Rich Chernosky

Who makes that decal sheet BTW. I am always scrounging for guages.

Kurt..is this your "finish by New Years" day project. Its a great idea. I do this every year. Just havn''t picked a project yet. I have the Tamiya kit of this car done and have another I want to do in Martini colors. I passed on the Heller kit and now I know why. Thanks for the reveiw. Hope you get it done. Its a cool car.

This kit is not as easy as it looks. You did a great job with it Bruce. If you wanted to hear loud you should have heard this baby run. It was an earsplitter.

I like it, the mods and paint make this model.

You've been busy. Some very nice builds there.

Some nice looking builds there Phil

Art...I spray most of my graphics now. Large kit decals tend to wrinkle and often, as you say, printed material can get out of register. Color I used for the Marlboro was by Pactra in their Short Cuts line which is usually sold in larger bottles in hardware stores. There are other flourescents you can use. I clear coated the graphics with waterbase clear. It doesn't yellow or change the color of the flourescent. I have other F-3000 1/24 kits made by both Protar and Hasegawa. There are also two 1/20 F-3000 made by Modelers. One is the same Marlboro livery and the other is the Cabin. Got those too. And thank you for the compliments.

Considering its not your style it looks pretty darn good. This caught my eye because I have one too. Something about that black and gold paint job on a Mustang...hmmmmmm

Art....I have built all four variations of this kit and have all my build notes. They are pretty straight forward build and you should have no problem but help is here if you need it. Enjoy the build.

Andy...thanks for posting these great pictures of this iconic racer. I have taken a couple attempts at this kit (both unsuccesfull) but would still like to add it to my Indy collection. I will look forward to see any progress you make on yours.

Gotta agree with Gary, John. I have looked at some of your other work and it is top notch. Thanks for posting.

Ditto from me, you are doing a helluve job there.

Thanks Gary, cool photo,s , this is very helpful information

The track perspectives, (which I really want to do), certainly do take more work. Tried one with a poster a friend gave me and it turned out horrible. So much so I am afraid to post it. Cool Mini BTW

Pat...just wanted to give you a big thank you for all the help. You have some great ideas and have added to my knowledge base. What you said about something not looking right is on the money. In my modeling if it looks good, it is right...even if it is not totally accurate.

Kurt....looks OK to me. I think in this respect we are both on a steep learning curve. Most of the relpies to this thread have been a great help and I will use them in the future. I like your Porsche BTW.

I have a tripod and all my pictures come out way better with it. I have "steady shot" in my camera which is supposed to take the blurr out of pictures when you hand hold the camera. But it doesn't work for close up detail or even normal distance shots like 3-4 ft. So it is probably highly recommended.

Gary....I have been using a digital camera for about 10yrs now. There are so many settings and things you can do that i haven't tried yet. I am still very much in the learning stage. The chief advantage of digital is you can take 100 pictures and then pick the one you like best and not waste a bit of film or wait for prints to come back. You can even edit them right on your computer. I really like the shot of the Cunnigham C4R....and of course...you know why.

I like this one....especially the car. My next purchase will probably a warehouse or garage scene like this one. Eventually I want to do a diorama like some i have seen here. There is some really nice work to be seen here.

Thank you Matt....I will be trying a lot of different things and that will be one of them. I usually shootin full HD and then trim away what i don't want.

My first attempt with a background for photographs. Would like some help. In the past I have taken all my photos with just a white background. I have a Sony DSC-H7 that has a 15x optical zoom. Its great for very close detail shots. But I am still learning my way around the camera. I use the auto setting the most, and turn the macro on for my close-ups. I have tried several lighting sources. I also use a tri-pod. Here are some shots with my new background. It was purchased from http://www.modelalice.com/. The background was designed for 1/18 scale models. See the comments under each picture. This is my Gunze Hi-tech Ferrari GTO in 1/24. This is the angle I usually shoot at. Same car with a slightly lower angle. I like this 3/4 veiw of this particular model. A 1/18 scale diecast of the same Ferrari GTO, taken at my usual angle. 3/4 view of the diecast. I have raised the base and lowered the camera angle. Now the car doesn't look so lost in the background. I plan on using this for most of my 1/24 cars even though it was designed for 1/18 Last shot, changed the angle slightly again and played with the contrast, tone, and brightness. I like this one the best

Dann...thanks for this comparison. I don't have any of the Aoshima Countach's, but have done a couple of the Fujimi. I really like the Fujimi Enthusiast series and have just about every kit they have made, including all the Countach's. In particular I like the way Fujimi doors open and fit. I have two done. The rest of them are in a state of build with bodies done. I might consider an Aoshima after this. Yuda Mann

Nice clean build JC. The engine is a work of art all by itself.

Welcome to the site Jonelle. Took a look at your site and you have some terrific builds on there. I am a big Ferrari fan and yours are great. In particular you did a Fisher 312P resin and I posted the same kit here on July 1. You should build more...you have talent.

Every once in awhile you can get a real deal on hard to find kits in built models. You have a nice score there Howard. Is that MGB an Aoshima kit or a diecast...hard to tell. And the Howmet was a great find...looks like it was well built.