Mike C

I built this around 2005. It was the first bike model I ever built and it was a fun build.

My Mercedes CLK-GTR which I will have to post up seperately with a bunch of pictures, but here's just one.

That is way cool! Great display. Will you take $1100 for the car?

There's nothing special about the model but it came out clean. It's painted in sub-lime green with a pearlcoat. The roof is just gray primer. I painted the side view mirrors body color because one was broken and just gluing two chrome pieces together wouldn't look good. I think I built this in 2001 or so.

Looks really sharp. I have an old build of the Tamiya kit of that car I'll have to post too.

There should be a forum for motorcycles too. I like to build them and so do others. I guess I'll find a place to show them here anyway. I don't think anyone will get upset about them.

I think I remember you. Did you like to build weathered cars? You should come down for the Southern Nationals in Nov.

Here's a couple: The Two Sides of Peter Banks: And Godbluff: Both from the 70's when I was in college which is where I got turned on to this kind of music.

I have two. Just super stockers, the Sox & Martin '67 Hemi GTX and the Ramcharger '64 Dodge 330.

I built one of those for somebody but I didn't have to repair it. But those wheels came with a built in fixture for holding the spokes in place. It was half built when I got it because two other model builders couldn't finish it and they never built a Pocher before. I have their Bugatti Type 50T that I built in '82 so that got me the job. So I finished it up and got paid $750 to do it too.

Very nice lead sled.

Looks like a nice clean build.

Me too. The Untouchable is on there, I was watching that for a while and Highway Patrol too. Right now I'm watching a Brit sci-fi show from the early 80's, Blake's 7.

Here's our little Louie. He's a spunky little guy. Small in size (6 lbs) and big in personality.

I just joined up and I use Photobucket and my pictures are showing up just fine.

I mostly use Testors enamels. I do use some of their water based paints for small hand brushing. But when it comes to spray painting (especially airbrushing) I use the enamels. But I have use Tamiya lacquer a couple of times. My current project will be sprayed that way.

This is an old build but the photos are new. Of course I'll be showing my old builds as I'm new to this forum. I built this around '94 or '95. I remember finding this kit at a Walmart on clearance for $2.00 too. I was just getting into becoming a better model builder and started using an airbrush (Paasche VL) and using PE and wiring the engine. I like to do the spark plugs in the correct firing order too. I had bought some Mopar books for reference photos. I didn't have a PC then so no internet research. There probably was as much information out there to find on the internet anyway back then. I didn't use BMF. I foiled it with the foil that Nestle's Crunch bars came wrapped in then because it had a highly polished side that's very much like chrome. I was also learning to use Testors metallizer paints too as I was able to use it on the chrome fascia in the rear. Plus I used black India ink in the grill and the vent slots in front of the windshield. So I hope you like, thanks for looking.

I think I know which car you're talking about. When I was looking for pictures of this car I found one like that which I saved on my PC. I can send it to you if you want or you may be able to find it yourself as I found it within the past few months.

Thanks. It's from a company called Provence Moulage

This is the first time I ever worked in resin and 1/43rd. It's a nice kit. Made in France. It was old so the decals were dried out and you know how they can split when you apply them. Most of them were OK but the NISSAN on the wing split into three pieces. Plus they give you two big silver swatches for the front and rear. But they don't cover all the areas that have to be silver and you have to paint it anyway. So I masked over the green and painted the silver with Testors Alum metallizer. And it would be tough to get those decals to lay flat on the contour. Befor I started the model I also scanned the decal sheet. Plus this kit has PE parts too. I put in real screen mesh in the rear and made the tail lights. The kit gives you decals for the screen with the tail lights printed on them. So here's a bunch of pictures. They should appear larger than actual size on your screen unless you looking on a smart phone.

I finished this up last year or so. It was in my closet since around '96. I used a PE parts on it from MCG and I had some nice PE heatshield and alum tubing for the exhaust system. I didn't like glueing the two halve of the fuel tanks and air filters together and having that ugly seem. So I stripped the chrome, puttied and painted them body color.

Hello. I just signed up. I was a regular at escale after Brian's Model Cars shut down. I was Zombywoof at escale. Now I'm just Mike C.

Well, I belong to a couple of other forums so I decided to join this one too. And I lost a good forum that just shut down too, escale if any of you ever used it. I build Mopar muscle cars, foreign exotics, and 1/12 bikes. So I'll be posting them up here. I belong to ACME in GA that puts on the very successful Southern Nationals in Nov.