Avante S&D project
I probably wasn't actually going to get around to getting one of these this time around either. I liked it back in the day but never wanted one bad enough to pay the asking price and the same goes this time around. I actually bought one right away but never opened it before I sold it to a buddy, then more re-re's came out and I forgot about it. but when this turned up cheap in Scratch and dent from Tamiyausa I snagged it right away as they never last long and it was priced more than $120 cheaper than Tower has them just because the box is dinged up... perfect because (collectors cringe) I actually throw my boxes in recycle bin or use them for painting on anyway so I'm not missing out, I just want the kits to build and run. So I'll do this up stock and it will become a photo subject for some cool shots. I don't personally like blue and yellow together very much so some other color will likely be used but otherwise I don't see any need for much change, should be a fun build and even more fun to run it ;)
Comments
Road Burner
Have fun, can't wait to see some pics!
Skottoman
Funny, I also use my boxes for painting... Good find. Tamiya usa makes a lot of money selling to you I need to check more often I guess....
Wyoming
I'm really thinking about pink for this one, I had a pink buggy once and loved it and I think the decals and wing logo will support that color choice
matman
Looks like a great car to build & i'm sure you will have fun doing so . A very nice buy ..
sunnyjai
Nice buy mate! and looking forward to seeing your 'version' in 'pink' I too have been contemplating on pink for another Avante 2001 project and theoretically it'll look nice, hmm
SRB Bloke
I was looking forward to seeing the Wyoming Baja paint Avante.. We so so need a team shot of all your team colour cars together, this beauty would look awesome in that scheme...
MAD-BEE
Pink!! are you sure?? Well it did look great on the Frog!
Wyoming
I'm not sure exactly yet since I want to use some paint I already have but I have several colors I'm toying with. Pink, Metallic green, Cobalt Green, blue of course, orange, and a Metallic copper which is kinda orange/brown that might work really well with the decals. I might even get a couple of body sets so I can try a few different ones. I really had not thought about the Baja theme on it SRBbloke but I might consider that now too
Toykid
Seth you always seem to swoop in and get the Scratch and dent stuff as soon as its posted. How do you do it? I see I just missed an XB cc01 FJ - any chance you bought that too?
Wyoming
Just random luck. i don't even check every day just happened to check right after it was listed, hadn't seen the fj
def4x4
Have fun building it, love to see it with the paint
Crash Cramer
I also noticed you get a ton of S&D stuff and I thought they just called you up first before they posted it to see if you were wanting it. I check every now and then, but I almost always don't see anything in my price range.
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