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I wondered if there was a connection to HWY61 replicas. Danbury always did the traditional 1/25 scale and this is the later 1/16 scale. I never cared for or saw the need to go bigger than 1/25 and have stayed away from the 1/18. They take up more room for one thing, but also out of scale for dioramas. The smaller and more detailed the better is how I feel about models. Go bigger and there's no excuse for inaccuracy. Go smaller and it matters less...as well as being more complicated to do. That said, I do have just one 1/18 scale '72 and it is the Eagle on Ochre just because I want a full rounded 67-72 collection and that s my 1/18 HWY61 representation.

I'm undecided on this one, four payments of $39.95, so $160. It is a sort of hallmark piece being the first one back for Danbury with this new arrangement...or have there been others I don't know about? It is a fine model in the color and configuration they went with. I'm real critical of bigger scale and there's plenty to pick on with this one. It's not a toy, it's a $160 adult replica. AMT 1/25 model kits were more precise than this. It's very nice, don't gt me wrong.