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Lets hope Meng do a nicer 427 engine than the Trumpeter one. I started putting the Trumpeter engine together and just lost heart with the kit when I realised how off the engine detail was.

My eyes are popping out of me head. This is absolutely amazing.

Looks great to me! It is a complex kit to put together, but worth the hard work.

Well done on a beautiful build. I do love Tamiya kits for all the reasons listed above. Your Boxster LS1 conversion at work sounds interesting.

Beautiful paint job. This is coming along nicely.

This is an amazing project. I just read through the build thread on Depronized. Surely 3d printing is the future of this hobby. With higher resolution, I'd love to see 1/24 and 1/25 become feasible. Love to see more progress on the Koenigsegg.

Both are stunning. Superb job on the paint.

Excellent work so far. I especially love those carbs!

This looks fantastic. Great work on shoe-horning that engine in.

Looks stunning in red!

Looks fantastic in silver. Makes a change to see one without stripes - a much cleaner look. Does the engine cover, or any other panels, open on this kit?

Great build thread. So many fantastic ideas and techniques for me to 'steal'. Never thought of using Corian as a material.

Excellent idea for the horns.

Awesome work. I love the GTO style nose vents.

Looks amazing. So much detail!

Thanks, I'm going to have to pick one of these up. Its not often you hear of a Revell that is better than a Tamiya.

Sorry to hear about your friend Todd. I'm sure he would appriciate you building this in his honour.

Looks good so far. Ive not seen one done in silver yet. How did you do the suede look for the steering wheel?

That looks like a lovely kit. Is it a rebox of the Tamiya?

I just read through this entire thread, and now my head hurts! So many great ideas to take in. I love the use of magnets and the 3D printed parts. This is an epic build. Keep up the amazing work. I'll be watching with interest.

This is simply stunning! Great use of colours, with just the right amount of sheen and weathering. I'm guessing those wipers and the Riviera GS script on the side are photo-etched parts? Great photography too. Looks like a 1:1 car in some of those pics.

This is coming along nicely. It looks like a lovely kit to put together.

Great work so far. I love the detail around the shift mechanism. @italianhorses thathats a great tutorial on PE. I'll be taking away some of those tips.

I think you have done a fantastic job on those door jambs. I'm watching eagerly to see how you do the hinges. Thanks for sharing this. Have you reinforced the sills as there can't be much plastic material holding the shape of the body now?

It's time to show a little more progress on this one. The colour is straight out of an acrylic spray can. it's nothing special - just a tin of Rover Java green from Halfords. It approximates to a colour I have seen on a 1:1 Pantera. The paint has had some time to dry now and, as always, I notice the initial 'wet look' gloss has disappeared. I think it will look better after polishing though. Here is where I feel this kit really lets its self down. Just look at the glass! It feels flush to the outside surface (as it should), but its so thick and distorted it looks a little bit silly. No matter how well I do the rest of the model, this will be what will always jumps out at me. My thoughts are to cut the windshield away from the clear panel and then thin it down with a sanding disc, making sure that its a constant thickness throughout. Then I would polish the screen back to clear. Its a lot of work and it will mean gluing the screen in on its edges against the window trim. If anyone can recommend a glue for this method of fitting a screen I'd be grateful. The side glass can be cut from a clear sheet.