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Topic starter
10/02/2017 10:41 am
[PICS] Neo releases spotted this evening
Just browsing, as usual, and I see the '61 Dodge Dart Phoenix is now on release, with its, ahem, unique side trim unaltered.
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Unfortunately, it isn't something you can quietly overlook, it really hits you in the face, particularly when you know that it is totally, bizarrely wrong. I expect the trim strip could be popped off easily enough and some BMF added, but you really shouldn't have to.
Also on release is a Valiant, in a quite staggeringly bland colour. On a foggy day you could walk right into it.
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I thought only BoS could make things look that insipid. And speaking of BoS, they are the same stable as Neo, right? And BoS have already done the Valiant sedan (and wagon) so what exactly is the point of issuing a Neo version, when the BoS is half the price and, strangely enough, has a bit more detail because it has P/E side window frames and the Neo doesn't seem to have even that, it looks like the window frames are silver paint. But it also seems to have a different windscreen/windshield surround which looks heavier and too shallow compared with the BoS. Strange, and rather toy-like.
And finally, Neo announce a '61 Lincoln Continental convertible - just a few weeks after BoS issue the sedan, presumably based on the same casting.
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Well at least it isn't another black Lincoln! The front and rear grilles look like cheap silver-grey paint in these pics, but the BoS sedan looks just the same in photos and I have one and it's actually decently chromed.
I couldn't help wondering if the boot (trunk) lid on both versions slopes down too steeply at the rear, but maybe I'm being picky. On second thoughts, yes I probably am. It's not too bad.
I know some people have looked at the BoS sedan and decided to hold out for a "proper" model of this car, but actually it scales out at a pretty good 1:43.5 and my initial suspicion that the rear pillar was a little narrow turns out to be wrong, it measures up perfectly. Paint and trim are fine and it's really not a bad model. And now you can have a Neo convertible, same basic body, same finish and detailing, for only twice the price. Hmm.
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Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
10/02/2017 11:23 am
(Pic) All of these look great and the colors and trim aren't a particular concern to me. And, given these are snapshots, they most likely will be even better (or better judged) in person. I suppose every model ever built has been complained about, occasionally perhaps rightly, or many times nitpickingly .... or in a number of cases wrongly.
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10/02/2017 12:32 pm
Thanks Graeme for the pictures and reviews. You truly are a wordsmith and fun to read. I received the Dodge yesterday and while the trim is wrong, the paint is as good as any on models in my collection.
11/02/2017 12:53 am
So NEO have other paint available? Not just red and black then.
11/02/2017 1:23 am
Love the color on this one, Mike.
Topic starter
11/02/2017 1:32 am
I went to the web page (Hemmings.com) where that grey Dodge appears.
It is described a a lovingly authentic 3-year restoration of a Dodge Seneca. It has a short side trim, but no "spearhead" at the front end of the trim strip.
I found another pic of a junkyard Seneca online, it also has a short side trim but again no spear. The photo I showed in an earlier post (22246.1.2) of a darker grey car with the "spear trim" still seems to be a unique, non-authentic version. As Mike says, it's still a nice model as it stands, it's just mystifying how they selected that rare one-off to base their model on.
I am now going to take off my nerd hat and go online to order the Dodge.
p.s. Would be really nice if they did it in that light metallic grey, though (like the BoS 1:18)
Graeme.M. Ogg
London U.K.
11/02/2017 1:21 pm
I went ahead and bought the sedan. I collect all types of cars, and I've always hoped that someone would manufacture this car. I love it's design and classical elegance, Does anyone own this car? And please give me your opinions.
11/02/2017 5:43 pm
And the James Bond partworks series included a black sedan, a black convertible and a stretch limo also in black. Not sure who the makers were, IXO or Universal Hobbies?
John F. Quilter
Eugene, Oregon USA
14/02/2017 9:33 am
I agree regarding the Lincoln. I hope the product is better than the prototype as often happens.
I've been waiting for a modern, detailed model of a "Kennedy era" Continental, but this photo shows a BoS level of detail. This is fine for BoS, but at NEO's price point, there isn't enough value for the money.