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Hi all As my wip on the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento will be on hold for an undetermined amout of time due to the corona virus and the closed borders I decided to start a new WIP. Somewhen I will be stalled on this build as well because the body color is in the same parcel as the missing parts for the Lamborghini. But as I already started the build before the borders were closed, I continue anyway and do as much as possible without having to paint the body. With a little luck the borders will be re-opened by the time I reach the point I can't continue And if not there are enough model kits in my stash where I have everything needed to finish them ? First I started with glueing all body parts together without risking any troubles on the final assembly and without making the painting process unnecessaryli complicated. The fit was absoluteley excellent so I needed almost no putty to close the seams. Then the roll cage was put together. To make sure everything will fit on final assembly I placed it inside the interior tub to let the glue set. For the PE set I had to open up the air outlets behind the front wheels. Here two PE meshes will be added once everything is painted. Once everything was prepared I primered the body parts and am really happy with the result. That's where I am at the moment. Next time I think I should be able to show you my enhanced version of the shock absorbers and the undercarriage with the carbonized diffusor. For the moment I wish all of you a good and, first of all healthy, start in the upcoming week. May you and your beloved ones stay healthy. Urs

Hi all Thank you all for your kind comments. Unfortunately I will have to suspend the build of the Sesto Elemento after this update, as I am still waiting for a delivery of which I don't know yet when it will arrive at my home. So I did everything I could without the items on order and will show you now the current status. The red part on the front has been painted. Therefore I painted it Alclad Aluminium followed by Alclad Transparent Red. The interior has been completed as far as I could. Some details are in the order mentioned in the beginning, so it hasn't reached final status yet (the doors are lacking to decals which will put on sometime before final assembly. I just forgot them so far). The tail-lights have been assembled and the engine cover has been completed as well. The tank neck has been assembled from PE parts And the rims have been completed To finish an overview of the current status, currently without the engine cover as it won't stay in place at the moment. After final assembly I will have to check whether it stays in place once all the other parts are in place and securley fixed. Otherwise I will have to glue it on permanently. That's all for the moment. I wish you all a nice weekend Urs

Hi all Thank you very much for all your kind comments I used Zero Paints' Ferrari Rosso Corsa 300 (ZP-1007). Before clearcoating the difference between color and the red part of the decals was very well visible. After clearcoating (using Zero Paints' 2K Diamond Clear) you can only tell the difference because the edges of the decals are slightly visible. But you have to go very close to the model to see that

Hi all, A few weeks ago I finished my first bike after almost 30 years. It's Tamiya's Ducati 1199 Panigale S Tricolore in 1/12 scale supplemented with HobbyDesign's PE parts and the front fork set from Tamiya. Today I finally managed to take some gallery pics. Don't hold back with critique and plaudits Urs

Hi all Unfortunately I didn't manage to get to the working desk as much as I had liked to, so there is only minor progress I can show you in this update. First, the engine cover got its colored edges around the holes and the spoiler got its carbon decals on the wing. That's it for this week. Urs

Thank you. No, these are the scaleproduction decals. Very thin and easy to apply

Hi all Thank you for your kind comments. This week I finished the headrests. At the moment they're only put on top of the interior tub without gluing them, as I'm still waiting for the seatbelt material and it will be easier to attach the seatbelts to the inside of the headrest when the headrest ist not yet attached to the tub. The second big point I managed to check as done is the body: All the carbon decals are applied now. On the pictures I saw some spots now where I'll have to fix some minor issues, but on the whole I'm quite happy the way it turned out The cowl will still get some red decals around the hexagonal holes. Once this is done, i'll only have to wait for the clearcoat to arrive to seal the decals. That's all for this week. Hope to see you again on my next update. Urs

Hi all The main task during the last two weeks was making stencils for the carbon decals for the interior and body parts. However I could paint the interior in forged carbon pattern. Therefore I tried it the way Matt Bacon describes in his thread: and after some Tamiya Smoke applied: Then, the seat parts have been flocked with microballons and painted red. The headrests are still missing, as they had to be carbonized first. The inside of the doors and the dashboard have been carbonized. One part still needs some attention, as the decals has lifted off on one edge. After that the body parts have been painted gloss black, just in case the carbon decals wouldn't fit perfectly, so it wouldn't be that eye-catching. Today the first part of the body got its first carbon decals That's all for the moment. Next week I hope to be able to show more of the body work in carbon look. Urs

Hi all Nice to have you joining this build. There was not much progress last week (well, at least not much I could show) because I mainly did the stencils for the carbon decals all over the body. But some small bits and blobs could be done. First the engine got completed. Two hoses are still missing. I will only add them at the very end because they go out the engine lid, so I have to be sure they really fit and the design of the parts allow quite a wide range of angle to mount them. The interior tub got its primer and a coat of carbon grey. Now I will try to use Matt Bacon's method to apply forged carbon. One first piece got its carbon decals already. In some spots I will have to add some additional softer and / or some tiny pieces of decal to fix the gaps, but overall I'm quite satisfied. That's all for this week Urs

Yes, I'll try to fully cover it with carbon decals. This will be my first model completely covered with decals. No idea whether it will work out the way I want, but I'll give it a try

Hi all Today I'm starting with a new work in progress. On my workbench is Aoshima's Lamborghini Sesto Elemento and the corresponding PE set from HobbyDesign. The start was made with the engine which left a ambivalent view to this kit. On one hand there are beautifully engineered parts with superb detailing which will be hidden inside the engine/gearbox unit, so nobody can see it after the engine is completed. On the other hand there are parts in potentially visible spots where one side is left open... But as my models always stand on the shelf with the engine compartment closed and considering the fact that hardly anything can be seen through the engine lid, I didn't spend to much time building the engine. The breaks got their break discs from the PE set. I only saw on the pics that they didn't match completeley, so there is some paint visible from underneath. But as this will hardly be recognizable once the wheels are in place, I don't care too much about it. The calipers have been painted Alclad (White?) Aluminium in the first place and Alclad Transparent Red over it. After the decals have been applied, I clearcoated them with AK's Intermediate Gauzy Agent. Finally I put everything on the undercarriage. Some parts are still missing in this picture, as I forgot to paint them. Even when I painted the parts I forgot in the first place, I forgot them again... ? So much for the start. Another update is planned for this weekend, as I will get back to the workbench tomorrow. Urs

Thank you all for your kind comments The kit is from Revell. The paint used for the body was Alclad Duraluminium, clearcoated with Alclad Aqua Gloss. The doors didn't really fit on this one neither. I had to reshape them by dipping the doors in hot water and bend it in shape. Yes, I used a very fine real mesh for the hood grille. A member of another forum sent me a small piece, so unfortunately I can't tell you what it originally was or where you could get it.

Thank you all for your feedback I can only recommend this kit. It was pure fun building it from start to end (apart from the clear coat that didn't work out as smooth as intended).

Hi all Long time ago I built Revell's Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut-Coupé (I think, Tamiya's kit was not yet on the market at that time). Although most people tell this was a terrible kit with poor fit the problems I faced during build were mostly self made. Somehow I must have got an exceptionally good copy of this kit. It was only my 4th model after a 20+ year hiatus in model building, so there is a lot I would do different now (hopefully better), but somehow I still like this model. So I decided to take it to the studio's yesterday to take some gallery pictures of it. Best, Urs

Hi all Last summer I started my first WIP (which can be found here) here on Model Cars Magazine with Tamiya's Honda NSX. Today I finally managed to take the finished model to my studio to take some gallery pictures. I hope you like the photographs of this beautiful car. Best, Urs

Hi all Thank you all for your kind comments. Yes, I have. Not too much, but here you are The wood was all done with Vallejo Model Air colors. First I airbrushed Model Air Sand, than I applied Model Air U.S. Brown and Model Air Mahagony with an old, short and bristly paintbrush. The technique is similar to drybrushing but with slightly more paint left on the brush to get some strokes. In this step it's important to brush only in one direction to get a realisitic pattern. After the paint has cured, I applied a coat of Tamiya Clear Orange. The floor was made exactly the same way, but before the Clear Orange had completley dried, I added some Tamiya Smoke over it.

Thank you David The gold trim is a mix of airbrushing and hand painting because the airbrushing did not work out that well... Urs

Hi all Today I'll show you pictures from one of my latest builds, a 1914 Stutz Bearcat. The kit was from mpc and according to scalemates it was produced in 1974, which was quite noticeable in some points during building. The seats have been upholstered with very thin genuine leather from an old glove. I hope you enjoy the pics. Don't hold back with critique and plaudits Urs

Thank you all for your kind comments Honestly, I have no idea It was in a set of PE cell phones and seemed to be the best match for a car of this period and price range. Here you can see it a bit larger and more from the front

Very nice build and a beautiful color scheme. I really love it.

Hi all I just noticed that I promised more pics from my last visit at the studio's long time ago and didn't show anything. Here are now the pics from my Ferrari F50. The kit was from Tamiya, enhanced with the detail set by Hobby Design and a mobile phone by Czech Truck Model. Regards, Urs

Hi all Thank you Gerald Today the NSX got it's final few parts. The build was just pure fun from start to end. Better pics will follow in the "Under Glass" section as soon as I was at the studio. Thank you all for your interes and your comments during the build Urs

Hi all After a week where I could hardly do anything on my model (most likely because of my usual almost-done-blues), I continued work today and got the NSX almost done. First body and chassis were prepared for their wedding Before the interior gets inside and won't ever be seen, I've made some detail shots The rear end got finished with its rear lights and some grids from the PE parts Also the front got mostley completed. Some PE parts are still missing and will be added next time I'll return to the working bench And finally the wheels are ready and even got some air valves This evening, body and chassis came together. When I added the underbody, the large grid on the center of the rear got loose again. As this part is glued in from the inside, it will be kind of tricky to get it in place again. But I'm sure, somehow it can be solved. For the moment my plan is to take two metal rods, bend them and carefully stick them through the two holes where the rear licence plate is supposed to be attached to. Once they're inside, I will add some glue to the area of contact and carefully pull the grid towards the body. Once the glue has settled, I will remove the rods and everything should be fine again. Afterwards, I will only have to be very careful when attaching the licence plate. Because I will really have a problem if the grid gets loose again once the licence plate is on... I wish all of you a nice and relaxing weekend. Urs

Hi all Today I finally worked on the headlights which got their PE parts. The mirrors got their PE parts as well. According to Tamiya you were supposed to paint a small stripe on the lower part of each mirror white. On the images I found online, I got the impression that on this particular spot there was something reflective behind a glass. So I decided to apply a small piece of BMF before clear coating. Also the engine compartment has been finished. Tamiya provided decals to make it look like some grid. As there was some real grid in the PE set, I decided to use these parts instead. I don't think I would do it this way again, if I was about to build the NSX a second time, as I couldn't manage to glue them in without making a mess... The body got its missing parts behind the doors as well as the transparent parts and the two "taillights" on the side of the rear body. That's all for the moment. I wish you all a nice weekend Urs

Hi all Thank you very much The passenger side and the front hood have been sanded (from 2000 up to 12000 grit) and polished a second time but with no big difference to the rest so I decided to leave the body as it is now. After adding the chrome parts, the body has been waxed with Tamiya's Modelling wax. Apart from the PE parts, the windows and the mirrors the body is almost complete now. Only one part on each side is missing (directly behind the doors). These parts have been prepared today, now I'll let the glue dry and tomorrow they will be added. The engine and the rear suspension were put into place. Once again the high quality of this kit showed when all the parts just slipped into position without any problems. Another test fit of body and chassis to see where the journey is about to end. Again everything comes together nice and smooth. I think for the final assembly absolutely no glue will be required. Before the interior gets inside and won't ever be seen, here a detail picture of the dashboard and the center console. I think I'm entering the home stretch of this build. So far it was a fun build without any problems whatsoever. Urs