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It took me awhile....but had to look at that photo a few times to see what the he(r)ck was going on! Awesome, I really love this build, and the fantasy of it is something that I always want to do with modeling, but chicken out! You nailed it - so awesome. Can you post a few more close up images?

Nice to see Pat. And nice to see a rally kit with the engine included! Keep up the good work!

Yes, I can take a few photos that are better, for fun, but it is nowhere as detailed as yours is.

Here are a few that I built. It still is May!

How many parts to this kit? I may be messed up but thought that I saw a raw resin photo of just a few parts, but must be another thread? How did you get the fluid bottles to look clear and with fluid inside? That is awesome! I love this car, it looks so purposeful and fast, but hard to believe it is over 30 years old. Better than the hypercar stuff today. Am watching, looks great!

Perfect start for the Month of May! Love it!

Did the Buick ever get finished?

How did you create the mold or master for the body? It is so much different from the Chevelle, other than the greenhouse.

I am confused, the headline is Chevy yet the model in the photos is a Mercury.... I like both, so what is up?

No problem! I am watching and posted on the Mears car, not sure if it is ok to put a photo of my build there or not for "inspiration" but you don't really need inspiration! I will look for the Marmon Wasp, that car is really big, and don't forget to put a small puddle of oil under the model when done for realism....

Being a huge IndyCar fan, I will follow along to this thread! I am sure you will do this one justice. I suggest that you get down to Indy and visit the new renovated museum, I am sure this car is on display there. I will be there in May, so if you need some detailed photos, let me know!

I will be watching the build! I built this car what, 25 plus years ago, and still looks great! The one thing that confuses me is that my model has the standard open wheels, like on the box art, yet the side view on the box art shows a different variant of the aero wheels that you see in the race day photo of the front row start. I probably picked the deep dish due to my preference for looks. Nonetheless, Ismael, the car builds up beautifully and the cover fits nicely over the engine with a little underside sculpting if I remember. I also glued the upper and floor together, puttied them together to get rid of the horizontal seam. I am sure you will be detailing the daylights out of this one....will be fun to watch. I painted mine Testors yellow and then put future floor wax over the decals and body work....because I figured the Future would yellow over time, but who cares! :)

Don't forget to sand the surface of the tires, and add some depth to those beautiful wheels......

He was sleeping….😴

This weekend! I will be selling a lot of my stash at a table. Tamiya and a lot of regular kits at make an offer prices like everyone else! even a rare AMT skylark GS.

What clearcoat did you use? fwiw I have had tamiya tape “craze”the tamiya paints even after a week or so of dry time. Wish this wasn’t a common occurrence. love the subject matter, the best design of the “street car prototype” era!

Hope you can add the front nose body panel, and fill it in with putty so the nose looks good without joint lines. The main reason when I opened the kit 35 years ago, I put it back in the box and it stayed there, lol. Surprised Tamiya designed it that way. So I built a Starter 1/43 version instead... Do it proud, will follow along!

I have a table reserved and selling about 100 kits and magazines as well as some sketches from my personal collection.

Beautiful engine detail! Need another kit just to display the engine next to the car! Awesome skills!

One of my favorite cars. Just a beautiful tiny car with a glorious engine. So, for those NITK... What kit is this What scale Who is Phil How did they cast the engine detail in and under that chassis detail

This model looks great! I commend you on the flat black application and especially the taping, which must have taken an hour or so. When I use Tamiya tapes, and others, I still get etching on the clear because the tape is on the surface for at least that hour of prep time, and the adhesive attacks the clearcoat. Yours looks great, and I recommend a little dulling down as you mention as these cars were never "shiny" and as soon as they hit the first stage, they come into their own with a "competition patina".

Show off your Pinto models HERE! Found this one in one of my boxes, built some years ago.

Looks more like a Ventura! Certainly those taillamps are "not right".

I remember Captain Pike when he was in his little driver cart thingie. When he decided to go back to the land when he could be a "normal" person again, I think it was a mirage or something. Those aliens with the weird heads and walk, lol. Nice job Michelle, good to see you create this.

LOL, not everyone is on Facebook! This modeling site is much better organized and useful than the banter over there, so I hear.