Hobbies Thread

[Blueprint]

Tamiya kits is what I built as a kid, so I really love those.

Somebody local to me put an open box Tamiya 911 GT3 on mkt for $20...

[Firm]

Would be really cool if the kit came with that hardtop - those are factory style hardtops are quite rare, lots of random aftermarket ones around, but the factory ones were pricey when new so not many were sold.

[Blueprint]

Would be really cool if the kit came with that hardtop - those are factory style hardtops are quite rare, lots of random aftermarket ones around, but the factory ones were pricey when new so not many were sold.

The box for the '67 has an optional soft top molded in clear plastic, with texture where the fabric should be - will look good when sprayed with black primer. No hard top. I will see what's in the '74's box when I get it!

[Blueprint]

I have received the Aoshima MGB  Actually Made in Japan! Obviously same tooling as the '67 Revell. It even includes all the "chrome bumper" parts on the chrome sprue. Like with the real car, the body in white...styrene is exactly the same between the '67 and the '74. There's an additional grey sprue with the rubber bumpers and a tonneau cover with the driver's side opened. Also an additional white sprue with the Rostyle wheels. Sadly, no hardtop, just the same clear-molded soft top.

The Japanese kit mentions photoetched parts - probably in the white pouch that's in the stickers bag, but I won't unseal that until I'm ready to build it. Aoshima also includes window masks to paint the chrome trim around the windshield - nice touch. However, both the '67 and '74 kits have the same RHD dash and banjo steering wheel, both not right for the later 'B.

One day these two will be built side by side, the '67 will be Harvest Gold over Autumn Leaf interior, the '74 British Racing Green over black, like the box art.