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Nice build. I, like you, always have someone in mind when building, in short someone's car, how and what it would have chosen and maintained.

My method, a piece of foam board and a couple of needles. Sometimes I glue a plasticard tube in the oil pan so that the engine can stand on a needle as well.

Don’t miss this big scale, he also made an impressive instruction.

My wish (prayer) is a simple Barracuda or Valiant, the more basic the better. Round2 reads this ?

Bad photo, slow progress but it is moving again after a six-month hiatus when I was too stressed to work on this project. Plasticard and putty. The Moon tank is an AMT from 1962, tooling has developed but I had an nice hour working on it.

AMT 1957 Ford, it bring back memories even of I to this day never built one.

Small but mean car, they sit very low. In the late 80s earls 90s I lived in the same neighbourhood as Michele Mouton, she drove an R5 Turbo as her everyday car.I just looked at the car and found out later who she was. According to Volvo's engineers who worked with Renault, these cars were very well built (unlike the others?) and a pure prestige project which was allowed to be a loss-making business.

I believe you, I work on and off with the El Camino and it has its (same) challenges. Lots of doors and plenty of space for packing appeals to me.

Very interesting and dangerously attracted project. It would be remiss of me not to give you a special commendation for your sense of colour tones. I have a constant thought of building a TD.

Tamiya's choice of models has always surprised me and reminded me of both how little I understand about running a profitable model kit company, how little I know about license costs and how small the circle of customers that I probably am. In short, Tamiya makes the best kits, no doubt, Tamiya has made one of the best small ever 1966 VW Beetle, accurate, detailed, easy to build, good price etc. But now comes my objection, the VW is one of the few Tamiya 1/24 kits that can be built in its own way and certainly one of the few that can be built weathered and rusty which is a bit surprising considering that Tamiya also makes tanks and suitable colors etc to weather these. In short, I am surprised that Tamiya has not made more cars that wear and rust nicely. Revell has made Land Rovers, Heller makes French cars, Revell and others make VW buses. Tamiya's choice of models has always surprised me and reminded me of both how little I understand about running a profitable model kit company, how little I know about license costs and how small the circle of customers that I probably am. In short, Tamiya makes the best kits, no doubt, Tamiya has made one of the best small ever 1966 VW Beetle, accurate, detailed, easy to build, good price etc. But now comes my objection, the VW is one of the few Tamiya 1/24 kits that can be built in its own way and certainly one of the few that can be built weathered and rusty which is a bit surprising considering that Tamiya also makes tanks and suitable colors etc to weather these.In short, I am surprised that Tamiya has not made more cars that wear and rust nicely. Revell has made Land Rovers, Heller makes French cars, Revell and others make VW buses. Tamiya has made several Volvos, thanks for that, but it would have been even more fun if it was a Volvo that can be built weathered. Can we wish for a Volvo 245 estate wagon?

Incredibly nice build, I really like that you worked with different tones and gloss in addition to the detailing. It is an AMT ?

Great idea, thanks for sharing. This is how I solved the problem this time, I also had trouble keeping the coupe as if yours is like a lemon, mine is like a pear. The plate is foam board as well as the blocks on which the chassis rests, cheap, light and quiet, a little damping which was unexpectedly good. Now I can take reference measurements with one.

Tonight I have sat with ECG measurement on the chest and achieved this, maybe not optimal or it really is to see if concentration is a danger....

This is the result of the last days work on the coupe or at least the project. I have learned that starting a project with just lots of parts without a plan is harder than I tought. The coupe is like a soap or rather a pear, it is difficult to hold and there are few references, in addition, I have always been afraid of damaging the front axle. I glued together a couple of 4x8 inch foam boards, glued on a graph paper and then soaked this in the controversial product pledge floor polish and calved out the air bubbles with a brush handle. When everything had dried, I glued some blocks of foam board, plasticard and topped it off with some amateurish weathering. All that remains is to drill a few holes and secure the frame with some sewing thread.

All cats, all animals deserve to be treated like royalty. Our little Crumb likes to sit on the table while I build.

Fantastic work, these Pro Stock cars are car design in its purest stripped down form without windscreen wipers, ventilation grilles and side mirrors. I will follow this project to learn.

On wheels for the first time to manifest my fresh start of this project. Someone may notice that in the picture there is an incorrect crossing of timelines in that the coupe stands in front of a printed image of a fantastic diorama that I did not build but saw on FB. The diorama represents the mythical Jo-Han factory, an emergency solution for me because the glue is drying my intended diorama plate right now.

Some (all?) spray cans have a wax stopper which, in the best of all possible worlds, you spray out with the first pressure on the side. In old cans, the wax may have dried and then you can remove the nozzle and poke with a welding wire bent like a U with the can facing away from you.

I am definitely in for a TROG 20XX, 24. It’s a hobby ! Anyway, I will continue to work on my coupe and start a separera VIP. The TRoG theme is brilliantly good, challenging and gives room to look far and wide in the parts box.

I was a plumber in the mid-1980s and drew pipes in the laboratory of a paint factory. When I would beg for some cans of lacquer paint, they were careful to find some old ones for me, much like wine waiters. The lacquer colour became better by being stored, it became a better feeling and control for the painter.

First as last, I'm sorry for not being able to finish but it has been a really hard year, I have really had enough dead lines in life and in a few months I will stop working in its current form and then there will be both time and power for model building. My coupe will also get a Shop Truck as support. Maybe I should convert my pictures to a WIP thread. Many thanks for all the kind comments, both cars will be ready but first the work life must be finished.

Absolutely wonderful, a dream car, believable glossy Porsche color with the smileys as the icing on the cake.

I like your Nova, one of the local heroes had a red four door whit bean mag rims and a healty small block when I was a kid. did you finish this, do you have any more pictures ??

Nice, I just picked out parts for my next next next build. I will follow your construction and be inspired.