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My most awarded diorama, based on Tamiya's Vehicross. It started on a hike near Goblin Valley State Park in Utah, Muley Twist slot canyon to be exact, this rock caught my eye, it is a perfect miniature of slickrock. Spent about half an hour to find matching rocks, nothing close. Sawed that rock in half to stretch out the use of it. Found the tree when combing a field of Sagebrush. Chopped the top, fabricated the cover from Corian; based on a concept done by Isuzu. I also scratch-built suspension parts so it would have the stance. Fujimi mechanic modified with shorts, he is looking at the hanging pitman arm. The woman is a Preiser figure, looking at a photo of a Canyonlands map, and saying "no wonder, it says JEEP trail." Also added a snake.

Nice, compact size, nostalgic theme, dirty details, nice work.

Very nice! I had the chance to drive some of Route 66. The owner of that station is a legend, found out afterward when I visited the museum in Oklahoma. I almost blew past, did a u-turn, so glad I stopped. While there, a couple from Japan stopped in, he turned 66, were spending a few weeks on the Mother Road.

Last century, there was a well known artist in Prescott who built shadow box dioramas. The County head shed has several. They were more shallow than we need for displaying cars, but that can be adjusted. He used long light bulbs behind a valance at the top, modern LED lights would be the ticket. I like how he morphed the dimensional parts into the painting. Someday I'll try this.

The AMT kit of the Ferrari 250 SWB stinks! So I thought putting it in a diorama would be appropriate. The tree stump is from a bush found outside, same with the grass. The tarp is diluted white glue soaked Kleenex. This was the first diorama I built as an adult.

A few years ago, I needed some more parts, called the number, he answered, said he went out of business. The economy tanking did him in. Glad I got what I did long ago.

Daily driver is a 2016 Honda Civic EX-T. But I'm posting the '69 Chevy longbed because it's cool, and seems to be impossible to find a kit of it!

Wow, glad I got this panel when I did! BTW the interior part is totally wrong.

It's crazy what body mods are done on DTM cars.

Ditto above! One reason I'm getting back into building again.

For those who like to salvage parts, cheap cigarette lighter valves (not Bic) could work.

Following..... Just in case I do the '57 Chevy 4 door station wagon, and/or Mercedes 170 convertible that my dad owned.

I owned a '57 4 door wagon years ago, a 150 with the Stovebolt and Powerglide. I was planning to make one when hell freezes over. LOL If I ever do, who would make resin castings of it?

Copy/pasting from page 1: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10375903 I've used wine bottle foil for reflectors.

Cool! Regarding the size, it's a bit larger than your average Ferrari.

I saw this at Desert Scale and GSL! Very nice job, and I love the subject.

Wow, very impressive!

Awesome build! I recently picked this kit up.

I started mine years ago, recently finished. I was disappointed that Tamiya left off the intercoolers, which I scratch-built.

Very nice build! I have this kit, and the NART Spyder too, so glad I got them years ago. First I heard about the plastic dye coming through paint!

I have that kit! I was disappointed there is no engine, but would bet there is an aftermarket kit somewhere (like for the 330 P4). You did a great job with it. I was going to suggest vacuum forming the covers, don't need the vacuum box, just mount the kit parts on sticks, heat plastic on the stove, and then stretch.

On a lark, I wanted to whip out a model for the Box Plus category at GSL. I knew brand new shiny was going to win, but so what, I finished it in 28 hours. Building an old kit brings appreciation for what we have now. The total lack of location points was funny, the instructions have no reference for colors and part # with left/right was not clear. My techique for the patina: sprayed a dark brown first coat, second lighter brown has real rust thrown onto it when still wet, and then rubbed off the excess. The color coats were sprayed next, I figured out the colors using online color chips, by mixing test samples on paper, then mixed in the airbrush cup. I wet-sanded to expose the layers, some touch up was needed. Sure beats trying to get a perfect paint job! Because the rules allowed opening grills, doing this was doomed for disaster, perfect in this case. The trim is Alcad chrome. Final step was spraying Dullcoat with a drop of Africa Korps for dust.

I have that kit! Came out good.

Regarding the lead-in, don't I know it! I built a Fujimi 356 Cabrio years ago, painted exactly the same color. I sold it. Cool to see a restoration like this.

I won the blue version at the GSL Museum action, $90 seems like a steal after reading the previous comments.