Tommy124

Finally... someone painting the car in the color exactly according to the box art! LOL Looks good!

And I preferred the 5-cylinder turbo Audi S2 Coupe that I had in the mid-90's. Much heavier, but really fast (chip-tuned engine). The story about the replaced turbo suits perfectly to what I heard about the Lancia's engine at the time. These engines weren't really renown for their durability. That didn't keep Lancia from winning 6 rallye world titles in a row though...

Very nice work. I have seen quite a lot of these Delta kits spoiled by sloppy paint work on the grille. Yours is spot-on!

Nice choice of color and a great paint job aswell. Reminds me of your tutorial... Fully agree on sparing yourself the decal business, CF decals are significantly overrated, IMHO.

What can I say... COOL cars, all of them!

I like 'em all... Basically, there are 3 Countach types to me: the original LP400, the "winged" 5000 type 80's car and the "final edition" 25th Anniversary car. The Anniversary type - done: The other 2 will be done yet, probably in the shape of the brilliant Aoshima kits which I'd prefer over the Fujimis EM's anytime: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aoshima-046708-lamborghini-countach-lp400--196412 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/aoshima-01155-lamborghini-countach-5000-quattrovalvole-injection-ver-overseas--1030685

Nice build and the color came out beautifully.

Thanks, David, Steve and Jeremy!

Careful, Dann, as that means you'll still have to build a Bugatti to complete the scenery... LOL! Btw, I have that dog kit too!

I love this forum but I hate it that these "Big Boys" large-scale car builds are a in a completely different topic/ thread, one in which I rarely drop by. So I missed out again on a lot of your great progress, Dann. I don't know what to write about that anymore. Simply SB sensation!! I like your idea about modifying the "bull" and I will follow your WIP more regularly now!

Looking nice and a good and distinctive color choice. I have looked at a LOT of Chargers recently, and I don't remember any of them being yellow...

Good to know, thanks for the input!

I basically agree, yet I guess that when we're talking about the dangers of a spark and possible ignition, we are not talking about paint particles, but the solvent (flammable?) fumes?? And those will not be stopped by filters. Then again I have used flammable colors, thinners and cleaners for some time now along with my spray booth and I assume that the concentration is not high enough for the worst case to happen. Just have to make sure of good fresh air ventilation and not to sit in a "bowl of flammable fumes" which will turn out to be unhealthy in any way...

Thanks to you too, Ludwig - appreciated!

I have used Molotov Liquid Chrome applied by airbrush and sealed the surface using Alclad Aqua Gloss, which to my knowledge is not much different to Pledge, Future and the like. I have no doubts about the durability of MLC per se, but - as Steven rightfully pointed out - parts that require further handling will have to be protected. Using Alclad Aqua Gloss will help in doing this but be aware that a "portion" of the sheen will get lost anyway. Still a good result (I think at least) but you will notice it when comparing sealed and non-sealed parts. This is how it worked out on some of my builds: Another way to go is brush-painting bumpers etc. with MLC when they are already mounted to the body. Sounds like a dangerous venture, but in fact, MLC is rather thickish and covers very well. You have to be a bit careful but that's always required with a brush in hand, right? The upside of this method is that you don't have to seal it as the parts are already mounted to the body and don't require further handling/ touching.

100% agreed! Nice model!

Thanks Hugh, Bo, Pat and Chris! Kein Problem - DANKE!

Real great job on that grille!

I am using acupuncture needles in 0.35 mm diameter. Simply cut them to the required size. Works fine for me on 60's and 70's cars.

Well that's actually a Jota (although they call it "Miura Jota", but imho that's wrong). The Miura released by Italeri around 2 years ago (with the yellow car on the box) is the old ESCI kit which is totally out-of-proportion in the door-area. Compare that to a Hasegawa kit and it's pretty obvious that it's just a very bad kit. AFAIK there has not been a Jota by Esci so there is hope that this could be an Airfix kit, for example. I would stick to Hasegawa anyway, Miura and Jota are goods kits from them and easily available...

Your progress looks excellent and I really like your weathering! This is one of the WIP's where I am absolutely certain we will see a great result in the end.

I agree. To my knowledge, and aside from re-releasing Enthusiast Model kits once in a while, they hardly do any fully detailed kits anymore. But then again, 82 parts on this kit is more than I'd expect, so it's a more detailed kind of curbside kit.

Very nice, but more images would be great!

Right up my alley! GREAT model! (And another kit for my wishlist...)

That's a great build! Which color did you use, hemi orange metallic?