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Round 2 voting is now open.

Nice work on the hard lines Joe.

Yep.

Randy, maybe you are thinking of the Le Mans hardtop that HRM offers.

Gene, I just wasn't happy with the paint finish. I sanded the whole body and re-sprayed it yesterday. The finish looks much more promising. I'll post some pictures soon.

Yea I can't believe they pitted the Eagle and the P34 against each other in the first round. And to include the McLaren MP-4/4 over the 4/6 - baffling.

I don't agree with all the car choices but here is the link to the bracket.

Thanks Jesse, nice dealing with you too.

Okay Bill, I'll take the bait. Personally I think the Fujimi body is more accurate. However Fujimi completely missed on the wheels and tires. The rear tires are far too narrow and consequently the wheels are incorrect. Rather than tool up the correct tires they used the same ones in the MkII kit. The TV kit nailed these components. Wheels on the left are TV, right are Fujimi. Notice the projection of the brake ducts and the shape behind the wheel flairs as it transitions to the spoiler. I think Fujimi got these lines right. On the TV kit these areas are too subtle. The transition between the curves should be far more abrupt.

The TV kit does include and engine and rear suspension. Still quite a bit missing for a complete engine bay however.

Turned out great Art-nice work.

Comparison between the Thunder Valley GT40 body and the Fujimi.

The Monogram/Revell kit is a very good representation of the Essex Wire Cobra (chassis CSX3009). If you are not picky the kit can also be used to represent other racing and/or street Cobras. The Cobra, as with all race cars, was constantly evolving so there can be no single kit that can represent all 427 Cobras. Same can be said for the 289 Cobra kits. Even the street cars had a rapid rate of development/evolution. If you really want to be accurate you must pick a particular chassis during a specific period in time and modify whatever kit you start with to represent that individual car.

I use Tamiya's. Not cheap ($20) but they are worth the price. I like that they are curved.

Here is a comparison between the Thunder Valley and the Fujimi.

These are the kits you want.

Fujimi offers both the wide and the narrow rear body panel versions of the GT40 Mk1. Lots of GT40 kit information here.

Good trade with Rotorbolt 73 - thanks Matt.

And I have one up for trade- your making me 2nd guess trading it. Nice work so far.

Looks like a Ferrai GTO, a very nice one but not an Aston Martin.

Michelin applies to become sole tyre supplier from 2017 Michelin has applied to be Formula One's official tyre supplier from 2017 onwards with 18-inch rims, according to a report in Autosport. The deadline for the FIA's tender process closes on June 17 and Michelin looks set to go up against current tyre supplier Pirelli for the three-year-contract from 2017. Pirelli has been the sport's sole tyre supplier since replacing Bridgestone in 2011. "Yes, we have entered," Michelin Motorsport director Pascal Couasnon confirmed. "The reasoning is we've been proposing ideas, talking about Formula One and that we are disappointed, especially where it is today tyre-wise. If we want to be credible and consistent then you cannot complain or comment if you don't bring solutions. "So it has made sense for me to say if we have ideas, then let's go and propose these ideas, and we'll see if people are interested or not. At least then nobody can say to us, 'well guys, you are talking, but you are not acting'. Now, we are acting." The look of F1 tyres beyond 2017 remains uncertain. In May, the Strategy Group proposed wider tyres, while Pirelli has conducted tests on 18-inch tyres as recently as the Monaco Grand Prix. Couasnon confirmed Michelin's bid involved the low-profile tyre - which it currently supplies to Formula E. "Those proposals remain, more than ever! In making a proposal we are trying to change the situation a little. We believe the image of tyres in Formula One is not what we would like to do, or makes sense. "The tyre used as an object you throw away after a few laps, or whatever, is not really something that is good for the tyre industry." Michelin last supplied F1 tyres in 2006, when it held a joint contract with Bridgestone, as it helped Renault and Fernando Alonso to back-to-back titles.

'41 Plymouth

The prototypes look fast. They look faster than F1! Don't remember them looking that fast last year. Their closing speed on the other categories was frightening.

Monogram's Trans-Am Mustang have an in-line four as does Esci/Revell's Ford Escorts. Both would require a lot of scratch building to make this.