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Hey guys, looking for an alternative to CorelDraw. At my current company, we may need 1 or 2 drawings per month. Sometimes simple, sometimes not. Corel X3 was stable and worked fine. But will not work on Win 10. So what suggestions might you guys have that are no more than Corel or even cheaper. We have to do sign and canopy image drawings for convenience store renovations. Usually permit drawings or proposed elements laid over a photograph. I like Corel, but hte internet buzz is that current version is unstable and Corel wants to force you to pay $200/year subscription fee. At our current level, not really worth it - may just set up an old PC to make drawings. No connection to internet or server for security. HAve to flash drive everything from PC to server. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I had the green one as well. I would recommend a good polishing on Tim's. I polished Todd's and it really livened up the green paint. It's amazing how dull these cars get over the years. But I could be wrong because Tim's photos always show up a shade lighter than what I see in the same cars when I have them. DM beats the FM Vettes in almost every way on every car I've seen.

NICE! I just sold the one in Todd's collection last month to someone in South Africa thru Global Shipping. It was nice - very little rash, one of the least rash I've seen. And yes these cars look great when cleaned up. Those working gas filler doors are always scary to me - way too easy to break, like so many of the other fine details on the nicer diecasts.

Can't wait to see what you do with it. But for me, the OOB version looks like a Corvette, whether it's right or worng. Not something I'll be by=uying but I do love to see the modifications and such that can be done. I can always learn somethng and get to see a nice transformation. Thanks for sharing as you go.

Sweet! With the removable skirts that's even better. And that green version is awesome!

We have the cream version. Came with styro and missing top. $6 as part of the collection I bought a couple years ago. Wife loved it for her cars. Neither of us have any idea about the grille inaccuracy. I've read about it, but haven't even looked at it in a couple months. It's in a case on the shelf. If I do a big spread on coffee table, it goes on her end of table with her cars. We can get about 10 cars across the table if we try real hard. I just looked it up and see the difference. For my aesthetics, I like the bolder chrome grille of the chrome one but that could be corrected. Apparently the cream one was supposed to be reminiscent of Tom Mix's Cord? The maroon one seems the one you think about if you ever see one in your mind's eye. at least I did before we got the cream one. Did I sell you this one??? LOL Coiuld be - sold one out of Todd's collection not long ago - last month maybe? Nice car.

That's a beauty. I shopped for it and the FM version. Ended up with the red/white FM version. No one that sees my cars has noticed the inaccuracy of the paint on it. Yet. LOL. I was really wanting one of these just for the green paint scheme. DM really did a better job, but I can't remember the timeline - probably later than the FM? Or just done better? Seems as if in most cases, DM did a better job in general for whatever reason. Sorry to hear of the shipping damage. Crazy that it could damaged so much in the original styro. Are the skirts removable? I have mine in a case with the top half deployed so you can see the marvel of that top.

Well, they weren't that old when I built them. LOL. Kinda like the guys who built the first gen of kits that are still being reissued. I haven't paid attention to them being reissued.

I think that may be the one then.

When I had the opportunity years go, I bought the Tamiya Cherokee and the SATCO Pathfinder and 4Runner models. I always thought it couldn't hurt to buy stuff so maybe we could get more. I think the SATCO models were Aoshimas? Still will if it's interesting. We bought our real Santa Fe yesterday so that will be coming up soon. As the weather allows me to work in my minimally heated building. Wheels don't match ours and ours has the giant moon roof. But it will be close. We bought a different one than we started out looking at. Trackhawk would be nice to have...

It really was an exotic, beautiful car. I liked these as much as any Ferrari since.

This is a nice car. This is the one of Todd's that started my whole "nice car vs box and not nic car" discussion. Todd's is very much like this one. However, I used a polishing stick with the 3 grits (we all have at least one, right?) to smooth the hood and trunk rash. Followed by a judicious polishing with a poiishing wheel in the moto tool. I bought a bag of the cloth polishing wheels - they work great on painted diecasts. Will burn through Testors in a sticky minute though. At any rate, I am working to get this one in shape to sell and it is looking much better. I found an old can of "no. 7 polishing compound" in my desk drawer. probably 20 - 30 years old. Still has a price sticker on it - that's how old, lol. No UPC code. Stuff was separated into a solvent smelling liquid and more solid stuff at bottom. I mixed it some with a screwdriver and used it, then some progreessively finer polishes. Looking pretty good and the rash is pretty much gone. But on the non rash parts, just a fine polish really brought back the shine on this un. Should be worth a few more dollars when I sell it off soon. And really worth it for your personal cars. the gold tint on the wheels is unusual - never seen one do that. Thanks for sharing - now we need to compare this one and the green FM version? I might could do that if anyone really cares.

The #72 is the one I have. I have a 1/43 Gulf car - can't remember the driver though. Need to get it out and look. Did Ickx drive a Gulf car? Might be that car? I can't een remember who made it now.

Nice. Thanks for sharing

I don't drive a 69 Camaro, so finding a model kit of a vehicle we actually own and drive is pretty cool to this old fart. I have plenty of models, diecasts and plastic builds of everything else, so why not a new SUV? I also have a 1/43 2007 Ford Edge diecast that's identical to the one in the driveway. And that is not easy to find. If ya don't like it, don't buy it.

Nice. Lots of little things to look at there.

That would be best way to display. It does look right that way. I did have a plastic built-up Koenig F40 that I liked pretty well.

Nice. My wife has this one in her stuff. Not my thing, but she loves it.

I have a GL convertible in Todd's stuff. It is a pretty nice piece as well. Amazing how nice and shapr the panel lines are the newer stuff. And cheap as well. Does the Maisto have any brake detail? Looks like nothing behind the wheels. That might make a decision for me. I like the green, but the ones I've seen are way worse on the paint issues around the lines. Almost as bad as my first can of testors candy apple red. Yours is the best I've seen on one of these. thanks for the comparo

Didn't really get a new one, but finished modifying this one. I repainted the wheel centers and relettered the tires. Need to reset the door though. Closed too tight. I can almost accept the weird stripe angle at the rear now.

I have one of these in a slightly different version and it is tiny compared to most other 1/64s.

I know this is a bit of a high Jack, but I just boxed up a Welly BMW to go in the mail this evening. I was amazed at the shut lines. Took photos. This is a real cheap, but check out the panel gaps. Pretty tight and sharp. With the or if the way, this viper is looking great! Keep going. Really like to see it completed

I'll be keeping mine a while.

As awful as the interior, is this the only F40 with properly sized tires?. I.e. the rears are weirder than the fronts.

Nice! Love the subject!