JeroenM3

he has a really nice shop aswell online... and sells aoshima kits relatively cheap (i havent found them cheaper yet atleast), and also good service when you have questions regarding ordering etc. Kemszi, some advice to prevent dust buildup during spraying, i have a hair blow dryer i use to blow over the cars between every layer of primer or paint i put down to blow of any dust that might have collected.... since ive done so, my finishes look 100x better!!

So far ive personally only used their cans, and i always get dissapointed by how much of the paint spray goes over the top or side of the model, but as i have no airbrush system yet ill have to make do with it still. First need to see if this is a lasting hobby for me or not (i tend to stop with things quite fast as i get bored). However i use a full can aswell of the TS paints (here in holland they are 100ml, no clue if its different in the states). The owner of my local modelshop was surprised when i told him i used that much, he uses 1 can to paint 2 full RC car bodies, those are bigger than our model cars so obviously we do something wrong i guess

These cars have been off factory world wide as a RHD, i believe the countries that sold them as LHD got converted once they landed in the country themselves by the importers.. i might be wrong though, but ive only seen a handfull with LHD including internet searches!

So i went to the modelshop today. The plan was to only get some tamiya fina surface primer.... Sadly they only had the red variant, and i was looking for the white version. then i found out they were clearing out the store due to closing down, so i spend alot more then i intended... This 722LSR had my eye for a long time already, but 65 euro for a kit i found a tad extreme, and well wax to get all those dirty fingers of the models, does anyone know if i can use regular car wax for the same purpose? i have plenty of those due to my detailing hobby (and starting business) Then i thought well these Revell's were originally 24.95, and i thought to myself id buy these sooner or later anyways, why not get them with 50% off... And then i thought lets look at the tamiya paints, ended up with the following: Overall shot of everything together Its hard to control myself in a store that has things that i LIKE (instead of NEED), i always end up spending way more then i intended....

Regarding the aston martin DB5, i believe i have seen it somewhere.. Edit: sorry it was a DB2 i had found..

I have to say the build ive done from Fujimi so far, was pretty dissapointing quality wise (BMW E30 M325i kit), but ive got 2 Ferrari Fujimi kits waiting, so im giving them another shot, but overall im not that great on Fujimi, but like i said i havent written them off yet! maybe i shud get this kit aswell then in the future to see what Fujimi really has in store.. looking forward to this build! About the wheels; i'd go for the Enkei RPF01 lookalike wheels

So spend some time on the MK2 again today, and happy to say im almost done with the build, just a few more of the metal-plastic parts to place on it, remove the tape from the windows (they are holding them inplace while gluing) Here is how she sits currently: Yes, alot of dirty fingers on the car, but those are ontop of the paint! not in the paint. They will come off with some waxing, which i will do when im completely finished with the car

great finish! im almost done with mine... shud get it finished soon now that ive seen this for some extra motivation again so thx for that

Sweet! looking forward to the WIP thread!

looks good! what id do though... put a splitter under it, and fill the gaps between what you got and the splitter and smooth it out... it will look badass then id think!

I have to do the same, and i noticed this also. However i got a big sheet of plastic (builder plastic we call it here in holland) to cover everything inside the garage. Since then ive had no problem with dust in the paint anymore (just remember to take your shoes of before entering the garage, made a huge difference also!)

make: Spyker Model: C8 Laviolette Small dutch car manufacturer, Last geneva show they showed the public their new engine... its only to be produced by Koenigsegg though, so that should be something to look forward too. I doubt Koenigsegg would sell them engines if they are really a dead fish in the water.... Also, dont forget this car was launched in 2003 or 2004. For back than this thing was a looker! shame america has so many health and safety rules, causing Spyker to mount a hideous steering wheel compared to how they initially launched their car... Well said, with most of the stuff i see posted here i just think "wow what an old boring crappy cars" but thats just my personal opinion, simply because im no fan of american cars (sorry) and i dont like old cars.. However its nice to see what people like. I mainly build exotics, that way i can own those cars, instead of having to earn millions to afford a huge storage space to park the real stuff

So, almost done with this build, all i have left to do is respray the rear spoiler. Sadly some of the glue came from between the 2 parts and got on the paint, final result ruined it so need to redo it. The rest of the body is done! and i put it completely together, i just realized i took these pictures before putting the final stickers/decals on... Body complete: And here its mounted on the chassis: I just realized that going with a brush over a body thats already in clear doesnt really work well. Therefore the window trim isnt that great sadly...

So after MANY hours of stripping and sanding, it is now repainted. Ive gone for a different color now. The previous paint sucked. it wasnt the nicest in finishes, and it wasnt really smooth even with clear on it. I've now decided to go for Tamiya TS37, its a lavender shade but suits the car real good in my opinion The XJ220 body i already painted as i had to turn my garage into a temporary paintbooth again, and figured as i will be away for xmas it has a nice period of time to sit and get hard while im away. Topic will follow once i get really started on it! Now its on to finish the Jag and Porsche for xmas

make: Spyker Model: C8 Laviolette Small dutch car manufacturer, Last geneva show they showed the public their new engine... its only to be produced by Koenigsegg though, so that should be something to look forward too. I doubt Koenigsegg would sell them engines if they are really a dead fish in the water.... Also, dont forget this car was launched in 2003 or 2004. For back than this thing was a looker! shame america has so many health and safety rules, causing Spyker to mount a hideous steering wheel compared to how they initially launched their car...

easy peasy... C8 laviolette, just remember im dutch and a share holder in the company Oh, and im a huge sportscar nut. I dont care much for normal cars (hence why i got a s**t daily driver and a killer M3 in the garage)

No not necessarily sportscars only, model cars in general, i just have a love for sportscars.... hence why my list are sportscars only...

Ive seen a kit just last week somewhere of a daytona coupe... let me try and find it back for you

It baffles me how many popular (sports)cars are not available as a model car kit. So i searched to see what kits others on here would want to have but cant (or havent found) find them. If theres already a topic like this, im sorry for creating a new one, just couldnt find it with the search option. I'm personally a huge sportscar fan, especially those made in europe, but alot of the ones id want to have/build just never seem to have been produced. Maybe i'm wrong and some of these are indeed produced, ifso could you post the links here? Here is a selection of what i would want to get if they are around: Pagani Zonda (prefferably the Cinque) Spyker Zagato BMW E46 M3 Koenigsegg's Maserati MC12 Mercedes CLK-GTR (road version) De Macross Epique gt1 (respect if you know what car this is without using a search engine first) Gumpert Apollo RUF CTR3 Now i know some of these are real low number builds or half the people on here probably wont know them even. but still i'd want a kit of these for sure It be interesting to see what others on here would want to have.. so tell us all

So im sad to say, i f***ed up... i was putting on the clearcoats today after almost 2 weeks of dry time, and i found out that there was a small wrinkle in the paint next to the hood... so now im busy stripping it so i can repaint it tomorrow as time is scarce with this build sadly... the mistake i found in the clear/paint: let the stripping begin... how it sits currently, ill continue tomorrow as its already 1:15 am here now... For those who are interested, i used Revells paint remover for this...

o dayumm this is close to perfect now!

Not much of an update, put the paint is on! Did this yesterday already but due to having to wake up early today to catch a flight i went to bed early and therefore had no time to place the update here! I went for the Tamiya Metallic green (from the top of my head this is TS-37). The paint went on real good. I think this is my best paint job to date so far! I'll let you guys be the judge of it though 1st mist coat: 1st wet coat: 2nd wetcoat: 3rd and final wetcoat: Now its sitting in the garage getting harder while im out of the country car shopping

id go for green but you probably already guessed that from me... (even though on 1:1 cars im a huge fan of nice blue paintjobs!) looking forward to the end result!

haha i have that right now with the seats of the 911 GT3 i'm working on XD but ow well BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH happens

i have a tendency to do the same, but for once with these builds im not really that much in a hurry as i'm usually in with things, i wanna get this build spot on as im slowly getting the hang of the whole model building!