Plastheniker

Outstanding details, IMO the best of the excellent models you showed us so far.

Clean build, Dominik, as always. BMFing the letters on the bootlid should be no problem if you still have (or if you can mix) a few drops of the body paint. As you already realized this simple measure would add a lot of realism.

Immaculate build, perfect colour choice, excellent photography!

Ingenious idea, a very unusual and attractive model.

The logger and the DM600 make a really attractive combination.

Amazing what a difference a grille makes. Good idea, good execution! Sehr originell, noch nie gesehen.

Convincing all around but the dozers are stunning!

Convincing in every respect, just the right degree of wheathering. I agree, the wheels are the icing on the cake.

Another unusual project of yours. I am really looking forward to seeing it finished (on hopefully clear pictures).

Considering what you started with this is a real achievement. Attractive paint scheme!

Your first truck? Mission accomplished! Greetings from Jürgen to Jürgen

Incredible, I wish my first models were half as nice. BTW you promised photos of your wife but I can only see pictures of the car ...

Ingenious idea and really artistic execution! The Beatles a n d Rammstein ... amazing

Thanks for the comments! I am glad to see that you like my colour choice.

Dann, another outstanding build, as attractive as the 1:1 DB5 (and certainly much better than the movie). IMO the most impressive picture is the shot through the sliding roof.

Thanks for the recent replies! As already said, if you can find the plastic version I would really recommend it. Despite the pewter parts I would even recommend the High Tech version if you can get it at a reasonable price. Today Alclad would be a good alternative for the pewter parts instead of clearcoat.

Hi, IMO the 1966 coupe was the best-looking C2 Corvette. When I built my model in the early nineties there was no '66 kit available so I modified Monogram's '65 coupe, i. e. mainly making the egg-crate grille and the ribbed rocker valances. Of course colours are a matter of taste, but I always thought that 1:1 C2 coupes had to be silver with black interiors. As far as I remember this was a typical Monogram kit: Reasonable price, no major issues and a convincing result.

As always perfect to the finest details and an unerring colour choice. My favourite picture is the last one with the visible interior. Fantastic work!

Very clean execution, Dominik! Christian is right, replacing the usually very thick kit side windows by thin sheet is a simple and very effective way to improve the appearance of a convertible model.

Very clean build, good colour choice, attractive mode!l

Very clean, excellent detailing, good colour choice!

Thanks for all comments! Matt, indeed, I remember that the engine parts were rather good by comparison. When building this model, however, my motivation for building more than a curbside model was even less than usual because I knew that part of my following project would be a naked, superdetailed chassis of the very similar Alfetta 159. Mike, even if built very carefully there will always remain a big difference between the appearance of a 1/24 Smer model (as shown here in this topic) and the appearance of a 1/20 Casadio-Revival model (the very first link in this topic). The latter is much more detailed, and its larger scale makes corrections and a lot of further detailing possible. Tom, as mentioned I built new tyres, i. e. from styrene, and wires using the technique described in my wire wheel tutorial ( the second link). If you follow the first link there is a description in one of the last posts how I made the louvers of the Smer Alfetta. Since the time when I built the Smer Alfetta I found a technique with better results, but it is too time-consuming for such a large number of louvers.

Dominik, a very attractive model of a good-looking (at least IMO) 1:1 car. This is obviously one of ROG's better kits.

Hi, before I started my pair of 1/20 Casadio-Revival 1951 Alfettas Tipo 159A, shown here almost two years ago, http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=81024 I thought it would be a good idea to build the (in the nineties Smer) Alfetta 158 first. I hoped this would be the best way to learn the differences between the very similar 158 and 159. Moreover this would offer the opportunity to test some solutions on this inexpensive kit without risking a pricey Casadio-Revival kit. Considering that this ex-Merit kit was released in the mid-fifties and thus is one of the oldest kits still available one should not be surprised that the box content is rudimentary: only few and very simplified parts, while casting quality and fit are surprisingly good. In any case building an acceptable model requires major modification, a lot of time and some skills. I remember the following major problems: Except seat, steering wheel and a simple dashboard there are no interior details. Some scratch building and detailing is necessary for making it look like the 1:1 car interior. The louvers of the bonnet were hardly perceptible. Moreover the seam between lower and upper half of the body was directly at the lower ends of the lateral louvers which made it difficult to fill and sand the seam without damaging the louvers. Therefore I decided to replace all louvers on the model. As can be seen on this picture tyres and rims are one single part. The spokes of the wire wheels are simulated by clear discs with engraved lines. The tyres have no tread pattern. When I built my model 20 or 25 years ago there were no replacement parts so I had to make my own tyres and real wire wheels. I explained my technique of making various kinds of wire wheels here http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77554. I am not sure if even today really suitable replacement parts could be found. One should never forget that any compromise regarding rim/tyres dimensions on an open-wheeled car is always very conspicious. The most difficult problem is the radiator grille since the kit hasn't any radiator grille at all. There is only a massive nose cone without any opening while the grille is reproduced by some faint raised lines as seen on the photo above. Since I built the model I never saw a successful attempt to make this "grille" look acceptable. This is the reason why pictures of finished models are taken so often from angles where the grille is not clearly visible. Covering the grille partially (as sometimes seen on the real Alfettas) doesn't improve anything. The necessary real model grille has to be convex in all directions, it should consist of 36 vertical bars with equal distances, and finally in 1/24 it is not much larger than a thumb nail. Building such a grille from scratch is a real challenge but without it a finished model will never look convincing. All in all IMO this kit is recommendable only for the most experienced modeler who is willing to tackle all problems with a lot of time and a lot of effort.

Excellent craftmanship!