Radretireddad

The Tamiya primer is the best anywhere but it dries in an egg shell finish and the paint you’re using is conforming itself to whatever is under it. I’ve found that’s a sign that your paint is properly thinned. A simple wet sand of the primer coat before you apply the color coat works well to eliminate most of the orange peel. If you want an absolute mirror finish, further wet sanding and compounding of the finished color and clear coats will be required.

I have the coupe and plan to get the targa. A U.S. cabrio would be the perfect completion to the series. Even though these kits are way better than the ancient Fujimi 911’s, the sheer variety of the Fujimi series is unmatched.

Glad to hear! Make sure to check out my builds of these kits I just posted in the finished section.

Here are my OTB versions of Revell’s model A coupe and roadster kits. I decided to strip the wheels on the roadster and repaint them with Vallejo silver plate. I also applied the pinstripes that the instructions show on the headlight buckets to the dashboard instead. The Coupe is also straight out of the box finished in Tamiya dark green with a gold leaf accented injected nailhead. I can’t figure out why I keep craving a Reeses’s peanut butter cup when ever I look at the coupe’s interior. These were two quick builds that I really enjoyed knocking out.

So you’ve discovered the downside of Revell’s latest design strategy. You can substitute the pins with small machine screws. If you or anyone you know is scrapping an old laptop or printer, the small screws used on the circuit boards are great for applications like this.

That’s how they used to manufacture toys. Real sheet metal with lots of sharp edges and pinch points!

Those look awesome! Thanks for sharing them!?

Go for it!??

I’m one of the not so keen on AWB drag cars kinda guy probably because the only other AWB offerings from Round2 are way to simplistic, but this one I think is really cool. That stack injected hemi is so over the top for me that I’m definitely planning on building one of these. What an incredibly wild street machine this thing would make. Another very fine kit from our friends at Moebius.

You’ll need to drill out the axle ends to accept the metal pins and gluing the wheels on the Buick drums requires patience while letting the car rest on its side until the glue sets. Other than that great work!

That’s awesome! What an amazing imagination you have!

Great job! Those wheels look way better than what comes in the kit.

And the corrected F-100 center caps we’ve been asking about.

It is entirely my pleasure. I’ve gotten so much enjoyment out of visiting these forums and I’m thrilled to have been given the opportunity to contribute something useful in return. I can’t wait to see everyone’s efforts.

Does this help?

I’m very happy you all liked my idea.

I couldn’t have said it better. I’m happy to find out I’m not the only one thinking this when I see one.

Dang! I never knew that kit could be built stock. I assumed all the stock parts were deleted when they released the drag version which is why I never grabbed one. This one just moved up to the number one spot on my next kit to purchase list.

I always thought that the MPC kit had a more accurate front fascia than the Monogram kit.

Anyone interested in the police version or the even wackier twin engine drag version? Back in the day kids probably wouldn’t have thought twice about hacking one of these up to build the drag version but now it would be a crime to do that to a nice original kit.

The ‘77 had a great mechanics work bench setup. I plan on swapping this interior out with the current Turtle Wax version to make this my west coast special. I’d love to have that original version back along with the rest of the missing interior parts. I’ve got to figure out the best way to open the side and rear doors on this so all the interior work doesn’t go into hiding when I put the body over it. A couple of really good era correct decal sheets that capture the artwork of the age would also be great.

I often wonder how well an inexpensive basic rwd hatchback like this would sell in today’s market.

R32 Skyline GTR in south suburban Chicagoland.

That will be an amazing kit if Tamiya is really tooling it.

That’s very true!