NEW 1/8 Pocher Release news and first post introduction from long time lurker

The Pochers days long passed were works of art.  The packaging was amazing- the parts were organized into dozens of little plastic bags stapled to fold out cardboard wings, each labeled with the part numbers contained, which were reference in the instruction book.  The plastic in the kits were the body parts.  Everything went together with tiny screws, or nuts and bolts.  The steering linkages and brakes actually worked. There were hundreds of special machined parts of brass or other metals.  I can't imagine producing something like that today.

Ditto on the "experienced modelers only". I'm working on a 1/8 Pocher Ferrari Testarrosa V-12 that I'm putting into a 1/8 Monogram '32 Ford "Big Deuce" that I built many, many years ago and did not fare well over the years. The engine has parts that aren't used for an engine. The plug wires that were laying on top of parts in a bag started to melt their way into the parts. They are very sticky and have a very strange odor. Every part in the box had flash and parts don't line up. Even the picture of the engine on the box cover showed the flash and bad fit. Check out my WIP back a little ways and you'll see it all.

Hope the new ones are better. Good luck.

Jim 

I am amazed- I thought Pocher was long gone, decades ago.  I built 3 of their kits back in the 60's - 70's-  Two Alfa Romeos and a Fiat. Amazing kits!!! But be aware,  these were for experienced modelers only, and I expect the new one is the same.