Buying Kits u don't really want...

Just wondering

do any of u guys get the impulse to buy a kit that u didn't really want in the first place??

Today i went to check out some models in some guys house, he works out of his house. He had left over stock of plastic models he used to sell and i picked up a Nissan R390 GT1 for pretty cheap..

I never even thought of getting this kit. but it was cheap and it's Tamiya!!

sweet deal.

That is a great kit to build. I'm halfway through mine at the moment.

yeah

i just saw the other thread and it's looking good!!

i got the kit for 25 canadian, so i'm pretty happy about that..

hey djmr2, whereabouts in Canada are you? I've never seen a Tamiya car kit that cheap before!

Yo

i'm up in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The guy i got it from used to have a shop and he carried tamiya and stuff, but now he only does Diecasts and stuff...

he just hooked me up with it...
it's marked as 39CDN.. he said he doesnt' do that stuff anymore so it doesn't matter... hehe

plus i'm gonna buy some diecasts from him later on and he's my old friends sisters husband.. so i guess kinda of a connection :)

all the otther shops prices suck!!!

I never really buy the cars that I don't want, I have more of people buying me the cars I don't want. Like my brother and my mom will by me a model, and it won't really be one that I'm interested in, but I build it anyway. :)

and if anyone wants to buy me a model, I would love an ITR, I heard they're great kits. :)

Originally posted by djmr2
Just wondering

do any of u guys get the impulse to buy a kit that u didn't really want in the first place??

Today i went to check out some models in some guys house, he works out of his house. He had left over stock of plastic models he used to sell and i picked up a Nissan R390 GT1 for pretty cheap..

I never even thought of getting this kit. but it was cheap and it's Tamiya!!

I dont have any problems not wanting the kit once i brought it, just building them all!:rolleyes:

Uhm, I bought a 80s Fujimi Supra Group. A Racing because it had a cool box art...after opening I want to trade it back in, the rims aren't right and sooo much detail is lacking..

I also have an unopened ITR I don't want (I already have one) and I have a Corvette Z06 I'm not too hot about either. (both revell)

Originally posted by daggerlee
I also have an unopened ITR I don't want (I already have one) and I have a Corvette Z06 I'm not too hot about either. (both revell)

argh, i got 3 ITR's sitting here that i don't really want to do anymore because revell sux...

and i am just about finished the Z06.. and i gotta say Revell Sucks once again..

I'm sure it's good for someone with patience to make a nice kit but it's not for me :) and some of the ways that they make a few parts come together suck big time..

the revell ZO6 has a nice looking engine bay. Bad kit otherwise, fitting sucks, the hood doesn't stay up, the decals were ass etc.

A local store has a sale, and I spotted Fujimi's R33 GT-R LM Limited for 900 yen. I instantaneously thought about making the Nismo 400R, so I bought it.
After researching on both LM Limited and 400R, I wanted to build both. Well, I'm gonna head to the store again, and buy another LM Limited kit. (900 yen is hard to pass.)

Originally posted by hirofkd
A local store has a sale, and I spotted Fujimi's R33 GT-R LM Limited for 900 yen. I instantaneously thought about making the Nismo 400R, so I bought it.
After researching on both LM Limited and 400R, I wanted to build both. Well, I'm gonna head to the store again, and buy another LM Limited kit. (900 yen is hard to pass.) LOL... we should have a 400R builder roll call and info thread. :p

Which kit is the GT-R LM Limited? Link to box art? :)

Originally posted by jay@af

Which kit is the GT-R LM Limited? Link to box art? :)

Allow me, just stumbled (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1763184331) on it by chance.

I can see why Hiroaki has chosen this instead of the Tamiya one, apart from the low price the two box like intakes will mean less effort to convert.

While we're on the subject - sort of! Can someone point me to some pics of the R33 GT-R LM road version i.e with the wide body??? I found one pic once but can't remember where:confused:

Originally posted by djmr2


argh, i got 3 ITR's sitting here that i don't really want to do anymore because revell sux...

Originally posted by daggerlee
I also have an unopened ITR I don't want (I already have one)
;)

to translate Kickers;)

"oh oh, pick me, pick me, I'll take them off of your hands":sun:

Why are the Revell Integ kits bad? Hard to put together or what? I have one but I haven't started it, but I will be after I'm done with my Mustang(for my gf as a present :D ) and my JDM Integra Type-R ;)

In Order
1. Revell Mustang - working on engine
2. JDM ITR- most of it is painted, but not sure how to paint underbody, it looks a little strange, and then I sprayed the body but doesn't look right so I have to take all of it off.
3. Revell ITR- once I get the others done I'll do this....maybe even pull the engine out of this and make it so the JDM ITR can hold it :D

Ive brought a few that i get suckered into buying, and when i get them home i wonder what the hell i brought it for.
Some i have brought that have changed my mind when i start them. The VW Golf was one that i was just going to chuck out as i hated it so much, (but it was so cheap when i saw it)....but with some nice wheels and a lower it turned out OK

Originally posted by clatescivicr
Why are the Revell Integ kits bad? Hard to put together or what? those people are crazy, they're great kits. :D

i bought 3 revell itr's but i never finished one. hahaha. i think those kits are really nice in my opinion. i also bought a crx that i sorta want, but i saw an r33 for a bit more. so i had second thoughts about it.....otehr than that....i take careful consideration in the models i buy just cuz i don't wanna waste my money.......

The kits I buy are carefully thought out purchases as the kits over here are not that cheap. (hence why Pman gets his from overseas)

I know lucky I got my ITR for $8 but my jdm itr I paid $22 for.... But norally there around $15 a pop + paint and stuff, it adds up....

And the ACTUAL TIME to make them......

Originally posted by tenzoracerevovii
i bought 3 revell itr's but i never finished one. hahaha. i think those kits are really nice in my opinion. i also bought a crx that i sorta want, but i saw an r33 for a bit more. so i had second thoughts about it.....otehr than that....i take careful consideration in the models i buy just cuz i don't wanna waste my money.......

the Revell ITR's are not bad... they're ok but the suspension sucks big time.. and plus Revell is the only company to make the US front end...

the Revell ITR's are not bad... they're ok but the suspension sucks big time.. and plus Revell is the only company to make the US front end...

very true jdmr2, i still haven't built my revell ITR, but i just finished my Fujimi ITR and i got to tell you that the suspension on that sucks too!! but i find that's mostly the case with all the fujimi's that i've built. what i would like to see is tamiya come out with a integra, i wouldn't care what generation, i would just like to see the detail that would be put into it.
Oh and to anyone that has built the fujimi new ITR (RSX), how's the detail on that?! ;)

I was wondering do you have more pics of your finished product ITR?

Originally posted by MaxSE


very true jdmr2, i still haven't built my revell ITR, but i just finished my Fujimi ITR and i got to tell you that the suspension on that sucks too!! but i find that's mostly the case with all the fujimi's that i've built. what i would like to see is tamiya come out with a integra, i wouldn't care what generation, i would just like to see the detail that would be put into it.
Oh and to anyone that has built the fujimi new ITR (RSX), how's the detail on that?! ;)

clatescivicr wrote:

I was wondering do you have more pics of your finished product ITR?

here ya go buddy!

http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/923475Dscn0100.jpg http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/961401Dscn0107.jpg http://files.automotiveforums.com/uploads/483210Dscn0104.jpg

Very Nice MaxSE. Let me know how that 5th gen hatch goes. I'll post pics of my JDM ITR when I'm done with it. And concerning the RSX, I think it was Guiddy's gallery, he has the RSX completed in there. If its not his, I know its in there because just a few minutes I was looking in there.

What color did you use to paint the interior on the teg?

Originally posted by MaxSE


very true jdmr2, i still haven't built my revell ITR, but i just finished my Fujimi ITR and i got to tell you that the suspension on that sucks too!! but i find that's mostly the case with all the fujimi's that i've built. what i would like to see is tamiya come out with a integra, i wouldn't care what generation, i would just like to see the detail that would be put into it.
Oh and to anyone that has built the fujimi new ITR (RSX), how's the detail on that?! ;)

I got the new Fujimi ITR, the detail of the bottom of the model sucks :) i think that is..

I've done a few Fujimi Kits and i don't think they're so bad compared to revell!!

i just did a Corvette Z06 and that things the worse!!!

**wishes he had all the ITRs out there that aren't being used** :D