Tommy124

Excellent job on that old kit, congrats!

Thank you, David, Larry, Carl and Steve!

Scale Production have done an excellent transkit based on the AMT kit: https://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=734021#post734021 It‘s sold out for now, but maybe there’ll be another re-release some day...

That's a great green beast! Well done, especially on the trick CF decals...

Great progress on the headlight details! And a bit of a provocation to use those Ingolstadt city plates from the Audi R8 kit... As you might know, Ingolstadt is the Audi production location...

As we discussed and (I think?) agreed in the other thread, no real need to go for ZP primer. ZP base and clearcoats, yes, but I'd agree to stick to Tamiya primer cans until something better or just as good (while cheaper) comes along. The trouble with trying out primers, you only find out about them when it's too late. As regards your build of the NSX, I will be following, I still have the Castrol Mugen version in my stash.

Absolutely... me too. Lights are the "eyes" of a car, if they won't look good, the model is guaranteed not to look "real"...

Nicely said. A lot of good SB work to be seen in this WIP thread, no doubt about that!

As I have been asked about the color: as I mentioned this is Pontiac Verdoro Green by Gravity Colors. That is Gravity Colors Europe. Yes, there has been a lot of confusion about Gravity lately but I can confirm that the colors and customer service as as great as before!

Great result, Ludwig! Top paint job and the interior looks great aswell with that „pearly“ touch!

I bought from the European site several times and I can confirm that both products and customer service are excellent indeed. Btw, I used Pontiac Verdoro Green from them on my last build:

You have a point there...

CobraBird??

That's right. At least in Germany these very same booths come with 2 types of filters. One that is blue on the front and white on the reverse side and behind that there is a greyish one. The blue/ white one is for absorbing the spray mist and the grey one for the fumes. According to the German manual, you can leave the blue/ white one completely if you use an exhaust air hose. That will also increase the performance in suction because the airflow has less resistance.

I used the same stuff first but find that it takes "ages" to dry. That's why I switched to using water-soluble, transparent craft glue. I simply apply that with a brush on the BMF parts which are inside the body and it will dry shortly and hold the BMF in place just fine. After that, I clean the brush with plain water.

I would say that this is the most traditional or conventional way of self-making the vinyl structure. It sure works fine for a lot of people. But you spray the paint at a very late stage when the body is already (more or less) finished. So you'll either have to live with the result or possibly correct it on the almost-finished body. IMHO the upside of the "glue method" is that at an early stage you can see and define the way the structure will actually be. If you find the structure to be too "coarse", you stand still sand it down before any body color has yet been applied. And in the end all you'll have to do is properly mask the body and paint the top matt black.

Sorry, I meant the line on the headlight housing...

Hi Nathan, let me the the first one to gratulate you on this great build. You have really reached a great level of detailing, as you set out to do. Handling those old decals sure wasn't easy but you managed to do that aswell. The engine compartment is looking great and "busy" - something that most Tamiya Group C car kits are lacking when built OOB. Also you have considered the silver trim lines on the outer tail light glass housing. Did you you paint this or do it by BMF?

Well... that was 13 years ago...

Real nice work!

Hi Gene, I understand your regrets... That is one beautiful Grand Prix and the color looks perfect on that one, too! I hear you, Terry! Mag wheels are the classic ones to go for on this car. I tried these ones on and instantly liked what I saw. By the way, I have modified some things on the front of the car which I wasn't happy with in the first place (mainly the headlights) and took new photos of that. I edited the initial post and added the new photos there!

Looks great in that color - I like it!

Very nicely done and FWIW, the engine is a modern Ferrari V12 (575 Superamerica, 612 Scaglietti or the like...).

Lovely Vette, well done!

Hi Dann, great to see you taking on this classic. You are absolutely right in leaving that odd front spoiler. It just does not seem right for any of the many varieties of Pantera cars. Looking forward to see more - count me in!