Question About The Old Testors Porsche 356 Cabriolet

[Dave McFly]

I had one of these kits back in the day (late 80s/early 90s) if i am not mistaken it was basically a repackaged fujimi kit. this kit from what i remember was SUPER detailed, things like the wheel studs poked through the holes in the rims etc. was this one of the 'enthusiast' series fujimi kits? I almost got one on ebay but it sold for 18 bucks. and i bid on one last week but it sold for 22 bucks and that was not counting the 12 and change to ship it to me .

[The Creative Explorer]

Yes, that is one Fujimi Enthusiast.

18 and 22 dollar don't seem to be so bad to pay.

[MrObsessive]

Yeah, that's a bargain as those aren't seen everyday!

A very nice kit..........but NOT for the faint of heart to build!

[Brendan]

If you're looking for one of the kits, look at HLJ.com under Fujimi. They have quite a few of the older Porsches. They were just reissued not that long ago. Most of them are about $22-23. With shipping it will probably be around $30 total. Hope this helps.

[jbwelda]

ive got a stack of these, most i picked up cheap because the body had been crushed in the crapo testors box. only one was a cabriolet though, and that one was fine, most were the coupes. so beware when you buy these sight unseen, its very easy to crush the body and break the windsheld posts. there are so many parts packed in there its almost impossible to repackage it after youve fondled the plastic!

even if the posts are crushed, in many of (my, anyway) cases they can just be glued together easily. but a couple of my bodies actually had the rear window body area crushed and broken which is a bit harder to fix. at that point though you can chop off the top altogether and make an scca racer or something.

anyway its a challenge to build, ive only ever built the motor:

[Dave McFly]

hey William, would you be willing to part with one of them?

[jbwelda]

dave: pm sent