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Dang, Rider, that is nice! CF job looks good. Iconic F1 and it looks like you did it justice. Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for the tip, Alex! I am keeping this one out-of-the-box so as to stay within most model contest's rules for that class. It really bothers me that it didn't include anything, not even decals.

I just now took a look at this thread and must say, "WOW"! I love all of the little details that you are adding to this. Very nice work!

I'll be there! Working on something now and hoping to have it done in time to enter it.

These kinds of builds can be real soul suckers. They just sap the energy from you. In the end you do get the satisfaction of knowing that you persevered through a PITA build. I think your Lambo looks just fine. Really fine! Nice work as always.

Great looking build! Nice work!

Thanks for the kind words, guys! If you have read my postings in this thread, you will notice that I said I am further along in the build than what I post. I will try to get this thread caught up with my current progress. I finished the engine bay this weekend and began decaling. I was doing some test fitting of the body and found that the engine assembly is interfering with the way the body sits down over the chassis. I have done lots of sanding and have more to go. Anyhow, here is the beginning of the work on the engine.

As always with your work, Paul, very nice!

Interior is done and installed on the chassis plate. As I stated earlier, this is being built for "box stock" or "out of box" categories for model contests. Unfortunately, there are no seat belts, decals or otherwise, included in this kit.... What a stupid oversight on Fujimi's part. The seats are a nice flat red. They are showing up a little overexposed in the following pictures.

Yup, really weird. I was able to post everything today. I did get the 404 error on my first attempt, so I started a new reply to my build post. It took. I added one picture and it took. I edited again and that also posted. So now I have posted my entire original post that refused to post yesterday. I have no idea what went wrong yesterday but it all appears to be remedied.

Working on the rear diffuser. The car has the Italian flag colors on the rear diffuser. I had to paint this. It was a little tricky to get this done. It came out OK but not perfect. I also had to paint a small piece for the front chin.

Time to update this build. As with most of us, life has a way of getting in the way of bench time. It looks like it has been about a year and a half since I've updated this thread. Fortunately, I have built other models in this time frame. I've recently had a minor surgery and am off of work, so I thought it would be a good time to work on this model. I would like to have this finished up by the end of September so that I can enter it in a model contest. I have decided to keep this model "box stock" so that I can enter it in that class at future contests. On to the update! The tire on the left has the decal applied and the tire on the right has the decal coated with dull coat.

OK, trying to bring this one back to life but have been having trouble posting to this thread.

I'm not too computer savvy. I deleted browsing history and cookies. Funny thing is, I cannot load the forum after this happens. Even weirder is it happened on my Windows computer and my android phone!?!? I had to wait about an hour before I could get back on the forum. After I made the posts in this forum, I went back to the "on the workbench" forum and tried to post text and one picture and got the 404 error. It should be noted that today is the first time I've had problems posting. Thanks to anyone for any help provided!

Both. This is the edit. I'm just typing to see if it has anything to do with the length of the text, as that is the only thing that I have changed. Sorry for wasting anyone's time. It is very frustrating to load text and pics only to get the dreaded Error 404, repeatedly.

Testing here, seeing I just wasted a ton of time trying to update an older post of mine. OK, would not post a pic. Let's try it without a pic.

I think you have done a great job on this. You are probably the only one who sees your mistakes, I sure don't! Great looking piece!

Another beauty!

Excellent looking models! I have always thought these were great looking cars, both street and track. Very nice job!

Beautiful model and great photography to capture it!

Usually after the completion of every build, I will do a deep clean of my bench and my supplies. I put all of my tools back where they go. I do a check of my supplies; am I almost out of glue, certain paint colors, misc. supplies, etc.? I clean up all of the bits of sprue and sanding dust, stuff like that. For me, it is a good feeling to have a clean bench. Good luck on your next build!

I think you did one heck of a nice job, Chris! We are our own worst critic. Trust me, you will just keep getting better and better. Again, Chris, great looking model!

Great stuff! Thanks, James, for posting all of this.

Great model of a great car!