Nacho Z

There are soooo many cool liveries! This is why I am a race car builder! I love all of the color and clever paint schemes. There are just too many for me to list so I will show just a couple of the ones I have built. I have the LeMans Miniature resin kit of the Crocodile car. It is going to be built sooner than later. I think this one ranks up there on my list. I like how Eddie Jordan got around the tobacco ban with his Bitten & Hisses and Buzzin Hornets...lol.

Love those old Zs, (and the new ones too...lol). You have done a fantastic job on this! Such a clean build. Great color combo. Nice photographs that really show it off. My hat is off to you, Tommy!

So I just went back and read all four pages of this build. Love what I see taking place! JC, you have some great scratch building skills! As Dann alluded to, I think it is much more gratifying to scratch build something than to buy it and stick it on. Now don't get me wrong, I love aftermarket items of all types and I use them in my builds. I don't think I'm very good at scratching things but when I do, I get immense satisfaction. Anyhow, great work on this one. I'll be watching intently.

Awesome body work! You know you've done a great job when, on the finished model, no one know what you did or that you did anything to it. I think that can be said for this model. I like that builders like you take the time to explain what they are doing and how they are doing it. Pictures showing the work just make it that much better. I'm looking forward to seeing more progress!

Yeah, Will, most of the decals did OK with Set and Sol except for the big red and blue ones. I have noticed this behavior in other kits' decals with reds, blues and greens. I am assuming it has something to do with how much color is laid down to get the color. The setting solutions just kind of sit on the decals.

Thanks Dann!! I appreciate it very much. Thank you for taking the time to not only answer my question but for taking the time to take pictures of the different sheets. You went above and beyond! I have always liked this car, not super hot on it but liked it. Seeing various builds of Hasegawa's kit and your resounding endorsement of said kit, I can't help but wanting to get one. The information you just provided helps in my decision of which one to pick up. Thanks again!!

Looking forward to following this one!

Welcome to MCM! It looks like you are off to a great start on the Evo!

Looking good! Between you and Dann, you guys have me chomping at the bit to pick one of these kits up. I asked over on Dann's build, hope you don't mind if I ask here. Are all of the Hasegawa Miura kits, the one with the chassis number on the box, basically the same kit?

Real nice! Never underestimate what can be done with snap type kits. Your Vette proves what a nice model can be made from one.

Thanks again, Tim, for the help. I tried to Google it again with different combinations of "Asia Pacific" series with no luck. I find it so very odd that Fujimi did a kit of what appears to me to be a very obscure car. I have spent literally hours over the course of the build looking for pictures of this car and have not found a single one. I found the source of the picture you shared and it appears it is the only one he took of that car...lol.

As always, great stuff going on here, Dann! Always a pleasure watching your builds come to life. I do have a question regarding Hasegawa's Miura kits. Are they all the same? I'm referring to the kits that list the chassis number on the box art. Hope that makes sense. Thanks!

Thanks, Tim! You don't know how many times I refer back to the picture you posted back on page one. I actually have not found a picture of this actual car on the internet. I have Googled the series, the car, the team and the driver....nothing! There are tons of pictures of a 1:18 diecast...lol!

She looks great, Bart! You really nailed it. I love that overhead shot.

I like it! Nice looking model. I think he has the sponsorship thing covered...lol.

Time to start laying decals. As seen in my last post, the decal sheet is very large at 11 inches long. The car is mostly covered in decals. I can tell you now that the decals are pretty thick. Maybe a better way to say it is "stiff". They do not like to conform, especially the reds and blues. I have resorted to Solvaset. I did another quick mock up to check body and interior fit. And one more mock up.

Wow, Joe, you really knocked this one out of the park. Bravo! Great looking car on all fronts.

Super nice build, Jason! The photographs really show it off nicely

Now that is pretty cool! Looks like you did a nice job on it!

Are you kidding me?!?! How awesome is this car?!?! I love it! Love the story and the build details too. I will have to find the build thread and go through it. Beautiful job!

I have the forum saved on my laptop and cell phone. I stay logged in. Other than the hiccup the other day, I have not had a problem before or since. Really strange.

Doggone, Dan, do you have any models that aren't gorgeous!?!? You, Sir, are one beck of a model builder!

I like them both! The Blancpain is so nice and the street version is a real beauty! Great job on both of them.

Miles, on this particular build, I used Micro-Mesh polishing cloths and Gravity's polishing compounds. This was the first time that I've used Gravity's compounds. They are very nice and worked great.

I said earlier that one of my least favorite things to do is masking. I know it has to be done but I hate spending all of that time laying down tape just to take a minute or two to paint...lol. My favorite thing to do is decaling. I know there are builders out there who avoid decals like the plague. I must admit that I have never really had a bad time with decals. Over the years I've had a few issues but I have never had a totally disastrous decaling session. Here is the decal sheet for the F430. I try my best to trim my decals as close to the actual image as I possibly can. Some decals have a ton of carrier film that will show up on the finished model. I have a good pair of scissors that I use to trim that carrier film off of the decal. Here is a quick mock-up. The body is just sitting on the chassis. Decaling has started on the other side of the body.