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I really enjoyed watching you work on this. When you compare what you started with to the finished result you would struggle to believe it was the same kit

we could save the hassle of someones build not meeting the criteria by combining resto mod and pro touring. That way its a little more open and less chance of stuff not meeting the rules or arguments over what does and doesn't meet the rules. I know whatever i built would probably end up more pro touring than resto as the body is my fav bit to modify and i have a c1 camaro transkit i want to use which is def more pro, lol)

ok a strange one and not really car related but NASA have free 3d models available. I saw curriosity rover among the files and being its NASA i would expect the quality to be good.I'm sure it would be great for sci fi and diorama folks https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/models/printable

Why identity crisis you ask? well during the 90s i worked in a paint shop and these were murder to order parts for as some were mx-5, some were eunos and some were miata and it made getting parts murder sometimes. but on with the build. its done as a youths car in the 90s. the paints shiny but everything is just a little worn out inside. none of the trim matches, the seats are cheap buckets, the wheels are cast offs from something else (in this case a vw beetle) and the lights are tinted green while the markers were just painted over because bodywork is expensive and we didn't really know what we were doing, lol. This is how we did our first cars back then and shiny paint and alloy wheels were the first things done, then you bought colour matched lights or bought a tin of spray tint from halfords that flaked off cos we did it wrong (instructions, pah!) and last was cheap bucket (anybody remeber britax?)seats or recaros from an old capri. this was started at 10.30am and completed by11pm last friday including polish and 4 layers of paint (all acrylic model paints) and i can now say i finished something this year

if the kits in the original box you could use the copyright dates and box info on older usa kits as some of the older johan and amt said what the tyres included were, but they may just give you a general time frame. most of the newer tyres dont seem to be branded on us manufacturer kits but the japanese kits are. I think most of the japanese race car kits have plain slicks, but some include decals for them or there are paint masks available too. I wont start onto the aftermarket as there are hundreds available in resin, plastic, rubber and prints for pretty much any application you can think off. some are great and some might as well be tap washers so if the pics are poor i'd avoid them. the best guide with aftermarket is if they go the trouble of getting clear pics of the detail on their tyres then they are most likely proud of them and put in the effort to get them right. If the pics are poor then the product is usually poor. to find out what tyres go on what your probably best to use a site like michelin or coker tyre that might list the applications they suit

we call that Eu de scalper, a fine mix between old plastic, thinners and stale sweat

From looking at the pics google brings up for a 1932 cadillac v16 engine there appears to be 3 different styles. One is two 8 cylinder disributors mounted beside each other, one is more like what we're used to seeing and the third is just all the wires coming out one slot, but it may be a cover over a distributor. if it was me i'd probably go for the third one since it should be an easy part to make

slowlys models - various parts and wheels for most ages of vehicle including nice tube fronts for r32 through r34 skylines. some parts have different versions for each brand. also has old custom parts for pre war styles and lowrider bombs. ditomaso147 - a wide variety of hotrod, custom, mini truck and drag parts. various mopar and gm hotrod bodies and chassis in numerous scales. be sure you have the right scale when purchasing as some items are 1/64 or 1/24 seperately

I wouldn't mind them, its looks pretty cool and i have datsun truck with a destroyed chassis it might work on

As many of us have access to a 3d printer now I thought it would be a good idea for us to review the designers. I know I've bought files that looked good in the pics but were trash once printed. Si this is a thread to recommend the designers, and to list they types of parts they do. for example i'll review andrey_bezrodney - full kits of various vehicles from classic american pick ups through to modern european tuners. Usually at least one new kit each month in various scales and for motobas - mostly engines and detail parts and highly detailed. engines vary from muscle cars to supercars and classics. most need scaled down from 1/10 scale king3d - various south american sold cars, wheels and parts. quality varies but is improving and prices are low. has the most accurate vw sp2 body and some unusaul racecars and trucks blackbox - various kits, parts and accessories. mostly aimed towards tuners but theres some modern muscle parts too

nice, is that your own design?

they tried to do the same thing with a 36 on the rust to riches show on netflix. it was the usual hackjob from those waterjet cowboys

sweet, adding the modded fender was a great idea and is probably my fav bit of the build

thanks, i'll do some measuring. its just the car feels very narrow. I'll get my calipers out later and do some measuring

Nice work, i like that you can put the lid on when its not in use to keep it clear of dust

if we had ps4 or ps5 we could. you can set up races in gt7 online. then we could do a real cannonball build and test them on the nurburgring or tracks to suit

is this kit the right scale? i've been comparing it to other similar era monogram cars and this one just feels too narrow. the length feels about right compared to the others. it almost feels to me like its 1/25 scale for width but 1/24 for length. I've not measured anything, just done visual side by sides with a 36 and a cord.

that'll be the movie. the documentaries are kinda old so probably only on youtube now or possibly the gran turismo website

yes, in the version i have the full dash and front doors are there for every car but its mostly the muscle cars and japanese stuff they did the rears for, not that yo u can see them anyway. when you use the in car view you can use the second toggle to turn your head and look at it. there a few sema cars too and i think the graphics in my game are better than those in the movie. I've been playing gran tourismo since 6 months before the first one was released as i sent back the registration card that was in the console. a few onths later i got a phone call on a sunday morning from sony asking if i would be interested in testing out possible internet for the playstation 2. as part of it they sent me a black net yaroze console with lots of computer stuff hard wired to it to allow me to use it online. this was back in dial up days so sony paid my phone bill for 6 months and sent me free advance copies of games. my local games shop could never understand how i was trading games in months befor ethey were released and often before they were in ps plus magazine. you couldn't play games online but there was a chat room and you could play music from some sony database. i still have the console and stuff that went with it out at my mums

I'd like to see a more refined picture. in these pics it looks unfinished but i can see it as the start of something

hotrod have all their old issues online now. a member here went through them all and did a sumary post of them. you might find it in that thread, though he mostly posted about the car features. it was a good thread if you dont want to go through all the issues of hotrod

theres a couple of documentaries on youtube about the making of the games. every real track had been scanned detailed enough that on the current game you can find the trees in the game on real photos. all the cars are scanned too including the interiors. some of the 3d files i've bought have been built up from the gran tourismo data but xbox games seem more popular for that. but then its supposed to be a simulator more than a game. i keep being told its even better with the steering wheel instead of the controller so i might have to try that. you should watch the movie too, its pretty good even if most of its not the real story, and more a combination of 3 different players to get the character for the movie. the race engineer for example is a totally ficticious person. its still a good movie

walked across town in heavy rain and wind to get to a hospital appointment. Its tomorrow, sigh

theres a 3d printed kit with the grille. i think its an andrei berezovski (probably spelled his name wrong) kit so should be decent quality. I dont know how accurate it is. i think i've seen a resin grille on ebay too