nickfzr61

I’m looking at the Mars 3 Pro but I’m worried that it’s too small for larger parts. Any other recommendations for a good budget entry level printer?

Added body panels.

Some more progress.

I saw your post. Yours came out nice with alot more detail. I’ve been thinking about getting a printer to make parts but printing full kits makes it even better.

Finally getting around to starting work on the Bandai Batmobile kit my son gave me last Christmas. Man does time fly. Scale is 1/35. Packaging is very nice and parts are crisp without mold or injection marks. Pretty cool how they have clear and colored parts on the same tree. Started with the engine. Airbrushed Alcad metalics.

Going with the white. Was thinking about doing a Thunderbolt and Lightfoot.

I want to get back to a 1/12 scale F1 car I started 3 years ago so I’ve been getting back in the groove with some simpler 1/24 scale kits. This is a Revell Trans Am that I picked up a few months ago. Hard to find the time with work and family.

Installed the glass and clear coated.

Had this model sitting around in my basement for over 10 years. Finally got around to building it. Only problem was the decals didn’t want to release from the backing sheet. Other than that it was a pretty nice kit. Still have to clear coat and install the glass.

They came off the paper fine. Moving them was the problem. Bill’s suggestion below for the dish soap sounds like it would help. I used micro sol and micro set since they worked great on my 1/12 scale builds but didn’t help with these.

Hello All I prefer 1/12 scale F1 but was given this kit as a Christmas present. So much easier to work on the larger scale cars. While it didn’t turn out as nice as some of the 1/24 model’s here I’m happy with it. One thing I’d like to ask. Does AMT have horrible decals or is it just me? Nearly every one one ripped on me

Some progress shots of the body. The red areas are decals that came with the trans kit. It looked a little too flourescent to me so I sprayed some red underneath to try and darken them a little. Still have to cut and polish.

As someone who spent over a year building my 312T I have to say that these builds are very impressive. The build quality and attention to detail is second to none. Again bravo and thanks for sharing.

Coming along nicely. I like your weathering. That is something that i have trouble with.

Looks like this is going to be good. Not enough F1 build on here. I'll be following for sure. Good Luck.

Started test fitting the body and front bulkhead. Kit instruction call for assembling the body around the cockpit and front suspension but that would leav an obvious seam on the side of the body. My plan is to assemble and paint the body then slide in the front bulhead, assemble the front suspension then slide the completed cockpit in from the rear of the body. Also modified the kits steering rack using some left over parts from my spare 312T kit. Used a mirror and shock absorber halves to better replicate the real rack.

Chris Very nice clean build. I love F1 cars. They just look fast standing still. I haven't done a Studio 27 kit yet. They seem kind of pricy for a curbside kit. How is the quality and do you recommend them? I've been building the 1/12 scale Tamiya F1 cars recently.