Originally Posted by
bakaguyjean
I feel the same way about NIB,its fine for somebody else but I enjoy running them more than looking at bits in a box.Most 1/12th scale cars have something intersting about them to me and find them most enjoyable.Any tips or ideas are of course welcome.
I don't run them, much if ever, but I've been toying with the idea more and more. But I agree, it's more fun to take them out of the box and have a look.
maybe fix some loose wires, tidy things up, polish off some surface rust if it's there, maybe oil a few things.
That said, I have that same leisure car (shown above) in an un-opened box. It said "green corvette" on it. I saw what the red one looked like when I opened it, so I never opened this green one.
All the handwriting on the box was done at the factory to describe the contents of the box. Still legible nearly 33 years later. That's cool.