Danno

I keep all my paint in cans and bottles. It's where to keep the cans and bottles that gets problematic. I used to keep it all in the garage, but I've recently lost a few cans of hobby lacquers to heat-induced resin boil-off through the can seams. Gotta re-think storage.

Go for it, Ray! You'll do fine.

Decent.

Who shaves in the altogether?

Tom's review is very comprehensive and well done. There's one area he didn't touch upon, however, and I'd like to add my addendum . . . with Tom's permission. What struck me about the kit is this > > > The kit is clearly targeted at the Spiderman fan, which includes a ton of youngsters . . . many of whom may not have built a model car kit before, or at the very least - have little experience. While I thought the kit was an excellent rendition of the VW, with a plethora of quite nice and precise details, it was a challenge to assemble for a kid. My grandson (7) loves to build models . . . snap kits. He LOVES Spiderman. This kit was a natural, right? No. Some of the parts were so tiny (scale fidelity was NOT a problem, it is a beauty!) and delicate that they did not survive the 7-year-old consumer's enthusiasm or need for instant gratification. Some of the parts had locator pins that were larger than the corresponding holes. Instructions for the engine assembly were a little vague, leaving parts positioning or location up for some spirited grandson/grandfather debates. No tools? Hardly. Both hood and decklid had fiddly hinge retainer attachments with tiny metal screws that required a small screwdriver (not supplied) and more than a little dexterity. Not a good situation for a youngster. Bad enough for a grown up trying to keep the youngster's attention focused on a kit that was already taking longer than any other youth-oriented snap kit ever had before. So, while it was an awesome kit for an adult builder taking appropriate time and care to assemble a Skill-3 level project, reminiscent of the old delicate, fiddly kits of the 60's Monogram/Revell era, it certainly was not a quick snapper build suitable for the most obvious target market. I fear this one may turn off a lot of non-enthusiast parents who hope to provide their kidsters with fun, easy, snap projects for a rainy afternoon or after-school craft. I fear this one may intimidate and frustrate some neophyte builders to the point them run back to the Cartoon Network or their Minecraft games and forsake modeling for a very long time. I suspect many of these Spiderman kits will be relegated to the back of the toybox . . . but the stickers will be everywhere, for sure! At our house, once the much anticipated grandson/grandfather build session commenced, the youngster's thrill upon receiving such an exciting kit quickly vaporized when the fiddliness set in. Grandfather repeatedly went back to the box top . . . but still saw no warning that this was an adult skill level wolf hiding in kids' level sheep's clothing. Nothing prepared the multi-generational build team for the shocking reality that this was not a quick, easy, satisfying birthday build. Grampa ended up finishing the basic build and hauling a bunch of parts home to the workbench for touch-up work. Birthday boy was back at the TV in short order, long before the VW took serious shape. But, that's just my two-cents worth and does not diminish Tom's observations and assessments (made from an adult builder's perspective, for sure).

Very nice.

Great graphics!

Nice.

Looking forward to your review, also, Tom. I bought one of these kits to co-build with my grandson. I certainly have some hard-fought thoughts about the marketing concept of this one!

Excellent build of a favorite of mine. Great job!!

I worked at a dealership for awhile. We had a well-to-do, high-and-mighty, Phd woman who was OBVIOUSLY far better than all of us bring in her new car ~ ~ well, she'd had it for about nine months. She complained that the headlights/taillights did not work and she got a couple of tickets for driving without lights. One the night before, but the first one a couple of months earlier. The problem? She had never turned the lights 'on.' She thought the DRLs meant the lights were always on, so she never bothered to use the light switch. Of course, it was VW's fault for designing and building a car that didn't turn its lights on for her! I wondered about all the times she drove at night for nine months without lights . . . how many accidents she caused and missed . . . how many cops didn't bother to stop or ticket her . . .

The worst thing is seeing people interviewed about their views, and they'll be asked, "what do you think of so-and-so as a news source?" And they'll say "oh, I can't stand them, they're all such (fill in the blank). "Have you ever watched that program?" "Of course not, I hate them." Amen.

Some people can't tell the difference between civics and politics, so they whine or complain any time they hear either . . . if it doesn't fit into their personal bias.

It IS progress, Bill. Now you have a bunch more NEW parts in your car. A few more visits to the dealer, and you'll have an almost all new car!

Whoa! Twofers! Two builders/two builds all in one thread. Nice, both.

Welcome home, Dave! You've been missed.

Good job. Like Wayne said, not an easy kit.

Nice job!

Nice. Maybe get control of those spaghetti plug wires, though. That would make racing extra difficult in the pits.

Dave McGowan! WELCOME! Looking forward to pulling a virtual shopstool up to your bench and enjoying your work as it unfolds.

Nice.

Impressive.

The more I look, the more I like. (I keep coming back . . . )

Cool way to school!

My first thought, too. (Pix aren't showing this morning, so I don't know what a knocked-up diorama looks like.)