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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.

Thanks a lot! There are definitely numerous imperfections but, overall, I’m happy with the way they turned out. I have been doing some restorations on a couple other ones that I built about 18 years ago or so. I thought they looked pretty good at the time but, now that I’m a little more detail savvy, I realize that I could’ve done much better so there’s some reworking in process. I have had a couple of the testers box versions. Actually, I have my eye on one right now. if only I wasn’t so OCD about collecting all of the Fujimi versions! Something about the box art just gets me.

That’s awesome, thanks for compiling that list with the photos! There’s also the 911 turbo Targa that was number 37 but never shown on the inside of the boxes.

Man! What a tragic loss that was!!! I’m sorry to hear that! Here’s a photo of the inside of one of my kits from 1989…

Well, that is so, yes, probably when Fujimi reissued the EM series under different numbers, they changed #34 to the BMW, but if you look in the inside of the old EM boxes, #34 is, indeed, the 356B Hardtop Cabriolet - different than the 356B/C Hardtop Cabriolet (#33) which I have.

Hey everyone, I think this is my first post here. Sorry to bump this thread yet again, but I’m really interested in the conversation and just wanted to add to it and share my obsessive collection with you all. I found my first Fujimi EM when I was 11 in a toy store on clearance back in 1993, on clearance, for $5.99 after months of searching for a Porsche 356 Speedster model. however, this one was the Carrera 2 Cabriolet. Close, but not the Speedster. Regardless, it was a great find. I had no idea what I was getting into. I had built quite a few model cars but never one of this skill level and challenge. I picked up a few of these EM kits about 10 years later when I got back into the hobby for about a year or so. Well, here I am, 40 years old, and the model building bug has bit me full force again. My stash of Fujimi kits will probably take me until I’m old and retired before they’ll be completed. The first one I did recently took me about 10 months to complete with my life’s schedule. I love these kits and enjoy the challenge, however, there are definitely a few things that really annoy me. First, the hood and deck lid hinges. Has anyone been able to successfully build one of these 356 EMs using the out-of-the-box hinge system? The front hood ones, especially. They simply don’t fit in the holes provided. I have to cut the holes larger every time and even then, they still don’t fit just right. If anyone has figured out a trick here, would you please share it with me? The interior door panels never seem to fit right either. The bodies are never easy to fit to the completed chassis with the 356 kits. I haven’t really had an issue with the 911 body to chassis though. I’ve found that following the printed instructions, in order, causes many fit issues so I’ve resolved to build certain parts out of order. Lots of mold lines that have to be sanded down before painting but I don’t mind that. I guess I haven’t seen enough real Porsches up close to be bothered by the ride height issue that many have talked about. Anyway, as far as my collection/stash, I have every 356 in the series except one… the 356B hardtop cabriolet, #34. I know of one guy who has actually seen and held this kit. Have any of you seen it? I can’t even find anything about it online. It seems to be a unicorn kit. If anyone has it or has a picture of the box, would you be so kind to share it with me? And if anyone has it and would be willing to part with it, I’d pay good money for it. Here’s my collection… there also a blue ‘85 911 that’s currently going through a restoration process so it’s not photo worthy.I especially like my “black beauties”, one of which was a very custom job based on the Porsche 356C “Speedster” from Beverly Hills, 90210 - the car that sparked my Porsche obsession 30 years ago. ?