Tommy124

Thanks for your kind words, folks...

Nice model! Is it only the photo or is there a small crack in the left rear tyre (looks like that on the first photo)?

I just sent you a PM...

Sounds good indeed! May I ask which method / medium you use in order to apply only "a thin glaze of super glue"? Maybe a micro brush? I use Plasti-Zap aswell and seem to get it out of the bottle only in rather large "drops"...

If you mean Faxe (with an "e"), that is Danish beer... I'm starting to take this personally... Cheers!

My opinion exactly!

Very nice Vette! The big scale really helps to make it look even more realistic... Still that was much better than the 165 hp from that 1975 small block...

Thanks again, folks. That's a nice one, too, Dann. A friend of mine just did this kit. What's good about it is that the fender flares come as separate parts, not molded to the body like with my (ZG) kit...

Great work, Andre, looking forward to your further progress... Austrian beer, really?? Don't you have any good German stuff over there? And I'm not talking about Beck's...

Hi folks, some months ago I did this build of the Fujimi DeTomaso Pantera GTS. This is a pretty simple (curbside) kit, but rather new (2012) and well done by Fujimi. The only downside of the kit are the thickish, lense-like glass parts... Here we go, hope you like it.

Very nice model! Looking forward to see more from your "vault"...

Fantastic build! Even at second and third glance, I don't see any issues with the clear and the decals. What kind of clear did you use?

Great result, Dann! The color and finish are nothing short of beautiful. Personally, I would have gone for a dark metallic blue for my own build (yet to come, one day...) but yours is looking VEEERY nice, too... Regarding the Italeri kit, I must however say that to my knowledge this one is identical to the Revell kit that I own myself. Speaking of Italeri... I don't know how it is in the USA, but in Germany/ Europe new car model kit releases by Italeri nowadays mostly are just re-releases of old Protar (best case) or Esci (worst case) kits. Some current examples being the Lancia Stratos, Lancia Delta Integrale, Ford Escort Mk. 2, Lamborghini Miura (the Esci one with the awful truck-like doors...). Looking forward however to the upcoming (re-)release of the Alfa Romeo 1600 Giulia Spider (originally be Protar).

Thanks for you kind words, folks! Not really much of a choice, Alex... The standard wheels included in the kit look like... I don't know... soup plates or something... : https://www.scalemates.com/kits/939397-fujimi-039299-nissan-fairlady-240zg Fortunately, this has been the later (2015) edition of the kit, in which Fujimi were reasonable enough to include those extra 15" Watanabe rims and fitting tyres. So all it took was a little bit of lowering the body... No, the hatch is closed in the kit but has been opened by me. Once I got the taste for cutting body parts open, there was no stopping me... I did some anthracite-colored flocking on the rear interior part and made a partial black cover for the area below the hatch aswell. Das ist nett von dir, dankeschön! This is simply Tamiya TS 12 sprayed from the can and polished to a glossy, but "natural" finish. No clear coat has been applied!

Thanks again folks! This is "Ferrari Rosso Metallizzato" from Gravity Colors Europe, item no. GC-217. And 2k clear on top of that...

I rather like the natural gloss on my Nissan 240 ZG Fairlady. Note that there is no clear coat on it, just Tamiya TS 12 and good ol' polishing work...

Hi folks, earlier this year, I have spent quite some time on doing this, so I'd like to show the results... As you may know this kit comes with a fully detailed 6-cylinder engine, but, for whatever reasons, with the bonnet closed. So it took some cutting to open the bonnet in order to be able to create the engine bay. I also opened the trunk door which made it necessary to make a simple opening mechanism (made from Evergreen material) and to modify the glass parts, using transparent plastic sheet material. I also decided to give the model a little touch by using tiny metal rivets in the fender widening. So here we go, I hope you like it:

Hi Dann, unbelievable! I have that same PE set... But then again, this build is about the Miura SV, and the SV (unlike the "normal" Miura) did NOT have those eye lashes. So they shouldn't be required anyway, or am I mistaken...?

Thanks again, folks! Yesss... You either like these wheels or you don't... Yes, you have the option to go for stock or custom wheels. Even though normally I'm not a fan of custom parts on a beautiful vintage car, I went for those custom wheels because I think the Vette looks a bit too "tame" on stock wheels. The body had to be lowered just a tiny bit in order to make it all look nice. I skipped the custom decals though (flame decals to be applied on the side of body...)

Hi Dann, I've seen this kit being done for so many times now and yet I'm sure you will add a new level of quality to it... Very anxious to see your further process, especially the "honeycomb grille trick"... Btw, isn't it strange that this type of grille is not available as separate aftermarket material in our beloved modelling scale? At least I have not found anything to this day. One could use this on several models besides the Miura, Ford GT 2016, for instance...

Hi there, great, I like it... I take it that's the Revell kit?? The color is somewhat out of the ordinary but suits the car very well...

Hello Alex, as with many great artists, THEY notice when they lose a few percent of their skills, but the public don't. So even if you might know what you might have done better ten years ago, it's still a great model and a real eye-pleaser... As far as your accident is concerned, I read an old interview on http://www.modelcarbeasts.com earlier this year while doing some research, so I knew about this. I was gladly surprised to find you back on the forum yesterday, so in the interest of high quality modelling, I trust you will be active on a regular basis now...

Great start and progress on the R34. I love the color and the finish is the visual definition of "brilliance"! I also like the panel lines. It can't be stressed enought how vital that is to a great, realistic-looking finish. The engine's coming along nice, too. Would be nice to see more builds of you again. Your website may be a bit outdated technical-wise, but the contents are still great to read and to look at. So rather spend your time on new projects...

Thanks folks, for your kind feedback. I'm glad you like the Vette... Yes, they are nice, but in fact, they are more a lovely touch by Revell as they are included in the kit! Thoughtful of them, isn't it? Well, actually it's a metallic red Ferrari color from Gravity Colours. It's quite similar to the color used on one of the models shown on the kit's box, which I liked a lot... Yes, it's a decal. The kit's body comes with the CORVETTE letters done as raised letters but there is also a decal included for those who want to make it easy on themselves... The decal looked good, so I sanded down the raised letters and used it. I'm happy with it!

Thanks, Alex... I'm flattered to get a compliment from such a maestro... Funny that I was just in the process of exploring your great tutorials on http://italianhorses.net/Tutorials/tutorials.htm around the time of this build...