Bill Eh?

The painting call outs are quite remarkable. This is especially true when a single part can involve multiple paint colours to achieve the best authenticity.

Lee this is a very good score indeed. Fujimi had some of their enthusiast Porsche and Ferrari kits boxed and sold under the Testors brand. I have only seen Porsche kits boxed as Road and Track versions. In any event, a complete Porsche enthusiast kit for $5 is a bargain. By the way Chris, I don't think it says anywhere on the box that it is a Fujimi kit. I believe it is on the sprue runners. Might have led to the initial inquiry.

Quote "came up on the Oxfam website for £10" and "most importantly of all - unopened! " Supporting a good charitable organization and getting a great score! Double plus situation.

Jerry, here is a link to The Guelph Plastic Modellers Group web site. They are the hosting club and put on a great contest. I always try to go. You can download a contest flyer from the site. http://www.thesprue.com/

Ross, great to see you reentering the hobby. One other piece of advice which might help. I would have some decal softener on hand. Micro Set (milder) or Micro Sol (more aggresive). If this kit has decals made by Tamiya, then they have the flexability of a 3/4" thick sheet of plywood. You will need the softener to get decals to conform around curved surfaces. A beautiful car for sure. Have fun and enjoy the building journey!

Dr. Cranky, I'm not really convinced on the Neo yet. Especially after reading Don Wheeler's review. It sounds like the manufacturing process is not consistent yet, at least in relation to assembling the nozzle so that it is centred in the nozzle cap hole. I know that Iwata is really great with honoring product under warranty, but I would rather not have to deal with this particular issue. I think this is why that particular product gets inconsitent reviews... users either love it or hate it. P.S. got your book and love it for sure!

That's the first time I've heard of sealing putty with super glue. I'll have to give that a try. Thanks for sharing that tip.

Thanks Dr. Cranky. I am a self-professed member of the 'IAS' - Iwata Admiration Society. LOL It was interesting to hear an expert's opinion/likes/dislikes of all the models in the Iwata line up.

James, that is a really nice haul of Fujimi and Tamiya kits. I especially like those Dino 246's. That Chevelle could make an interesting sleeper. By any chance are you going to NNL East this year?

Quote "I did notice though, the chunk wasnt there after i applied the paint...it appeared a few seconds after, like a slowly rising bubble." To me, what you noticed might indicate a reaction between the paint and the surface. Was there a primer coat? If only bare plastic, did you wash it first to get rid of any possible mold release agent residue? Just curious as I have bought a couple of cans of Testors one coats, but have yet to use them.

I have a class of 25 students. On average, only a couple have ever seen, let alone built a model. You can tell kids to be patient, but it is quite different for them to practice it. They have to have a vested interest, in this case a plastic model car that they want to do proud by. When I have a chance to talk with any of my early-in-my-career students, a lot of them will tell me that they still have the car model that they built with me. These are students who are now in college. LOL, do I feel old!

When I used to do model building as an 'After School Program', we fully painted the models. We used a Tamiya Spraywork airbrush system, as it is of a pistol grip style and easier for ten year olds to use. We sprayed Tamiya acrylic paints (safe for use in a classroom with windows open), and a very large cardboard box. Now I just get the class to do some brush painting. Usually just aluminum, silver, and semi-gloss black to bring out some detail on the chassis, brakes, and a few interior components.

Thanks Shane. The fun part is that I build along with them. They can see the enjoyment that I get from building. They can also watch how I approach things as well. I use what I call a 'think aloud' method. I verbalize everything that I'm thinking and doing. Sometimes talking through a build, out loud gives them some additional information to work with. It even helps me most of the time. LOL

Shane, I think that there is definitely a connection between your youth building time and your your skill at reading manuals of all types. One of the reasons that I do a same-model-kit-build with my whole class is two-fold. First, it allows my students to follow a set of instructions, which are both sequential and of an exploded view nature. Since the parts are drawn 2-dimensionally, it helps them develop their ability to relate a drawn representation to its 3-dimensional counterpart.

Ive got kits, I bought new with every intention of building, that are now vintage. does that count? Darin does that mean that all of the kits that I have bought, over the past years/decades, might just eventually become vintage? I guess I better not say I can hardly wait. Probably not going to happen.

Johnny, I agree with you. Since Paasche have so many different models, how will a buyer know if it is a good deal, if they don't have basic information like model numbers?

Skip, Toronto is really bizarre in terms of what grades makes up elementary. We kave schools that are Kindergarten to 5 to grade 5 ( K to 5 ), K to 6, and K to 8. They are all under the same board. The school I teach at is K to 5. Which means that you are so right. It will be a little bit of an eye opener for them when they start Middle School next school year. I just try to pursuade them to leave behind some of their behaviours that might make them stand out, in a not so good kind of way.

Thanks Skip for bringing forward the idea of positive personalities. When I first read the original post, I was thinking that reading the various types was getting depressing, in a humourous kind of way of course. LOL

Thanks Rob. Normally I might say that I'm too old to change. However, teaching grade 5's, that's impossible! LOL

Darin, excellent thoughts. Since these kinds of horsepower and speeds are happening so frequently, does a new name need to be created for cars of this nature. Exotic and Super Car titles were easily interpreted as cars above the rest, at least in terms of horsepower and top speed. I don't want to say common place, but if cars of this nature are more numerous, you're right, what is their future? Excellent thoughts for consideration, that you have raised.

As well as regularly checking out eBay, I do the same with Kijiji. I am usualy looking for things kit- or airbrush-related. I saw an advertiement for an airbrush. The following are the content of the ad, my respone, and the seller's response to me. Ad: "Barely used paashe airbrush and compressor. The compressor has only be used a couple of times, its in brand new condition." ( no picture was included ) My response: "Just a suggestion, even if you do not include pictures, it might be easier to sell if you mentioned the model numbers of both the airbrush and compressor. Good luck with your sale." Seller's response: "i dont have a camera; mind your own business" I should have just left it at that, but I guess I felt compelled to clear up the misunderstanding of my intent. So this is what I sent back. My response back: "I was not trying to be critical and I was not being sarcastic. I'm sorry if it came across that way. I was just thinking that people who are considering buying these things might be interested in the model numbers. Again, sorry. I was not trying to be mean spirited." At this point, I am not expecting to get a response. I probably will glance at the ad again to see if the ad gets updated with my suggestions. I think it is a sad day when you receive this kind of reply. I am just way too old fashioned in the way that I think. In my way of thinking, people should deal with each other in this manner. Bill (Eh?) Allen, just an old fashioned, 56 year old, elementary teacher.

Harold, I hope you are not too shocked when you open up the RofG Porsche Carrera RS 3.0 kit. This is obviously a repop of a much older kit. I'm not sure as to the origin of the kit. Two piece tires!

It is a very interesting quote, to say the least. Amazing the thoughts that come out of SBSP. Are the inner workings of "your" mind that mysterious? Just a heads up, I think you actually meant: The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma.

Right now in Toronto it's -15 C / 5 F. Wind chill is taking down to -26 C / -15 F. I don't thnk that I'll be heading outside any time today!

Chuck, thanks for posting the link. That Gemini Capsule at the top of the list looks pretty cool as well!