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Thanks, I was sort of forced into it with the track of the Lexus, the other choice was super wide flares like the Rocketbunny bolt-on style. Glad you like it! Got the flare lips on, wanted to keep the original shape. Hot-wire cut out half circles, superglued and baking soda liberally applied. I used the Dremel exclusively today, no sanding. Rummaged through the parts box: found the front bumper from the Mercedes 190 Evo, this was the stock part, and the rear wing which will mimic the spoiler on the later Celicas. The red parts are from a Countach, the sills. Cut the upper bumper part off. Gooped on lots of superglue, and baking soda. Opened up the grill, the headlight part for sure, and the center grill part was removed. Have some honeycomb photo-etch to put in there. Trimmed down the corners a little, glued in some scrap flat plastic, more goober glue and soda. Going to make a tuner air filter, and modify that part; also need to make some sort of body brace across the front. Also thinking of an oil cooler under the bumper, not the crazy Japanese style with the wild hoses, the German in me cringes at that look. ? Cut the front of the aero/skid plate to fit. After getting all the outside roughly shaped, did the inside so the tires should clear, barely. All this has been shaped with the Dremel tool, using my favorite spiral cutter. Lots of filing and sanding to do, the tricky parts will be next to the turn signals, and door jamb. I wanted all the modifications to blend in, not appear pop-riveted on. Then a minimum of putty.

Shaping up really nice! When I cut clear window plastic, use the Dremel since the window part is wasted anyway, then work down to the finished edge, then sand with a block. I DO NOT like cutting with a blade or saw, feel your pain.

I was thinking Camaro. This has always been the Japanese version of a Pony car, so not a mistake. ?

using Pony Express

That is a neat model of a rare Bug.

Daring project! Love the subject, will be following.

Made of brass.

I don't post for only two days, got bumped into page two? Great to see so many are building and contributing to this forum. Got the other side flares done. Next step is cutting the wheel openings, since I have lowered the body a bit (channeled is the hot rod term?), need to modify accordingly.

without NSA groping

Nice job on all those. Since I found and built the 959, and discovered the Unimog race truck, I've been a fan of sorts of this race. Can't imagine riding a motorcycle all that way.

Very nice clean build.

I'm still a sucker for these kits.... even though I have the original version, wanted this just because it's so cool, and if I ever get around to building one, would like to modify a few things. The photo-etch is for the kit I thought I was getting instead of the Pagani, so will be on the hunt, because it's not available anywhere I know. Turbos are for the next project.....

Daring subject! Forgot about those 412s, never ever see them on the road much less car shows. More power to you!

Nice work! I'm always amazed how detailed this scale can be.

Oh man, I see you are in *the* "hot spot", heck of a reason to finish a model! Came out really nice, don't notice the hood gap.

Hello, and welcome! KW initials, can't be all bad. ? You have a Road Train project lined up?

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Thank you. I've had issues with Solvaset and Scale Motorsport decals. I use a light bulb too, might have to break down and get a blow drier.

while smoking catnip

Cool subject! Look forward to your Pikes Peak car, I attended that event when Michelle Mouton won.

Round and round I'm going.... one side got the fenders roughed out. Cut the front: After superglue and baking soda, cut the rear fender off: I thinned the back where the surface curves. Made styrene strips 4 MM, tapered at the end(s). Dremel rough smoothed the joints. Will have to work on the hood for clearance since I got the chassis a little more forward. The rear axle is not in line with the wheel arch, but no problem with making that bigger for the new tires.

I like the driveshaft, and radiator details.

ashtray, when abused

EXCELLENT! I see the radiator is between the headlights and in front of the radiator support, battery is on the other side. I see the brake booster, and shape of the firewall. Thank you, this helps immensely. I removed much of the front body, radiator should be mounted to the body instead of the chassis now. I'm thinking the black headlight part needs to be opened up, and the grill part too with photo-etch mesh put in place. I'm chopping up cut-off pieces to fill in here and there. The back of the chassis needed relocation of mounts, used parts from the Celica. Now the chassis won't fit up into the front, need to remove the body fenders next, but needed to work on the new wheels. Since I'm not concerned about the wheels being able to rotate (nothing like a finished model rolling off a table and crashing), modified the Fujimi design, such as removing the long axle part inside the wheel. Took off the Tamiya brakes, the Brembo brakes will look so much better. Wheels are barely hanging in place for the photo (tread direction not important now), I measured with the calipers to see about 4 MM wider fenders are needed. I might dig through the parts box, have Countach flares for sure, maybe something else, but really thinking of cutting the fender faces off, running strips in the gap, and make something like an IMSA style wide body. I'm designing in the roll, have the finish design in my head, not drawn out.

That's disgusting, I hate you. ~raz~ Serious very nice workmanship! I've struggled with c-f decals, think it depends what brand and color, the metallic ones gave me fits. So what brand and solvent did you use?