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I'm kind of jumping around on this one. Cup holder detail. Bracket is from SMS set, weld lines from Top Studio, Aluminum tube A little tricky, but it came together nicely. Kit interior piece with SMS PE pieces Some of the PE pieces glued in place Hobby Design fire extinquishers Hobby Design metal fittings] New piece compared to kit piece Acu Stion computers Resin electrical connectors Wires to come later Mockup with some of the parts done

this will be a slow build, I don't get much time any more. I started this a month or two ago, and a week or so ago, I came across a member selling the SMS Super Detail set and I jumped on it. I am using the SMS Super Detail turned parts, SMS PE set and the Hobby Design McLaren F1 GTR brake set, which uses the same brakes and hubs as the 911 GT1. The Hobby Design brakes are a lot bigger than the kit brakes, but still kit inside the wheel just fine. I don't know why HD only includes enough PE brake faces to do 2 rotors, so I decided to not use them and paint the rotors a carbon color. PE Brembo faces nice crisp detail I nipped off the molded in bleeder detail Made the crossover tube Added the .5mm brass nuts from Scale Hardware Not too difficult to make 1, but making 4 look the same is time consuming Mockup with the PE face that I didn't end up using I decided to go one step further and add RB Motion bleeders. Tiny Painted the calipers Brembo Gold from Gravity Colors, then diluted some Tamiya red acrylic to paint the Brembo letters Painted the hubs Alclad II Pale Gold. Now comes the fun part, adding all the PE bold heads Before & After A million years later Rotors were painted with Model Master Metalizer (I forget color) then gently rubbed with a dense cotton swab for contrast Before & after. Not a huge difference, but enough Looks great when done More to come

I guarantee I am somewhere around 200 or more. I own my own business and people text orders, and through Facebook messenger and email, and my website, etc. all through my phone. I work from an office with a desktop, but I am in and out a lot. If I could ditch the smartphone, I would, but it would be a major negative impact on my income

I have those too. they aren't the right size

I love those Mustangs, I have the 7-11 one. I have been trying to find some turned wheels, or even photo etch wheel centers with no luck, they are odd sizes. i believe those Mustangs used 18" in the rear and 15" in front.

no it's not.

I haven't completed a single bike yet. I started one Tamiya kit, but I really love the older bikes and the Rothmans livery, so I had to have this. From what I have heard, they are every bit as good as the Tamiya kits, and this is new tooling, so it should be pretty nice. I should do a review, but don't know where to put it since they don't allow bikes on here.

this post is 6 years old.

I went to Colpar Hobby Town, then they advised to go to the other Colpar store since they had a lot more plastic. What an awesome hobby shop. So much stuff I wanted to buy. I got a bunch of Acrylic washes and pigments and some detail stuff, but no kits. I stuck to what I could fit in my suitcase on the way back. they have some incredible stuff though. Huge military water stuff and armored kits that are really intriguing. Their bigger store sells online, so I will probably be ordering some stuff from them in the future.

thanks for the info guys. I just got here, got some food and stuff. I should have some time to go check them out tomorrow.

I'm going to Denver on a business trip. I want to check out a shop or two if there are any decent ones in the area. Does anyone live in that area, or know of any shops there?

I'm going to Denver on a business trip. I want to check out a shop or two if there are any decent ones in the area. Does anyone live in that area, or know of any shops there?

complaining about too much in the post? This is a new one for me. Not too long ago, people were griping about posts not being updated enough. You know what's more annoying than too many pictures? Someone starting a thread to complain about too many pictures in someone's work of progress thread. Get a freakin' grip

the least I have ever painted a body is two times. EVERY model I do gets stripped and repainted at least once. I feel your pain.

My son is a little over 2 1/2 now. The first 6 months were the easiest. I had time off from work and all he did was sleep. I got more building done in that time than ever before. Not so much these days. He is always sneaking into the backroom where I have my office and build area and he is really getting into cars. I bought the new snap together kit for him to play with. Obviously he can't build the entire thing himself at 2 1/2, but he actually did fairly well knowing which way some of the parts went. He insisted on wearing gloves. He was super determined to get the chassis on. He had fun, but it went quick. Now he gets to play with it. I am glad that they made some of these kits. We'll do the Raptor and Mustangs next.

So businesses shouldn't be allowed to do business? That's like saying Xacto shouldn't be allowed to hobby knives because they know some people will eventually cut themselves with it. It's absurd

They didn't create a driving hazard, they created a game. The people that value the video game more than the lives of others created the driving hazard. Blaming the company the made the game (Which is not Nintendo), for people getting in accidents is idiotic.

good lord

there's a brand called Feeling43. They have the most intricate 1/43 kits I have ever seen. The cheapest kit from them I have come across was about $650, an they go up to $950. The problem is these kits are not like 1/24 kits, they require a lot of work and skill to make into nicely detailed models. Soldering, machining, etc. You can slap them together, but they'll look like a die cast. here is the Facebook of a guy I follow where he has multiple photo galleries that show the steps involved: https://www.facebook.com/Rosso43-762838000500578/?fref=ts

Some more progress on this, I am nearing completion, but it won't be for a while, This week will be busy for work and I don't think I will get any modeling time for 1-2 weeks. I also fixed the backwards bank of carbs, thanks to Andy for pointing that out

the best thing I have found for removing paint or residue precisely are these very firm, conical swabs. The make made my life so much easier, and are infinitely better than toothpicks. I bought them the one time I went into hobby lobby http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Tamiya-Craft-Cotton-Swabs-Medium-Pointed-Hobby-Weathering-Paint-Brush-Swab/371582498598

I like the new '29 Ford, so I got another, and 2 of the '30 Coupes

You got lucky, they go for 3x that amount now, if they ever pop up for sale at all

I use Scale Finishes. So far I have used Duplicolor Paint Shop Lacquer clear, and Gravity 2 part clear with good results.