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Yep - I am in the process of building a room dedicated to building models (and displaying them). Unfortunately, it is the smallest room in the house and in order to 'earn' this honor I had to buy the Mrs a new kitchen.

Wow - think I'll buy two. I'd like to build one stock and the other with a V8 Hemi.

The news of this kit is BIG for me. I totally love the 300SL, and the fact that Tamiya will be doing this is like all my Christmases coming at once. I don't think there is any car kit that I have ever wanted this much. I have several 300SL kits (un built); the AMT one, the Italeri one, the Humborol one, and an Airfix (which is the same as the Italeri) . I have been planning a build for many years, but I will keep these old kits on the shelf in favor of the Tamiya one now. The AMT kit is the old Frog kit dating back to the late 1960's (as far as I know). It must have been quite an advanced kit for its time, but compared to the Tamiya I think it will be no contest. The AMT is 1/25 scale (so, the wrong scale for all my other Euro cars collection), and has several proportion errors in the body. Knowing Tamiya, theirs will be more accurate.

You've done a great job on this kit.

Nice work! I would love to build a 1:1 '62 Vette just like this

Nice job Kenneth!

Utterly amazing work Randy!

Hi JC, Here's a pic of mine. If you need any other pic's or measurements - let me know.

I must say - you are doing a fantastic job on the Escort by adding in all the missing detail. I've got a couple of these kits (the Revell version) in my stash part built and I can say there are a lot of inaccuracies in the kit's body shape - many of which you have put right - good job! I love Escorts. They've become really desirable here in the UK over the last decade or so. I am fortunate enough to have a 1:1 RS2000 (same shape, but with the nose-cone) sitting in my garage. I done a full restoration on it and I can confirm that all the extra detail you are adding to the floor an and engine bay is accurate. Keep up the good work. I will look forward to seeing this one done.

Sorry its been so long since I posted any updates on this project. Don't worry - I'll be back into it soon. Currently, I'm busy converting the spare bedroom into a dedicated model building workshop. That should make building cars more enjoyable. I simply used a hobby knife with a curved blade. running it side to side over the wiper blades till they are gone.

Nice job Bruce! Colour and wheels really suit the woody.

An absolutely stunning build there Tom. Those wood decals look really good.

Love that color. Looking good so far - keep up the good work.

I love this rod. Nice quilted interior and great attention to detail.

Simply stunning! Nice job on those wheels - well done.

Wow - love this Celica.

I love this rat rod Steven. The welds look amazing!

Love these two cars! Thanks for sharing the pictures with us Matt - you've done a fine job!

Hi Nels, I'm afraid that I could not recommend a single place in the whole country. It seems one-by-one all the good shops have closed down over the last decade. The best approximation to a model shop we have now is Modelzone. I don't know why this forum wont allow me to copy/paste a link to their website here, but you can find their website on google. I tend to buy most of my stuff on line from the US and Japan.

Looks great so far. If I remember correctly the Bob Glidden kit does not have a supercharger - did you source that from another kit?

What a cool model. I've always loved the RS500 and the Cosworth that its based on. I wish I'd bought a 1:1 when they were still reasonable money, but now they are mega expensive and the values are only going up! Polishing the plastic is a simple and good way of working if your lucky enough to get a good example - its not cheating in my book. I got this in my stash along with Tamiya's XR4. One day I'll get round to building them both.

Thanks for those pics Jonathan. Nice to see tyres with some side wall markings. Cant wait to receive my kit.

Nice work. I love the colour!

My first major re-think on this project has had me up nights thinking about a new hood. Can you believe it - a rummage through my parts box reveals a Thunderbolt style hood. I think this is from AMT's 1966 Galaxie (below middle) - but I might be wrong. I also found the hood from the first 1965 Galaxie that I built, nearly 30 years ago (below right). Yes - I know - it's pink! I must have had some crazy ideas when I was a kid. The 1966 Galaxie hood almost fits the 1965 body. Overall it is a little too long and the front lip seems to be too curvaceous. I put a lot of work into the white hood with 'square scoop', but the Thunderbolt one really appeals. I'm not sure if this style hood was ever used on the 65 Galaxie, but the style seems to be correct for that period of Ford. Despite the work put in to the first hood - I will give this a shot. I have combined the '66 hood with the old pink hood to get a good fit into the 65 body shell. This way I have the old hood to fall back on if this idea does not work out. I've cut-n-shut the two hoods and added a little styrene strip to either side. I really hope this pays off!

Time for a little progress update! I've removed the rear cross member - it was not working out as I had hoped. After the moulded-in exhaust was removed this part never quite looked right. I will scratch a new chassis cross member later on - probably in round section styrene. The floor does not quite meet the inner body panels flush, leaving a slight gap in areas - particularly around the rear wheel arches. This seems to be the way with a lot of older kits. I'm pleased to see that this small issue is not a problem with most of the latest kit releases. I'm using some scrap styrene off-cuts to fill the gap... Now the floor panels make a nice tight fit with no gaps. I think it looks a little more realistic.