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Love it! That's a real nice build. That Coca-Cola livery sits really well on a 32..

Have you produced anything yet . I'm considering one of these as the price is pretty good and all the reviews seem positive.

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David, it's coming along nicely, the last few pics look really good. One thing that does seem at odds with the building is the somewhat flat lettering. When doing some Gulf lettering on teh side of an AMT tanker I bought a Silhoutte cutter to cut the masks. As the machine cuts the mask it creates perfect letters. I'm using it again for some Texaco lettering and stars and Gulf lettering for a couple of icebox stations I'm doing. If you can tell me the font and size of the lettering I'll knock out some samples and post the results for you. It works well with 10thou plastic which can be laminated to the required thickness., 20thou it cuts most of the way but not completely and for the effort 10thou is easier.

Looks good and as others have said silver can be really difficult to lay down but I think you've done well. I really like the interior, that dash looks great.

I've tried filler and no matter how thin it spreads it does distort the board, sometimes days afterwards and there's no way back. The Gesso whilst described as white paint is more about getting the texture and once dried can be painted any colour you like. If you use acrylic Gesso, which most of it is these days you can add acrylic colour directly to the Gesso. I've not done that as yet but I have found Vallejo Model Colour covers really well and can be thinned and different washes applied over one another. The range of colours is massive.

David, looking forward to this one. I'd maybe caution against using filler on the foam board as this may cause distortion as it dries. I'd recommend using Gesso, a textured white paint which I have been using to represent rendered walls. Much easier to use with various brushes and sponges for different effects. As you're in the UK I'd go to an outlet of "The Works", the budget book and craft store, where you can get a jar big enough to do your entire building I would guess, for around £10, much cheaper than in regular art shops.

Great build of a great car!

Lovely build. I like the Tamiya red. Did you clear coat if with anything?

Nice clean build, gotta love an E30!

Very nice, i like your colour choice.

Excellent build, love the interior. The underside looks great too.

Superb build, look great!

Looks great, I like your approach to painting, sometimes the clear coat is just too much.

Wow! Looking forward to seeing both of these take shape. Do you have a project thread for the 1:1 truck somewhere?

Lovely build, colour suits the GT6 too. That side on shot reminded of a BMW X6 for some reason. I think the panel gaps/fit you mention are actually very realistic for any small Triumph. My only disappointment, and it's with the kit not your build, is that the A post looks very heavy.

I had forgotten all about the Zenit! Back in the day I had an East German Praktika L, my first SLR which I got second hand for £19 and a friend had a Zenit-B, although I think it was a rangefinder rather than an SLR. Both were solidly built and quite primitive but really good for learning the fundamentals of photography. No programmed AE back then and I remember using a Russian made "Leningrad" light meter for every shot. I look forward to seeing your results.

David, this is a difficult one given the location. I've been building a small street diorama just to photograph completed kits and decided to run a brick wall across the back and rely on forced perspective for backdrops. Your problem is there is no brick wall. Try searching "london street scene backdrop" and see the images that come up, You could print these at various sizes and try positioning them a yard or so behind the diorama and taking an eye level shot with the depth of field adjusted to knock the background just out of focus enough to blend in. Fine detail wouldn't matter on the backscene but I think a lot of trial and error with various f-stop/aperture settings, lens lengths and distances between backscene, diorama and camera may work. I think it would also be best done out of doors in cloudy bright conditions without direct sunlight so you could move each element around.

Following with interest. As a European these American buildings with narrow frontages that run a long way back look very strangely proportioned.

Looks great, can't beat an E30!

Great build of one of my favourite cars. The colour combo works really well.

I'm not normally a fan of this style but that looks great, especially being a resto. Well done.

Love them both, nice work.

Fantastic build of an unusual subject. Every time I see one of these it reminds of the old metal friction toys.

That's true. There are some strange prices for small Triumph parts even here in the UK so I can imagine US pricing will be pretty high. My son has a Herald 13/60 which will be getting a full body off resto next year so we've been collecting parts for this.