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And thanks for crossing your fingers. I shot that clear with my eyes closed! ?

Black seems to be a popular choice. I think they look amazing in black. I’m not struck by the box art in the slightest. Here’s my inspiration- very much along the same lines, I just thought I would leave out the twin stripes. Maybe next time....

@Belugawrx How will you be building yours? Box art green or blue? Or something completely different? First coat of clear is down, no dramas yet! I am expecting a fine sanding and polish immenently...

@89AKurtSo far so good, the kit is a decent standard with minimal flash. The chromed wheels and exhausts are disappointing, but a quick splash of ammonia and a lick of paint and the detail pops out again. I shall leave just the hood latches, head lamp surrounds and the gear stick in the original chrome, all else stripped and painted to my liking

Number 11 Traced and cut the shutlines, nerve-racking stuff. Applied some paint to repair some edges, and to wrap the bonnet decal. I probably should have clear coated first, but I did not, so fingers crossed there will be no silvering. Tamiya X-22 gloss thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner to follow. Thanks for looking.

You have applied your waterslide decals, but notice that there is some water staining and dried decal glue residue. You want to clearcoat over the whole model, but are worried about this ‘staining’ showing through.... what’s to do? Should you just go over the model carefully with a damp cloth, avoiding the decals? Wash it under running water? Obviously you would wait for the decals to be completely dry and set before any further work...! any creative ideas welcome, thank you.

Some more paint done. Details details details. I’ve been playing with a new metal colour from Vallejo: Apart from that, basic acrylic colours pure and mixed, plus some metalizer powder for some variation. lots of black on this model!

Thank you for the write up and clear photos. Inspiring detail work, sir!

Put down some paint, Tamiya fine surface primer straight from the can. A day or two later I airbrushed three mist coats of Vallejo Premium color diluted with distilled water, followed by four wetter coats. I hit too hard with one of the wet coats and it ran horribly. Under the tap with a soft toothbrush and start again with the misting. Acrylic paints are friendly this way, as well as their obvious health benefits. primer 1: hunting out those little imperfections primer 2: And after cleaning up my little disaster.... Mist 1: mist 2: mist 3: after the wet coats: This paint dries super-smooth satin-matt, so I will be following up with some coats of Tamiya x-22 clear. This could be cut and buffed to gloss without lacquer, but I fancy a deeper sheen to set off the other matt and satin parts for an aggressive monochrome look. Thanks for looking.

Ha yeah, the fact that the inlet stacks poke out of the bonnet, gasser style, guarantees that the resto will not be factory stock. Customizing is so much fun

Luckily this model was built some time ago using rubbery tube glue, some of which now looks and feels almost like beeswax. -Some gentle wiggling by hand and prying by fingernail has got the stripdown to this point without breakages: The body is great, though perhaps the relief logos and ‘fairlane500’ details were sanded and will be hard to restore- I may end up sanding them out completely: We’ll see better when the scruffy matt blue coat is removed. The twin headlamp cowls are removeable, I may leave them off and create single custom bezels. I am not going for a factory resto. The chassis popped out without drama, as did the interior and engine. One of the door hinge arms is missing and the doors were semi glued shut. I want them to open. The interior has some futuristic bucket seats in there, I will keep it more or less the same, but sit the seats lower and paint a different scheme. Next up is the paint strip, and perhaps some suspension/chassis mods and repairs. Thanks for looking, more to come.

Sweet as....

Mmm glass. Now that’s a great idea. You could also add a soft diffuse light below for tracing etc should the need arise. Thanks for that

Ooh that looks tricky, but I’m sure it is going to turn out fine. I have never seen that car before, thank you for that

Cool build, looking forward to seeing hhose details go in.

Ok now I’ve got it! Thanks again for your help, I like to get the most of this forum now that I’m here!

Curious, I get this: and this:

OK thats all clear then, thank you very very much. my next question is: -where is the ‘see their activity’ tab on the mobile site? Thanks

That is a magnetic LED car workshop torch hanging from the overhead table lamp acting as a spotlight. There's also a bit of clumsy direct camera flash (iphone) being used. Not the best camera I know, but for these WIP pictures I reckon its enough. I shall however use my SLR for those higher resolution ‘Under glass’ shots in the near future. Thanks

Hi all Sounds a bit like a Stalker topic, I know! : After a good search coming up with nothing, I would like to know if it is possible to see the threads started by just one member, like I can with the ‘Content I started’ link for example. Essentially I would like to see more work from specific members. I have looked around some members profiles, but I am missing a link to see their own threads. I can also see all the threads to which a member has contributed. Any help? Am I missing a trick here? Thanks in advance B

I received this cheap kit yesterday, and I could not resist getting the body out to have a look. This kit was started already, but only a few parts were painted, and everything is still in it’s tree thankfully. The body had been roughly painted inside with alu silver, I’ll probably leave it and go over again with the AB. I’m thinking deep gloss black with no stripes, satin black or metalized gunmetal for the brightwork. Kit chrome is, as always, too bright. I have gone over the shell with scalpel for the shut lines, small files and grit to re-shape and crisp up the slightly flabby front end. I have opened up all the intakes a little, to gain that agressive cobra look that the molding seems to miss. Proportions are excellent though. Next up will be some minor filler detailing, and I should probably then leave it alone and get some other WIPs under glass! I’m loving that naked body!! Thanks for watching Here’s the studio setup for those interested ?

Today I collected my ‘used’ revell Cobra 427 s/c, with its ‘slightly tired box. Inside I found all the parts still in their trees, some painted by hand. Thankfully the body was only roughly painted silver on the inside. I took a little time to tweak all of the openings at the front end, and modify the front lower corners, as it was looking a bit too chubby. Another one to distract me from my 3 or 4 other models on the bench. no harm done: stock on the left, trimmed on the right: Better now:

beautiful. Inspiring work, thank you.

Haha I love it! I hadn't yet ventured into this section, - now I am glad I did. Thank you, looking forward to more...

You’re right, I’m planning on some chassis/drivtrain mods to get the rubber tucked underneath. Its my first glue bomb resurrection so I’m happy to get my teeth stuck in and get cutting. I’m not sure exactly what style yet, but I’m aiming in the direction of these Googled pictures: Thanks to the photo donors