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Ha ha, I dunno, you may be on the right track with the hyper frustration part. Sometimes i think this hobby isn't as relaxing as it's supposed to be.

Thanks for the comments. Got a few little things done this weekend. Big project is the pillar gauges. Started by coating the pieces with mold release and then covering with Bare Metal Foil. I bought a sheet of black BMF and was not really thrilled with it so I use it for these kind of tasks. Protected the rest of the car from stray Milliput. Mixed up some Milliput epoxy putty and sculpted a pillar. After the basic shape was there I pressed in some reamed out plastic rods for gauges. Once the putty sets I'll blend the gauges to the pillar with some softer putty and fine tune the shape. Started formulating my plan for shaving a scale inch or two from the suspension. Till next time. . .

Where would someone find a good 25th scale plow to add to this kit?

Oh boy you guys are waiting on me! I guess that's my queue to get some bench time in. Was a slow couple of weekends. Was working on my full size car, not as fun as this one, but gotta get to work somehow. And repairing some Bathroom issues. Excuses, excuses, I know. I have made a little progress though. . . Finished off the tail light openings to fit the aftermarket setup in the Hobby Design kit. These are awesome little pieces that have a lot of detail. Finishing up the seats. filling in a few small gaps between the kit and photo etched pieces. I cut the side windows off and temporarily mounted the front piece to the silver body so I can start fabricating the gauge pillars. Still trying to figure out how to lower this thing!

Cool, good to know. I remember holding onto one of these when our Walmart was closing out of model kits. Didn't really have time to build anything then so i put it down. Regretted it every time i looked on eBay. I'll pick up a couple of these. My favorite style full size pickup.

Yup! That's why I love building models. Although, I think I would still build scale cars even if I had the dough. Brandon, your F40 is looking great. I love seeing them in different colors too.

Amazing!

Been watching these for a while, just too much for what I want to do. I'm really excited for this release. Did they ever make a stepside kit?

This looks awesome! Can't wait to see more!

Watching the Daytona 500 i noticed that the cars have switched to digital gauge panels. It makes sense, but there's just something about the look of a dash array of gauges with bright red needles, I'm gonna miss it.

Looking good! That Hobby Design set will spice it up nice. Yup yellow calipers is the way to go.

The S2000 is your standard Tamiya curbside so the engine detail molded into the chassis will need to be removed. Don't know if anything else needs to be removed.

He he yeah but my friend's is far from a stock F20C. This is more than what I want to do for this project. I did get a bit of work done this weekend. Most noticeably, the mold seams smoothed on the front fenders. First coat of white primer doesn't show any signs of them. Worked on the rear air dam and some interior as well.

Not doing any engine detail. Hobby Design does make a kit to retrofit under hood detail and a Honda F20C engine but that's more fabricating than I'm up for on this project. This is the goal, sans rally decals. As you can see this car sits LOW! Does anyone have any tips or suggestions for lowering a Tamiya kit?

Adding a couple aftermarket parts to replicate a friend's S2000. The first kit I bought was a Right side drive only so I had to pick up a second that had the Left side dash option. It's coming in handy as I am fitting a spoiler and building a front ground effects kit from scratch. The second body allows me to do that with a spare body while working on the modifications to the rest of the body. The seams on both bodies are atrocious! New exhaust fabbed up. There's some nice photoetch pieces in the Hobby Design kit The front air dam and some work on the intake and removed stock hood.

Great choice of color! I'll second the yellow calipers.

I just use an HP all in one inkjet. Works great for everything. Obviously anything like white text is going to be difficult but one way to get close would be to create a background as close to the color of the surface you're decaling and the white text would be the negative space. What kit/conversion is that Camaro?

Testors "Racing Red" for sure and either "Mica Blue" or "Racing Blue" from Tamiya I can't remember. Yes the Red will need some clear.

You better be sure before you run!

Very Nice work! I'm working on this kit as well at the moment. The mold lines on the body are nasty and your finished kit shows no signs of them!

Thanks! Not bad. Some detail painting and these should look pretty good! That dash piece is begging for some carbon fiber decals!

Excited for a review. I've yet to see any at the hobby stores around here.

AMT/Aoshima Back to the Future II Delorean

This is awesome!

I'm on Xbox live as BeeToast. Play lots of different games including Forza 6. I'm probably not the coolest person to race online with, I'm a firm believer of the 8 tires corner better than 4 method of racing in that game.