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Ref tamiya gloss clear x22 Painted direkt on the plastic To avous brush marks I used isopropanol as retarder , have seen recommendations. Dipped the brush in the "paint" thereafter a wuick dab into the alcohol before applying it Looked quite good , or rather really good . In most areas . But wanted some further imorovement = sanded with 2000-4000-6000-12000. Got grey shadings , probably sanding through the clear coat. Applied a second coat. Now a lot of grey shades . So : what did I do wrong ? How to correct ?

A Ford 1935 Tudor os Fordor would be nica as a link between the 34' and the 39'-40'. The 35 is a rather significant change in design vs the previous years, adopting to more fluid lines and with an integrated trunk instead of the rack-mounted boxes previously used. It was Fords entry in the design language generally used up to the pontoon bodies, for US Ford the -49. The 35' design theme was to some extent used in the English Ford Anglia/ Prefect up to the mid 50's. Ok, perhaps not a popular rod/ custom material but of interest from the historical perspective

It would be very nice if they would make a Jaguar Dtype out of their XKSS. The major change beteeen the two is the fin behind the driver. Which sould be possible to accomplish by an insert on the the tool for the body. Yes there would be a split line along the contour of of the fin, where it joins the "decklid". But that should not be a problem, as on the real car the fin is attached "on top of decklid" with a visible contour line from the material thickness of the attacjmrnt flange of the fin. The problem would be if they again should produce the XKSS. Then there will be a hairline from the contour of the insert. But a competent tool maker could without major effort make that as a hairline easy to polish out. Not worse than some splitlines we have seen on other models offered on the market. That is : they would have the option to produce both versions. The other differences between the D and XKSS are minor components, the largest one the cover over the left side of the seating area. The tool investments should be rather modest for such a version of tje Dtype

The Fnnish driver Leo Kinnunen in this race, shared car with Pedro Rodriguez, car no 40 , a very short and very light Porsche 908 spyder. That is a 8 cyl 3 litr car. When the last lap was coming up, Pedro, certainly a very fast guy, was slightly behind. Leo K took over for this last lap, and made a drive outside of all known (and some unknown) limits. The gap was to large, he and Pedro came in 3rd . But Leo's record breaking lap time stands to this day. Leo was one of the drivers, who mastered and, not the least, dared to drive the larger 917 to its full potential. Winning an European sports car championship several years in a row. Before his ventures above, Leo in the late 60' also did some rallying, sometimes with a Saab V4. Ok, more moderate power, ca 145 - 160 hp depending on class and tuning. But remember: driving a rally car flat out in the Finnish rallys in those days on snow, ice and gravel and any combination thereof, was certainly not for those faint of heart. One brave driver, Leo K

A little addition to the thread: if the Fulvia would come in 1/24, complementary to the existing Fiat Abarth 131 and Ford Escort mk2 (both Italeri) plus the BeeMax kits of Escort mk1, Opel Manta etc, the next addition I would like to see is the Ford Lotus Cortina mk1 . Very successful both in the rally forests and on tarmac. No 1/24 kit available, at least to my knowledge. Some parts like engine common with the Escort .

It would be nice if they made a 1 /25-25 kit. There are a number of the well-known rally cars from around 1970. The Fulvia is missing and would slot in nicely.

The (non-racing) models from late 50's / most of the 60's were very beautiful i dark grey, both coupe's and convertibles. With tan or cocnac interiors.

A few ideas in different directions - 60's saloon cars succesful in track and rallying , complimentary to what already is/was on the market: Saab 96 -63 Monte Carlowinner -63, Ford Lotus Cortina mk1 Lancia Fulvia HF Volvo 122 ( many parts shared with the P1800 suggested above) - Beautiful coupe's not yet modelled in 1/24-25 : Maserati Ghibli as suggested above. Bentley Continental Coupe ca 1960 ( single headlamp version). The Ferrari 250 GT coupe' by Pinin Farina -59 ( very elegant in a restrained way , especially in anthracite grey or dark blue, the first Ferrari to be built in some kind of series production) - the obvious missing classic racer: Jaguar D type. Should be very easy for Revell to make one from their XK-SS. Yes licensing ..... But ....

This kit was rather good , some improvments could be added And a main correction needed : The car IS a -64 but the decals with the start number221 are from the Peter Jopp car in -63 = wrong year

Agree on Falcon Sprint but should be m64 with rally interior and rally tires as option as well as proper Monte Carlo decals from that year and start no 49 = Bo Ljungfeldts car , coming in 2nd in total after Hopkirk in Mini, new rules/ handicaps favouring small cars. But Ljungfeldt won all the special stages -64, as he did the previous year -63. Would have won -63 if he had not been stuck too long in traffic chaos on a transport stage due to very heavy snow. He is the only driver ever being fastest on all special stages in Monte Carlo two years and that in a row.

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An absolutely very nice build

So realistic in the setting Have this kit in my stash Seeing this build certainly is a great inspiration

So beautiful

The MPC Ford GT mk4 LeMans winner -67

All possible compliments (and a few more x 2)

Sometimes I do not paint the outside, just polish if the plastic is of good finish, no sink marks or "weld lines" from the material flow. This to avoid problems with dust and brushmarks In those cases I paint the inside in the approximately same colour as the outside , this to avoid the "shine through" discusses above. Particularlily neccessary on bonnets with thin sections for making cut outs for hood scoops. Also the bonnets can have major variations in material thickness due to the inner structure. If one paints the inside dark grey or black to emulate either painting or sound dampening that will be visible from the outside if not painted as example white if the exterior is planned to be white. The same goes for the roof: if the inner headliner is supposed to be dark , first paint a couple of layers of the exterior color before applying the dark colour. What is then gained by this: You get a tidy model exteriorwise, with a not as high gloss as with paint but which can be of quite realistic gloss, i.e for older cars , especially race cars. The painting of the inside does not require the same wotk on the finish as on the exterior = is simpler. Laziness ? Perhaps .... On cars with decals on I put a layer of clear.

The Bizzarini 5300 or the Iso Rivolta wouls certainly be tempting ...

Thanks for kind comments / G

From the AMT double kit Box stock + a few wires

Would be nice if they in the future released a GTZ / Tubolare , aka "Mini GTO". The body and most of the chassis are of course different, but probably some components could be common with the GTA.

Agree with Richard on the Karmann Ghia Also the Morgan And the 50's jaguars

Re wkipedia: in 1915 Erwin "Cannon ball" Baker drove from NYC to the West Coast in or perhaps rather "on" a Bearcat in 11 days 7 hrs and 15 min Imagine driving across the continent sitting w/o practically any protection and on the roads as they were at that time. Required some determination.

Thank you all for kind comments

Ooops Sorry It is 1/25 / Gunnar