356nut

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Hello everyone, maybe I should’ve started a new thread for this but, since you all seem to be very experienced modelers, I thought it might be appropriate just to ask this here. For years, ever since I’ve been building model cars, I have used spray paint. Specifically, testors brand. When I was a kid, I had a Testors airbrush but I never got really good or experienced with it. Lately, I have been building models and, typically, I am pleased with the way that they turn out but then I see some of the results that a lot of you have gotten and the paint finishes on your models are absolutely beautiful. So, as a spray paint guy, I am thinking it would be nice to start getting into using an airbrush but I am completely lost on where to begin. Can anybody point me in the right direction as far as what is the best airbrush for the best price and what exactly you all do to get the smooth, mirror shine finishes that you get? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance for your help!

Here you go, Steve. I did a test print on a regular sheet of paper and it printed out very nicely. This is a scan directly from my unbuilt kit, scanned at 300 dpi.

👍🏻👍🏻Ok, I’ll post it on here when I’m done.

Ok, great… I’ll get to work tonight.

Just to confirm, you’re talking about the Porsche decals along the bottom of the sides, like this, correct?

I’ve got the ‘67… give me a day or so and I might be able to make that happen for you.

YES!!! You rock, my friend!! Thank you!

Hey, off-topic question… does anyone have the ‘73 911 EM kit, opened & unbuilt, with an uncut decal sheet? If so, would you be willing to scan it (if you’re able) and send it to me? I want to put some Carrera decals on the 911 I’m working on. I’d do it myself but I don’t have that ‘73 kit.

Now, I’ve had this idea - I could take one of my B Roadster kits and a B/C Hardtop Cabriolet, do a custom job and build it to be the 356B hardtop but that would be pretty costly since the B/C hardtop kit is pretty expensive these days too. I’d hate to spend a ton just to get the top. I don’t want to strip my B/C hardtop for it and, really, it just wouldn't be the same as having the actual kit in the original box.

I also have an old Fujimi catalog from 1989… here’s what it shows as far as the 356 kits… Very convenient, eh?🙄

Through my searching, I found these pictures from an old Fujimi catalog. Every 356 kit is pictured except the unicorn T5. This is strange and a bit mind boggling for an OCD collector.

If you find the B hardtop first, would you post a pic here? I’ll do the same if I ever get one.

Very nice! I’ve had my eye on one of those 911 RS 3.0s for a while. Waiting to find one for a decent price.

Good luck, my friend! I actually wondered if the 356b hardtop model was printed on the inside of the box but maybe never actually made it into production until I recently corresponded with another Porsche model lover who said he had once held it in his hands at a hobby shop a very long time ago but didn’t buy it because he had bills to pay. Said he went back at a later time to get it and it was gone. So, yes, it definitely does exist. I just don’t get why it’s nowhere to be found online. Nowhere on the entire world-wide-web. Crazy. Thanks for the compliments on my models! Like I said, I’m currently trying to do a restoration on a 911 but, unfortunately, in the process of removing the old paint, part of the body broke around the inside of the driver side headlight area & it wasn’t a clean break. I’m trying to patch it and smooth it but it’s not looking very promising.