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Thanks guys! Yes, this is a great kit; I recommended it highly when I built the first one for the SA review a year ago. Such a good kit in fact I just started another one yesterday and have plans (and kits) to build more.

No, I used acid. And thanks!

I acid treated them instead of using paint.

Thank you Angus! Very kind words indeed! I readily admit that I do things to Seven models I don't think I would do on real ones, ( and I have firsthand experience with 1:1s). While I try to stay in a realistic realm, I also enjoy building them in "very wrong" ways to the purists. I'll admit I was inspired by the S4 rear fenders, but wanted something softer and tied into a traditional Seven. The nose was inspired by the early 60's Gurney Eagles and the fairing on the hood (bonnet) just seemed appropriate. I too am deep into the 3D aspect of the hobby, but still enjoy old school metal working and machining. (As you may have noticed on my Lola T-70 project...)

These are the tie-rod ends with adjusters for toe. Brass and aluminum loosely assembled.

Thanks Tim! Here's some more... I've been working back and forth and back again with 3D designing, old school machining and basic hand building to facilitate better fitting of the soon to be grown parts to help the fit of the end results. I milled up caliper and rotor "blanks" out of resin to help check tolerances inside the software and to the physical parts I have. I also had to draw up in 3D some of the kit parts I modified for spatial orientation. Here's some screen grabs I took before sent the files off to Fraxional.

I decided a more modern set of calipers would not only look cooler, but also be more appropriate for the car with some of the other upgrades it is getting. I made the Wilwood retrofits for the C3 Corvette calipers I made earlier. They use the same pads.

Thanks Trevor! I added the radius/fillets and then polished them up. And a dry fitted front…

Thanks David! All five wheels, two rears and three fronts, (one for the spare).

Thanks guys. It's the Tamiya kit. It has poseable front wheels, but nothing else moves or opens on it.

These are great kits. The fit and engineering are exceptional.

Here are two rears and a front on the right.

This is a rear… Still raw and needs to be refined.

The start of the aluminum rims. Some T6-6061 stock and a wooden angle block with 22 and 27 degree angles cut into it. The block was indexed to the tilt-table as a secondary measure to ensure the angles were uniform on all the wheels. First round of cutting; this will be a rear.

Thanks. No stripes for this one. It's a replica of the car that was used to make the Tamiya kit. I know the manager at the dealership it was originally delivered to and he provided me photos of when it first arrived. It does not look like the way the model will be now as it has had some "upgrades" done to it. I agree about the other paint brands. Tamiya silver is the only one I use now for bodies. Unless it's a dune buggy, funny car or bass boat...