Funkychiken

I like ot Tommy, no text, just let the pictures do the talking!

That's a Heller'v a sharp build!

Cool decals! And beautiful build!

This is a great build, and loved reading through all the history... I too had this car on my wall as a child! I think I built this kit when I was about 12, loved it and want to do another... I like you added details like the shim for the wing mirrors or the acetate for the instruments.

Looks great, we'll worth the pain I'd say!

Finally got around to taking pictures of this, still not great piccies. The build went relatively well, I did put 2 coats of 2K; one before, and one after decals... was a bad idea, paint is too thick. quite detailed for such a small kit, enjoyed the build!

That coat looks really shiny! And no polishing yet

The New stang looks great, but that's a good question! How are you going to do the glass?

Was looking good too! It'll come back to you!

It's a beautiful build!

Nice mods to the stance! It's coming along nicely!

Wow, it looks great in this livery

Got there in the end, we've had stalled builds! Looks great though...

The Body shell was masked 5 separate times to paint the brack bits/trim for the rear light area, windshield surround, side trim around the windows and the front lip. it has been re-polished with Nuvous 2 & 1. then I've hand painted the interior of the engne bay flat black, and used tamiya smoke acrylic for the panel lines (this is why I had to re-polish - to celan up the over application - I almost runied the clear coat rubbing with IPA trying to remove the excess). the pop up head lamps stick, as they are rubbing with the body. I did check this before painting and they were fine. But with the paint build up, it was enough to tip it over. The clar parts are of poor quality, lots of stress marks and moulding witness marks, but they have just been polished and installed. I have struggled to glue them in, the PVA didn't stick to the tamiya gloss overspray, so I've had to stuff some Superglue in there. I did mask & spray the black lines on the lights, both front & back. the rear lights came out great, but you an't see them through the grill. the front ones are a bit too thick. nevermind, this is still much better than my efforts hand painting these black lines. I've added an after market Ferrari script on the engine bay & now its ready for final assembly. Next up will be finished shots.

Hi Gary, looks very much like what I used to doodle draw & sketch when I was a child, but yours look like they have a lot more technical skill! You should certainly try to pick it up again, I know I want to!

Sweet build here, great detail and skill, it's going to be a sharp model when it's finished

That patina is looking accurate to the original, but why is it called a styleside?

It sure is a lovely purple, but the livery you see in one of the images has no purple! Looks like a really intricate body shell for sanding to smooth out the orange peel. Good luck!

Looks like a great kit, and your build is coming along nicely. I like the oil stain look you have given the engine, I'm guessing it's just clear yellow wash?

Masked the main body for the black bits front and back, and prayed with Tamiya X-18

This is the engine hood after peeling back all the masking tape, turned out quite alright!

Yeah a meant the trim, but also the other black bits on the body shell, i've been struggling with this kit, lots of areas to mask!

Hey Sonny, I have a hobby room in the house, and can spray indoors and vent the room, and also moved to Danbury! it is sprayed now, so i'll post pics in a minute.

All really sharp details! the clear coat is fantastic

Maybe injection gates is the term you're looking for? Looks great so far! Sharp sraying and building! The paint issues may have to do with mixing types of paint, isn't AK an acrylic primer?