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Nah, plastic grille emblem for a Holden Suburban. Roughly the same size and weight as a model kit!

If you haven't already done so, check out the documentary on Netflix. It's interesting. And scary how this one guy could make so many errors, ignore so many experts, and completely skip every recommended safety test and repair; and still be allowed to put people into his sub and go diving. What I thought was especially interesting, was that by giving the paying customers an employee title, like dive engineer or wahtever nonsesne he came up with, they could be considered crew and not passengers. Therefore, fewer regulations to follow.

Looking for Tamiya touring cars, both DTM and BTCC, to round out my collection. Ktis need to be unstarted and complete. Hoepfully with decals that aren't yellowed with age! I have around 75 kits in my trade pile. Lots of domestic subject matter, some euro, some Japanese. Some common, some rare. Will get generous for the right kits. Will definite trade multiple kits for one of the above. Want to get nuts? Will trade EVERY kit in my trade stash for all five of the above! Let me know what you've got!

Excellent! Can you post a couple of closeups of the front bumper? We had a 1986 Chevy Spectrum for a couple of years. As soon as I saw the Isuzu kit, I wondered about building it as the base model version so I could replicate the one we had.

Well, there's another zombie completed. This is Tamiya's Mazda Eunos kit. I acquired this a few years ago as part of a collection. I don't really care much about Japanese cars, so this just sat in a box for a while. Then, while perusing Cults, I came across Black Box STL's bodykit for the Eunos/Miata kit.I thought this might be something cool. I was looking for something different, and wanted some 3d printing practice, so bought the files and printed it up. Then, I glued it together, got bored, back in a box for a year or so. Fast forward to a couple of weeks ago. I finished the body damaged Porsche 964 Turbo and needed another zombie to finish. This one jumped out. I did the usual prime,sand, repeat; then hit it with some Tamiya NATO green paint. Printed some seats and painted those in a flat red. They're a little oversized, but whatever. The wheels were included in the BlackBox kit and those are chrome with white centers. I used the kit's decals for the center caps. Whoops! One or two may not be centered. I thought about carbon decals, but really just wanted to get another one finished. Turned out okay. Looks good on the shelf. I actually enjoyed this one more than I thought I would.

Back in the day, like so many pre-teen boys, I had many naughty thoughts about her, before I even know what naughty thoughts were. Can appreciate how she looked like a bimbo, but never played her WKRP role as a bimbo. She was probably the smartest character on the show. Anyway, sad news.

Would be very cool for sure. Heck, that truck left bone stock would be very cool! However, a Miata swap would be relatively straight forward. But as others have said, the truck is heaqvier, so would the extra power a stock Miata engine has be worth the effort in the heavier platform? Now...the Miata aftermarket is plentiful, so a miata engine, with some new parts and maybe a turbo? ow you've got something awesome, and not insanely expensive. Body looks super clean on the truck. For $300, I'd probably buy it anyway.

Excellent work!

Well, you know how I feel about this post! Here in Canada, we stopped getting VW vans of any description after the T4 generation. Here, the T4 in passenger and camper versions was known as the Eurovan. Cargo was of course the Transporter. We have the ID Buzz, but they are insanely expensive at this time. Fully load passenger version only. Would love to see a cargo version, or the shorter wheelbase version, but I don't think that will happen. I spent most of the 90s being the detailer / lot attendant at a local VW dealership while going through university. In 1992, we put a Westfalia into demo service, and for $100/wk, staff could rent it. So a buddy and did just that. Anyway, here's my old beast. 1985 Transporter: TDI swap from an '04 Jetta, regeared transmission, South African front end swap, lowered on Eibach springs, Mercedes wheels, Tristar rear windows, interior from a Vanagon. Lots of fun, but the nickel and diming got to be a headache. The engine swap was the easy bit, iot was everything else that started to fail. Electrical gremlins, leaking coolant pipes, suspension failures...everytually got fed up and sold it. Some dude from New Hampshire flew out and drove it back. And at a local VW show.

Are you asking about 3d printing kits that the model companies no longer make? If so, that's something I think just about everyone here supports.

I never got an allowance. But there was a direct correlation between the amount of housework I assisted with and how much resistance my parents gave when I asked them to buy me things. And that's how we did it with our kids. The more they helped out around the house, the more we helped them when they wanted something. Anyway, my parents bought me a lot of Hot Wheels and Matchbox back in the day. And then I discovered models.

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Nice work! I'm enjoying your line of Porsche more though.

Excellent work! Colour choices are perfect.

Welcome! Just a quick reminder that selling is not allowed on the forums. What happens in PMs us up to all of you, but For Sale posts are not allowed and will be removed.

This is one of my zombie builds. I should really get on it. Still my fav movie car.

For those that like the colour, it's actually pretty close to the actual real Mint Green used by Porsche.

This is the stuff! https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/premier-interior-exterior-multi-surface-aerosol-spray-paint-primer-gloss-340-g-0482400p.0482412.html?rq=premier+spray+paint&colorCode=PAINT_PREMIXED_COLOUR_Berry_Pink

I have at least a dozen of the Fujimi kits in the stash. And another zombie is already on the bench, being saved. This next one does not have any paint damage to correct! I'm trying to finish off the zombies before starting new builds.

I'm not a big plane guy, but I love these old warbirds. One of two remaining airworthy Lancasters is here in Canada, and it's on my list to get out to the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum and check it out. https://www.warplane.com/aircraft/collection/details.aspx?aircraftId=4

I'm a big fan of ju-jubes. Even the black ones. As for chocolate, a Skor bar does it for me. At DQ, the Skor Blizzard is a must have for me. And actually, it's going to be almost 30 degrees C here today. And for most of the week. So I see a Blizzard in my very near future.

I love the GTD. Make mine Race Red in colour. Although, Jay's car in blue is quite striking. Although...colour is a moot point as they're all sold out, so I guess I missed out. No matter, they'll be on Bring A Trailer or at Barrett Jackson soon, so we can always buy ours there. Right? lolz. I think it's great that ford isn't scared to build a car like this or the GT. Kind of like Chrysler in the 90s; creating the Viper, the Prowler, the Ram SRT10, etc. Bonkers vehciles that don't make a lot of sense from a revenue standpoint, but are an awesome halo car that showcass what they can do. I wish more brands would take risks like this. Would love to see Tamiya do a full detail kit of this car.

ESCI. And I bet I'm the onyl one saying that. They had some unique subjects that no one else bothered producing. Well, at least until Italeri bought up the old tooling. Ford Transit Renault 5 Mercedes G-Wagen Mercedes 190 Toyota Land Cruiser Range Rover BMW M1 They may have been simple kits, but they look good when built. Body dimensions were excellent.

Really nice!

With all the negative posts out there regarding vendors, it's time for a positive one. https://www.lbproductionhk.com/ LB Production are a Chinese decal manufacturer. I recently ordered a couple of sets of decals for the Tamiya GT3RS, as they have more colour options than Tamiya does. Pricing was excellent. Even with shipping, far less than other suppliers. Looking at $25.85 CDN for two sets of decals, including tracked shipping. That's $18.86 US. Took exactly two weeks for me to order and have the decals arrive here in Canada. I ordered on July 9th, and they arrived on the 23rd. They look excellent. Details are crisp, colours are exactly as pictured on their website. I highly recommend, and will be ordering more in the future. Still in the packages, with protective film.