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Making some progress on the 1975 Jorgensen Eagle. My goal was to just build a nice model for the shelf and not going too crazy with rebuilding everything, which much of the base AMT kit is crying out for. The old AMT is a bit of a stinker for accuracy so I did a little bit of work to make it better but not perfect if your nit-picking. Basically recontoured the nose, the kit made it look like it was ready to plow the snow off your driveway. Also scratch built a new oil cooler fairing for the left side of the body. The decals were mostly sourced from Indycals and new resin tires from Classic Racing Resins. The decals are some of the easiest to apply that I've ever used. Only needed a touch of decal set in a few spots but overall layed down perfect

Infiniti G37 IPL,

Is my mailman hijacking my copy of #222? Wouldn't you know the issue with our club's show is MIA.

not sure what the story is with Simil'R shutting down but they only produced 3 different livery Matech GTs, 2 versions of the Focus WRC car and a Pescarlo Judd (should spell check that one).

When an American car company hires a Swiss engineering co. to have a car built in Germany to be sponsored by a Russian petro chemical co. to compete in a French race (along with some other international venues as well). So glad to get this bugger kit from the short lived French model company, Simil'R, done is an understatement. I was determined to finally see this build through after putting it aside many times in frustration over the past 10 years. Not a kit for the inexperineced. Many of the assemblies lack positive mounting points so one needs to always be a couple of steps ahead in the building process to anticapate any future fit problems. The body alone is made up of 12 panels which I got to line up pretty well but wish I could of done a better job on the door tops that curve over onto the roof. The suspension A arms are very delicate and easy to break which happened to one of mine so a bit of repair was needed to fix and to hope I made it strong enough to support the weight of the large wheel/tire. Then when I got the front suspension all assembed the track was too wide with the tires sticking out about 1/8 inch past the fenders. So more carefull shortening of the front suspension arms was required to get the roundy bits tucked under the fender lips. The paint is Zero's Matech Ford GT Blue over Tamiya primer with Zero Diamond 2k clear. The decals by Cartograph were pretty good to work with except dealing with the chrome border striping. Almost impossible to get to conform to changes of surface direction. Any of my arsenal of decal sovents had no effect. Lots of blow dryer heat with firm pursuasion got the job done over long decaling sessions. As detailed as the instructions were there was no mention of placement of the p/e rear tow hook even though it's on the p/e parts tree. The instructions also show a roof antenna appearing near one of the final steps but with no part# and not one in the kit so I grabbed one from my stash since their is already a hole in the roof to mount one. If I didn't have any other projects to finish in this lifetime it would be great to add tons of detail to this kit knowing where the shortfalls are now. I was able to find loads of reference pics of the real car and it's 3 sister racers. Those images came in handy a lot with this build. All in all with all the Matech's issues I'm now happy as a joke in a giggle factory to have completed this cool car!

Nice work! One of my favorite cars..

Thanks, there's a couple of things I would redo but the new owner is thrilled with it. The wheels and tires are 3d printed from Iceman Collections provided to me by a friend that had them in his stash. These though not an exact copy come pretty close to the ones on the 1/1. I wish the owner would have just gone with some nice Rallys, would have been easier, LOL.

This build is a replication of the 1/1 that is owned by a good friend and will be gifted to him. I started out with a Jimmy Flintstone 66 Nova Sedan Delivery. I removed the greenhouse/ and replaced with a narrowed roof section from The AMT 65 El Camino and made up the bed from Evergreen stock. Seat narrowed from the AMT 70 Impala with new upholstery pattern fashioned with Tamiya puttty and thin wire. Door panels made up of Evergreen stock and dash modified to replace OEM instrument cluster with aftermarket round dials. Small block and chassis from the AMT 67 Nova with the GM auto from the Beatnik Bandit II kit. Air cleaner scratch built from scribed Evergreen sheet with home made decal to replicate filter mesh. New inner fenders fabricated with chassis reinforcement tubes on each side. All major wiring and plumbing added. Front IRS donated also by the Beatnik Bandit II. My buddy Gerry sourced the 3d printed wheels and tires from Iceman for me. They're not exact to the 1/1 but pretty close. Color is Porsche Gaurds Red from Splash with 2k clear from Splash.

That was the intent of the builder of the 1/1 who worked in the aerospace field and had high standards for little details. He designed and fabricated bracketry for the trim, which he also made so no exposed fastener heads would show.

Sorry haven't posted progress for awhile but calling it done, although I see a few spots to go do some touch up tweaks on that the camera is amplifing. It did get a !st place at the Northwest Model Car Fest last week in Portland, Oregon. The sewing machine box and bolts of fabric are a nod to the owners wife who is a big particiapant with making quilts for Vets community.

The modeling community lost a great member and friend this last August, Ron Martinolich. Ron was a founding member of Scale Auto Builders Association (SABA) which was formed back in '83 along with a small group of Portland, Oregon modelers including model car hall of famer, Bob Paeth. To help his widow, a silent auction of his built models was held in conjunction with The Northwest Model Fest held in Milwaukie, Oregon on Oct. 8th. His models were divided up into 50 lots of 4 to 5 models. I'm so happy to report all lots were sold through very enthusiastic bidding actions. It was refreshing to see fellow modelers come together to benefit a fellow comrade!

A feature of the show will be the silent auction of the models from the estate of founding memember of SABA, Ron Martinolich. The collection will feature over 170 of his builds and dioramas. Most will be sold in lots of 4-5 models. All proceeds will go to help out with dealing with Ron's s final expenses. A sampling of the offering;

X-51 on the streets in Portland