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The ones on ebay are the first issue of the kit

Thank you guys Bob, yes sir its going to get clear coated, I am looking forward to seeing the paint once it has been cleared Curtis, that is the one thing I am not looking forward too, do you have a tip for masking them? Tom, I think everyone at some point in their lives owned a beetle , its funny, out of all the cars my parents owned when I was kid, its my dads 74/75 beetle that I remember the most

Very nice, love the color combo you did

I know you have all been waiting for me to reveal the color, I decided to try Ford midnite blue I did the wheels body color Thats all for now, I have few spots on the inside body parts that need another light coat , then I will let the paint cure then mask and do the the interior colors, and I cant wait to get the clear on the body to see this color come to life

Nice, I like it

I like it, the shade of blue

If we the automobile modelers did not nitpick and complain about what the model manufactures did not get right, we have a lot more inaccurate kits out there, to a point they do listen to us, and by us throwing fits like little spoiled kids over things, we get better kits in return, well, for the most part. I ask you this, do you really want to see just how accurate model kits would be if we did not care?, I know I sure as heck dont Remember, they are in the business to make money,and the less they can spend on tooling/R&D and so on, the more that goes into their pockets, and if they know they can get away with it, they will.

I noticed that too, and I sure am hoping that its just added for the table and not molded in place

Time to get started on this one, this for Mays club theme, and I bet you cant guess what it is :headscratch: , building the Tamiya kit, dont get to excited, is going to be a box stock build , I love the stock beetles look. Both my parents had bugs, I only know of my Moms bug from the pics she took after my half brother and his friend rolled it over, but I remember my dads 1974 bug, enough of the blah blah blah , time for a pic :grin: Started work on the motor Engine is now almost finished, it will be finished later on in the build when I get to those steps, but for now and body in primer, almost ready for some color

I have , or say still want to polish the bare plastic on a kit body If I remember, werent a lot of the Stuff from Revellogram from the early 90s have polish molds, I seem to remember the Pontiac Grand Prix/ Tbird kits having a somewhat shiny look to them

Isnt that the point of pink primer, to give the right shade of red?, but I guess since its a subject of something that is past the 70's , it doesn't deserve to have the right shade on it

And whats wrong with that?

Glad you had a good time

I like that Fred, that is cool

It is very hard to not make a joke about paint and racks, I am really trying

Looks like my wallet is going to be a little better off, although I do kind of like the surf buggy kit

You are welcome

Wow Geoff, great job so far

Here are some more pics Here are some I manage to find the time to take Here is Scale Finishes table , I could of spent soooooooooo much money there

Mark, congrats on all the hardware you took home, and it was a pleasure to meet you, sorry I was in rush and had to leave and couldn't talk to you for a little bit longer

Here is my haul from Desert Scale Classic today, I bought the Aston Kit from AzTom from here, thank you Tom I bought more paint from Scale Finishes then kits first the kits, I paid $10 for the 510 , sealed, paid $16 for the Aston, and $20 for the Mitsu and my paint haul, now, the bottom of clear was free, very nice of Scale Finishes to give it to me for free to try out

Ray, I hear you, it does suck, hope you can make out early, and just in case you do, here is a link containing the info for the club meeting http://www.moonlightmodelers.com/meetingdirections.html Tom, we will see you tomorrow

Same here, I for the most part buy new release's( US kits only) from Tower Hobbies and use their free shipping offers, or I can buy from our local plastic pusher as well