Jim N

I have one of these in my collection. I hope it turns out as well as yours. Great job!

Thanks for the comments. I appreciate it.

If anyone is interested in my opinion, a lot of the time where you end up is due to where you started. What I mean by this is that if one company is basing its kit on a drawing that may or may not be accurate, this company will likely end up in a different place than a company that has the final car and is taking measurements from it. One other thing to keep in mind is that we are all fallible human beings and mistakes can happen. Once a measurement is wrong in one place, it can ripple throughout the whole process. There have been a number of references to the military builders and how they demand everything to be accurate; whereas, the car guys are not that serious about accuracy. If you think about it, the reason the military builders have to be concerned about accuracy is that there is only one correct way to build their kits. One cannot paint a tank a candy apple color or swap out an engine in a Sherman for one that was in a Panzer. This is a bit of a silly example, but I do think there is some relevance. Car guys don’t think twice before doing something like this, and further, it has been done in the 1:1 world. One other thing about military modelers is that they usually build only one of their kits. I have not seen many military modelers that have multiple F-15’s on their shelves. They have one or perhaps two if there is certain significance with a fighter squadron. Or they may have different scales of the same model, but I have never seen half dozen different renditions of the same plane. On the other hand I have seen multiple versions of the same car on builders’ shelves. The other piece to this is price. I don’t think I am that different from others, but price does matter. I don’t think that makes me cheap, but like everyone else, I have a certain amount of money I can spend on what is a hobby. Once prices get above a certain threshold, I have to think long and hard as to whether I want to spend that amount of money. There has to be a Tamiya kit out there that really grabs my attention to think about spending $50.00 for a model. I fully expect the $50.00 kit to be better engineered, scaled more accurately and should construct better than one at $25.00. However, many of us can make that $25.00 model look real nice. This is long winded, and for those who read all of it without being bored or going to sleep – thanks.

Thanks for the comments. The nose I completed myself. I fill it with putty and then sand to shape. I cannot remember who I bought the decals from, but they were very thin and it took two sheets to prevent the bleed through.

One of my all time favorite cars. Very well done.

This is a Tamiya Xanavi 350Z. I started it some time ago and finally decided to finish it. The decals were a challenge as there were well over 100 of the rascals. Paint is Tamiya Silver and Bright Red. Thank you for looking.

Cool car. The paint looks very nice.

Very nice. I would have never thought of that.

Nicely Done!

Jimmie Johnson raced this car at Charlotte over the Memorial Day holiday in 2011. The paint is Dupli-Color Linen White and Rustoleum Cobalt Blue. Thanks for looking.

They look real nice!

Nicely done!

Looks very nice. I always liked this paint scheme.

Looks great. Those decals would have been difficult to put on over the compound curves. I don't see any wrinkles - great job!

Very nice and clean. Great job!

Real nice. The paint job is outstanding!

Looks real nice. I don't see any bleed through with the decals. When I have built Gordon's rainbow cars, I usually had to put a white underlay to stop the bleed through. Excellent job.

No worries Harry. I know the comments were meant to be constructive. I built it a little outside of the box and I have some suggestions to consider.

I think it looks cool.

Thanks for the comments. Sorry for the delay, but we had a compatability problem between our virus software and our IP's software that took down our internet access.

Sorry for the delayed response, but the computer was on the fritz. Thanks for comments. I will look through the decal stash and see if some stripes along the sides add anything.

Very cool! My first car was a 1975 Oleg Cassini Matador. It was not a very good car but I kind of miss it.

Very nicely done.

Well done on all of them.

Very well done. The tires tuck up into the fenders quite well.