[Closed] PICS - My take on Neo's offerings - "a carbuncle on the nose of a super model"

PICS - My take on Neo's offerings - "a carbuncle on the nose of a super model"

Judging from the postings below Neo has managed to attract quite a bit of interest (and polarity) over their new replicas of North American cars. I hand it to them for selecting some interesting subjects never before modelled in our favorite scale.

It seems to me that they must be using local automobiles as their subject matter. The skinny whitewalls and protruding dual tail pipes are a give away. I am wondering as others do why during pre-production stage they don't seem to consult readily available reference materials?

I think that this is more than a little defect. In my publications I strive for accuracy but have sometimes made a clunker of a mistake (that has eluded the editing process). Besides being embarrassed, I am also unhappy that others people have been misled (inadvertently) and may come to believe the mistake as being the truth. I have occasionally made running changes to correct errors but that is hard to do once the book is on the shelves. It is the same thing for scale model cars.

I'd appreciate it if Neo could take that step of consulting reference materials and not race models into pre-production photographic mode. Instead, take that little extra care to get it right and show the cars as they were when they came out of the factory.

I say this because I really want to buy the little replicas but won't do so unless they closely resemble the actual vehicle. On that note, it looks like the '57 Buick Caballero and '49 Cadillac sedanet are pretty darn close. In fact the Cadillac may be the best yet. But please Neo, fix the tires and lose the tail pipes. I know, I can do this, but why should I? Its such a little thing to get it right. Its like a carbuncle on the nose of a super model.

Now, here's the latest...1973 Dodge Dart Swinger. Interesting choice of subject - a plebian econo box with pretensions of sportiness. With the bulletproof 225 six and Torqueflite tranny they ran for hundreds of thousands of miles. With the 318 or 340 they were quick off the line.

I like the model choice. I think the grille may need a tweak, perhaps to recess it a touch, wheelcovers need a little detail, the wheels...the wheels - they are way too large, ditch the 19" inch Dubs and replace with 14 inchers, and please lose those tail pipes. Minor items - do that and it will look super in the garage next to the Minichamps '74 Monaco!