Tommy124

Simply beautiful! Did you use Alclad on the bumpers?

Fully agree with you there Bill! And may I add that for filling panel lines you can use the same method, but depending on the depth of the line, it may be recommended to use styrene melted in glue. The way I did here with the sunroof panel lines on the Porsche.

Lovely restoration! I like the BMF job you did on the lettering.

Really great models and photos! You have a great gift of making them look REAL!

Both modifications look good but 20 inch Rallys if favorite for me...

Looking great so far!

My name is Tommy and I'm a collective addict. Coming here helps me, especially when I see that I'm NOT crazy owning ONLY around 400 kits. Which equals around 65 years of work to do at my current building rate. Could be difficult, but why bother with facts of life while you've got a nice hobby... While I'm writing this, another parcel is being handed over to me. 4 new kits inside I believe... On a good day I can remember what I ordered. Wait... 2017 Camaro AMT Snap kit, AMT '68 El Camino Derby Kit, MPC '73 Mustang... what's the last again? Ah right, Monogram '70 Buick GSX. And some wheels, but wheels don't count, right? Collect on!

Maybe this will help? Works fine for me.

Tim, as so many here have pointed out already, the book is a joyful read, brilliant source of information and great inspiration. I was happy to be able to order it quickly easily from Amazon Germany, but I would have ordered it from anywhere... Happy to hear that there will be a second print-run. May I ask what the quantity was for the first print-run?

Can anyone imagine I'm in US car model mode lately...? I got the two 60's Vettes second-hand VERY cheap (15 EUR all-in). The '60 is slightly started on the body, but practically new. But the deal for me was more about the '63 coupe... The MPC Vette kit I bought because of its multiple building options. Last not least, the Monte Carlo snap kit is for my 10-year old son. I'm doing all I can to get him into modelling and he likes the look of this car. Now I'm annoyed I did not order another one for myself while they were on stock, as I have seen here what a nice model can be made of it with just a little work: http://www.rightonreplicas.com/blog/?page_id=1259 On the right hand side batch, some AMT customs tyres, photo edged parts for the '68 Mustang by MBM Munich, yellow and red PE side markers by Czech Truck Model, some great tyre decals by Fireball Modelworks and in the cardboard box a variety of rims by Scale Production for some future Porsche projects...

Nice kit, nice paint and nice wheels. Looking forward to see your progress!

I see what you mean. As proper wheel stance is such an important thing on a kit but yet so hard to achieve by building the kit instructions-style, I have been using a different method since quite some time now. I dare to say I probably won't need any luck with that because it's rather "idiot-proof". If you are interested in more details, I will show some photos once I'm in the process of doing the wheels one of these days.

That Camaro is just lovely. One of those cars that can "wear" any color!

Hi Jason, in case the bad fit is caused by the hood being kind of warped, I recommend to cautiously warm the hood up (using a hairdyer or hot water) and then try to get it back into shape. If it's really about the kit's poor fit, well... Edit: ah okay, I got that wrong. I thought this was about a gap in height, not in width.

Casey, my statements were solely referring to hobby equipment booths only. Like the one shown in my post above as of November 22. Because that is what I‘m using, with all the pros and cons it has.

You may want to consider adding a Charcoal filter into the exhaust stream, that is something that could help with the fumes, or you consider using less harmful Acrylic paints. although I have a Modeler Friend who has been using the same paint system for over 40 years, and acts like it would be the end of the world to switch to a different system. From my experience, those open paint booths for modellers are mostly designed to get rid of the paint spray rather than the chemical smell. If you spray paints that need thinning or cleaning with the real stinky stuff, there will be no way past thoroughly ventilating the room for an hour or more afterwards. Especially if the room is not designated only for the hobby. You’re right about the additional air cleaning by using a charcoal filter but be aware of the fact that this will decrease the airflow capacity of the booth.

Yes, and color for flat black!

Looks good, like an extreme tuning car. Do you know you could have painted it black and still have done it in original DTM livery: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-24157-opel-calibra-cliff--115142

Sharp car, sharp model. Thanks for showing.

We have a saying here in Germany: One is looking nicer than the next one. Meaning they ALL are lovely!

My opinion exactly. I LOVE using Molotov but the regular (1 mm) pen doesn't really offer too many possibilities for an even way of painting parts. Plus the tip dries very quickly. So maybe consider to handbrush it (using the paint from the refill pen) or go for one of the wider (2 or 4 mm) pens. Those are more a kind of felt tip pen, which makes even painting much easier. See the link: https://www.amazon.com/Molotow-Liquid-Chrome-Pack-markers/dp/B01MU9AS2N

Looking good. Some of your images have a slightly "purple touch" to them although clearly you are using silver. So I guess it's only reflections showing on those images. Anyway, I just held my breath because of that as I am currently doing the same kit - but I am actually using a metallic purple color! I would have found it odd (and maybe to much to bear for the forum...) if two guys built a purple '69 Camaro at the same time...

Sure, why not. This is the WIP, it's finished now and you can see images of the completed build at the end of it: http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=838710#post838710

Yours has been a great year in modelling, Ludwig. 17 top results, wow. Surprised I did not know all of them so far. I like them all, but the Lincoln Continental stands out a bit for me...

You're welcome. TBH I cannot tell you as I have applied the clear coat on a white (Zero Paints) basecoat. So I can mainly judge on the surface, gloss and sandability. The LP basecoats I used were rather small portions of red and aluminium (for engine parts). I have been using the 1:2 ration on those , they pretty much reminded me of the TS consistency. And they covered very well.