Nacho Z

My store in North Central WV has almost identical kits. We also had the Chase Elliot NAPA NASCAR. The Piranha Super Spy Car was also new.

Cool little build, Scott! Looks great and I like your photos of it. Very neat way to show it off!

Dann, you Sir, are a machine!! I have not commented on all of your posts for the other models, but let me say that all of them are looking fantastic! You are doing some great work. I'm looking forward to see all of them in paint.

She looks good, John! You gotta love those bigger scales that allow for more detailing.

There is so much nice detail going on throughout this build! Great job. I'm looking forward to more progress updates.

OK, let me try a new post so that I can add pictures. I re-scribed the seat. I'm not sure if it needed it but I wanted to clean it up a bit.

Here is the picture.

I figured I will document the heck out of this build. It will keep me motivated and it may help someone along the way. It is such a simple kit that there shouldn't be too many updates. I'm starting with the wheels and tires. In pictures I've found and on the finished model, I think you can only see the tires. My initial concern is to remove the casting flash and to make sure all four tires are the same height when finished. To try my best to get the four tires' gluing surface flat and square, I sanded them on a piece of sandpaper laying flat on my bench. Sanding sticks will "curve" or round the edges, no matter how hard you try not to.

Thanks, Richard!

Beautiful truck, Art!

Here is another beautiful build from your workbench, Thomas! You really do build some sweet models!

This is what is so great about MCM forum!! There is so much knowledge and talent out there. It seems to me that everyone is more than happy to share that knowledge and talent! I have read and learned a lot about Frank Lockhart and this car. For the modeler who is not building this car, he/she can learn so much by just viewing this thread. Awesome! And for the guys who are going to follow this build, please realize that I'm just a hack who is going to give this model a go. Don't get your hopes up that you will learn anything from me. You may learn what not to do!...lol. I do hope it will turn out to be a presentable model.

Great minds think alike! I'm not really holding up my end of the deal however!

Oh man, Lloyd, you're awesome! Yup, I had ran across this in my searches. Great stuff. I ran across an article on Hemmings.com. It is about a replica. It had a picture of the very spartan dash. So far, that is the only picture of the dash I have found. I know it is not the original but I am hoping it is very close if not an exact copy.

No problem, Thomas, I think there were others who agree with you. My main point was, if there is a way to screw up a very rare set of decals, I would be the one to find it...

Wow, that is a very nice Porsche! I really like the backdrop as well. It makes the pictures of the model so much more realistic, to my eye at least. Great job!

Thanks Dann! It is a pretty simple kit but such a unique and important car. It will be my first resin kit, so we'll see how it goes. It is beautifully casted, no problems that I can find. I know this is not much of an update. I researched what to do to prepare the resin before you begin work, paint, etc. And of course, there are many different opinions! I thought I would play it safe and incorporate the two most prevalent opinions and/or suggestions. I soaked the parts in Westley's, now Black Magic's, Bleche-Wite and then scrubbed them with an old toothbrush. I rinsed them off and then... I soaked them in soapy water for several hours and then scrubbed them again.

Just wanted to say thank you to all of you who took a minute to comment on the F430. I really do appreciate it!

Paul, you Sir, are one heck of a model builder!! That is a beautiful car!

Now that I have the Fujimi Ferrari F430 done, I was trying to decide what to build next. The F430 was box stock but I spent a good amount of time on it as I want to enter it in the Box Stock class at model contests. So, what's next? Something simple? A full blown, detailed build? After seeing Droogie's 1:43 Miller 91 model, I remembered my Etzel's Speed Classics / American Racing Miniatures Frank Lockhart's 1928 LSR Stutz Black Hawk kit. I have never built or even used anything made of out resin. Nor have I really messed with white metal. The Stutz Black Hawk kit is made of just resin and white metal parts. In my opinion, parts wise, it is a very simple kit. Assembly may be another thing altogether. I have checked out various message boards and YouTube videos on preparing and building resin kits. I think I can do this! I will try to do regular updates and as always, explain why I do what I did, whether right or wrong. I am open to suggestions and comments, good or bad. Here are pictures of the kit and contents. I have no idea why I get the dreaded 404 error every doggone time I try to add pics to this post. Right below, I added the pictures without any problem whatsoever. Grrrrr.

Looking forward to watching this one!

Great looking hotrod!, (to quote John Force). I like seeing this old straight liners. You did a nice job on this one!

To further my point, I was just over on FB in the Tamiya Model Magazine group and saw a beautiful Rothmans Porsche go down in flames due to Zero 2K clear totally screwing up ALL of the decals....