Darin Bastedo

How do I order one?

Are you able to print this as a Country Sedan (Without wood grain) and what do you charge?

I'm very familiar with the situation in Ukraine. Two things can be true at the same time. Yes we need to help them fend off the much larger Russian army so they may save their country. At the same time it is important to keep the country running while the fight is going on. Just because the country is fighting a war does not mean all industry must stop.

When I got my copy I was like, "Why did they put a real car on the cover?" then I read the article. Very impressive.

I'm looking at this as a good starting point for a replica of Pete Chapouris' Lime fire.

I also agree that the Bluesmobile would be a good kit to do. I have another suggestion as well though that would be lower risk and cheaper to do. IIRC a few years ago AMT was able to rebox the Aoshima BTTF Deloreans. What if you were to do a similar deal to rebox their Mad Max V8 Interceptor?

I will check it out thanks...

That is the kit I have. The engine is less of an engine, more like a plastic engine-ish lump...

Is there anyone out there casting this or 3d printing one?

The Tamiya Porsche 959 takes a lot of work to build an accurate replica of the real car. The car has the body of a 959 sport with no rear fender door for the suspension fluid, and a single mirror, but has the Komfort interior. The under body looks like they were just guessing as it doesn't resemble the 1:1 959 at all, and is completely missing the under tray in the rear which make the the lack of inter-coolers even more obvious. Then there is the rear engine cover with a glue joint in the hardest place to fill, so hard in fact you will see many builds not address it at all. This is one of the kits that I think of when people say, " WhY cAn'T ReVeLl Be pErfecT LiKe tAmiYa?"

Looks terrible. You won't sell ant you might as well send them all to me and I'll get rid of them for you...lol Just kidding it looks great, and combined with the the stock hard top or kit bashing with the AMT 67 nova versions the possibilities will be endless.

I just bought one of these and what really amazed me is the instruction book. 28 page, magazine sized color book on how to build this. This allowed them to have a separate step just to make it clear which holes need to be drilled depending on what parts you will be using. Looking through it I liked how clear and specific the assembly steps are. Definitely high point in an already very impressive kit. The other thing I love about it is it's a fully detailed Land Rover that isn't as expensive as the only monogram issue. My plan is to build mine as a tow vehicle for a racing Mini Cooper.

This is my first "finish a project while in quarantine" Build. I started this years ago but never got around to finishing it up a major stumbling block was the interior but I've got that nearly done. The car is converted from the Tamiya Porsche 911 GT2 Club Sport. a lot of bodywork had to be done to replicate the stock street car, but I think it is worth it. I'm painting it in my favorite color for this car Cobra Colors Arena Red.

I have many newer Tamiya kits. When I say simplified I don't always mean parts count, but they do have a tendency to combine multiple parts into one and often texture detail is lacking. Either way people on this board constantly suggest a particular kit is deficient for any number of reasons. Why should this one get a pass? To me a race car without an engine is deficient. That is why I bought the Tamiya versions of the Mercedes Sauber, and Porsche 956 while leaving similar Hasegawa curbside kits on the shelf. It's why I have the Heller Renault R5 Turbo and not the Tamiya, It's why I have several of the Monogram IMSA Mustang and not one of the Tamiya Zakspeed Capris. Am I missing out on some nice kits and some easy builds because I want race cars with engines? yeah possibly, but I still have more model kits than I'll likely build in my lifetime so I'm ok with that. again build what you like, don't get upset with me because I like something different.

I'm 54 years old, started building model kits back in 1974 and it has been a life long hobby. I've run a hobby shop and for years sold vintage model kits at swap meets. So I would say I have a fair Idea what I'm talking about. While there are a few stand out kits that Tamiya has produced, like The Mercedes 300SL or the Ferrari Enzo, most are very simplified, which is OK. The American companies have some stand outs too like the Monogram 1959 Cadillacs and Impala, The Revell C5 Corvettes are great and go together well. The AMT 66 Nova, 67 Impala, and 62 Pontiac are really nice. My point is to Personally attack Tim as a hypocrite for simply expressing his opinion that the Tamiya mustang would be a better kit if it were full detail is just wrong. I literally have several hundred kits in my stash all were bought for different reasons with full knowledge of their pluses and minuses. Like I said before buy what you like but don't get your panties in a bunch if not everyone likes it. Personally I'm going to pass on the Mustang, simply because without the engine, it doesn't excite me. There are so many other kits both new and vintage that I'd rather spend my money on.