Ulf

Did you ? I found a magazine on the shelf and thought like you.

Oh dear, I guess I have to re-prioritize on the workbench again...

It really looks fantastic. We have to remember that repainting has always been around, on summer vacation when I was 14(1980) we went after the fairground to a car book store that was only open Saturday morning and Wednesday evening. There and then a friend of the shop owner came with his blue gull wing, the paint was improved in several places, including around the windshield wipers but he really drove it.

Stylish , very nice.

See what I found. VW T3 Transporter, Revell Nr. 7382 That kit could be a plumber's car one day if Revell is on board. https://www.modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=14084

Fantastic looking build, something that really makes your build so extra good is the black not only in the door gaps but also around the window frames.

I'm late to the party. Tour extension looks amazing, it gives the car class.

Glad that several reminded about PVA, that glue is often forgotten. Vallejo liquid masking can also be used, it is required that there is a side free to be able to dry. The advantage is that it never gets really hard. I took over a friend's stalled project and he had successfully glued a couple of rims from the back into solid Monogram tires and they are secure. After that I have glued some pinned small parts from the inside of the body.

An hour on one of the projects.

One on the table, no more but four or five in progress. I sit at the same table that we eat all meals at and because of that I have to clean up several times during the day which I actually enjoy, sitting alone in my own room does not suit me. I have a cupboard behind me so it's not a big job to clear the table, another upside is that it's always close to the construction table.

I once read an interview with Mr. Tamiya in the 80's where he said that the vehicles that Tamiya chooses to make have something unique something that challenges. Whether the vehicle is popular in 1:1 did not seem to be that important actually.

It's a nice thread, Monogram's kit really deserves some more love. Some 80s are great, some 70s are charming.

Wonderful, an incredibly difficult kit but the reward is a model with both the right lines and the ”right” parts, the best Harley (chopper) kit.

works on everything.

I agree, what if any company say like Moebius could make them like Monogram did.

I differ greatly in that I was 36 years old when I finally bought my first own car but then it was all the more fun.

I have finally found a pipe in suitable plastic for the tank, 45 mm or 1 49/64 was not easy to find. Yesterday I got a shot from the hip and realize that I have to widen the box a bit, I have not taken any measurements on the truck that inspired me but consistently relied on my eye measurement.

Better late than never, thank you. It’s clearly a very worthwhile exhibition, the venue is really far beyond the ordinary. I want to remember that the house was built (1900) to one day become Sweden's first car factory but that did not happen.

Let's hope there won't be a blockage in the sewer for a few weeks, months maybe considering how slowly I'm building...

Milliput is an incredibly good filler, just be careful not to do what I did. After a very late night of construction, I fell asleep with Milliput under my nails, the pain in the nail bed from the hardened sharp putty chemically bonded to the nail tormented me for a week.

Incredibly nice cars, this one is my favorite. Hot Rods that border on sports car always touch me a little extra.

I'm trying to put the puzzle together from pictures I've taken, Revells Ford Raptor is a great kit snap or not but it would have been easier for me if they made the F350 🙂, the sewage cleaning unit is so odd though so I'm left to my own devices.

Thank you very much for sharing these nice pictures and your knowledge, I myself have turned and turned on the coupe body and wondered if I would be able to build a 30/31 roadster, in allés as always, "Every great project requires parts from a kit you do not own or does not exist.”

Unfortunately I was prevented from going to this amazing show the other week even though it is usually (our)walking way(2x2 h) but Youtube at least gives some comfort. The venue with very advanced lighting and the surrounding environment is uniquely beautiful. The exhibition was partly retrospective with a more than sixty-year perspective. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ws7DaiZzQ As it should be, there was a model car exhibition, a dealer and even there the retrospective was partly included, a few years later he built his 32 in the same style. Overall, just as car shows should be and as they were when we were kids.

I am a bit locked in that I can only build and not paint, partly because I broke my ankle in January. No worries because building is fun. Sewer cleaning and plumbing clearly appeal to me.