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Stupidly I have a desire to return to my childhood and want to build the Convoy rig I am not a truck-head and would appreciate some direction/opinions I have done some research, the online resin kit guy is out of stock so nope The Ertl kit I built as a kid is a joke and asking stupid money on eBay if you can even find one so nope Seen a dude’s build online from Germany, I think it was, and have his photos. Have the source for the decals, I have ordered AMT’s green R685st Mack (the other Mack AMT do was out of stock) and am looking to modify it.....sleeper, extend hood, alter frame, short or long fuel tanks, hmm what else? Likely do some 3D print or Shapeways order especially the hood figure and fabricate some detail parts myself. ok what am I missing ????_

So ya she has been done for a month or so and I am starting a Revell Raynard Indy 500 winning car of Jacques Villeneuve

Very nicely done, especially considering the kit you started with I have the big 1/16 Fujimi 288 GTO sitting in the stash awaiting its turn for attention....one day

Really solid work Bruce, that looks great They are not easy kits to make look decent and do take some work. I do like the F1 cars of this era, great shapes to them

Excellent result. For an old girl she is quite a looker

Getting closer

Sweet tanks!!! Engine and front suspension look great too Love this level of detail

Cheers Curtis nice of you to say buddy Thanks man, I will keep posting updates as I get her moving forward

Hi Bruce buddy, good to hear from you. Hope you are having a good summer. Ya she puts up a bit of a fight and still has a few opportunities to crush me, but I am thinking i am getting there Have a pretty good plan of attack with the livery paint. The decals just need not to fully explode and we are golden...the decals are all wrinkly so may indeed explode on me

Cheers you three guys I will keep the build updated

They go where they go. Here is another reference angle, looks like Revell had them correct, I just cut off the tip and added some aluminum so the angle is what it was

Holy molars!!! Loving the imagination and talent here Definitely have my attention

Excellent work and some really nice clean upgrade work going on Definitely worth following along

Rear clip is done, cemented and detailed. I have her in her white paint, now awaiting for some cure time before masking off for the blue Up to date now.

Liking this a whole lot! I am late to the party as usual

You go to it man That is a heck of a laundry list of mods to do I will sit back and watch from a safe distance

I think of selling it every time I work on the darn thing Or maybe destroying it

Hey Dan, thanks man You into Formula one cars?? I seem to have a real liking for them at the moment

Not an easy task as detail is lacking and some modifications made to the best of my abilities. Not many...ANY...internal photos with cowlings off so I had fun trying to figure out the rear clip details. This schematic is reported to be the 1996 FW car with the 1997 logo decals on it ??!! Cripes. Lots of 1/24 carbon fibre decal form Studio 27 used...lovely stuff Kit decals are dodgy, they have wrinkled and come off the paper in some areas. I have supplementary Rothmans decals to add. I modified the wing attachment with brass pin and sleeve so the wing can be taken on and off...and actually stay on in place when so desired! It is coming along. Body paint hopefully soon.

This kit is my current project. Working on detailing it up, opening rear cowlings and making a representation of Canadian Jacques Villeneuve's Championship Season ride

Awesome model and photography set up. Sweet!!! Does that fire extinguisher have a current inspection tag on it??? Send the Stig over to test fire it!!

Love it. Absolutely fantastic build Is on my wish list to re-do from my childhood as I made the Ertl version long ago and far away Is there still a kit available???

Sad news indeed, first I have heard of his passing Own two of his books, fantastic modeller, very skilled scratch builder and amazing attention to detail Big loss for the world

I thought exactly the same. If you are gonna tell a story, tell the real story not a fairy tale

Some great Shelby art there???