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Here is the skyline polished, and the Silvia cleared.

Here are two quick curbside builds that will look good at the shelf next to my Supras. Tamiya GTR with custom wheels and som extras. Silvia is Aoshima wih other wheels, maybe the same as the GTR. The GTR in the last pic is cleared and now after that polished The Silvia is still in both and need a polish before decals and clear.

Glad that you guys made it!! Would been such a lonly race for us few others other wise!

Thanks! It turned out good! And my friend got really happy and surprised!

Looking good you got a nice smoth surface there, have ben using the Valejo Air series since they are pre thinned so to say. They are good for AB as well as brush.

Came out great! super work on that brush paint!

Pete, Bringin an old thread back, but i just saw a thing that you can think of for the next seat belts in the maiking. The sholder straps would connect to the back wall with an anchor bolt ( a ring that was secured through the sheat metal and a big washer or reinforcment on the back side in IRL) or to the cage at some point roughly at the same height as where they pas through the seat. thought i would give that feed back now wen thinking of it since such a minor detail ad some nice detail to a race car I was browsing this old thread now since I got the same kit, love the JGTC of the '90's and a fan och best motoring and such. I dont know if i will ad as nice belts to min as you did here though.. time will tell.

I went ahead and ordered a bunch of different cabels so i have better controll when doing plumbing, I actualy put a set together to sell. Single lead cables, no need to replace the wires. And the core is silver which means you can use them directly for making say AC hoses, just paint the final end of the black cover silver and you are done! This is one set.

I am no collector just gett what i like, and the most rare i have is Tamiya 1/24 Aston Martin DBS. Edit: unbuilt for now but will be built

Looks great! Glad to se that you got it in paint!

O now i remember that you are putting a MB V2 in it!! Super cool! do you want a set of headlight bezels for it, I can send you some since i have printed a bunch extra.

I am sure that you dont suck! I guess you have a bunch of other stuff to do or build as well! And knowing your build i know that al of them are great!

Great work on the conversion work! The nascar body is quite different and you managed to revert the changes verry well! Will you get a 3D printed version and build that one as well? I have the Laguna files, both interior and exterior, test printed a body in 1/24 but messed it up and ran out of resin and thats where i am

Such a nice tribute to your late dad! I wish my dad was doing any modeling before the Parkinson struck.

Some of these are stunningly hard to get right! And the micro plattform there is so thin so I bend it with a gentle touch. And it’s so easy to bend them so you won’t recognize it! well a bit further on the funnel.

Nice build! And as Can-Con said the foged headlights are a nice touch for that used look! Looks great!

I saw this the other day.

Replaced my first walkway with PE, and made doors to the search light space functional(not hinged 🤓) also started modifications on the bigger platform and al the railings on the funnel. And started to reshape the structure infront of the funnel.

Interior is looking sharp!

True that, but mine are not so steady al the time but enough;) But it takes some time.. i think that brass work is minimum 6h

Made some progress the other day. The z and X bracing in the smoke stack have been started.

I have this cutter and it works good so far, i just cant figure out how to use it with the angles and support on the right.

@mustang1989 Yes i guess thats true, and i usaly ease in to it gradualy, start with a bit and end up with looking up many details! And many times I decide to do what I think will look good any how since I build for myself. But then I know the reality. Btw.. i rememberd there being other camoflages.. how about this one: '

I can imagine, those molds are dated and i guess worn as well! O Tirpitz was repainted often to hide it in its new location. Did not know that they where called as him. You are right on the history there. I even belive it was the Furer that made sure that Tirpitz did't see much action. I havent been diving on Tirpitz but on an other German wreck, this summer a mate and I plan to go to some destroyers to dive on them. I dont have any photos of my own, but I ad in a bunch of others on the camo and som just because they are cool.