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It looks awesome with the chopped roof The fenders will add a lot as well...keep that beetle look

oh that is hilarious a model box of the model

I hate to leave the model and all this nice early spring weather...but I think I can sacrifice for two weeks

Coming along nicely I like the interior and what you did with the 'leather' Could we see your Airing Cupboard ??!!

Dash and dials look great Way to plug along

Hey I like that...a forming platform, NICE! Thanks for sharing it

How are the Heller model kits?? They have some nice Bugatti models

Drool drool The last pic of the black one is amazing

Ooooh let us see that preciousssss Build Sorry been watching Lord of the Rings

I stumbled on this tutorial and sent it to Cato via PM, but it is such a good step by step on seat fabrication It must be shared! Pardonne moi for the external web site reference http://www.scalemotorcars.com/forum/showthread.php?3520-The-Fully-Detailed-Auto-Interior

Nice clean build You did a fantastic job!

Got her wired up Dry fitting all the tubing for exhaust and turbos. I predict lots of swearing when I do this for real with cement

Thanks Ryan, it is a cool engine...no Pocher mind you but pretty good I hacked with my PE today to try and get some use of it Found some Magnetti Morelli pentagons that fit, sort of, the magneto covers I am assuming...the black circles on end of the head Also made some wiring boots out of black acrylic paint I head to Hawaii next week, so want to finish the engine before that

Always happy to see this thread highlighted in bold letters It looks like burled walnut to me (that autocorrected 3x to hurled) and I like it You are customizing this well IMHO Did you distress the rear seat? looks like my dental chair after contractor has sat in it My Rolls would never get that dirty!

Ok no worries guys. My PE set was made for a Testarossa, so not going to get much from it

Mine is coming along slowly Where the heck is everyone??

Yes, killer paint job and great build!!!

This will be a sweet build Very cool!!!

can't wait to see what else you come up with for this build

Pure Evil....hide the women and children. Good God that is a wickedly nice build

I agree, that paint is something else!

The fine leather you can get in Europe is the best in the world.....Italy, Germany, England, France they produce gorgeous stuff They can make hides very thin and beautiful in colour and texture and so thin like you mention One of my retirement dreams is to go to Florence and take some leatherwork courses Cato gave me a link for a leather source in England last year actually I like that you scratch build ..that is the highest form of modelling I have three books on small metal lathe and milling techniques and plan on buying some equipment when I get a new shop built

Absolutely!

Hey you missed all the fun...and me blabbing on I was thinking last night and Harry hit on something important In doing modelling we might be better off with the artificial stuff you can get at art stores and the like It is thinner, more pliable in most cases, cheaper and comes in a ton of different colours and textures Real leather is more expensive and more work. Here you can see me in the MG build thinning this chrome hide from the back....process is called skiving and it is messy and a pain as get rips and tears and uneven areas. You cannot skive artificial leather the same way I love real leather, but have all the funky tools to work with it. A car hobbyist would be best off with more predictable synthetic stuff

You did a fabulous job on both metal and wood weathering...very realistic Makes me want to fire up the grinder and shine her back up