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Well, this year hasn't been that prolific for me at all! If it wasn't for taking a break and restoring this one, I really wouldn't have anything "finished" for this year. In a sense, if I wanted to include all the things I've done on the Green Hornet so far this year, I guess those could be considered "kits". ;)

Here's my Fujimi EM series '63 Porsche 356 which I originally built back in 1987-'88. It was in super neglect when I came across it, so I couldn't help but feel sorry for it, and brought it back to life.

Here 'tis.............................

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If you're interested to see what a mess this was in..........you can go here.

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Very nice!  When I saw your screen name, I had to look (since I'm in the obsessive mode at the moment).  I built the Cabriolet 356 last century, painted Ivory too, sold it.  Very nice kits.

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29 minutes ago, Mahogany Rush said:

Very nice! Do the doors open or is that panel paint? I need to start painting my panel lines. Looks great.

Max, that is India Ink IIRC that I used back then. If I were doing a new build of this today, the panel lines would be just a tad lighter. OTOH, I might just go through the trouble and open up the doors! Something that I was not quite familiar with yet in 1988. ;)

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Hey Bill!  A very nice Porsche!   I haven't finished anything this year, a very busy year on the Geiger front!  I still have a week though!   

A Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you!   See you in the spring!  

 

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It's a nice one, Bill. What exactly is involved in a "refresh" of a 30 year old model, to your mind anyway? And all the best this holiday season and a happy 2018 to you and yours.

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9 hours ago, Bernard Kron said:

It's a nice one, Bill. What exactly is involved in a "refresh" of a 30 year old model, to your mind anyway? And all the best this holiday season and a happy 2018 to you and yours.

Bernard, I don't know if you saw the pics in my embedded link, but this to my mind was a real mess! Very dirty, scratched glass, and I wanted to do a better job in making the engine (particularly the wiring) more realistic. I just decided to practically disassemble everything and redo it save for stripping the body and repainting it.

Interesting enough, I have a fresh unbuilt kit of this but I figured I'd try something somewhat challenging, as it's the first time I've restored any of my own ancient builds. ^_^

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