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Seeing what Steven said, I had to take a look! You have to absolutely love whatever car to attempt building a notorious kit. Came out awesome! Never have seen Testors Wet Look, is it still available? I'm in the local car club, know someone with a red/white one. He was a mechanic at a Ford dealership, so he knows how to make all those motors work together.

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Love it! When I was a teen, built Niki Lauda's car, loved the kit, ruined the wheels. Looking awesome.

Very cool of you to build for someone, they should appreciate it. What is the kit?

Both are nice! What are the wheels on the '65 pickup?

Wow, thanks for this input! I could get the proper taillights, complete hood, fenders, and use those red wheels too! Then I could do a Rat Rod with the left-overs. ? I would rather trade my Woodstock for that kit.

The rallies I have worked on in AZ, all the teams use road legal tires. Many of them use the Michelin rally tires. These slicks have minimal grooves, not good in rain. Heck ya I'm putting this engine in! Got the engine before the car. It's the first aftermarket engine that will get done, the Hellcheetah is also aftermarket but is on hold at the moment. Have several other kits with engine detail kits, namely the Audi Quattro S1 that I hope to build this year. Have done four models with kit bashed engines, subjects I like with no engine don't stop me.

I'll be following along, since we would probably be dicing between ourselves during the race since I'm doing a Subie. ? After seeing what that kit looks like, would spring for the Tamiya if I ever get the urge. I already have a suggestion, hope you don't mind. The pedal arm pivot point should be higher up, perhaps under the dashboard, you need to have travel space. For example: That kit needs so many scratch-built parts, like a shirt pin for a gear shift, etc. Does it come with gauge decals?

Thank you sir! ? Everyone remembers the tools. Thank you. Much appreciated!

Hey no worries dude! ? It sure isn't mine, but get me on the '67-'72 Chevy Custom series pickups and look out! ?

Like open heart surgery. ? Separating the transmission was easy, thankfully. Made an engine stand, figuring it will help for painting, then since it's aluminum and we know what handling does to that. I know this is unorthodox, putting a Thule cargo box on a race car, but for long distance driving, when the trunk will be filled with dual fuel cells, need a "trunk". I also wanted to use at least one of the killer rally lights, designed a retractible unit. After doing the Auto Union C it seemed natural to rotate direction, since the wing needs clean air, right? Also shortened an inch (picked that because the masking tape wrapped around was used to mark the cuts). The other box in the Fujimi kit is being used on the Hellcheetah. I'm planning to make the mount with brass wire, slightly more aerodynamic than the Thule unit. ? I dropped the engine block into the bay, need to whittle down the suspension mounts right off the bat.

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Very slick!

That's beautiful! Long time ago I was commissioned to build the same model, AND COLOR!

Greedy powergrabbing corporation! I'm not into spreading my financial information around more than it is, that's what PayPal was supposed to be about.

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Yea, I was wondering about that. Thanks for the detailed clarification, as someone who owns the real thing ought to know. I can probably fabricate that, it's not a huge part of the project. Even if such a thing exists, expecting one brand to be exactly like another is not possible. One slab of CORIAN would do it. Hey, I can even build a house out of dirt! ?

#11 is started! Tamiya Subaru Impreza (not WRC but Cannonball Ruse) with Hobby Design engine

This is bending the rules, since the kit is originally a Subaru Impreza WRC race car, but it's being converted into a street legal car, that is intended to race in the '21 Cannonball Ruse Run, think this is the correct forum section. ? Always wanted to build a street version of this little monster. The Tamiya kit is awesome (as expected), parts not used or details to be removed have masking tape. Got the Hobby Design EJ20 engine kit some time ago, don't see that anyone built it on this forum. I also noticed it's not readily available, is it because it's an early offering from HD (acquired a long time ago)? I also got the Scale Motorsport photo-etch awhile ago. First thing to butcher is the body, cutting out the hood. Over the headlights used a #11 blade, a saw over the emblem, the Tamiya scriber on the rest of the panel line, finished off with a Tamiya photo-etch saw. Got three sides almost cut through, then worked along the cowl. Something I learned from the project Sintegra was the cowl can break, and then it's impossible to get right again (which is why that project sat in the dark for years), so I reinforced with coffee can lid steel. Made a paper pattern, marked the steel and cut with scissors, roughed up the contact side with sandpaper, even used the Dremel disk to make little notches to bolster the adhesion. When I glued on with superglue, sprinkled baking soda on. I first scribed with the new #11 blade, short segments at a time, very carefully, the cut line. The scribe followed along really well, but again in short segments. Worked from the corners to the center, finished with the saw. Used one at a time. ? Then sawed the rest of the line. First part to glue on, the scoop. Noticed half is blocked, so used the Dremel to open up. This is my favorite bit. Have removed the hood pins, the photo-etch has nice ones, but will not use to keep stealth. Next to hack out was the engine bottom. First I used the hot-wire, disconnected to thread through, then went around being sure to not screw up the suspension mounts. Still needed to grind away, but was able to break out. There was not much to clean up. Race details to remove were antenna and vent doors. Didn't want to get too many scratches at this stage. Wanted to mock up the suspension, glued with Tacky glue so it can come apart for painting. I'm amazed how nice Tamiya does this sort of thing, really don't need to remove mold lines. I'm going to revise the tailpipe with a bigger muffler. I see the wheel wells need to be filled in. Oh yea.... A pet peeve with Tamiya, it's minor and easy to remedy, *have to* remove the inside lip. The only ejection pin marks that bother me (that I've seen so far) are on the wing. I have the caliper locked so all the wheels have the same width and are even. Now the Hobby Design engine! The parts are cast resin, with crude "sprues" which tells me this is an early product, their current stuff is usually grey and more refined. (the McLaren F1, and Pagani Huayra Super-Detail-up Sets for example) Their instructions are awesome. Just a little cleanup involved. Found out one part was not shown in the instructions (knife pointing to). Sort of a minor issue, the radiator and firewall are warped. I was planning to build up the interior with sheet styrene anyway (or cool looking Celica floor pan if it looks good). The radiator may need some extra work. So this is when I decided to halt. How stupid to glue the transmission on! ? There is no comparison. I'm sure Tamiya got this correct, so next thing to do is separate. I hear acetone dissolves superglue..... I like the blue, shame that it's going to get painted over. Thinking flat black exterior, white interior with flat black roll cage. Also thinking of adding a Thule roof container, just to help fake people out, which will have a retractible rally light, and stealth electronics. Also would like to switch the tires for Pirelli P7s.

Such as an Audi Quattro S1? ?

I'll be following! Always a big fan of the 911 Turbo, have 3 different kits, and a race version in the stash.

Yea, just finishing a model is a feat unto itself! Of course since I owned a '57 Chevy stationwagon, I like that one. They all came out nice. I had also built the Corvette, for a friend.

I was doing that from the beginning, still did it. I think their base coat and primer is required.

Ok thanks! You know I like different. GSL has always been about featuring the best hot rod models on the planet, and I know all of them will be in this class, so don't expect an award. It should stand out on the table. That is if anyone else dares to show their hand. Time will fly. A Skyline engine would be different. ?