jaymcminn

Mr. Surfacer is really good stuff. It's right up there with Tamiya.

I love this sort of detail. I like the Tichy Train Group styrene bolts myself... they're designed so you can either trim them flat or drill a mounting hole. Great work!

That stance. Oh yeah.

The dash looks really good, especially given your starting point. It'll look great in place. I wasn't sold on the wheels at first but painted with the logos they look the business. I really like the color combo seeing it all together on that dash, I think the pop of interior color against that blue is awesome!

When I was photographing my 1/12 Fiat Mefistofele for issue 212, I was looking over the RAW files trying to determine which ones to send to Tim and noticed that some of my best shots had paw prints and cat hair on the white paper sweep. Further inspection revealed tooth marks on the edge of the paper. By this I was able to determine that another cat must have broken into my house and gotten up on my clean white paper background while Bandit was was napping because he would NEVER do anything like that. Does Fuzz have an alibi for the afternoon of January 5?

So what is the group consensus on large-scale "subscription kits"? Everything shows up pre-painted and pre-decalled. Assembly can be challenging but the detail is usually pretty great right out of the box. Should they be allowed on the contest table with models that have been fully built, painted and detailed by the builder?

I like Tamiya Weathering Master Pastels for tires. I wish the manufacturers would go away from soft tires altogether, but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.

I've moved toward large-scale builds over the last several years because the format allows for more of the sort of detailing and weathering I like to do. Large-scale models do have more presence on the contest table, but it's a double-edged sword. A large-scale build can look clunky and toy-like if the builder doesn't put more effort into getting all the details right. I go to a show with the attitude that if I've had some good conversations, seen some great models and blown way too much money at the vendor tables it's been a good time. If someone deserves to beat me at the contest table then I want to pick his brain for ideas so I can make my next build better!

Exterior color A, interior color B. As long as you're making visors anyway, make them out of transparent green styrene. Very classic look.

Every time I think this build can't get more interesting or entertaining you somehow manage to raise the bar. I can't wait to see how that engine turning works out. Will the alloy hold its polished finish or are you going to clear coat the body to protect it?

Love it. Used those HRM wheels when I did my 275 Spyder a few years back as well. Great classic color choice!

Beautiful work. I'm pretty much at this point in my 934 build as well (massive photo dump in Under Glass when it's done!) and it's amazing how much detail you can put into that frunk. I put more work into this area than the engine bay because it's much more visible. Your real bolts on the fuel tank were a great idea!

Nice results. What is the consistency? How does it compare to something like Kristal Klear?

Bandit got a new toy...

I've been fighting a (mostly) successful battle with a Tamiya 1/12 scale Porsche 934 for about 3 months now and I'm in the home stretch. Perversely, I'm thinking about taking this kit on as my next challenge. Oy.

I'll have to try the Vallejo. My go-to was a Model Master acrylic wash that I've just used the last of. I like the Tamiya panel line wash a lot as well, but it's at its best highlighting really crisply-molded details.

I'm guessing your door fitment is probably better than most of the 1:1 that actually got built. Great clean build of an unusual subject.

Beautiful work. It's great to see the DS in those '50s colors!

Amazing work. If you hadn't listed the challenges you had building this I would have thought it just "fell together"!

LOL, me too. Tamiya got me on that one.

Definitely going to pick up that Supra. Always loved the 2nd generation.

By the time it makes it to production it'll be a compact SUV.

If you mean the recent Revell kit, it's a straight rebox of the AM kit from unsold stock with new decals for the #3 car in the Revs Institute. I've got it in the stash as well as the HRM A-arms and headers. Pierre, this thread is awesome and the work you're doing to correct this kit's shortcomings is fantastic!

This is a bit before my time, but I'm surprised that the most high-tech weapon the robot can come up with is a piece of rusty pipe. Beautiful work on the build and finishes!

Welcome aboard Curt. I'm in Naples myself. Looking forward to that Matra build!