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This time, I am reviewing the 1:16 Porsche 356 B Coupé and 356 C Cabriolet by Revell for the Dutch IPMS. Since the Coupé is a easy-click and the Cabriolet a full-detail, I am reviewing and comparing them side by side. For both models, a lot of putty is required to straighten the body, there are a lot of imperfections and sink-marks in both body's. It is noticable, that the coupé covers the curves better, the cabriolet suffers from blotchy curves, that need a lot of sanding to get them realistic. The Cabriolet has molded in pins for the tonneau-cover, because of the amount of sanding, I decided to eliminate them alltogether, rather than to accidentally erase a few, leaving with the rest. The curves of the rear wing on the cabriolet are the worst, they should be curving smooth, but with the body, it is blotchy and almost a straight angle. The area on the inside of the front wing, between the headlight and the frunk? needs fixing as well. Revell engineered the kit pretty good, most ejector-pin marks are hidding and don't have to be dealt with. This one does, it will be visible after assembling the rear-grilles. The inside of the frunk-lid is also pretty bad. Remarkably, the cabriolet has a ejector pin mark that has to be filled, where the coupé uses the same sprue and only needs to be sanded down. The back-side of the steering wheel will be visible after assembling, so these marks needs to be taken care off as well. After prepping the body, it is time for some filling-primer, I use alclad gray for this job. After sanding the primer, I use white Vallejo acrylic primer to seal and blend everything together. For the coupé, I use Vallejo Air rust as primary coat. Toned with several shades of brown for some rusty effect. For my very first time, I used the salt method to create some weathering. But for the cabriolet, I used Zero Alpine blue for a nice sparkly paint job. And the end-result, before the final coat. The Cabriolet will receive a 2K clearcoat and the Coupé a matt 2k clearcoat.