MPC and Round2 have released their Chevy Rescue Blazer model kit.

This model has not been issued for quite some years. It's still a good choice if you build Chevy trucks and want to replicate the 4X4 K5 models. The kit includes a light bar for the roof. It's a curbside kit (the hood does not open and there is no engine), but I am sure modelers can easily altar that by opening the hood and using any number of chevy truck frames and engine choices. (how about a 454 ?).

It's molded in three colors, and one tree is full of chrome parts. The wheels are two piece snap tires. I would recommend you get at least one of these for your GM truck projects, simply because the full size Blazers are not available any other way in plastic. And you know something will come to mind later. (Hunting truck? Border Patrol? etc.)

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GM Truck Models | Police and Rescue Vehicles

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Polar Lights Tommy Grove Ford Mustang Funny Car.

Polar Lights has issued a new Funny Car kit, drag racing legend Tommy Grove's Ford Mustang.

The model includes two fascias, one for making the 1969 car, the other for the 1970 version. Lucky for modelers, the kit is molded in white. The slicks are "pad printed" with lettering. Of course, it includes a colorful decal sheet and chrome parts. The model features a fully detailed tubular "Logghe" chassis.

When you look at the illustrations in the directions, and indeed, if you look at the chrome tree, you will see parts for a Chrysler 426 engine. But never fear. Round2 has included a 427 SOHC to make this model very accurate ! Are those Kats the best or what?? They must have a drag racing fan on their team. Lucky for us !

You can see this and many other drag racing kits here at Rocketfin - click here for those.

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Drag Racing Model Cars | Model Car Books

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Fujimi has issued an all new tooling kit in 1/24 scale, the Mclaren MP4-12C GT3 car.

It's a surprise kit, not much has been mentioned about it. Still, it's a unique car and great subject to build for exotic car fans.

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European Model Car Kits | Model Car Books

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Italeri has reissued three of their Porsche kits. A 928s-4, 944s, and 911 Turbo. As a Porsche fan, I look forward to these kits.

The Porsche 928 was introduced in 1977. Made with a new body with a large tailgate, the new car was equipped with a new aluminum V8 engine with electronic fuel injection, capable of delivering power of 235hp. Designed according to the formula "Transaxle", with front engine and rear gearbox, the car was also equipped with independent suspension and Weissach rear axle type, optimized to reduce under stear. The S4 version was produced in 1986, and was characterized by a more powerful engine that delivered 330hp. This 928 kit features 86 parts on colored sprues. The 944 features 91 parts on precolored sprues.

The Porsche 944 was produced from 1982 to 1991 and was an evolution of the model 924 maintaining the aesthetic line. The car was originally equipped with a fuel injection engine from 2479 cc capable of delivering power of 163 hp. and made according to the Transaxle concept (rear engine and front shifter). The 944 was produced in different versions with different engines and extensive redesign of the interior in coupe and convertible configurations. In particular, the S variant, introduced in 1987, was equipped with a 16 valve engine generating 189hp and able to achieve speeds from 0 to 100 km / h in 7.2 seconds. Only 9800 were built.

The model 911 Turbo was introduced in 1975 with an engine of 2994 cc with the assistance of the turbocharger and intercooler could offer power of 260hp. Over the years a series of technical and stylistic improvements were introduced that have made this car, characterized by broad wheel arches and the large wing, an authentic symbol of the ultimate sports cars. The model kit features 84 parts on precolored sprues.

All three model kits have full engine details.

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Porsche Model Car KIts | Model Car Books

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Big Daddy's Ford Pickup is getting small, and just the right size for you to build your own version at home!

Before Ed "Big Daddy" Roth became famous for designing wacky hot rods, he had a popular pin-striping business in southern California. Roth even gave his own '56 Ford F-100 the "Big Daddy" treatment, customizing it with red flame pinstripes and a mural on the tonneau cover. Kit features a detailed Thunderbird V-8 engine, multiple interior style choices, opening doors, soft black tires, chrome-plated parts and Ed Roth decals with wild flame graphics and a tonneau cover mural.

Don't think this is a model to cash in on Ed Roth Big Daddy's fame. He REALLY DID have a Ford pickup like this model. Click HERE for pictures of the real truck!

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Ford Model Kits | Custom and Show Car Model Kits

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Revell Tom Daniel's Bad Medicine model car kit.

Tom Daniel fans can celebrate today as an old favorite returns, the Bad Medicine hot rod. Note that the driver, Mr. Bones, will be at the wheel for your travels.

Bad Medicine is one of Tom Daniel's craziest concoctions, and Monogram (Revell) has given it the 1/24 scale treatment it deserves! This time out, Daniel has transformed a lightning-fast dragster into a prescription delivery service that can set new land-speed records. One thing's for sure: your pharmacy doesn't have anything like it! Kit features a long, low dragster body, assorted eye-catching goodies, soft black tires, chrome-plated parts and decals with authentic Tom Daniel graphics.

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Tom Daniel Model Kits | Hot Rod Model Kits

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Revell's 1/24 1970 Plymouth Road Runner model car kit.

Relive the musclecar days with Revell's 1970 Plymouth Road Runner. The kit features Six Pac carbs with the pop up hood scoop. The interior has a grocery-getter style bench seat. You can even make this a real sleeper with the included steel wheels and dog dish hub caps.

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Mopar Model Kits | Books on Building Car Model Kits

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Revell's 1/24 Corvette Grand Sport race car model kit.

This kit is a great bargain while it lasts.

Sadly, Accurate Miniatures ceased producing models. There kits were (are) very high quality kits. While the car kits were priced a bit more than an average old 60's reissued kit, their quality made them worth every penny. Fortunately for us, their existing inventory of Corvette models have gone to Revell. This has allowed Revell to rebox these kits at a slightly lower price than you may be used to seeing.

The kits still include the photoetch parts. (in fact, the bags that the trees came in, at least in the kit I have, still say Accurate Miniatures on them). I recommend buying as many kits as you can get your hands on. You may not know it, but this kit has one the best detailed small block chevy V8's ever done in plastic. It' a great model.

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Corvette Model Model Kits | Books on Building Car Model Kits

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Round 2 has issued the AMT Chevy Chevell "Superwagon" model kit.

This reiisued kit features some colorful decals and old stye box art.

This kit also includes a set of wheel ramps, which are good if you want to pose the car in a diorama or garage scene. The kit is molded in white, clear, clear blue and chrome with pad printed rubber and vinyl tires. With options, you can build it 1 of 4 ways. Some options include: 3 motor intakes, tinted drag windows, pad printed tires, and a bonus Mini display box.

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Drag Racing Model Kits | Books on Building Car Model Kits

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Round 2 has issued their new AMT 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air kit.

Featuring a collectible tin packaging and photo booklet with images from GM's historical archives, AMT's Chevy 100th kits are a deluxe-level products any modeler will enjoy. The 1957 Chevy Bel Air is created from modern tooling and features special detailing accessories like photo-etched parts, metal foil and motor ignition wire. It's loaded with detail throughout!

The plastic kit inside is molded in white, and includes chrome and clear parts, and vinyl tires.

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GM & Chevy Model Kits | Books on Building Car Model Kits

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Trumpeter has new released another issue of their popular Ford Falcon 1/25 scale model.

This new Ford Falcon Futura convertible offeres a top down version for boulevard cruising, but includes a top up for protection on rainy days. With this version you can stylize your project with the included optional rear seat cover, cut down windscreen and "smoothie" wheels.

The kit consists of 140+ parts. It includes clear parts, rubber tires, accurate parts molded in white, and a highly detailed interior, chassis, and engine. It has chrome plated grilles, wheels, bumpers.

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Ford Model Kits | Books on Building Car Model Kits

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HobbyDesign has developed two new resin detail transkits for the Mercedes SLR.

They offer two kinds of Resign Transkits to make a 1/24 Mercedes-Benz SLR 722GT (HD03-0004) replica, and a Hamann Mercedes-Benz SLR Volcano's (HD03-0131) .These two transkits include a resin detail set, Photoetch set, and Wheel set.

The resin parts include front bumper, side bumper, rear bumper, engine hood. The photoetch detail parts will help bring to life you car model and make it even more realistic than ever. The photoetch set includes some detail parts for things such as: car logo, dashboard, steering wheel, the car logo on the Axle, brake discs, and the wiper.

Check out these detail items and many more at their website, Hobby Design.

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Mercedes Car Model Kits | Car Model Books

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Revell has issued it's retooled "3-N-1" 1948 Ford Custom Coupe in 1/25 scale.

The 1948 Ford was the company's last model to be produced using a pre-WWII design. Distinctive "fat" fenders helped make it an instant favorite with custom builders, who tended to chop the top and add fade-away fenders and tunneled headlights.

This new Revell kit features: optional custom parts, four grilles with separate surrounds, two bumpers, two hubcaps, three taillights, two hoods, fade-away side panels, spotlights, fender skirts, plated metal exhaust tips, Tampo®-printed whitewall tires, chrome-plated parts and decals with colorful custom graphics.

With all the extra custom parts, and the pre-chopped body, custom car modelers will enjoy adding this kit to their next model project.

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Ford Model Car Kits | Model Car Diorama Models and Parts.

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Trumpeter has released it's all new 1/25 scale tool of the 1965 Ford Falcon Ranchero model kit.

This fresh kit is buildable as a factory stock version or customize it with the included optional engine accessories and wheels. The model consists of over 130 parts on 21 sprues plus 4 rubber tires, and features a removable hood to showcase the small block ford detailed engine.

The Ford Falcon established itself as the leading seller in the compact car market soon after its 1960 introduction, and the Ranchero pickup proved to be a versatile, compact hauler intended for light duty. For the 1964 model year, Ford redesigned the body lines of the Falcon Ranchero, which was carried over from the first generation Falcon line.

I imagine many builders will probably make the Falcon used by "Odd Job" in the James Bond movie Goldfinger. You just have to add your own crushed Lincoln. :-)

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Ford Model Cars & Trucks | Model Car Diorama Models and Parts.

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Round 2 has released their Polar Lights Green Hornet Black Beauty in a new decorative Tin.

The kit is 1/32 scale. Inside the Tin box is included a bonus art print poster.

Few other vehicles are as recognizable as the Green Hornet's Black Beauty. The car was originally featured in the 1966 television series starring Van Williams as Britt Reid, the Green Hornet, and Bruce Lee as his sidekick Kato. The car featured distinct weapons and styling including lasers and missiles to take on the bad guys. Polar Lights is proud to bring the car back as a fan favorite model kit.

Personally, I would have liked to see a new kit of the Black Beauty that was 1/25 scale. It would compliment Round 2's 1966 Batmobile. I have built a 1/24 scale resin Black Beauty kit, but it would be great to have one in plastic.

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Super Hero Model Kits | TV Show Model Kits

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Hobbylink Japan has a review of new kits coming out from some model manufacturers, I recommend you check out their sneek peek..

Many of the subjects do not have images yet, I suspect HJ is working to add those soon. So you may want to book mark it now and visit back with them.

The Hasegawa 1/48 P-40E/K Warhawk Flying Tigers sounds interesting to me. As well as the 1/48 Hurricane Mk.IIC King's Cup Air Race. The 1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-6 1st Assault Flying Team might be a good project. Of course, everyone is going to jump on the Fujimi Spinner from Blade Runner. That kit is a must have.

Fujimi also releasing a 1/24 Lamborghini Avendator. I believe this is an all new tooling. I thought about getting an Avendator in diecast, but now that a kit will be produced, I will probably wait get one of those instead. I just like the agressive body style of this supercar.

There are some various planes and other cars that are tempting, but I can't afford them all (I wish!). Visit the site and see what you think. :-)

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Revell has jumped into big scale with an all new tooling, to bring us the Shelby Ford Mustang GT500.

Distinguishing differences between the GT500 and other Mustangs include a 540 hp 5.4L V-8 engine with a supercharger, a specially designed Gurney Flap rear spoiler and seats with embroidered cobras. Ford's Special Vehicle Team (SVT) delivered a more powerful 2010 Shelby GT500, with increased 540 horsepower, torque at 510 foot-pounds, and more downforce with drag reduced.

This large kit features a detailed chassis, an opening hood with a supercharged V-8 engine, a realistic GT500 interior, disc brakes with rolling wheels and metal exhaust tips, soft rubber tires, chrome-plated parts and decals with authentic factory graphics and racing stripes.

Once finished, the model is around 15.5 inches long. The parts count is 150.

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Ford Model Kits | Car Model Books and Publications

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Round 2 has issued it's long awaited Polar Lights 1966 Batmobile model kit, the glue version.

This 1/25 scale model is different than the previous Snap Batmobile kit offered a month or so ago. This all new tooling includes full engine detail and opening trunk. It is also molded in white for the diehard modelers who can't resist painting and striping the most famous crime fightning car of all time. (the orange striping in this kit is supplied on the decal sheet, though I am sure many modelers will paint them on).

Not since Aurora's 1/32 scale kit has a model been produced of the 1966 Batmobile. Polar lights has now released 3 versions: a 1/32 scale model, a Snap 1/25 scale Snap kit, and this new 1/25 scale Glue version. They have really gone to a lot of trouble to get these Batmobiles into the hands of modelers, to give us what we want. I hope the sales of all these kits is very brisk and will allow them to release other kits in the future. (a 1/25 Green Hornet Black Beauty anyone?).

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Super Hero Model Kits Model Kit | TV & Movie Model kits.

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Revell Germany has released their Austin-Healey 100-6 kit. A classic sports car model for sure.

The real 1:1 Austin-Healey 100-6 went into series production in 1956. The designation 100 stood for the 100 mph the sports car could reach, the 6 referred to the 6-cylinders in-line 2.7 litre engine. Compared with its predecessor model the 100-6 had the chassis stretched in the door area. The bonnet now had an integralfront air intake. The engine of the six developed 117 bhp, the racy 2+2 seater reached a top speed of around 167 km/h and accelerated from 0 to 100 in just 10.7 seconds.

This 1/25 scale 87-part kit includes: Multi-part bodywork, Removable bonnet (hood), Multi-part 6-cylinder engine, Removable boot lid (trunk), Rotating wheels, Filigree wheel spokes, and various chrome parts, including bumper bars, rear-view mirror, front radiator grill and door handles.

European Model Cars | Model Car Books and Publications

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