spencer1984

Excellent work!

Looks good! Are those the stock grilles you used?

Very nicely done, that looks great!

They don't get much cleaner, nice work!

Thanks guys! I did see that, sad indeed! My own "bucket list" car is a Caterham Seven, much like the Manx they're a cool little ride with little practical use.

I think 24040 was the release without the figures of Bertha and her two sons?

Thanks! The "Easy" version doesn't have the photoetch parts in it, so the wheels and chains are made up of fewer parts. Here are the boxes for that and the one I built:

Very cool, that turned out great!

Thanks!

Thanks, guys!

Thanks guys! I've been trying more options with layering Tamiya paints over the last year, and have found some interesting results. They're a lot more versatile than I expected. This is one of my favorite recent trials: all four are painted TS-8, just prepped differently.

Very clean work, that looks great!

Thanks, guys! That was kind of my thought...I was originally going to go the strip-and-repaint route, but decided to lean into the chrome look instead. Kind ofa fun change of pace. Looks good! I may still go back and add the fender lights, but otherwise the steering wheel was the only change I made to bring it closer to movie spec. I figured most of it was close enough to get the right feel.

Beautiful work! Whose paint did you use?

Looks great, nicely done!

Looks good, and great presentation to go with it!

Thanks! It's all Tamiya: Chrome Yellow over their pink primer, then hit with gloss clear. That looks awesome, the top and decals really fit the Manx nicely! It was Tamiya's TS-71 smoke clear, just a quick light coat right out of the can after it was assembled.

Built from Round 2's "Silver Screen Machines" release of the Meyers Manx with the Elvis-themed box art and included movie poster. Silly as it was I decided to go with the chrome engine, giving the block/transmission a shot of Smoke clear to tone down the plastic-iness and repairing all the sprue attachment points with BMF or Molotow to make it look like everything had been polished or given a dress-up kit. It has a slightly modified roll bar and parts box steering wheel, tires, and hubcaps, everything else is straight out of the box. A full writeup is available here, and as always any comments/criticisms are welcome! With my Elvis-themed diecasts:

Very clean work, that looks great!

Thank guys! That's probably the biggest challenge to building it, everything is so small and delicate it's like handling a spider web at times. Once it's all together it seems plenty sturdy, though. Probably because it has no weight to get it into trouble!

Excellent work, that looks great!

Very slick!

Very nice! Having had a blue '84 way back when, it's great to see one of these done up right.

Very cool, that looks great!

Awesome job on these! I always like seeing tributes to Hot Wheels cars, there were so many cool designs that look even better with extra details.