Dann Tier

Congrats, Bud!!!!!...….nice job!!! -eccentric is one of the things Paganis have down to an art!!! ...bet you're glad its done though!!

Hey, everyone! as requested from a few of you, here are the steps that I take to scratchbuild my door catches....I hope this helps! -First photo; I picked out the thinnest sheet of styrene they make, and measured out the size it had to be, by using the kleaned-out opening of the molded in ones. -Second photo; I notched-out the basic shape. -Third photo; I kleaned it up, and using tweezers, I rounded the corners of the base. -Fourth photo; I got the thinnest styrene rod I had (Sorry, I cant remember the size ), and got my spring steel glue/ paint dot application tool. -Fifth photo; The rod is easily bent without breaking. I would suggest going just pass a right angle, since it will slowly start to straighten back out again. -Sixth photo; Cut one end of the rod as close to the bend as possible leaving a gap about the same width as the diameter of the rod being used, and then cut the long end off at the last pencil mark furthest from the top of the rounded bracket base. -Seventh photo; At the same pencil line from photo six, I used my tool again to bend the bracket over....I bent it til it touched itself around the tool ( should be at a right angle at this point ). -Eighth photo; Very carefully, glue the curved end of the rod in the center of the top edge of the bracket. I would suggest using a quick drying superglue. After its dried, adjust the long end of the rod so that when you bend the flat tail of the bracket up to meet the rod, it just up slightly past a right angle. I use my very sharp snippers to make the adjustment to the rod if needed. -Ninth photo; I braced mine up against a sanding stick so that I could cut off the excess plastic up against the end of the rod. -Tenth photo; Using my blade, I carefully cut away the rest of the excess plastic to match the curve of the rod. -Eleventh photo; I lightly sanded the bottom of the catch til it was smooth with the curve of the rod. -Twelfth photo; Notice the slight angle of the tail of the catch that was previously mentioned. -Thirteenth photo; The finished product!!…..where the black ink dots are, is where I would glue my PE bolts.

Looking good!!….you shouldn't have any trouble with clogging on the grill, I re-paint them all the time without any issues, and I use rattle-cans!!...lol

I agree 100%

gotcha!....thanks for the heads-up, bud!!

NICE, Scott!!….are they all still pretty available?!

I think I will!!

LOL!!…….lets just say, some people can get REALLY into their models....their own little "special" world....lol -Heres a term to be warry of: "Purists". If anybody gives you a problem, it'll be these types first. For some strange reason, when commenting on another persons work, they automatically forget that its only a MODEL, and that one of the great FREEDOMS of this art/ hobby, is that we can build stuff ANY way we want. It really is laughable at times...…

whatever the heck you want....it isnt hurting me. I just say, "fully detailed", but that's me....probably annoys someone, but I don't care.

Lmao!!….I don't "hate" on it, but I don't really understand why it makes me mental either...

Its all good!, sorry I wasn't clearer....you are more than welcome!!

Sorry to hear that....stick with it, bud!!….we ALL have that happen, if someone denies it......they're a freaking LIAR. Looking forward to seeing your work again!!

Hey, Brian!!….thanks, bud!!…..what have you been working on lately?

LOL, I use the tape directly on the part, form it to the proper shape....burnishing it down, cut it out carefully, then stick it to a 3x5 card. cut the shape out again, trace it on a fresh piece of masking tape/ film, cut it out, then put it in place and spray your kolor…..hope its better to understand now...lol

Do any of you have a Pet-Peeve that you really don't know why?......I do; when people say, 1:1, or "plumbed"......to me that just sounds stupid, kinda like a kid whose trying to make up his own cool way of talking, but everybody looks at him like he's an idiot...lol. Unless you're an actual "Plumber", it just sounds stupid to me....lol

This is gonna be BRILLIANT!!!!!!….these kits are so much fun!!!!!

I find that if I have to detail paint, I will use my other fingers of my painting hand to steady myself as I paint, either touching them to my other hand, the part i'm painting, or lower the part to the table, and touch it while painting. Hope you understand this, and it helps!

Thanks, Chris!, I always start out making a template with Tamiya tape, or their sheet of masking film, then I transfer it to a 3x5 card, and cut it out so that I can save it incase I want to build another one some day. I try to make my masking templates when the parts are still bare plastic, that way theres no way to screw up the paint. For the center of the steering wheel, I tried both ways of masking it; mask off the polished aluminum to paint the colored center, and masked off the colored center to spray the aluminum. Cutting out a round mask was WAAAAAY easier than masking around the center.....there wasn't enough of the edge to seal with the tape, so it bled through.

I have the Skyline kit...Very nice!!, but that Honda SB-1 is my favorite in this bunch!!….its sweet!!

Love it!!….beautiful look too!!…….kinda resembles Mazda's version of a Porsche 944

This IS awesome!!...looks like TONS of fun!!

This is soooooo COOL!!!!……..see what I did there?!...lol......beautiful build, Pat!!!

Nice and aggressive look!!!!!

Thanks, Dale!...much appreciated!!...do you mean that you haven't seen me post in this "Work bench" section?...if so, this is the first time that I am doing it, LOL, people really needed help figuring-out this Pagani mess, and I knew how to help.....Thanks for tunning-in!!

And LHS wonder why people go to internet shopping.....