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  1. Thanks for noticing this old build, I haven't visited this site for some time, but It's always nice to get feedback!
  2. Just a rather quick build of a new airfix kit. I've wanted to build one of these late-model seafires for quite some time now. This thing with its contra-rotating props and 20mm Hispano -cannons is ,in my opinion, what a real fighter should look like. The underside is still missing couple of lenses and a piece of flap which I managed to misplace. Afterall, the kit wasn't quite as good as I had expected. It hat a lot of well detailed parts, but the fuselage halves were badly warped and were a huge hassle to glue together properly, and the landing gear were a bit fiddly as well.
  3. Got the body and bonnet painted+cleared.
  4. GT40 on the works. Well there's a suprise for ya'll. Opel Omega. Audi DTM? Yet another Omega. But this time in GLORIOUS 3D!!! Alpina. With some alps. Honda Cafe racer. Omega Station wagon with what appears to be a Lotus bodykit. Rally car. A Lancia Beta, apparently. I've also been doing some drawing with Google Sketchup: That's all for now. Comments are welcome!
  5. Duster funnycar. R33? BMW M1 Mustang race car on the works? Opel Manta B. I love these things! Couple of Opel rally/racing cars. A Corsa and another Omega. Opel Ascona B? Omega Coupe!? BMW M3 e30 This is my attempt to draw the El Camino SS my dad used to have.
  6. ...And all i got was some lousy doodles. I've always done somewhat well in school, but as an extremely bad writer I've never been good at taking notes during classes, so I just usually draw instead. And now as I have just finished highschool (Or its finnish equivalent) I thought it would be nice to recap what I have achieved during these three years, so I thought that i'd share some of these doodles with you guys. I like draw all kinds of things, but mostly cars and motorbikes and other mechanical things. Most of these drawings are first sketched with pencil and then finished by using ballpoint pen or marker pen. Most are drawn on A5 size paper. I know lots (if not all) of these have many errors in details or even in general shapes, mainly because I had no way of checking any details when i was drawing. These were merely made to pass time. And since many of these are several years old, I don't neccesarily even remember what I was trying to draw, so most of the time, I'm just guessing here. So here are some of my personal favourites, not in any particular order: Rally car. Lancia Beta? Honda Scrambler. With what appears to be a 2-stroke engine, for some reason. The one of many Opel Omegas I've drawn. I own one of these cars, so I've drawn quite a lot of them. A Quite funky looking Honda. Wrecked sportscar. I really have no idea what it's supposed to be. A Jaguar-ish sportscar? A garage. With things. Yet another rally car. A Peugeot? A tiny Audi.
  7. I made a couple of suggestions some time ago for Lotus Carlton and Saab 9000 Turbo.
  8. Many thanks! I decided that the colour will be just plain and simple silver with flat black hood and wheels. I'm hoping to use some steel wheels, but if I can't find any, I'll just use the Rally wheels that came with the kit. I drilled some holes for fuel and brake lines to the undercarriage and painted it flat black with silver oversprays: I also finished some parts for the engine. The kit doesn't have a regular exhaust system, and I don't like the sidepipes the kit had, so i'm thinking of using this exhaust from AAR 'Cuda or Challenger T/A. I think it will fit nicely with some modifying: Cheers.
  9. Hi guys! I've been building model cars a few years now, and I just noticed that among my about 200 models there Isn't a single properly built first-gen. Camaro. I think that it is time to change that, so I bought a Revell '69 one. This kit, to be precise: I would have preferred the stock Z/28 or the Yenko S/C, but since it was available more easily, I got the Baldwin motion one. So, off to the bench with this one. I usually have nothing against spoilers, sidepipes or racing stripes etc, but I think that the guys at the BM went a little bit over the top with them with this car. Imho the whole car looks a bit grotesque with all those bits bolted onto it, so I wont be using all of them. I just want to build a honest, no nonsense, 4-speed, big-block street car. I started the build by prepping the body for paint and cutting open the trunk door: I also started modifying the front fascia by removing the molded in hideaway lights (Is that what they are called?) and replacing them with open ones. I think it gives the car a pretty nice look: I painted the engine orange as a one unit. I know this isn't the way they left the factory, but as I'm building a street racer, I give myself some liberties. To be continued. Soon.
  10. Always nice to see more Alfas getting built. I built this same kit some time ago, and i thought that it went together pretty smoothly. Looking forward to see what you can make out of it.
  11. The engine certainly has proven itself on racetrack, I remember my father mentioning that his friend used to own and race a GTA 1300 junior many years ago. The car was then unfortunately sold to Sweden, which I think is a shame since there are certainly not many of those things left in world, let alone in Finland.
  12. Many thanks, Michael! I've always had a place in my heart for older Alfa Romeos. Alfetta's might not have been the fastest things around when compared to German sports cars of the era, but I'd have one over a Mercedes or a Beemer any time, just because of the looks and the sounds. I repainted and foiled the front fascia along with the bumpers and I also repainted the rear lights and blinkers. Some old style Finnish plates were also added. Here's the finished Alfa: -Pauli
  13. The chassis before: The chassis had a lot of holes for screws and some molded in texts. I Sanded the texts away, filled the holes ,added a new exhaust tip and I also drilled some new holes for axles so the car sits a lot lower now. I painted and weathered the chassis so it's general lack of detail is not so obvious now. The interior of the model was not so bad looking, but I just didn't like the seats, so I did some modifications. Old seat on the right, left ones modded. I also filled some holes on the floor and repainted the whole interior: Finished pics comig soon!
  14. Hello everyone! I'ts been awhile since I posted anything, so I thought that I'd show you my first try at modifying diecasts. Alfa Romeo Alfetta / GTV has been one of my favourite cars for a long time, and since there are no plastic kits available, I had to go and buy a 1:24 scale Quattroruote die cast model. Here's what the Alfa looked like when I first got it: While it was not exactly rubbish, there was a lot of room for improvement. The doors didn't fit very well, paint had scratches in it, and detailing was not very good. I personally didn't like the general look of the car. I think that Alfa Romeos should look aggressive and sporty, and this thing with it's silver paint, high suspension and general sluggishness didn't convey that idea, so I took the car to pieces and began dressing up this "Beta Romeo". There were some mold lines and other problems with the body, so I thoroughly sanded it and then painted it using Maston -spray paints. This is how the engine bay looked before: The Alfa's 1800cc i4 engine pushed out around 120 hp, which was -in my opinion- quite well for such a small engine in mid-70s, but I gave it a new exhaust manifold along with some new air filters to make it appear a bit more sporty. I also removed some molded in details and replaced them with better ones. The engine bay after: To be continued.
  15. This is one truly great model, and as everyone else already said, photography is very nice as well! Awesome job on this one, Yuri!
  16. Any progress on this one?
  17. Many thanks for your kind words!
  18. Well, I finally finished this one. It's an old Bandai kit in 1/16 scale. It's not that bad kit, but there are some problems with it: -Clear parts are just horrible. Especially the windshield was bad. It was too small and ill-fitting. -I don't know where bandai got the clever idea of making most of the suspension parts from metal. They were all cracked, ill-fitting, and looked horrible. -Doors don't fit very well. -Door and hood hinges look terrible. But with patience, it can be built to a nice Jag. The biggest problem with mine was the paint job. I must have repainted the body at least four times. Anyway, here she is: Overall, I'm quite happy with the result. Built Box-stock, I only added Finnish plates. Comments and Criticism welcome!
  19. I was really just hoping for a better pic, I cant afford any travelling right now!
  20. Well, what can I say? It's certainly a VERY nice Charger. There should be more builds like this. Did you do any kind of modifications to the engine? Any hope on getting a closer look at it?
  21. 340-6

    My class of '12

    Many thanks, glad you like them! It's a downloadable paper model, I don't remember where i got it from.
  22. 340-6

    My class of '12

    The "Dodge Brothers": BMW 320 Turbo rally, revell: Audi Quattro Rebuild: Revell Golf: Couple Of repainted 1:43 diecasts: And finally, the worlds cutest GT40 Comments are welcome, as always.
  23. 340-6

    My class of '12

    Some more: Jo-Han '69 Roadrunner rebuild: Revell Audi A4 DTM: AMT '70 Camaro: AMT '56 Crown-Vic, One of my favourites: I just realised that I've already shown you some of these models in "My older builds" -thread, well, there should be at least couple of new ones. More coming.
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