junkman9096 wrote:
Lone Star Models has a complete upgrade/replacement set BUT the owner is going through some very tough personal issues and has put the business on hiatus for now. Keep an eye out for the Cobra Company PB4Y resin upgrade set.
The Lone Star set IS the Cobra set. Mike West bought the molds when Cobra folded. It's expensive, but rectifies pretty much all the shortcomings of the old Matchbox kit. As you say, Mike is a one-man operation, and is dealing with some Major Life Issues these days, so it might be hard getting ahold of it. Even in the best of times, orders from him tend to take awhile (see: one-man band.) I think it took six months for the Privateer set I ordered to arrive, but he was just getting it back into production and I think he had to make all-new molds from the original masters. I don't know if you could even find the original Cobra set these days..if so it would probably be pretty pricey.
SN