::::::::::::::::::: Model News November 2005 ::::::::::::::::::

If you are building a new 2005 / 2006 Ford Mustangs kit, you may want to consider some new products from AFX in Scale.

Mainly their Shelby type hood and other conversion parts. Pretty cool.

Scale Auto Magazine has posted some great pictures from both the NNL South and NNL Toledo shows. Check them out.

The Ala Kart motorcycle is a very cool idea.

The good people at Monsters N Motion just announced a bunch of stuff to go with the new King Kong movie for 2005. Of interest to modelers would be the King Kong resin kit, which includes a base and a girl figure.

They also carry a Willis O'Brien version of Kong himself. This one is articulated, similar to the original stop-motion one used to make the original movie in 1933. (Not to be confused with the later 1976 cheesy movie version.) At least the poster art to that flick was done by John Berkey.

Can you believe Universal Studios in Florida actually had a King Kong theme park ride based on that '70's flick ?

Of course, nowadays, it seems every time a new movie comes out, someone has to make a video game of it.

The two kits I built during the hurricane are now up. Modeling sure passes the time when you have no electricity and no phone.

One is a Boss 302 Mustang, the other a Military Jeep.

For a couple of years now I have been thinking of getting a Billings Jacques Cousteau Calypso ship model. The thing is huge, and it's really made for RC use (I would build it static).

I have built a plastic model of the ship, which was a great build for me. But I think I could do even more detail on a larger version.

While looking around to see if anyone had built the kit and any tips, I came across this site - http://www.rachelspages.com/calypso/index.asp. Even if you don't plan on building a ship model, there are some interesting tips and ideas for working around some modeling problems.

It doesn't look like it's an easy build, and I haven't really made a decision. But it could be a future project.

If you are into Fire Truck kits, Trumpeter releases a new American LaFrance Pumper kit. The all new tooling will include some extras, as well as some photoetch. The color pictures are test shots only, but it looks to be a killer kit.

AMT did Tim Burton's 1989 Batmobile quite a few years ago in 1/25 scale. In fact, it has been reissued already since then. But if you ever wanted another kit of the famed car, Monsters in Motion is mentioning a new tool in 1/35 scale. Not sure why they chose the military scale (?).

Looks like it has a removable engine like the later modified AMT release. Though the undercarriage looks like it has more detail than the AMT offering.

Just got power and DSL back after 2 weeks after Hurricane Wilma. Thanks to everyone who stuck it out with me and stayed with the Blog while I was out.

The good thing is I had a lot of free time, so I have built 2 new kits to add to the gallery. I will upload those pictures soon. And of course, I will mention it here first on the Blog.

If you are a first visitor to the Model Blog, the October blog has been archived. It is also listed in the right column if you want to view older postings or look for something I may have talked about before.

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