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The IXO/Agora and Pocher kits are likely similar in detailing; not bad, not great. No one will confuse them with the smaller MFH cars. But the 917 will likely be a fun build. I have the lotus 72, looked through the parts, the body is fine, but the engine is just way too shiny. I’ll likely repaint th...

In addition to those, I’ve also used megahobby.com and spruebrothers.com

https://www.amazon.com/Meng-Sprue-Broth ... c47c48c32f

On sale for 168.

Found an google image that shows the correct livery from Monaco 1977, but there are a few differences in the truck cab

I’ve heard airplane modelers will dip the canopies in future floor wax. It’ll fill in the micro scratches.

I think what will be more interesting is how much people will spend upgrading the Meng kit and will that be less than a MFH kit I don't think many will spend more than a MFH kit because they'll already have bought that one if they wanted to. These 1/12 kits didn't come out of no where, but its been...

Sad to hear about the closing Mac. Shipping is a killer these days as I struggle to put together enough items to offset the shipping charges. A lot of orders end up deleted because I can’t just justify the shipping for a couple small items.

They have done several versions of the Caterham cars, and Datsun street and Safari versions.

I’ve seen the meng kit pre-order price at around 300 USD, that I think is going to be closer to the correct price. Obviously we we don’t confirm until it’s available.

Yes that`s my thought also, i can`t remember any model that comes from 2 different companies in the same scale at the same time (maybe). But maybe it is good cause you can choose the better one finaly. Tamiya and hasegawa releasing 1/20 lotus 1979. Rumor was Tamiya had their sitting on the shelf an...