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Haha, the shipping that Tokyo Hobby offers is the slowest and cheapest shipping from Japan, for most of the kits its $12.80 and then $6.80 for kits after that Michael, I have nothing against TH,in fact I have bought kits from them in the past and always had great service from them, but HLJ is cheaper then TH, and even if something you want is listed as out of stock, you can still order it, they will get the kit for you .

I forogot that I have not updated this build for a little while Getting the interior done Windows in place Front and rear lights in place

Frank, I agree with you on the kits, I cant get enough of R35 and the 86 kits, but Japanese kits are not targeting US buyers

Very very nice, I hope mine turns out half as good as yours does, very nice work on the carbon fiber work too

Well, lets be honest here for a second, that was Revell/AMT trying to capitalize on the turner subject to go along with the Fast and the furious movies, but they were a little late to draw on that one. And the kits, more so the AMT kits were less then stellar kits, so there are more then a few reasons why they did not do well. Now as for the Revell kits, the Honda kits, and the Acura RSX kits are bringing double what they sold for new on Ebay, they are still in demand. I will agree that if Revell/AMT tried to cater to the turner guys again, it would be just as bad the first time around, I think if those kits came out a year or two earlier, they might of done a little bit better, but thats just a guess, and I could be wrong

Agreed, I would like to see some numbers too, and would like to know on what side the sales numbers are on

Not sure if you are being a smart ass or not. Not really what I was talking about, but that is ok, I think its time to move on, thanks for playing though now back to the topic at hand

I agree, they look better and fit the rear better

Brett, I was not saying I want to see Revell/AMT make the same kits that Tamiya/Fujimi/Aoshima are making, and of course they are not going to be competing with each other, but I am still an Amercian builder, and would rather support American model companys with my hobby money, so yes I would like to see at least a few more new tools that are not from the 40/50 years ago. I am not saying I want to see them go current tooling all the way, just a couple every year would be nice, and I am talking about subjects that have been seen in plastic before. I dont think that is to much to ask for really, I dont think I am being unreasonable in wanting it. Again, I understand Revell/AMT has to produce stuff that is going to sell, I am not a complete moron , but I also know that a business alienates a percentage of its customers, those customer may not come back when they are needed, or will be catered too. I think as for a younger builder, we get the your number one finger, sure, I spend money on this hobby, but because I don't carry an AARP card, I don't count. And I am sure there are alot of builders that are in my age range that fill that way too, and I sure there a lot, just like you that dont feel the same way.

Thank you Greg, yes I know I could of googled it , I was being lazy

Brett, I mean no disrespect to you so dont take it that way but you are coming off like you are speaking for our age group (gen x) unless you have some hard fast proof, I am calling BS, just because a small percentage feels that way, does not mean everyone does, I know I sure as hell dont feel that way. Its this one sided view on things that is so upsetting, and the reply of , well I thats how I feel and I am speaking for everyone else Revell can keep their head in the sand and ignoring all the under the age of 50 builders, and my hobby money will continue to go to Japan, I am not asking for every kit to be of something current, but least a few current things(80's to now) would nice, and I don't mean reissue stuff either, I would be ok with those to at this point . Gerry, well least they are open to newer subjects, and believe you me, I do understand it all cost money, and they are going to spend the money on subjects that will return a profit for them, but one day, and I think it will be in the next 20 years or so that their cash cow of buyers is going to run dry, and then what?

Geoff, are you going to open your own Porsche dealership? :lol:

Same here, and I am in my 30s, I have nothing against those subjects, but hello, its 2013. I will continue to support the Japanese model companys more then I will Revell/AMT , why , because they tool up subjects that are either current, or within the last decade.

How do you go about doing water marks, or is that to much to put in a reply here? I do have PS and might just do that

For the time being that may be ture, but whats going to happen when the current baby boomer builders are gone and no longer buying kits of subjects that are hitting the 80 year old mark?, are they just going to go out of business, or maybe realized its time to start tooling up newer subjects more then older stuff

How cool, nice

Correct, but that will stop people from buying prints or whatever else with your photos , I think thats what Harry was saying make your albums private for

NIce job on both of them

Ahh, I missed that part, my mistake

Do they have to pay for it ?

All of them

What Dan said And let me throw in a wow, and that is just plain awesome Well done Jim

THIS IS A APRIL FOOLS THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

INCORECT!!! This is from Photo Buckets Terms of use page, this is the first sentence within the content and privacy paragraph http://photobucket.com/terms Now, I am not one those legal persons , but that says that your photos remain yours

It depends on what shipping method you use SAL (cheapest) can take up to 18days- no tracking, in the past when I have used SAL, 14 days is what was common EMS can take up to a week, they say 3-4 days, used it once, took about 6 days, sat in customs for most of that time FedEx (expensive) 2-4 days My last order I made from HLJ , I used FedEx, cost me $40 for four kits, my order was shipped out on Friday, and on Monday, FedEx was ringing my door bell