Spottedlaurel

That looks good, but closer to standard than I'm thinking about. I'm not planning anything too crazy, but I won't have to worry about the badges. By coincidence I did buy some bronze paint last week....... Some great info on here from you and others - I hope Gareth doesn't think we've derailed it too much! I picked up my Street Machine issue of this kit by chance, probably just because it was cheap and something a little bit different. Good to know it has some potential.

That's the issue I enjoyed building in the early-mid '90s, great to see that box art again.

Quite a bit of painting and polishing over the last week..... The three at the front from my Tamiya resurrection series of builds, the Honda on the right having moved on most with it having been Micromeshed and resin polished. The other two are a step behind and have just had colour and clear. The other two kits in this series have had their first coats of primer and will doubtless need a bit of filler and prep before getting some colour. The gold Cedric at the back had already been polished, but unfortunately it somehow got a scratch on the roof that wouldn't polish out so it had to get more gold, TS-13 clear and was polished again. Hopefully that one can now move forwards, I've got the interior to complete, lots of BMF on the bodywork to do and the basic suspension to put together - for some reason I wasn't in the right frame of mind to do that this weekend, but I got enough odds and ends done that it should progress nicely next time. Also got another couple of builds planned after playing around with alternative wheels. I like to have a few things to ponder and distract myself with during the week.....

Quite brilliant. Very inventive, and the detail is amazing. Always a treat to see one of your builds "Under Glass".

Good start Tom, I look forward to seeing it progress. I'd never heard of the Meteor until I saw one in France back in 2017: Mercury Meteor by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Mercury Meteor by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr Nice-looking car.

Good to know it's progressing well. I found myself offering up wheels and pondering colours on mine yesterday.....

I wouldn't have recognised until I saw that smart one here in the UK a couple of weeks ago, but isn't that a 1960 Edsel?!

Certainly a new one to me, nice work.

Great job you've done on this one, I'm another one pleased to see something a little bit overlooked like this being built.

Very nice, has a great overall look to it with the subtle colour and work on the chrome trim.

Pretty much what I like at 1:1, so cars and light trucks for me and a mix of Japanese, American and European, generally 1950s-90s but the odd older or younger one may sneak in. Usually modified in some way, even if just a wheel change. Been like that since I started building in the 1980s - I attempted a 1:24 Spitfire once which someone gave me as a gift but I didn't have any enthusiasm for it and I assume it got chucked away (shame, as I could use the engine in something silly). If you build what you like at 1:1 I think you'll have more enthusiasm and do a better job on it.

As another Norfolk resident I can testify to this. I hit one in my Datsun Laurel once, fortunately both car and deer escaped unscathed.

Excellent lateral thinking, and amusing/appalling to read what the reaction to it what was.

Great for this to be revisited, my first timeof having the pleasure of seeing it - excellent work!

No pain felt in seeing this post, the Corvette looks really good.

Nice job on the chassis. That original paint looked good to me, be interesting to see the alternative. I really need to think about doing one of the Mustangs in my stash.

Great to see a modern build with all the period custom parts. Paint colour is excellent, it's come together very nicely.

A really nice set of builds you've got there, each of them cleanly done and they make for a great group. They'd look excellent in a diorama, maybe gather around a diner or food van?

Great to see stuff like this being built, everything has potential! I have a couple of Citations to do someday.....

Great to see the collective efforts on here, good luck to those of you still trying to get one across the line. I'm still somewhat surprised I got mine done as quickly as I did, third completion of this round?! I'm usually a bit of a last-minute merchant, I could have given myself a few more weeks....... I shouldn't have finished-up my long-term Ferrari 308 build, or the Datsun Roadster, as they would have been an ideal entries for the next round. As it stands, I now have just two (maybe three) projects that I can consider next time, and none of them are going to be easy.

Looks like it's already sitting very nicely, so any work you do on the wheel backs will only make it even better. The front end panels all seem to fit nicely with each other as well. That's where something went awry on my '37 reassembly, maybe I hadn't got the upper bodyshell fitted down tightly enough onto the lower portion?

Good tip there about WD-40 removing foil residue. I had an issue with that recently, more so than I have done before - I don't know if the foil adhesive has changed over the years?

Thanks all for the comments. My commiserations to those of you who've suffered in a similar way. It was gutting, but I'd enjoyed the process of building them first time around and I have a lot of photos so at least I had a record of them before it happened. Eventually I'm sure they will see use in some sort of diorama. Fairly obvious, but maybe stacked out the back of a garage being reclaimed by nature? Good call Pete, I've changed the thread title as retribution did sound a tad over-dramatic! As my wife will testify, I'm not great at throwing things away so I just calmly put them to one side in the hope that one day I could do something with them. I don't immediately have photos to show, but I continued to make good progress yesterday. Honda and Skyline 4dr have both been painted maroon (TS-18?). Latter looks like it needs a quick wet sand and another coat or two of colour, but it went down nicely on the Honda and I'm hoping to get some TS-13 clear onto it soon. Toyota has been painted TS-54 Light Metallic Blue, as a change from the silver. Again it'll probably need a wet sanding session and a bit more colour before the clear goes on, but it's moving forwards. If nothing else I want to get the bodies all painted before getting too far into autumn/winter, then I can fiddle away on the details (limited as they are here) when I revert to building inside the house. Looking to do the same on a few other projects, I'm currently formulating ideas for them and seeing builds from others on MCM is certainly helpful on that score.

Good progress Gareth, body and roof colour combo looks great. My version of this kit looks pretty similar. I have plenty on the go at present, but you are making me think about it a bit more.

Good to see that version of the Courier - I'd far rather be building that than the stepside I've very mildly started.