In a message dated 12/22/05 10:34:14, DLen1261 (AT) aol (DOT) com writes: << Stan--thanks for the heads-up. On the other end of the scale, is anyone on the list considering the GMP 1/12 scale 289 Cobra model, due out "soon" (for $499 each)? Or even better, has anyone on the list actually seen a prototype example of the GMP model? >> >>>I have. The guy who makes them is local to me, and I got to see them on display at the Concorso Italiano in Monterey. Spectacular, but enormously expensive. If you have the money to have a real Cobra, then the model isn't expensive. But if not, then it is! Mike