89AKurt

Yes, that's almost exactly what I'm dreaming of.

of dead fish

I had this hat in my diorama Mercedes. Who is that guy?

until Esso contracted

Next project idea, simply posting to have some sort of incentive to go for it. Got the vintage Monogram Porsche 904 slot-car version at GSL, which is completely different than the version with an engine. Friend had the Monogram Porsche March Indy car at the Phoenix model swap meet, I noticed "Porsche" when we started packing up so got it for $5. I never knew Porsche tried Indy, looked up the history and saw it was a dismal attempt, so no wonder. The kit isn't worth anything, and nobody seems to like Indy models, so why not hack it up? The 904 had the nice Fuches wheels and P7 tires, probably Fujimi. The Porsche Outlaws & Hot Rods topic inspired me. I have to catch up with other things before getting possessed and obsessed about this project.

Kitbash of the classic Monogram Ferrari 275P curbside/slot-car, a 1990 reissue of the 1964 kit, and the Revell 360 Modena Spyder that is sort of a curbside since the hood did not open, but had a window over the engine. Work In Progress I found the 275P at a Phoenix model swap last month, then saw the Modena and it was crazy time. Started Tax Day with a mock up, started butchering on the 18th, worked like a dog until the 3rd at Noon, just before heading up to GSL, 132 hours. I did rush it, could have spent a couple of weeks sanding and polishing, and it would probably would have ended up in the box like a few other projects. I just wanted something different than the typical super dooper shiny muscle car on the table. I didn't have time to write a build document, but had this for the description: Blasphemous and sacrilegious kitbash of a historic Ferrari race car that won Le Mans two years in a row, and another Ferrari that only has a 3586 cc 395 HP V8. Story is, this car was found in a chicken coop somewhere in Venezuela, missing the 3285cc 320 HP V12 engine and transmission, the aluminum tub was badly corroded from chicken poop. The Modena was bought at a tax auction, it was rolled by the drug dealer during a police chase. Built by a shop wanting to do a reality TV show, but never got funding because it’s just a Ferrari and not an American muscle car. Some of these pictures were taken at Page on the way home.

Yea thought I was nuts too, when I started looking at it. Thank you.

Busy forum. Thank you. Thank you very much. The secondary reason I built this, paid off! This is the only award I got at GSL. I resisted the temptation to add slush to the award.

Thank you! No worries, I have too! Thanks. Appreciate it! The person operating the camera would need to be. Thank you.

Love the creativity!

cut tiger whiskers

That's why I wear a hat.

Thanks for bumping, had not seen this nice completed 356. I have several Porsches and Ferraris in my stash. For some reason, the crude by comparison kits are getting my attention.

not unless microscopic

Good, can't see Russell Cook's VW. Thank you for being there. I would have chatted with you, but so many of your fans were in the way.

Thank you very much. It was never posted on the GSL website, so it got forgotten. It's my production, should have posted long ago on YouTube. Good seeing you were able to be there.

Welcome! Glad you liked it. Thanks, of course!

This is now the second time, I *had to* get a kit off eBay of something I missed when I was young. The 1991 kit was a decent deal since the rear window was missing. At the GSL swap I saw the 1964 slot car version of the kit, offered a little lower and snagged it. Now that I'm comparing, see they are totally different molds! The older kit had the modern wheels with P7s, which are feeling hard. So now I have another resto-rod project possibility.

which clogs hypodermic

I was expecting more entries than this, but it's more than the other times before. Think I have a chance of medaling.

Thanks everyone! Made it in one piece. Totally expected this class to be packed, exceptional work by others. I needed to take a picture, for when I filled out the information to register. I only had enough time to create a one page document, with 'before' pictures, so had to write on their online website some of the details of construction.

DONE!!!

Now that it's almost done, totally stoked. Thanks. Well DUH, it's getting done, not sitting for years in a box. It's easy, will do when I get back from GSL. I was concerned about the "glass". The kit had the wiper molded on, which I hated. Also had a crappy vac-formed window. I used the polishing system for doing paint, and made a HUGE improvement. And the best part, it fit without almost no glue, and the aluminum plate end parts were modified without wrecking them. Final photo-etch body detail, rivets for the door "glass". After I wolf my cereal, do the seatbelts. Then pack, shower, then blaze up to GSL!

More like did I work this week? It's now.... 3:00 AM. So close.

Hi there, thanks for stopping by, and thanks! I'm so proud of myself, that I started a new topic about the disk brakes. Doing all that for the paint would take a whole week. I have to leave by Noon tomarrow. Since I have to eat, posting progress while frozen pizza is baking. Last paint was doing inside the body flat black, and then the interior aluminum. Then I could start final assembly! Lots of masking, I'm lucky no paint peeled off with the masking tape. I had one tiny gap in the tape that got nailed, and some around the edges. I used Alclad matt aluminum at first, then changed to polished aluminum because I didn't like it that matt! Glad the work with the rivets shows up. Unmasked. Added Detail Master hood pins, used the traditional hairpin type. Had to work on the eye so it would go over the hood disk. Added a Pro Tech nut to each pin to help hold the wire on. Detail Master tuner pedals, on left-over photo-etch fret, so they move. (that's like really important ) Made the little lights using the clear sprue, the cordless drill, started the shaping by also using the Dremel, then sandpaper and my shorts to polish. Light lenses are barchetta aftermarket from Japan, looks like Cibie. The rectangle lights have chrome mylar reflectors. Glued on with clear Elmers. The taillights are Farmers Insurance red reflective, over AAA chrome mylar, stuck on baking soda can foil (it was in that mess pile), painted inside with Testors acrylic clear red, but left unpainted in the center where I punched the FI sticker. Cigarette package foil for hood insulation. Model Factory Hiro carpet. I hate the kit mirrors, most of the time I detail anyway, but these are bad! I competed with a little girl to gather up these party favor stars, wish someone would sell sheets of this mirrored plastic. Used the kit mirror for a pattern, glued in with a couple globs of Water Effects to glue. Added Replicas & Miniatures of MD aluminum screen in all the openings. Crazy Modelers chrome emblems, Hobby Design 3D emblems added. Put the body and chassis together for the last time! It's going to be a long night. Have radiator hoses, seatbelts, wheels/brakes to glue on. Looks like the headlights covers will work with some beveling. I should be able to polish the kit windshield, use sheet plastic for door windows. Engine bay details, hope I can make the exhaust work without futzing too much.