Jeremy Jon

Small steps, the brake rotor centers came back from the 3D printers now Calipers are separate & molded with the mounts to the hub assembly Getting closer!

Absolutely, and some entire projects with just rattle-cans! Can't beat the ease or price - though paying nearly $10 per Tamiya can is getting nuts IMO - but automotive paints are cheap and good to use, and plastic enamel paints are an option too It really depends on the texture and quality level, in which case the airbrush is necessary, so I say both, but really I use the rattle-cans more certainly

Very clean build, paint looks great!

Looking good!!

Fantastic build, Love the colors and craftsmanship!!

Love the Silk Cut Jaguars of sports car racing! You'll do this justice I'm sure!

Looks great Kenny, the paint came out excellent!

The question here, is what price would those wanting a more accurate kit be willing to pay? That's a real issue for either a larger manufacturer of kits, or a small independent maker The amount of work involved for handmade accuracy is not insignificant, and the current price of materials (RTV, resin, etc) is also higher, so it's not possible to really make a low volume kit for say $50 or less and make any profit, much less recover the costs involved That being said, it's the love of the hobby and subject matter, which produces what we do see IMO

Thank you Bill, Fred & Mike! I appreciate the compliments! Making in such a way that cast parts can be easily assembled & ease of casting, is quite a different challenge than just scratch-building for a single display model I'm excited to see it coming close to completion, next challenge is making the PPE photo etched parts! Made revisions to the 8 hole wheels, basically just enhancing the bolts, lugs and part line so they show up stronger The first set once primed washed out the details, that won't translate in casting well, so these will get reprinted That's sometimes the difference between an accurately scaled part and a part made to look correctly in scale!

Correct, and mentioned by others too, it's impossible to make a generic 'one-is-all' Daytona coupe kit, which is where I appreciate the efforts like HRM's version that says which specific Daytona coupe it replicates I think a Factory five type version kit would be good for some, then it could be with the changes apparent we see in those type replicas vs. the real race cars, otherwise to do the actual car justice, then you'd really need to build a kit for each variation of each real car!

Thanks Luis! Getting now to the fine finishing details of the body work, some ultra-fine filler in some spots to complete The underbody is done, with the sills built and properly shaped, & primed the deep cut-lines are necessary, so that the cast parts come out with detailing intact The engine cover fitted well, and next will have the hinge assembly fixed in place If you're thinking "where are the door windows?" then you wouldn't be wrong! The real car has flush fitting side windows, no gaps hardly at all, and zero offset in the sill, to that end I've decided to make the doors as a whole single piece, and will cast them in crystal clear! I've now to carve out the windows seams, and detail ocular lens domes That way the windows are simply masked off and painted around, the result will be the easiest way to achieve the flush window appearance proper Not as happy with the second set of wheels, so am making some alterations to the design, and sending back to the 3D printers to be re-done Almost there!

Very cool, a clean build, basic Nova, 4 banger with 3-on-the-tree! Nice work!

Thanks Frank! Working away on the remaining body & interior now The doors and engine cover to be hinged, to open as the real car does, with scissor-doors! Making them flush fitting, so cast parts should need minimal work as a result, involves several layers of filling and sanding, until the finished result is achieved, but then will be smooth and blemish free!

Been following build in AF, looking good!

Nice project, that'll look cool!

So cool! Lovin' the slammed rat rod stlye! Nice!

Clean & great looking build! Tifosi Jere!

Nicely built, the colors are unique, but also correctly possible for the time period! Well done!

Gorgeous finish, that looks really great! Not sure if it even needs a strip, it looks fantastic "as is" IMO

Very nice! Crisp & clean appearance, even if only a box stock build, it looks great!

Very nice build! Slammed & rear camber! Sweet!

Very cool project! It's got a Coddington + Barris look to it!

LOL thanks Lee, I do believe you! you gotta let me finish it first man! I'll be keeping updates on my FB page too Here's a vid from our friend Vector-files, with one being given a run around the neighborhood!

Sorry Carl, I didn't know that It looks great, please don't take any observations or suggestions as criticism!

Very nice & clean box-stock build, well done!