Tommy124

Very nice build of this special car with one one of the best-sounding engines, Bruce! Another fact around this car is that Toyota's most experienced test driver Hiromu Naruse died in an LFA Nürburgring Edition close to the track in 2011. https://www.motortrend.com/news/lexus-lfa-test-driver-killed-in-crash-in-germany-9096/

Many thanks guys, I appreciate it! Thanks Eric. I bought the spray can on Ebay Germany.

Thanks a lot guys, I'm glad you like this land yacht! Thanks John. No magic in making these photos in sunny daylight, using my iPhone camera and a photo box (made of printouts). ? Yes Steve, that's it. It was called code 34 for Buick, but the color was available for mostly all GM brands. GM color code is WA3977.

Many thanks Carl!

Basically looks pretty good! But you‘re right about the headlights, it‘s the #1 PITA about this (actually quitegood) kit. When I did mine, I looked on the internet for some tinted real car headlights which I scaled down and printed out on regular paper. Not as perfect as real headlights, but an acceptable compromise.

Many thanks for your kind feedback guys! The color is Tamiya paint btw, I used TS-58 on the body, cleared with Testors Wet Look. The interior is Linoleum Deck Brown and the top boot is Sea Blue.

Thanks Anders and Carl!

Thanks guys! @Kurt: yes, most of them Hasegawa Delta kits are rally versions. I have the "Super Delta" in Martini livery yet to do myself.

Thanks Bob!

Hi folks, it's been a while since I've done a European road car. This has been a nice kit, nothing else to be expected from Hasegawa. Built straight out of the box. The car itself, a legend... the race version has won no less that 6 world rallye titles on the trot. The road car, some consider it to be the Ferrarí of the hatchback class. Probably right about that... ?

Nothing short of a fantastic build, Chang! Excellent in every department. I have this kit aswell and your model pretty much shows the max that can be done with it!

Many thanks guys, I appreciate it! Thanks Albert. I used 2k clear coat over Zero Paints (Pure White & Rothmans Racing Blue).

Hi Anders, different kind of subject from you this time... what's identical to your other builds is the great level of skills that you show. Very nice result and the "mean" carbon fibre certainly is a nice contrast to the "innocent" light blue color! ?

Many thanks guys! Yes, indeed this is the Italeri re-release of the old Protar (plastic) kit. Some might know that there was a Protar metal kit aswell. Decals in the kit were of good quality but it still was a big PITA to get it look like this. This included mixing paint to match the light and dark blue and red color, in order to cover the spots that were left blank by the decals. As regards the real racing car, the LC2 was the only Group C racing car ever to have a Ferrari engine. It was real quick and a serious threat to the Porsche 956's, however in the long endurance races, its durability didn't stand a chance against the 956's.

Great result! If this type of chrome effect would have come from any kind of paint, I wouldn't have believed it! I would like to know more about the vinyl chrome you used.

Thanks gentlemen, for your kind words!

Nice build of an extremely nice kit! One small criticism, if I may, is that the front "Benz grille" should be blacked out. I built this kit when those cars were still running in the DTM, around 1995. Still have the model and, apart from the labels being ages and yellowed, I still like it. https://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=789071#post789071 By the way, I saw that the both of us arranged the decals on the front hood differently. Mine has the Tabac decal above the Sonax one, yours has it the otherway round. Also the Tamiya box shows it the way you did it. So while I was thinking I did it wrong back then but never noticed it in all these years, I found images of BOTH versions on the internet. Turns out that the Roland Asch car has it the way you did it and the Bernd Schneider car (which I built) has it the way I built it. I guess this was purposely done by AMG Mercedes back then to do justice to both sponsors. Knowing Tamiya's sense of perfectionism, they probably stated this correcly for both options in the instructions aswell...

Excellent build, outstanding result! I once had this kit in my stash but sold it some years ago because at the time I felt I was not ever gonna take on the amount of work that would come with turning it into a result that could be halfway as nice as yours.

Nice build & clean result!

Hi there, I just finished this project which I started 3 years ago. The kit is the Tamiya 956 "Kenwood" kit, I used the Tamiya PE parts set and Shunko decals on this. Paint is Zero Paints basecoat + 2K automotive clear. The engine detail is very poor on this kit, so besides using the PE parts I added some scratch-built details.

Thanks guys!

Thanks Andre, Gareth and Mike. I‘m happy you like the paint finish!