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Today I've done everything to finish the Vespa 125 build. Fold up luggage rack, spare wheel cover, brake lever below it, front wheel suspension, kick start lever, helmet and helmet with goggles.

 

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See finished build on the completed section.

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On 4/8/2022 at 7:39 AM, cobraman said:

That looks great !  I love these large scale models but they sure put a dent in your bank account !

Hello Ray! Hope all is great. Yes these kits are expensive. But car modelers should try to get at least one. They are the center piece of a model room. Like David E Davis of road and track said. “ everyone should drive a v12 once in their lifetime “ well a car modeler should have at least one big scale car model in their lifetime. Had some people over the other night, and I had some 1/25 model cars out. They looked at them briefly but when they saw the 1/8 cobra we were talking about this car for awhile. Makes great conversation for non model car people.

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Not exactly a model, but plenty of assembly and decal work!

A Power Wheels Toy Story Jeep Wrangler (JK 2 dr) that Dad and I build to give my Niece for Easter. I handled the decals, sub assemblies, helped with the final assembly, Dad handled the major stuff while I was dealing with the little things after finishing my Taxes and getting them sent out.

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BTW, some of the fit and parts warpage make the 50+ y/o model tooling look good!

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28 minutes ago, Cool Hand said:

This one on the Nova.

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This one on the 4dr Nissan Skyline.

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And this one on the LB Works Laurel.

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Thanks Luke. I will take a look at what colour shift combos SMS offers. I'm looking for a dark green / bark blue for the Tamiya SONAX DTM car

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On 4/11/2022 at 6:03 AM, Joe Handley said:

Not exactly a model, but plenty of assembly and decal work!

A Power Wheels Toy Story Jeep Wrangler (JK 2 dr) that Dad and I build to give my Niece for Easter. I handled the decals, sub assemblies, helped with the final assembly, Dad handled the major stuff while I was dealing with the little things after finishing my Taxes and getting them sent out.

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BTW, some of the fit and parts warpage make the 50+ y/o model tooling look good!

WOW!

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10 minutes ago, PatW said:

WOW!

Yup, we just got it out of the house and into Dad’s van to take it over and give her tomorrow.  Had to pull the safe he bought last Friday for him to put the stuff on and in his desk in (so I can use it) out of the van Before this could go in. We were surprised that this thing fit through the doorway better than Mom’s wheelchairs did, the house was built well before the ADA came about and the wheelchair she used the most almost didn’t fit and this barely had twice the space between the wheels and opening, so maybe 1/2” total on each side!

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Wanted a tonneau cover for a Salt flat project in my head, the amt one is difficult to find. I have one in the mail somewhere between eastern US and Western Canada. So out came the elementary school skills and I whipped up some papier-mâché. Pleased with the results just need to add some paint detail and it will be ready.

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Made use of the great weather here to get 'viable' paint finishes down onto a couple of current WIPs:

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The AMT Matchbox Hilux's solid red without clear looks like it will need minimal polishing, should be just right for a new truck look, not a show queen.

The Toyota Celsior (Lexus LS400) will need a bit of Micromesh etc, but from experience the very fine peely finish it has now will polish out OK. I hope so, this is the second time around for it....

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