Nacho Z

Nice job Sean. What a clean build!

GORGEOUS!!!

Very nice. Great color. All three models look top notch.

Very cool build Jonathan. That color looks great!

Cool! I'll be watching this one Jonathan!

Hey Al, I think she looks great! I really like the color you chose for it. I also think it was pretty cool of JT to come up with the info. in his post.

I have a number of models that I bulit before joining this forum. I had taken WIP pictures for another board. I thought I would go ahead and share them here. So to be clear, this model is complete but I thought maybe someone would like to see these WIP pics. I will add more pics every few days. I will then post the finished product in the Under Glass section. Here is the kit. I drilled out every single hole on all four rotors and painted. The chassis had a lot of the detail molded in. Here it is with no detailing. Beginning to detail paint. A little more. And a little bit more. (I just noticed I have some incorrectly mounted tires.)

That is such a clean build. VERY nice.

Wow! I just took an all expenses paid trip back to my school days.......Thank You!

Nice job Thomas! A very impressive build. Great work on the added detail and the weathering.

Arnold, that is one of the nicest examples of that kit that I have seen. You knocked it out of the park!

Gorgeous model!!

Thanks for the help Jeff and Joshua. The Lotus I am doing is from 1978 and driven by Mario. I believe the car you posted pictures of is a 1979 (?) I don't know that the belts would be any different. I should just go with the PE buckles but there is just something about them that I do not like. They just look too darn big. I am going to compare my PE set with some that one of my modeling buddies has and make the decision then.

Thanks for the nice comments guys! It is a unique model for sure and looks pretty cool sitting on the shelf.

That may very well be the nicest build of that car that I have seen. I agree about the gold, it looks like a good match.

Very, very nice!

Thank you for the help Jeff and Dale, I appreciate it. I pulled out my calipers and measured the I.D. of the buckles. It comes out to just over 3 scale inches. I have three books on this car and I don't think the shoulder belts are 3 inches. If I had to guess, based off the books, the shoulder belts are 2 inches and the lap belts may be 3 inches. Any ideas? I looked at Willans web site and you can get both sizes. I just don't know what they ran back in 1978......sigh. I'm still open to suggestions, links, photos, etc. that might help solve this mystery .

You have got to be kidding! I hope you gap that thing correctly .

Thanks for all of the comments guys. I think the pictures hide a multitude of sins. Notice there are no straight on shots...lol. That is a very nice post Bill. I was fortunate enough to meet Peter at NNL East two years ago, (I believe). I knew his models from this board. I found him beside them and struck up a conversation. What a nice guy! He was actually going to give me something, at no charge, but I had to decline as I knew I would never use it. How nice was that?!?! I am thankful we have folks like Peter and soooo many others here who will take the time to log in, put their thoughts, ideas, suggestions, etc on-line. They take time to take pictures, load them up and then share them here. Wow, that is just a great thing. I am glad Peter took the time to do what he did. Hopefully someone read his post and will use his tips on their next build! Yes Jeff, I thought we had you this year. Maybe next year buddy!

Really nice work Harry. This is a great example of long distance learning. I am getting "schooled" every time I check in on your, (I know you don't like this), builds.

That is just outstanding! The more I look at it the more details I see. Very impressive indeed.

I am currently working on an original Tamiya 1:12 1978 JPS. The kit did not come with any type of racing harness. I took a 1:24 Detail Master PE racing harness set, laid it on a photocopier and doubled the size. I then used that as a template to make the hardware out of sheet stock. It looks just about right to me. Many years later Acu-Stion had a PE set for the car and I bought it. The hardware looks HUGE. It just looks to darn big for the seat. However, I would think they know more about the subject than I do. Does anyone know of a correct set of a racing harness for this car or any car from that period? I have my eye on a MFH set but have not bought it. I would also be happy to know the dimensions of the 1:1 belts from that time. They may be the same as now, I am not sure. Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me out!

Thanks hemi. Here is a picture of what I used. I took some artistic license with this. I was going for a "groovy" vibe with the color.

Thanks Peter! I know about the tricks for decals. Because I was doing the 24 hour build at someone else's house I had to pack up everything I could think of and take it with me. A hair dryer was not even on my radar, (it doesn't help that I am bald....hair dryers are never on my radar ).

I thought I would share my finished 24 hour build. My goal, as well as the original intent of the original group, was to finish an unstarted kit in 24 hours. I alway strive to finish my kit in the 24 hour time frame. I understand that to do this short-cuts must be taken. I choose kits that I think I can finish and kits that I never planned on detailing to the max. So is the case with this model. I came close to finishing it but didn't quite make it. I worked on it here and there and finished it last night. It is definitely a "3 footer". Maybe more like 10 feet . The decals were the worst I've ever used, (and I build mainly race cars.) I used so much Solvaset, which did nothing BTW, that the EPA paid me a visit. You can see the many wrinkles in the pictures. There was a ton of flash but fortunately they chromed all of it . The only thing missing is the windshield glass. It was unusable. It is very important to get the frame square as everything builds off of it. I did not get mine perfectly square and had minor fit problems the rest of the way.