Tommy124

Extremely clean builds, very cool models. Love all of them!

Very nice builds, especially like the Skyline!

VERY nice models, all of them!

Amazing work, Dann! Looking forward to see more of this brilliant SB stuff!

X2

Beautiful build, very nice!

Excellent work - like it a lot!

Very nice model, but where are the engine shots?

I used to apply BMF onto primer but changed my process a bit, inspired by Steve's tips. I find it much easier to remove only 1 or 2 coats on the emblems than, say, 4 or 5. In some cases I use Micro Mesh 8000 grade to give them a bit of "extra" shine.

Well done, great model!

Hi Ludwig, very nice! The white body / red interior combo is a timeless classic and you have made a really beautiful result out of it. Again, a very nice interior! Correct plates aswell, so there should be no trouble with the Michigan State authorities. The Hurst wheels and redlines go along very well with the car. Well done and.. you know...

There is fantastic quality literally dripping out of every image I see... This will be a FINE result soon!

Nice Vette - well done!

Well done on this stone-old kit!

Congratulations! All I can say is that these images show some of the best and cleanest paint jobs I have seen on modern exotic car models. I take it that you used automotive lacquer paints topped with 2k clear coat?

Nope, the bonus is really just about the waterslide decals.

I fully agree, the snapper is a nice kit! Built box-stock by my son (11) some weeks ago: I'd just make sure to get the black boxart "MAX" kit, as that contains both the self-adhesive and the waterslide decals. I wouldn't bother missing the flame decals, but the Chevy decals are important.

VERY NICE!

Nice build, beautiful color! If I'm not mistaken, you drilled out the "chrome" headlights and replaced them with clear lenses? Clever move!

Just excellent work! I have that kit on my to-do-list... Normally I'd say that blue is the color to go for with this kit and I saw some painted in green before, which didn't fully convince me otherwise. But yours is looking great, especially the combo with the tan-colored top!

Thanks Jerry! The color is is Tamiya TS 54 spray on light grey Tamiya primer. I once used that blue color before on WHITE primer and it came out as a totally different result.

No worries Steve! I'm not taking this the wrong way and I fully agree with your attitude on what it takes to improve. And thanks to you and the other guys for your compliments. @drodg: I use a very small amount of spray glue which I apply before the first primer coat. Marcos Cruz shared this method on this forum some time ago, my first try was on the '68 Firebird resto I did earlier this year. It basically worked from the get-go, even though I had to learn about how to properly mask the vinyl top and which styrene strips to use for making the trims and seams. You will find the thread here, it is also including some WIP pictures and the link to the Marcos Cruz tutorial.

Thanks to you all for your feedback. To be honest, I have absolutely NO IDEA how this "blackout" could happen. As usual I picked some google photos to show me the way to go. It might be that by mistake I looked at a later vintage car ('71 maybe), those do not have a fully straight trim but a little curve in it, to follow along with fender's contour probably. However, it's a mystery to me why I placed the trim that high, by the time of the build I could have sworn it was correct, especially as doing it correctly (and straight) would have been a lot easier too. Very annoying, I must say, to have done such a bad job on an important detail. However I truly appreciate the objective criticism!

Hi there, I got this one finished recently. Mostly built box-stock apart from some smaller changes like the vinyl top applications and the antenna. The air filter has been modified in order to match the non-W 30 configuration. Fireball decals have been applied to the kit's tyres and the engine has been wired. And yes, the awful kit's steering wheel has been replaced with one from a Revell '69 Camaro kit...

I agree! At the beginning of the build (in your post on Oct. 6th) it looked to me as if you would go for drilling the molded-in door handles open. Now they are gone. Have you changed your mind and use separate ones instead?