robertw

Live on the Canadian prairies where we have two weathers bitter icy cold or very hot. All other weather fits into the few days between these two cycles. I've had a large number of kits stored in an insulated but unheated attic for many years and also have a larger number of kits stored in an unheated wooden shed and have had no problems to speak of from either location. Keep them dry is the most important priority. I've had a couple of decal sheets fail but that may have just been age rather then the storage conditions. Over the years I've usually packed kits away into any large cardboard boes that I could find but now that large plastic totes have become so cheap I've begun to use them instead just as an additional safety precaution. When I win my first million dollar lottery I'll build a heated wharehouse that will allow me to go and dig through individual kits in comfort, if only.

Quality takes time so I would say that your 17 years was very well spent.

I agree with your concerns. Beat belts & shoulder harness are something I look for in every finished model car and since they must be scratch built I take their presence as a sign of how much extra effort the builder was prepared to go. The crossed plastic ones from the AMT/MPC era were terrible,although I used them back then, and some models today have them engraved into the seats, but they really don't look right. I think the reason that they are not part of current kits is that for belts to look right they must be in scale and made of appropriate material and that makes them easier to scratchbuild then to manufacture in the kit factory. The last time I was in Hobby Lobby I picked up a couple of rolls of black crepe tape (they had three widths). In the past I've always just cut strips of tamiya tape and painted them but since most belts are black or dark grey I figured this crepe tape might is usefull. P.E. provides hardware and since I build a lot of sports cars, ie bucket seats, I'll make the receivers out of small blocks of plastic with the end painted red for the release button with another piece of plastic or stiff braided wire for the attachment piece to the floor. I do agree that the toughest part is doing the shoulder harness in a hardtop and getting it to attach to the B pillar or roof. Every model seems to present its own problems and solution for this task and it usually involves me having to get stubby fingers, tweezer or tiny stick through the side window and behind a seat to glue something in place. Since most modern shoulder/seat belts hang down to the floor between seat and inner door when not in use I'll often omit the P.E. where it can't be seen. Slightly off topic but I'll often add partially rolled down windows in my models. In the end these little extra things add to the final appearance of the model.

That kit is a challenge to build but with time and patience a very nice result can be achieved as you have clearly done. I did one a few years ago but did it up as the red car in the movie, It Started With a Kiss and I still have one more of these kits stashed away which I'll use to build the show car Futura in its Blue Frost colour scheme. My only complaint is that I wish they'd have done it in 1/25 scale but I realize the kit came from the era of the box scale kits. It would be nice to wish for one in standard scale but that is not likely to happen but at least we can build this show car which is more that we can say for most of the concept cars. Whether its the original colour or not I like how it looks in this light metallic blue. Well done.

Ahhh.......a 355 my favorite Ferrari, the other one is nice too but a 355 and in my favorite colour. All kidding aside these are both very nice looking models that any modeller should be proud to display on their sports car shelf.

In discussion with several people about the new C7 I've argued that it looks best in dark colours and here is proof, in miniature. You've done a good job building this one and in this colour it looks good enough to be on any modellers shelf. I saw my first dark green one earlier this summer and thought that it looked sharp compared to the lighter colors. All the black air scoops and exhausts, Which I'm not a big fan of, just seem to disappear. Unfortunately most must disagree with us since the dark green that came out in 2014 has already been dropped as a color choice for 2015. Again well done on your build and R2, please include water slide decals in your snap kits

I always paint then do a little weathering on my chassis, weathering chalks or paint, fluid drips exhaust staining etc. While we might keep the top surfaces of our 1 to 1 cars clean only a show car will be spotless on the bottom so why shouldn't our models look the same way whether we hold them up for others to see the bottoms or not.

Have several file folders full of them in one of my file cabinets, instructions often going back to the mid '60's. I find it quite interesting from time to time to look through them they will remind me of models built back when...., models that I built that are now gone or as an interesting glimpse into the history of our hobby. I wouldn't think of throwing them out.

That build makes an outrageous statement. Well done!

This old line of Aurora/Monogram kits were very nice and you've taken this build way past nice. I have the Monogram reissue in my stash I think you're inspiring me to dig it out and take a look at it. Revell should think of reissuing this one, the Astin Martin and the Bugatti.

Another grouping of Vettes, it just gets better. Time to get one of the new Revell C7 curbside kits for this gouping. I'd be proud to have any of these Corvette builds on my display shelf. Well done!

What a nice collection to show the changes during the first generation but you need to add one more for the middle of the collection, a '58. I think in Panama Yellow.

Beautiful build ! I built the curbside version a few years ago and like you was impressed by the kit and since then I've been able to obtain a number of the other Gunze sports cars and have enjoyed each build. I wish this line of car kits would come out again either in the high-tech or curbside version.

Like the colour. I've also started on this one and the first thing I did was to cut apart the clear parts so that they would all fit better and that included the clear headlight covers. Everything fits a lot better this way. I also drilled out the plastic tail pipes and replaced them with aluminum tubing (the thought of trying to paint the kit pipes silver gave me a headache even before I tried to do it). I had joped to have it done for a local model meeting in early Oct. but a paint problem of my own causing has set me back. My only complaint about this kit is why wouldn't Revell put out water slide markings as well as the vinyl ones in a snap kit, especially when it is a first model of a new car. Other then this the model goes together very nicely.

Have had that happen with a few cans, Testors and dupl-color as I recall. Leaks have always occured around the seam at the base of the can or the top. I always store my paint indoors. but I've always assumed that to expect all cans will meet some strength specification is not going to happen. My favorite rattle can paint is Tamiya and I've never had it happen to one of these.

Looks nice and an interesting combination of colours. Considering that this is a curbside kit based on a diecast it builds nicely, looks good when finished and was a fun build which we all appreciate from time to time.

Note that the conv C7 doesn't have the vents on the rear fenders so you could fill them and smooth the cars lines even more. This is an interesting build and certainly proves the the conv C7 looks better then the coupe. I just picked up a couple of these kits the other day but will build a coupe first. It's abetter kit then I expected. When I first got the C7 promo I was very worried but clearly this kit is not based on the same mold.

Haven't seen this kit built many times which is too bad since it is a very nice looking car. I started this kit a few years back but wrecked the paint job so after stripping it went back in the box and has stayed there. Seeing how nicely yours turned out might inspire me to take another look in the box. rob

You finished it in 5-6 hours !!! I knew I worked slow but I'm clearly slower then the tortise in this campaign. It took me nearly a month to finish mine which I did in the same scheme. While the movie is the typical boy gets girl, loses girl and gets girl back romantic comedy it is very cool to see the car cruising around Spain in the movie. One reference said it gathered huge attention every where it showed up. I thinks it looks better in Red then it does in the original Frost Blue but then I've always had a thing for red cars. Well done. rob

Well done. The 355 is my favorite Ferrari and I've done both the spyder and the berlinetta. My ambition is to build as many of the modern Ferari V-8 street cars as I can.

Interesting! Like you I'm not drawn to the new C7 rear end. I'll be watching with interest how this comes out.

At least this kit is better then the promo of the same car. I wish they would supply water slide decals as well as the stick on vinyl that comes in the kit. I hope Revell does the conv as a full detail glue kit so that we can mix and match parts. BTW, strange little box but if you take the parts out you'll have to build it as I had a dickens of a time getting the parts back in the box !!

Ordered a full kit plus a half dozen assorted parts at the end of May and just got email notice at the end of last week that my order was in the mail. My original email said the order could take up to three months so I'm happy considering the quality of their products.

I'll always buy at my LHS (s) before looking to the net even if it costs me more. What I might save by buying on a cheaper online source is often negated by the additional cost of shipping. I've already developed a good relationship with the new owner of my closest hobby shop (140 miles from me) and he's willing to do everything he can to get what I want no matter how unusual it is.

Nice build and a very sharp look for this, somewhat ugly, little car.