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Tiffoc wrote:Hi Roy...
The Wave kit is definitely 1:24th... I'm not averse to 1:24th scale, but I do not like that scale for F1 kits...

Steve

The 412T1 and T2 along with F187/88C transkit were indeed 1/20th scale. I've got all three in my stash.

And about backmarkers, I am all for it, if only they were in plastic I would buy all the Osellas, Minardis, Eurobruns and such...and I suspect I am not the only one, if these kind of kits will ever be released in plastic they would sell out quite quickly. About the situation of S27 I admire they had...

I've noticed its been much harder to sell some of my 1/20 resin kits the past few years versus 4 or 5 years ago. I used to buy kits in the USA quite regularly, in fact a lot, and yes I've purchased from you too... Trouble is I haven't bought a kit from the US of A or Canada for getting on for 15 ye...

1/20 is still my scale of choice. It's the best compromise of detail/size for me. Surely the thing is that there are less and less cars that NEED kitting now. What's left now are very niche items and, whilst interesting to a few people, would there be enough interest to turn a profit. Majority of t...

So do you feel there's a lost of interest in 1/20th scale F1 kits or just the fact that there's no new or interesting subject matter? Or the bigger problem of licensing? I imagine there are still quite a few of us should who have sizable 1/20 collection and would add to if the right subject matter w...

Last one released was #68. Not optimistic there'll be more to follow....

McLaren MP4/7

Doesn't TnT Hobbies carry Orange House kits in US? Try contacting Tom.

Here's a Youtube video telling the story of the Whittington Brothers. Pretty entertaining...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U8Uy_0qFuk

I believe this has as good of a chance as any of coming to fruition because:

A) Japanese auto maker
B) LeMans winner
C) interest from Japanese fan base

Even a curbside kit would be great!