500 hits the shelves, same glue optional assembly, and it will have excellent parts fit as well. What do we mean by "glue optional"? Well, pretty simple: All locating pins are tapered, as are the locating holes, so the parts can be assembled by pressing together, or if one wants, they can be glued, but these are full-detail kits. Art Anderson >Don, > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > >Art Anderson i had a 66 but can't remember if it's the same bod. > >'65 Dodge Coronet 500 hits the shelves, same glue optional assembly, and it > >will have excellent parts fit as well. > > > i had a 66 but can't remember if it's the same bod. No. Not close enough to matter, anyway. In the 'smaller' details, the '65 was essentially a one-year car, most similar to the other '63-'65 Plymouth and Dodge B bodies, but converting to, or from, any of them would require at least entire new front and rear clips (greenhouses and doors were the same). The '66 and '67 were very similar to one another, though; the big differences being grilles, trim, and taillights. So how come nobody's bothered to do a '66 Dodge Coronet/500 conversion set (exterior, anyway - nobody looks at the seats except anal retentives) for the Revellogram? A '66 Plymouth Belvedere/Satellite would be nice, too. I'm looking forward to the '65, Art! If I hadn't invested all of $6 in my JoHan '65 Dodge builtup, I'd be upset by a new tool. I imagine those guys asking $50+ for builtups and $250+ from kits *will* be. So what are the odds I'll ever find a 'short' '57 Ford for these doggone Fireball #22 decals I've got? -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) >...what are the odds I'll ever find a 'short' '57 Ford for these doggone >Fireball #22 decals I've got? The Modelhaus does '57 Custom and Custom 300 sedans. Is that what you're looking for? SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - click "Reply To" to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." > >...what are the odds I'll ever find a 'short' '57 Ford for these doggone > >Fireball #22 decals I've got? > > The Modelhaus does '57 Custom and Custom 300 sedans. Is that > what you're looking for? They do? I thought *Art* did them ... or maybe Art *did* them ...? Thanks for the tip. -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) >All locating pins are tapered, as are the locating holes, so the parts can be assembled by >pressing together, or if one wants, they can be glued... Does this preclude test fitting? IOW, can the parts be easily separated after pressing them together? SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - click "Reply To" to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." > >Polar Light kits are a bear to build, you need to be a > >really experienced modeler for their car models. [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Art Anderson Looking forward to the new '65. It'll take some of the anxiety out of restoring my AMT/MPC kit. Maybe I can even use some of those custom parts still knocking around the spares boxes. Bill Banaszak, MFE >Yo, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >Chad Hoooboy! Car kits with engines? Model companies who specialize in model cars? AMT/Ertl, Revell for sure (and most all their kits have engine detail, some better than others--depending on where in history they were tooled. Tamiya has a fair number of car kits with engine detailing, as do Fujimi, Italeri, Protar. AA > Tamiya has a fair number of car kits with engine detailing, as do Fujimi, Most Fujimi are curbside, however the Enthusiast range they make do come with engines and are super detailed & not expensive. Not quite up there with Tamiya for fitment, but more detailed :) > Most Fujimi are curbside, however the Enthusiast range they make do come > with engines and are super detailed & not expensive. Not quite up there > with Tamiya for fitment, Some are, some aren't. Some early Tamiyas aren't terribly impressive. Tom What's AMT/Ertl's Home page? > Hoooboy! Car kits with engines? Model companies who specialize in model cars? > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > AA >What's AMT/Ertl's Home page? http://www.ertltoys.com/brand/amt/2003/index.shtml SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - click "Reply To" to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." > Yo, > > After much looking around for a perfect theme for my model collection I came > up with the decision to collect model cars. I especially like ones with > detailed engines in them. Well, that narrows it down to, ummm ... about 90% of all model cars. > Can anyone recommend good model brands that > specialize in cars. I'm also interested in just detailed engines too. Well, what with the really crappy Pyro, Palmer, and early Lindberg stuff long gone, you shouldn't have too much trouble with almost any brand you can buy these days. The ones that most often *don't* have engine details are Japanese, but they also do some of the most stunningly detailed 1/24 kits there are. I don't think you need a theme; you need a mentor. -- C.R. Krieger (Been there; done that) > stunningly detailed 1/24 kits there are. I don't think you need a > theme; you need a mentor. > -- Well, I already have a lot of that in this newsgroup. ;) If you don't want to build, just collect, you should check out Exoto. http://www.exoto.com/ Some of their stuff is just off-the-scale detailed. "Furious Detail" is how they describe it. And if that isn't good enough, they have high-end stuff with "Extreme Closeup Furious Detail". Excellent paint and decal quality, acurate colors. Expensive but worth it. AutoArt is pretty good, just not as good as Exoto. SignatureThanks to the spammers, you will need to remove the hot dog in my address to send me email. |
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