{"id":441,"date":"2009-10-15T02:33:54","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T10:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=441"},"modified":"2009-10-22T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T00:20:11","slug":"ror-review-rommels-rod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=441","title":{"rendered":"RoR Review &#8211; Rommel&#8217;s Rod"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"twttr_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=441&text=RoR Review - Rommel's Rod\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here if you like this article.\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/twitter-plugin\/images\/twitt.gif\" alt=\"Twitt\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n   var gaJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ? \"https:\/\/ssl.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\"); document.write(unescape(\"%3Cscript src='\" + gaJsHost + \"google-analytics.com\/ga.js' type='text\/javascript'%3E%3C\/script%3E\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n<SPAN style=\"COLOR: #ff6600\" mce_style=\"color: #ff6600;\">R<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #ff6600\" mce_style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: #ff6600\" mce_style=\"color: #ff6600;\">oR<\/SPAN> Review - 20091015 Rommel's Rod\ntry {\nvar pageTracker = _gat._getTracker(\"UA-7543364-1\");\npageTracker._trackPageview();\n} catch(err) {}\n\/\/ <\/SPAN>\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Desert Fox is back!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/?p=445\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">See the<\/span> R<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">oR Review \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rommel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rod<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Revell has re-released its classic kit, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rommel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rod\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the delight of modeling enthusiasts everywhere. I had a blast putting this kit together but the highlight is detailing the withered bones of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Der General\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and his faithful driver.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Figure_01 by dougcole2000, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/29474631@N04\/4013228285\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2472\/4013228285_0012da168a.jpg\" alt=\"Figure_01\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0 This kit was first issued 40 years ago and since that time the\u00c2\u00a0original tooling was lost.\u00c2\u00a0 Kits were selling on the open market for upwards of $500 in recent years but this new version <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0024FA7ES?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wwwdreamwithg-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B0024FA7ES&quot;&gt;Revell 1:24 Rommel'S Rod&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=wwwdreamwithg-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B0024FA7ES&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; style=&quot;border:none !important; margin:0px !important;&quot; \/&gt;\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">(<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">kit #85-4260<\/span>)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"> <\/span>sells for around $20. To make it even better this kit provides excellent part fit from the new tooling and easy to follow instructions. In addition you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find yourself researching WWII history for things like accurate colors and you might even learn a few things about Erwin Rommel too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Desert Fox is back! See the RoR Review \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Rommel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rod \u00c2\u00a0Revell has re-released its classic kit, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rommel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rod\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to the delight of modeling enthusiasts everywhere. I had a blast putting this kit together but the highlight is detailing the withered bones of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Der General\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and his faithful driver. \u00c2\u00a0 This kit was first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[75,73,74],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kit-reviews","tag-85-4260","tag-rommels-rod","tag-tom-daniels"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":443,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441\/revisions\/443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.rightonreplicas.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}