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  1. Justin Porter
    The ICM Packard is flat GORGEOUS. There's both the Stalin version and a regular road-going Packard Twelve version and despite being a little bit tricky with their multi-piece bodies they are full detail and evidence that ICM needs to keep upscaling their 1/35th scale kits to 1/24th.
  2. Justin Porter
    It's a really really clean looking build. The colors just cry out "Big Poncho".
  3. Justin Porter
    So we're down the home stretch with the Jag. Clearcoat was rubbed out with The Treatment and the window trim was done with Molotow. Glass is all in, interior and engine bay is done, and now there's just a few more chrome bits, the number plates, and the metal transfers to add. I can't say how enjoyable this kit is or how pleased I am with the results so far!
  4. Justin Porter
    Great... Complete with centre-lock Minilites... And here I thought I was going to wrap up my Aoshima MGB for a not nosebleed price search and cheat by getting mine on my shop's dime. lol
  5. Justin Porter
    Technically speaking the cars pictured are MGC-GTS's which are pretty substantially different from an MGB GT. It would take a fair bit of work to get from B to C even off of the fantastic resin B-GT. On the other hand, if Aoshima could be bothered to add a tree of some parts inside the box, we could get the Sebring Lightweight Trio entered by Kjell Qvale in 1962.
  6. Justin Porter
    Be still my beating heart, the Aoshima MGB's are coming back????
  7. Justin Porter
    Definitely a nice clean build of a cool touring car.
  8. Justin Porter
    That's really especially great to see. I'm sure the tame racing driver would be smiling if he were capable of such reactions.
  9. Justin Porter
    I particularly like some of the subtle staining and washes added that make look trailer fresh rather than restoration fresh.
  10. Justin Porter
    The interior, sans the steering wheel and steering column, is completely finished. It's painted in Tamiya Buff with a rubbed wash of Tamiya brown panel liner that helped give a bit of an "aged leather" look on the seats. The kit wood panel decals on the dash and the door panels actually turned out pretty well with just a bit of MicroSol. The body has three coats of Tamiya Gloss Aluminum and one coat of Testors One Coat Wet Look clear. It's looking great and once it fully gasses out and I can do a bit of polishing it's going to look fantastic. There's still a lot of brightwork left to do and the glass, but it's in the home stretch!
  11. Justin Porter
    Fantastic finished model and definitely making me look at my IMC Lola T70 and feel a little guilty.
  12. Justin Porter
    From the lead photo, as I'm looking at it, maybe the Revell Shelby Series 1 could be a wheel donor as well?
  13. Justin Porter
    I'm absolutely in awe to see this finished and looking so good. I doubt many of these ever get past the "Nothing fits right!" and throw it back in the box stage.
  14. Justin Porter
    Good lord is this like working on some form of horribly misshapen resin rather than a professionally engineered kit. Looking forward to seeing the finished body when it's all wrapped up. What's the plan for abandoning the completely incorrect wheels and tires?
  15. Justin Porter
    Amazing. This is one of those "never built" collector kits so it's great to see what a modern builder can get out of it.
  16. Justin Porter
    It'll be particularly neat to compare this engine against the ones in both the AMT and the Tamiya Jaguar XJ220 kits, as it was the same engine.
  17. Justin Porter
    Pleasure was all ours, Dave. Appreciate you made the drive to stop in and glad we could find you some stuff. Looking forward to seeing how that Cherry Bomb turns out!
  18. Justin Porter
    Love seeing this landmark kit go together. It was such a fantastic release and your work is definitely giving it the life it deserves.
  19. Justin Porter
    Lots of potential in having this kit back. The engine is likely the best Chrysler small block in plastic. The carburetor and hood options were especially well done. I can only hope that Round 2 figures out a way to get the super slick EFI setup from the Street Machine version into the box as well.
  20. Justin Porter
    Glad to see one of the Revell 914-6's built. It's one of those daunting kits that doesn't often yield great results.
  21. Justin Porter
    I can almost guarantee those kits have very well aged tooling that dates to, at the most recent, the mid 80's. Modern Japanese curbside tooling tends to be along the lines of the gorgeous Fujimi Porsche 917k or Hasegawa Lancia O37 where what you can see is brilliant and what you can't see doesn't interfere with the build. Think of it as the antithesis of a kit like the old Revell Anglia Gasser.
  22. Justin Porter
    Thanks for the encouragement guys. Here's the progress from last night. At this point I just have the paintwork to do on the body, trim, and finishing off the interior. This kit goes together incredibly well.
  23. Justin Porter
    Ouch. lol Especially since it's that pricey but it's missing the main reason to build a Mangusta: gullwing engine cover!
  24. Justin Porter
    I dunno. Moebius's line of Hudsons and their relative success tells me that early 50's Detroit steel can sell. I'd lean towards a 1948-53 Cadillac Series 62 with a recommendation that at some point they release a 1950 Series 61 done up as the Briggs Cunningham Le Mans racer!
  25. Justin Porter
    Agreed. The metal transfer Alfa Romeo script on the deck of my Giulia was such a lovely thing to add plus it meant the decklid could be more easily wet sanded.
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