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That looks like a great purchase Steve. I'm curious as to whether you feel the scale thickness is good. Also where did you find this multi-color spool?

Looking forward to seeing where this goes, when this kit gets in your queue.

I noticed the Tamiya Castrol Skyline Gr. N kit on your workspace. Those are very rare indeed, as are all of the Tamiya BN R32 race variants. How did you snag that one?

This kit kept popping up in my eBay searches. A vendor called shop_us_store, located in Chesterfield, UK has them. The price keeps changing, but hovers around mid to low $40 CDN range, shipping included. I did an additional eBay search and was pleasantly surprised. A company that I have made many CD purchases from, rarewaves.ca , also had them listed. They are also a UK based business. The listed price was $41, shipping included. I couldn't resist. Luc, many thanks for posting the unboxing video.

I am not an "AMT fan boy" , nor is AMT my favourite brand. However, the portion of your post, that I placed in bold, is both misleading and inaccurate. This has been covered in multiple past threads, and explained very well by Tom Geiger. The molds that constitute AMT kits are currently owned by Round 2. They have passed through varied hands of ownership. Each time a new owner has bought them, that new owner rightly should make money from their new asset. So the molds are not in fact written-off any longer. I am thinking that that your lack of knowledge about this aspect of model kit history, led you to make this incorrect statement. Having differing opinions is fine. Drawing conclusions from incorrect facts... not so much.

I looked up Foster's Lager internet home page, and it has a blue background. Here is the address: https://www.fostersbeer.com/av?url=https://www.fostersbeer.com/# I would attempt an eyeball match to this color. Hope this helps.

I recently purchased a Martini decal set for a Porsche 997. Is the Fujimi 911 GT3 R the best model kit to use? Is there a way to make the Tamiya 911GT3 into the R version. Any advice from those knowledgeable in all things Porsche would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks Greg. I am familiar with the tractor kits and they are quite well done.

Some help with Revell's terminology please. Does "Easy-Click" mean a Snap Kit or the Lego style building block kit?

Rob, I guess the solution is that I may just have to up my game in terms of the number of kits I buy at one time. ? Erik, you are right. Even with eBay, I'm never in a rush to receive deliveries. With SAL, delivery was usually around two weeks. This order arrived in seven days. I know that duty/tariffs are out of HLJ's control. I was spoiled in my earlier orders because they used to just slip through without being tagged. I think that the wheel sets still ended up being cheaper; probably the kits as well. I know for a fact that the decal sets would not have been available at my lhs. I've got to watch myself! Complaining for the sake of complaining... not a good thing! LOL Will post my acquisitions tomorrow.

A couple of weeks back, I was enticed by a HLJ sale notification. My hobby spending has been significantly lower since the start of C****-19, so I thought, why not. I purchased a mixture of kits, wheel sets and decals to the tune of $210.18. Forgetting that SAL and other low cost options are not available, the choice was UPS or FEDEX. I chose FEDEX. The shipping cost was $52.71, which I was not exactly happy with. Today I received my delivery notice for package pick up. The amount due is $36.88, which I assume is what they calculated as duty/tariffs. When combining shipping plus duty, this amounts to 43% upcharge over the cost of the product. Needless to say, no more HLJ orders from me until they can provide low cost (non-UPS, non-FEDEX) shipping alternatives again. The only good in this order, is that the FEDEX location is only a few kilometres from my house. LOL

Just saw this. Hope it isn't a duplicate posting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3wdeKJsoWs

First the new Tamiya Senna McLaren, and now this transkit from C1. I just ordered 3. One for myself and two others for good friends who are also fellow members of this forum.

Most of my stash are Japanese sports or racing car kits, (Tamiya, Fujimi, Hasagawa, Aoshime, Ebbro) and I have more tah a few duplicates. The buying of duplicates really slowed down when Tamiya kits went north of $60 Canadian. Apparently this has not been enough to stop me from adding more kits to my stash. LOL

This should keep you in Porsche + 1 building nirvana for quite some time. Very nice acquisition.

I know a a livery that it won't be. The From A car. The color, if that is the color coat, looks to be for the Leyton House car.

A bonus is that the Russian GP should be over by then!

I was given this kit by a good friend, 64comet404 (Ken Nesbitt), who is also a forum member here. I am always pleasantly surprised by the wide variety of kits that you build. If and when you get to this one, i will gladly follow along.

I'm partial to the art of those Aurora 1/32 hotrod kits as well. They were some of my first ventures into plastic modeling.

I'm really glad that this helped. Inventorying the contents was a good idea. Replacing both the instructions and decals/stickers would be ideal. Minimum the decals/stickers.

Scott, here is a link to download page for the Porsche instructions. https://downloads.revell.de/Manuals-Modelkits/07679_%23BAU_PORSCHE_356_TYPB.PDF

I'm curious as to why the OP has not responded or chimed in again. ?

Based on past threads, I'm not sure if they would be considered reputable. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/132958-discounts-on-tamiya-products-poof-gone/

https://atlantis-models.com/ Took less than a minute with a Google search.

In my mind, the two most significant LHS for the Greater Toronto Area are: Wheels and Wings Hobbies 1880 Danforth Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 1J4 and Dailey Hobbies 9 Carlow Ct Whitby, ON L1N 9T7