Got a bunch of AW cars over Christmas break, and I've been running and diddling with them when time permits. You guys know I love to sit these next to the originals and compare, so it won't surprise you that I'm comparing an AW Cougar with an Aurora Cougar. Not many differences, actually, but there is one BIG one that y'all should know about. More on that later.
Here they are side by side. The blue Aurora Cougar is on an Aurora Tuff Ones chassis.
Something really obvious here is the mold lines on the Aurora... heck, look at Bud's homepage. The cartoon Cougar that Bob Hardin drew for the website art has the mold lines drawn on it, because they're so obvious on the Aurora car:
http://www.budshocars.com/
It's nice to see a cleaned-up Cougar without those lines. :thumbsup:
A few other external differences: The AW's quarter windows are slightly different in shape. The word "Cougar" isn't molded on the AW's quarter panel emblem, and the cat figure isn't molded on the grille emblem. The cowl vents behind the hood aren't quite as sharp on the AW car. Still looks great to me... and the taillight detail on the AW car looks great...
BUT...
there is ONE big difference. Read on...
--rick
Here they are side by side. The blue Aurora Cougar is on an Aurora Tuff Ones chassis.

Something really obvious here is the mold lines on the Aurora... heck, look at Bud's homepage. The cartoon Cougar that Bob Hardin drew for the website art has the mold lines drawn on it, because they're so obvious on the Aurora car:
http://www.budshocars.com/
It's nice to see a cleaned-up Cougar without those lines. :thumbsup:
A few other external differences: The AW's quarter windows are slightly different in shape. The word "Cougar" isn't molded on the AW's quarter panel emblem, and the cat figure isn't molded on the grille emblem. The cowl vents behind the hood aren't quite as sharp on the AW car. Still looks great to me... and the taillight detail on the AW car looks great...



BUT...
there is ONE big difference. Read on...
--rick