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17 hours ago, A modeler named mike said:

Showed up today by mail from a ebayer in Hawaii. I always like this car but never wanted to pay the crazy cost that they're bringing. I believe I got lucky with a $39.00 winning bid plus shipping and tax. Would make a really cool racecar or hot rod..

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If you can find one, Tamiya has the racing version of this kit.

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This is THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAD on the entire forum! LOL

It can get you in trouble with everyone you can think of in no time.

your boss - "What are you looking at on company time?"

wife- "what did you buy again?"

kids -"dad, you've been in front of the screen for three hours!"

eBay - "what is the exchange rate again and how much is the darn shipping from Canada?"

your bank - "what do you mean there is an international fee?" 

...and on and on...

It all starts with "look what Jimmy got. I didn't even know there was one made! I gotta have this!". 

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On 7/5/2024 at 12:27 PM, Straightliner59 said:

You did a nice job, with that! I found one a few years ago, on Ebay. I hadn't thought about it (it's sitting on top of my bookcases, with my other kitschy stuff) until you mentioned "Ideal". It's got an apparent V-8, in it.? 

While it's not super-detailed, I have a Monogram Kurtis Craft car I built about 30 years ago. It was one I got in the double kit, with the Edmunds Supermod. It was molded in red, so, of course I wanted it to be yellow!

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That is a perfect example to show why I disposed of my unbuilt kit. I am completely aware of my modelling abilities.

steve

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11 hours ago, Earl Marischal said:

That is a perfect example to show why I disposed of my unbuilt kit. I am completely aware of my modelling abilities.

steve

Steve--At the time, it was easy! I just shot Model Master metallizer on it first. I would probably use Alclad, now. The silver just stopped the red pigment, in its tracks. In a development I couldn't believe, this thing actually placed in Salt Lake City! I still don't know why or how it did. It's a very basic build.

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16 hours ago, PatW said:

Well I have contemplated building my first dropped/lowered frame/chassis!

Personally I say go for it......expand your boundries....as they say on Star Trek, boldly go where no one has gone before...well, you get the idea....?

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On 7/2/2024 at 11:28 AM, JollySipper said:

I like the original NSX! It made it's debut when I was a budding young teen car guy. I've seen some that were even supercharged!

From what I understand, both the Tamiya E31 and the NSX were both full detail?

The E31 Bimmer is just the RevellAG kit reboxed with a better set of tires & instructions. The 1st Gen NSX is still in the active Tamiya catalog, I just picked one up at HLJ for $15.13. The Acura boxing was something done back when the car was new and was a specific kit for the North American market (via TamiyaUSA). But the current Honda NSX boxing comes with the LHD parts and Acura decals.

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