Esperante
08-08-2005, 06:55 AM
I was upset that the Porsche and VW were both gone from the shop I went to, but I did find this promising Revell Premium kit (moulded in West Germany ;)) and was decent at $19.99. My guess is that Revell created the Premium line to compete with Fujimi's superiour Enthusiast Series. Anyway, I bought the original model, which features the actual car on the top of the box with samples of the model on the sides. It is now primarily availible in repackaging, with a painting of it on top.
It was everything I expected a Revell to be-difficult to attach the wheels and attach the body (the panel that attachted to the rear bumper was terribly warped, had to be heated to move back, and the convertible top was so badly warped it could not be used) to the chassis, but otherwise it ran pretty smoothly. The body itself, however, fit together beautifully.
In the time I was painting this model, I stumbled across a barely known stockpile of Enthusiast Models-there must have been at least 30. So my next project is, without a doubt, the 356 Speedster. :)
BTW-Worst problem I had was that the right/passenger side headlight cover didn't fit into the slot as it's supposed to, and, as a result, it dips down towards the middle. I'm still trying to find a way to fix it. ;)
It was everything I expected a Revell to be-difficult to attach the wheels and attach the body (the panel that attachted to the rear bumper was terribly warped, had to be heated to move back, and the convertible top was so badly warped it could not be used) to the chassis, but otherwise it ran pretty smoothly. The body itself, however, fit together beautifully.
In the time I was painting this model, I stumbled across a barely known stockpile of Enthusiast Models-there must have been at least 30. So my next project is, without a doubt, the 356 Speedster. :)
BTW-Worst problem I had was that the right/passenger side headlight cover didn't fit into the slot as it's supposed to, and, as a result, it dips down towards the middle. I'm still trying to find a way to fix it. ;)