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No problem at all, JC... Your expertise and your comments are more than welcome! And I hate monologue-style WIP's...

My opinion absolutely, nicely put. I try to commit myself to the level of detailing (which equals level of work) I intend to put into a kit, prior to even starting it. Needless to say, this does not always work as you grow on the model and mostly discover lots of its shortcomings no sooner than in the middle of the process. I'm glad I've not only grown as a modeler but also in character (if you know what I mean) - compared to my first "great building period" 20 or 25 years ago - which gives me the patience to put a build on hold for a while, if necessary. Which is exactly what I am doing now with the Porsche build because I felt that all the adjusting work for the aftermarket parts is not that much fun anymore at the moment. You see I'm in it for the fun of building too, but unlike in former times I won't let impatience get the better of me. I guess that when you're a bit older you don't want to waste good results easily anymore...

Great save of a beautiful (and rare) kit!

Nice job on the BB, Dann! It's a beautiful body color that works very well in contrast with the black trim! Nice collection indeed, but at least 2 are missing (Esci, Marui).

Looks great JC, good effort. Guess the same thing will happen to the door panels? As to my own progress, the work on fitting the aftermarket brakes and rims has become somewhat tiresome. As mentioned above, I will show the process in details once it's done but I assume I will take a break from this build for a while and do something "quicker" in the meantime. Thinking of making a restoration to an old, simple kit... Before that, however, I will post the images on the Porsche's body paint job. During all of my research on this car I saw lots of images of the car in silver and l liked it a lot. There was one favorite color I would have done rather than that and that would be amethyst metallic. However, as at this stage that color wasn't available to me, I went for silver. The color of choice is Tamiya TS 17. After that I gave it a shot with Spraila automotive 1k clear from the can. Orange peel, right? Right! There just HAS to be orange peel on my clear, otherwise something's wrong... But with a lot of elbow grease, and using Tamiya sanding sponge 3000 grit and Micro Mesh grit 3200 up to 12000 (all sanded wet), followed by polishing all 3 Tamiya compounds, the result was more to my liking: To be continued...

Thanks a LOT for sharing another great trick, Dann! This will be tried out!

Hi Dann, this wood effect really looks great! I would be interested in learning about your technique too...

Looking forward to see you build this. Btw, it’s from 1978, according to Scalemates: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/128161-tamiya-24009-mazda-savanna-rx-7

A cool kit done great!

Good idea. I think those silver-only Fuchs rims are mostly lacking some depth (or black inside painting...), so you did just the right thing!

Thanks, Anders. You think I should sell them for money? But wait, it's just Evergreen stuff and everybody can buy that! Thanks to you too, David. I chose to build this "dispensable" kit over other Diablo kits from my stock (I have 2 Fujimi kits) as I did not know how good or bad the results would be. As I mentioned, this was to be my first kit after 20 years... As far as the ZP 1k clear is concerned... I just don't like it. There is no good balance between effort (and the stinking!) and result imho. I used this once again a few months ago in order to make an intermediate clear coat (for decals to be applied on, final 2k to be used over the decals) and I hoped my learning curve would help me to get along with the stuff better 2 years later but - nope! My advice, if you decide to go down "poison road" where the stinky stuff comes from, use the 2k right away. It's much better, it can be better sanded, polished etc. As an alternative for 1k clear I can however recommend the new Tamiya Laquer Paint (LP-9). That is some funny stuff that requires an awful lot of thinners (ratio 1:3 !), but it shoots very nicely through the airbrush and it can be easily polished. I hear only very little about people using these Tamiya LP colors, but I used a couple of them and they are very good. It's actually the same stuff that's in the TS cans, only the variety of colors available is different.

Beautiful, those later shots do the model the justice it deserves!

Thanks Lloyd, much appreciated. Thanks to you too, Mike. Yes, it's a simple trick but I like the result too. Thanks a lot, Dann, I sure hope so. Btw, I am currently working on fitting the aftermarket wheels and brake discs to the chassis in such a way as to have a proper stance. Only after that I will start shooting the body color, paint the rims and finish the interior. Not least in order to later remember how exactly I did those things (in the likely case I will be using these ScaleProduction parts again on another Porsche model), I will show a detailed WIP later on.

Looking great! Clear did work out exactly the way it should imho. Details on the chassis bottom pretty much go to show what can be done on such a simple kit!

Stance and Fujimi wheels are looking fine already, looking forward to seeing this painted...

Another great one, Ludwig!

Thanks a lot, Dann! I'll take that as compliment... Thanks, Gary appreciated! Thanks, Alex. Also for your suggestions, I'll try to take my photos to another "level". Thanks, Kurt. I didn't really like the Diablo either when it was first released in 1990. But the car matured on me in the course of the years. To me the major improvement in the design was changing the pop-up headlights for the beautiful under-glass headlights in '99. I LOVE under-glass headlights! By the way, the ones used on the Diablo are same ones like on the nice Nissan 300 ZX (starting in 1990). Thanks to you too, Terry!

Excellent build! Love it...

Fortunately I was able to get one of these "gems" again: Anybody wanna take a guess on what my favourite Porsche is...? (no, they are not all for me...)

Thanks JC and Alex, there'll be more flocking for the floor mats. Moreover I am planning on making the seats and belts the same color scheme like on the iPad photo. I gather a bit of a "friendly grey" and red belts will lighten up the otherwise dark interior. And I will use Dann's way of making the buckles... Thanks, William! It's a great compliment that my build might inspire you to go for a Porsche build yourself. Would like to see that! Danke, Dann! As mentioned above, I will use your way of making the buckles. Hopefully they turn out to be half as good as yours...

Thanks Atin, glad you like it too!

NJ, first of all, nice model! I especially like the varnish, interior and the wheels. I also visited your website, especially the "About" section is a very amusing read. I like that style! Your website domain is saved as I will sooner or later come back to you on US car decals. You seem to have a lot goods ones of them on offer. Final question: as on your website you state that you do all paintjobs except for metallics with a brush, has the Road Runner been done with a brush too??

Thanks folks, appreciated! Thanks to you too Atin! Not quite sure about what you mean. True, the glass has been a bit out of shape and so had a rather bad fit, especially in the A pillar area. But I don't remember it as being thick. But I applied a decal on top of the windscreen in order to simulate a "sun protection stripe" of tinted glass (I don't know the English word, would be happy to learn it...), maybe that is what makes it appear thickish to you...?

I fully agree!

Thanks a lot William, appreciated!