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Finished up, under glass now. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/126671-bumblebee-67-camaro/ Made it just intime for the show I wanted to take it too.

All finished up, made it just intime for the show on the 1st October.

Hey Guys This is my Bumblebee, as he appeared in Transformers 4 (the first one with Mark Walhberg), sadly he was only in this 67 look for the first 20mins, less than 5 mins screen time. Kit used was Revell's 67 Camaro, with C1 Models BumbleBee Transkit. Transkit came with the flares, front bumper, grill, bonnet rear view mirrors & those amazing NewGen Lite wheels & tires. Had a pretty good time with the transkit, it fitted pretty well, had to add some width to the front lower valance & bonnet. I used the engine from Revells 08 Camaro, & the seats too. Lots of scratchbuilding & modifying. Thanks for looking Ash

Your right there arnt many 4 cyl kits avaiable, but isnt that part of the challenege... But yeah I'd be happy with 6cylinders or less, that opens up GTR's, Supra, NSX, Ford GT etc. Not sure if there are many american v6 kits tho.

I like the Spies like us, or Pro-touring. There are some cool ideas. Heres my 2. 1. Gum-Ball - Basicaly like the Gumball 3000, exotic & sports cars with playboy owners & loud graphics. 2. 4 cylinder-ball - No V8s! Only 4 cylinder engines, could be a muscle car with 4cyl transplant. anything goes as long as its got a 4cyl engine. Really need to get stuck into my project from this year, kinda think im outa time now tho...

Hey Dann, Yeah its the big Pocher kit. Its pretty good, but could be better. You dont have to paint anything, most of it is molded in colour, but it'd be pretty monotone if you did. I'm painting parts of mine, using different metal finishes, textures etc. Also planning on lighting it up, so its a big long term project.

Cheers mate, I used Zero Paints Ferrari Abu Dhabi Blu

Great work, love the satin white finish, looks exactly like I would order from Ferrari!

Great Work!!! Love the stealth look, looks so menacing! I know what you mean about using different shades of black, Im working on a 1/8 Aventador in Matte black, but everything is matte black, trying different paints & textures to differentiate it all.

Great Work so far! Awesome that your building it for your daughter ! my daughter just wants her nails painted when shes in the 'man cave'... I built the Revell kit last year, just a quick basic build, from memory it went together pretty well. The decals arnt great, the rear CF was a bit tricky, & the decals supplied for the seats took alot of time to place correctly.

Stunning builds of a stunning car, Great Work!

Great Work! That colour looks stunning!!! Love the S2k, really wanted to get this transkit but went for the Spoon way instead. Cant wait to see more!!

Thanks guys, Less than a week to go, better get a hurry on!!! Fender flares were installed over the weekend, rideheight was sorted too. These pics were just mocking up rideheight but are now fixed in position. Lots of little things to tidy up & finish off now.

Cheers KWT 1 Week to go! Fenders on, ride height tested & sorted. just all the small things to finish off now... These pics were just mocking up ride height, I've had to glue the tires onto the rims as they kept sliding around. & now I have glued the wheels & brakes & suspension on, just no photos yet. Ash

Hey Guys Another update of my Bumblebee that im building for the Transformers group build. Got the interiort all painted & detailed & mounted to chassis. Also Ive managed to mount the body to chassis with engine etc. On the home stretch now, got the stance right over the weekend & brakes ready.

Made a bit of progress in the past week, got the body mated to chassis & started on getting the stance right. Wheels have been detailed & decided to go for a set of Photoetched brakes i had laying about. Hoping to have it ready for a model show 1st October

Looking Good!

Another beauty Paul! See you in a couple of weeks!

Hey Guys, Managed to get the interior together last night, Over the weekend i clearcoated the Plasticoat satin black with Alclads Light sheen, I thought the satin finish was a tad unrealistic & much happier with the light sheen finish. Tonight's mission is to mount the body over the chassis. Fingers crossed...

Cant wait to see more! Good luck! Profile24 is releasing this too, but as a resin kit. Theyre not selling the decals seperately. Would be cool if someone used glow in the dark ink!

Hey Mate, Cheers! For the cage I just used 2mm styrene rod & bent it over a flame from a candle.

Manged to get some paint on a few parts & start gluing them together. Worked on adding extra detail into the engine bay.

Hey Guys I started this as part of a 24hr Lemans build here with a couple of others. Trying to build a model from start to finish in 24hrs. Not an easy task, I did get everything painted & half assembled before the deadline & sleep/work.... Its the Fujimi kit Gulf racing version, but was built as the F1LM, (fujimi do sell a F1LM but its the exact same kit even comes with slicks for the road...) Overall its a pretty good kit, decent detail, could build with doors opened or closed, the main issue is the wheels & tires, when I got her on all 4s the standard out of the box ride height was 245mm (9.6") for a Race car!!!! I shelved it until i found some better tires, they're from a Tamiya SLR Merc & have pretty decent sidewall but no where near the size of the slicks provided. I still wasnt happy with the ride height so ended up gluing the wheels to the inner fenders (this is a first for me) still not super happy but its the best I can do, current ride height is 140mm. Pretty sure the rims are oversized 19" & should be 18s. But overall Im happy, I finally have a F1 LM in the cabinet & I can put a big tick next to that one on the bucketlist. Painted with Zero Paints McLaren Orange (is there any other colour it could be...) & Tamiya spray paints. Did a few mods, Opened the rear windows into engine bay from interior & added earmuffs for communicating to other passengers & orange + black "pads" for seating comfort... Ash

Theres an online one too, https://www.scalemates.com/stash-manager.php All you have to do is log in & add the kits youve got / purchased. Its already got pretty much every kit & heaps of aftermarket stuff too.

Great work! Its looks fantastic! Might have to check out some of those decal sets! I remember seeing a fleet of Dubai supercar police cars in one of Ken Blocks Gymkanas , & Ive always wondered how much these cars are actually used for police duties, are they more of a marketing stunt, do they actually pull people over....