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Personally my biggest peeve is finishing a build. It seems that no matter how many times I test fit a part once it comes to finally gluing it together it no longer fits. Take my recent golf, I really wanted to do a good job on it, and I judaciously test fit every part before and after paint but once it was glued together parts just didn't want to fit so I ended up with wonky back lights and a lower bumper that somehow grew in length so it wouldn't fit. As for this thread, I'm using it for build tips, not because I want people to comment on my stuff, but because I want to improve my models.

I'm currently repainting a diecast and you may find some areas need a lot more work to get looking nice. On the one i'm painting it looked nice and flat, the primer looked nice and flat but when the colour coat went on a load of pinholes appeared so I have to fill and repaint those areas now.

for that you just need to look at my escort rs1800 build, lol

Here's a useful site if movie cars is the theme, I think it has pretty much all of them imdcb

Just a couple sets of rims this time and a porsche 356 coupe I've been after for a while. Probably paid over the odds for it but I'm happy

I think it looks more like the t bird, there appears to be a small fin area above the light, and the bumper looks closer. In the op's pic the bumper looks to follow more of the light around than the falcon does, and there appears to be the exhaust cut out in its bumper which the falcon again doesn't have. And the reflections in the pic look like their on something a bit more angular

The ford vs ferarri movie could be a good theme, but opened up to be any car that appears in the movie, not just the race cars

They dont magically grow to 1/1 scale so i can get in and drive them

Ah sir, I see you are a travelling farm equipment salesman. Have we got the feature for your long drives into the country. Are you often caught short on these trips well the new chrysler (tm) trunk potty is just what you need and for a small extra charge we can also provide a portable curtain for privacy.

Very cool project and something I'm surprised more people havent done in the 1/1 world. If you have the sizes for the tyres you need I'm sure someone will be able to help

I have to go back and paint one door again but the rest of the body is pretty much ready. If you look at the pic of the front end you'll see the right fender is shinier than the other. This was polished with just the micromesh liquid and since the results are decent I'll probably give the clear a miss. I added a little chrone to the door cards with molotowe and finished up paint detailing the engine plate. I have to redo one part on the dash due to some sloppy brushing, it was going to be red or ali but neither looked right so i went for piano black like they use on rolls royce interiors. Tomorrow I'll start the chassis lowering and may do the wheel centres in black too for a bit of a sinister look to the outside.

cool,

I repainted one of the haynes (welly really) vw transporters for my mum a few years ago to represent the last holiday before my dad passed. I should have done a bay window but the spilt is much easier and cheaper to find so it got the lower half repainted dark blue using left over paint from our old van. When I get another bay window I'll be doing the full camper for her with some fun details only the family will know, such as a blue fan beltand some loo roll (both have a connection in one story). Unfortunately during the photbucket fiasco I lost my pics

Looks pretty cool,

I think the licensing could be a problem for this movie. Just to start there's ford and ferarri but then you get into the sponsors too so we're probably best keeping the lawyers out of it unless you fancy some really expensive kits. I'm sure the aftermarket is already tooling up parts for the already released kits anyway

This is one of my recent non plastic purchases. I've been wanting a plastic kit of a modern bentley (from vw ownership period) to add to my collection of vws. Unfortunately nobody makes one, not even the lemans racers, so the next best option was a diecast. This one popped up real cheap and looked to be pretty decent proportioned compared to some diecasts and shouldn't look out of place with the other dubs. Now as you've seen all my stuff gets modded and this is no different. The paint is lumpy and scratched on this so its getting repainted straight black with no pearls or metallics. I'm changing the wheels for the bugels as the bentley rims will be going on something else (mk5 gti maybe) at some point and I'm going to be slamming it cos everything looks better on the ground. I didn't realise until i took it apart that it has working lights and engine sound but I wont be worrying about those bits as i know nothing about it and the battery terminals have teurned to powder. I will be doing a red interior as if i could afford a bentley, thats what i'd have. The only body mods will be losing the badges and front number plate, and once my pe mesh (thanks Mike) arrives i'll put it in the grille and vents. I'll have to narrow the rear wire axle and play with the front end to get it low but if need be i can lose the steering too. Hopefully it wont be a long project, Anyway on with the pics.

Cool, it looks convincing in the livery, I just hope some dumb kid dosn't try to eat it for a youtube vid

Cool, I like the mods you made, very in keeping with the vw tuning scene

So this hasn't left my bench, but I've been working most night since october on a boat so progress halted. When i last worked on it i realised i'd managed to mix detail on the engine between the 1.8t and the tfsi engines so I'll be redoing the head and trying to save other parts. Today I added some extra plastic to the bay sides to remove some gaps and give me somewhere to glue it to the body. I also got the body a bit closer and will give it a light prime to help see where it needs more work .

Nice looking bug, I particularly like the parcel tray detail, if you hadn't said it was the endzone pattern (not a sport i know) i would have missed it, but its a super cool subtle detail that follows your theme without being overpowering

even if revell put a ring of cardboard around the contents would help to give the box edges strength, and make it easier to get the contents in the boxes but i guess that few pennies less is worth it to them even with all of us hating their boxes

Thats kinda cool, I believe its the last skoda model before vw took them over. While its a different scale, how doea it compare size ways to 24 and 25? I ask because I'm going to have to try and find one if they compare well enough to not look out of place with my other vw family stuff

I think i know which seller you guys bought from. Starts with a k? I've stopped buying from them after my last order arrived almost flattened. The free shipping is attractive but I prefer to pay and get my kits inside a box instead of wrapped in a thin sheet of cardboard.

If you know someone that cleans supermarkets, airports or similar with the floor polishing machines, ask them for some of the sealer they apply. Its pretty much just pledge/future and will work the same way. Also the stuff will last much longer as it gets diluted a lot. been a while since i used it but i'm sure it diluted at something like 50-1. Theres loads of brands available and most janitorial supplies or building merchants will have at least one of them at around £30 for 10 or more litres depending on the brand

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