oldcarfan

I've always had a thing for German and Japanese stuff and I bought or almost bought a lot of awesome mistakes like a $2000 Bentley that was more Bondo than steel or a $3500 BMW 635 that the dealer swore had a new engine and great original paint. *Spoiler alert: He lied.* Not to mention a Mustang and a Challenger that you could put your foot through the floorboard.

As for Toyota, I'd like to see Tamiya do a Tacoma and the new Land Cruiser and it's Lexus variant.

Even Toyota hasn't been immune. They've over a hundred thousand trucks with the VC35A V6 twin turbo and I've heard they're having trouble with the small turbo 4 as well. Toyota has always had a reputation for dependability and I have to wonder how they could let something like this happen.

Congratulations!

Our local Chevy dealer has had a new Hummer truck on the floor for a long time. I looked at it out of curiosity and it wieghs over 9,000 pounds. To me that is way past ridiculous. They should have named it the Canyonero.

Nicely done. This is one of those models where I look at it and wish I could have done that well! They are really nice kits but they take some fitting. I bought all the variations of this kit back in the day and built them side by side. Sadly, they don't travel well. Don't ask, it wasn't a pretty sight. I think I still have most of one somewhere.

Love the way the top came out nice concept!

I can see Tamiya do those two cars. They did the new Ford GT and the Lexus LFA and a lot of other niche super cars so it wouldn't surprise me.

In general I agree about computers and the weight savings, but dash controls are my current pet peeve. Last year we traded our old 2nd gen RX350 for a 4th gen version and I'm not impressed with the interior. The old one also had a lot of electronics, but it was arranged in a relatively intuitive way. You could perform most functions without taking your eyes off the road. Not so much anymore. It wasn't that long ago that everyone was making texting illegal because it takes your attention away from driving and they had a point. Things always get more complicated, but the way these systems are engineered is just as unsafe as texting. On a lot of cars, you have to navigate multiple screens to change settings that could be done by a knob or button without taking your eyes off the road. I sound like an old man yelling at a cloud but this is as bad as texting.

If you're looking for a Tamiya spray, I think the number for Italian Red is TS-8. I seem to remember it being slightly transparent so if a primer was used, the color of that may effect how the paint comes out. You might do a spoon test using white and gray primers.

Sounds good to me, too. I have several cars I owned and a few I almost owned that might work, and even better, I think I may have kits for a lot of them.

Just a thought but I wonder if it could be modified to print only the center part of the lid so it would fit under a standard mason jar ring?

Seeing this reminded me of a guy I knew back in those days. He bought two or more of every promo that came out especially the Corvettes and stored them high on a shelf in cases, box and all. He said they would be his retirement plan some day. I often wonder how that worked out for him. Not that I have any room to talk, I bought comic books with the same idea and we all know how that turned out.

Just realized my reply was almost the same as Seth's, sorry! Maybe it could be stretched into how you would have built or restored it if you had had the money? I've had a lot of junky cars that I would have fixed up if money allowed.

I recently bought their Lamborghini Diablo kit, the first time I've one since they first came out. I'm looking forward to doing something with it. We went back today for some stocking stuffers and I almost got this one. I assume its the old Revell kit?