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Thank you sir! I will. I know you're just excited to vote for an American car in that category (I almost always do foreign cars ?).

Thanks! I know the real car has silver leather, I just couldn't do it. ? Good, thank you. Detail painting really helps. Thanks man! You and your wings, geez. ? But, if it was to be updated, with wheels/tires, ZR1 engine, etc., then a ricer wing might look good. I did a few of those. ? Thank you.

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This has been a very interesting topic to read through. Times change, deal with it. ? Nobody mentioned model rockets. When I was a teen, it was this or Bandai Africa Korps, or the occasional car model. First ones you needed to do woodworking, then they started using plastic nose cones and then fins, to make it easier. I liked the challenge of making really smooth balsa fins by adding tissue paper over the dope. This Estes Pershing had the D engine, I got the Flight Systems F engine transkit, what a blast, until the chute failed on the nose cone. Now they have liquid fueled metal rockets that you need a pickup to carry, and a license, and file a flight plan and holy cow! ?

I built something like that, but messed it up. I'm sure this will turn out much more correct and accurate! ?

Fun to be blasting out a project, knowing there is a snowball's chance...... in Phoenix. ? Painted a second coat of the nail color, after a light wet-sanding. Painted the chassis all flat black. Interior is custom mixed "ghost grey", had previously painted German grey on seats and door panels. Decided to paint the drive chain cover on the engine, tricky with the torsion bar in the way. The console got masked, did not want to brush paint around the knobs. Repainted the gauge part too. Something the instructions missed, and it's easy to not see in photos and video, there is a trim strip on the dash and doors. I used a brushed stainless steel sticker, instead of Bare Metal Foil. So tempting to add pedals! The chassis is done! The muffler is not glued on, so holding that in place, and manipulating the exhaust pipe and getting the manifold glued to the engine was fun. Everything fit great, am worried about the air filter hitting the window. Interior is very basic, think the st. stl. trim looks good enough. I wasn't neat enough masking the console. Strange to not have a traditional instrument panel. Slipped the body on just to get a look, sticks holding up the bumpers. ? Of course, after I painted the body, noticed there are some dips from spines inside the body, so will avoid pictures showing that. ? I have drilled the exhaust tips. Next is getting the decals on the body and wheels, which don't have any adhesive. Then a clear coat. Then windows!

Hi there! I really like your trees, you have a variety, and can tell you spent some time on them. Don't be a stranger. ?

What a trip, down memory lane. Built 300 models? ?

Very cool tribute subject! I like the display to. I'll follow Jahn3D on Fakebook.

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Wow ...? ... that's amazing. Is there a kit it's being added to? I needed to refresh my memory what the McLaren M6 is, please excuse my ignorance. I love the belt detail, possible to have those as separate parts, sort of like tank tracks?

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Assembled the engine. The instructions show the exhaust manifold/pipes to be glued on, am going to wait until the engine and muffler are glued onto the chassis before sticking those on, looks like trouble otherwise. Found out the decals are shot, no adhesive, and Solvaset does not have any effect, ended up using paint to stick the decal on. Something bugs me about the kit engineering on this. Shouldn't the rear wheel/tires be wider, instead of the same as the front? They made up the difference with longer axle stubs (wheels aren't snapped on yet).

First time I looked at your topic, your forum name ought to be Mr. Motorhead! Love the diorama setting, was wondering if there is a stack of all these engines in a back room. I had to comment on this, since I just assembled this very kit today. The instructions have basically everything aluminum, which is boring. I've used reference pictures, but don't recall the block being orange. I was wondering about the chain drive cover, makes sense to be black, now I *need to* modify mine. I painted the starter black with silver solenoid, to have some interest. Otherwise, Box Stock won't allow plug wires. Love your passion, keep motoring!

Thanks! I'm driven at the moment with this slam dunk project. I assembled the wheels with the evil tires that melt plastic. I put Bare Metal Foil on the inner rims, I have to assume the chrome will protect the outer rims, but I did put some on the cut-off areas. For whoever doesn't know, the vinyl tires have a chemical reaction with plastic, and ruin a model. Some military subjects have aftermarket resin tire/wheels to replace this ****. I built this Italeri last century: I scrubbed the engine/transaxle, and painted with Testors aluminum, which I should have done to begin with.

Painted the body this morning. It was a last minute decision, I just didn't want to paint boring silver. This is Sally Hansen - HARD AS NAILS XTREME WEAR nail color, Breezy Blue. I'm now going to paint the chassis pan all flat black, instead of aluminum. I didn't edit the photos, first under LED light, second outside. I can *never* get a clean paint job, have some dust/lint to deal with. ?

Understand about stalling, and rebooting! Cheering you on, looks like a cool subject.

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Received today! THANK YOU! ? That's why I started this project. Sub assemblies glued with regular Testors glue and Flex-i-file liquid cement. This is a really simple kit! Filled sink holes with Squadron putty. Trying a variation of a technique I learned on this forum, before any paint, slop brushed flat black in jamb lines. Very little scribing was needed first. Wet-sanded the body, quite a bit was needed at the louver things behind the window. The way this is assembled, made it tricky, I had temporarily glued on the bumpers so I could make everything flush and fit right, then broke apart before painting. Airbrushed Testors flat white for a primer. Painted various other parts. Gloss black for parts that would get Alclad, but I wanted the starter to be black instead of aluminum (seems like 95% is silver) for some contrast, is that wrong? ? Other parts flat black; found it interesting the instructions say "flat black" but don't show where on the chrome muffler, pictures show the 4 exhaust tips are black with no chrome tips! Pictures also show engine compartment is flat black, not shown on instructions. The inner wheels are Alclad polished aluminum, also painted the other side flat black because the wheel slots are open, something the instructions don't mention and I'm sure many builders would overlook. Instructions also say the exhaust manifold is aluminum, pictures show flat black, so had to mask the Alclad stainless steel pipe using velum paper with a slot and hole to mask, to avoid using tape. I even custom mixed aluminum and gold to spray just the carburetor. I really hate brush painting ? But I hit a snag, the engine was painted Alclad flat aluminum over black, it shrank and pulled away from all inside corners, so need to remedy that. ? Guess that paint can only be used on flat airplane panels. So cool to have the internet for reference nowadays. This You Tube video Aerovette -- Corvette Show Car shows the interior features, specifically the instruments. It's amusing to see the high tech LED tach and speedometer "in the line of sight", and to see the other functions you need to look down on the counsel and push the right buttons. I was wondering why there was not gauge decal. Also discovered they left out the pedals, not even molded into the floor! No windshield wipers either.

I did that for doing the seats on my MINI Cooper. It is a trick to conform the brass screen, and then spraying the exact amount of paint. I've considering doing the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento this way, which would take like a whole year. ?

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During my research today, saw something about that engine. Since I'm staying with Box Stock, and wish to finish this, not going there! Yep, don't stack well at all! ? The way they're folded together, with tabs that grab the lid when opening, horrible design. In fact, the first thing I've done to commence construction, was cut the box! I checked out some websites, found this AMCAR guide: Chevrolet Aerovette Concept a good start. Notice the lack of door mirrors on the early version. I see discrepancies in colors as instructions show, so will correct as needed. I glued together sub-assemblies, have wet-sanded the body, will post pictures later.

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AGREED! I still draw house plans by the dinosaur method of graphite on velum. I've seen plenty of GIGO computer generated plans, the draftsman having no clue how things are built, with glaring mistakes. If I ever get around to building this, I'm more interested in making it look realistic, than obsessing over dimensions, unless the mistake is glaring.