Pierre Rivard

First go designing and 3D printing? Ok Mr Mouton, you have my full attention!

I'm actually using the kit pieces. I spent a lot of time cleaning tooling flash from the grooves and they look pretty good now. next step is working on the shape of the exhaust collector Thank you Ken, I like the way things are shaping up. Thank you so much friend. The finned drum brakes do look quite good, Peter than I expected. A good thing because they are so visible. I love the painting part of a build, working variation of tones for metal looking parts and adding various weathering materials. I believe paint effects can contribute a lot to the final look of a build Thanks Bruce for taking time to review this WIP. I'm enjoying this one quite a lot. I'm the odd man out in this world of mask and air brush spraying. I like my brushes and doing a bit of weathering along the way. Happy you like the color neighbor! Thanks Daniel. Cool that we can see the copper drums through the wire wheels right?

My simple solution for adding fins to the brake drums has worked out nicely once paint has been added. Vallejo copper and Vallejo oiled earth wash give them a nice look. Front and rear axles have been bonded to the chassis. Then friction shocks added, then front headlamp wiring. I could then bond the engine to the chassis and then bond the mechanical pull rods I had previously fabricated. Currently I am working on the exhaust system, a little project by itself. I'm starting with the kit parts but might add some details along the way. For now I have the exhaust line in place (but not glued) and have set the joints to the 3 headers. I will let that cure overnight in final position before pulling off the header/exhaust assembly off for painting.

Love the story as it puts the build in perspective. Transforming the body must have been a very difficult journey and the result is fantastic. Buckle up tight, seatbelt is the only lateral support you'll get in this car.

Welcome back little Alfa! This time don't show this and then in two weeks BOOM, it's done! We want to see regular progress. This is non negotiable...😉

Ben Hobby re-pop of the Tamiya Porsche Moby Dick + resin bits and decals all arrived this week to build the Momo IMSA variant of this famous & outrageous racer.

Welcome aboard Brian, I really look forward to seeing your work. I used to post on Randy's but slowly migrated here as there is more variety of topics, no hosting site needed to post pictures and a wonderful group of peers.

If a part ever falls off one of my models 5 or 20 years from now, I'll glue it back on... and keep it quiet. Less stress that way... 🤫

Thanks Atin, not really a confidence issue but more about taking it easy for one build. This one was as easy and straightforward as it gets. Good little kit. Thanks Thank you Carl Perhaps the one part of the build I did not appreciate. Open louvers are great... until you have to decal over them. Indeed Bill. When lists of beautiful cars are made the Stratos is always left out, but it is an all time favorite of mine.

The body and chassis have been painted. I dare to say this was a most successful brush painting operation. Only a light 3000 and 4000 sanding of the primer, nothing after color and only a very light sanding of the black fenders and yellow body after clear. Then 2 light layers of satin clear. If you wanted very conservative colors this one will not be to your liking.... but it is a race car after all!

Great color combo, should have thought about it but by the time you suggested it color was already being applied... Thanks Noel, it is shaping up in a pretty good way.

Very nice refresh Helmut. I love the paint on this, just the right sheen for a period race car. Cherish this one, replacements are almost impossible to find.

Yup, this will work!

I use 5 minute epoxy.... don't shoot me!

Super interesting and informative story about a car I did not know about. Notice the black one has the spaghetti exhaust flowing above the rear deck. Looks cool like that.

Paint looks really good. From this picture the color appears a mid point between bright red and blood red. It has a pretty nice Alfa vive to it.

9 hours? Took me about 4 weeks to build mine with just a few upgrades... Super nice quick build sir!

Super nice refresh Rich, and quite the display go 908's. The 907/908/910 family were the best looking Porsche racers in my book. You can never have too many of these in the stable. Thanks for sharing sir!

Getting to the last bits of fabrication before we head off to paint. First another mock up (possibly my 20th) to see how the interior components integrate. Glad I did as there are no clear instructions. I now realize that the seat will have to go in after the body and chassis marriage. I also took note of where I will want to set the steering column and have to relocate the brake hand lever back a bit. I'd hate to do this with a freshly painted body. This kit was designed to "sandwich" the fenders & steps between the chassis and body. Since I significantly altered these I had to build mini closeout components to close these gaps. I made small tail lamps and prepared the head lamps for wiring that will be visible on the final build Added big rivets to the front frame sides and the area where the big cross beam / engine mount is Finally I did work on positioning (but not glued at this stage) of the windshield frame. I don't like the look of the windshield is designed in 90deg vertical position on this kit. since these were movable I cut the side posts and re-glued them with about 10 degrees of lean. Personal preference but it looks better this way IMO. Now I am ready to paint all these sub assemblies and the body.

Thanks Bill, comments much appreciated. Not a ton of pre-war race car kits out there so we work with what is available. This kit is basic and nothing is fundamentally wrong with it but it needs detailing to add realism and accuracy. I agree Ken, going with black chassis & fenders plus a vibrant racy color for the body. Thank you Bill for following my build. It takes styrene, putty and plenty of time but I enjoy working on these old kits. Black and gold.... no! But perhaps this would be close enough to please you?

Wonderfully creative. The beauty of the A110 shines through with your upgrades. I love it!

Snow in Texas, California burning in the winter, hardly any snow on the ground here up north....crazy ! Nice truck btw Sometimes you gotta go back to the can. I did Tamiya spray primer on my resin Alfa 8C... so you are forgiven and get to keep your VP title of the Brush Painter Society...😁

Opening doors and bonnet, that is ambitious for anybody and should be a fun challenge. I look forward to your updates Perry. I am in full learning mode!

I have been delaying the decision on color themes. I'm down to 4 options: 1 - All black or perhaps black with flat aluminium bonnet 2 - Dark blue... or blue with aluminium bonnet 3 - Dark red... or red and black 4 - Yellow and black Well, that's more than only 4 finalists.... HELP!

Thanks Helmut, I think it is the closest I could get to a sport body with the kit fenders as a starting point. Now I need to figure out period style tool boxes and fluid containers I was fortunate that the styrene on this kit cooperated so well. Some old kit have brittle styrene, not this one. True Daniel, big headers and I will have to consider how to replicate that. Adding it to the list! Thank you Francis. Working with styrene makes this possible even with simple tools. I like the fender design I have come up with, racy and stylish.