Pierre Rivard

Yips? sorry, 4 letter word....and golf related

These look like they fit inside the wheels like they should. I think it's a good move.

I've only built one resin kit (Lemans 1933 winner) and started with parts that look a lot like these. Time, patience, enjoying the journey more than the destination was a must but I surprised myself with the result. I love your work and will follow your journey with immense pleasure. Please post regular updates. I need my fix!

Excellent way to fabricate an operational clamshell. I love the Stratos and your upgrade with this and the whole transaxle will result in a formidable replica.

Major milestone. The paint and decals for this body style have been challenging but it all came out good. The seal coat is done and I have good even gloss and no dust particles. Big smiles!

This car looks so so good. Incredible what you have done with this humble kit.

Impressive would be an understatement for what you created from magazine pictures, sketching to scale and transforming it into a 3 dimensional shape.... from a block of wood? Pure artistry Gary, pure artistry.

Oh yes, getting close. Inspiration for building one of these beauties some day. I like the Scale Production fuel cap. Getting bored from scratch building these.

Huge amount of work and a powerful rendition of this amazing car. The back end shot of the model oozes so much realism I thought it was the real car. Very very impressive!

The fix on these brake components is a big improvement. The Tamiya discs just don't look the part. Wonderful way of making this old kit better. Skip the doctor thing. Mine says it's an incurable disease! ?

Youdaman Rich. This girl is absolutely gorgeous.

I love those springs. Cool!

Thanks Anton. The fender gills were actually pretty easy to do once I had figured out a method of fabrication. You got me worried for a moment and I double checked my paint. No burn through but a few spots where my sand & polish has not fully restored the gloss level. I get that sometimes but the seal coat over decals usually evens the gloss quite well.

Hood is molded shut. I'm very happy with the decals. I can now breathe easier and carry on with this build.

Man this looks sooo good. I have to scratch build an interior for my BMW 3.5csl... you mind doing it for me? ?

A small step for man.... ok, not that dramatic. Decals are what scare me the most about this build. Mainly because I am using a sheet from LeMans Decals and these have been giving me fits in the past. They are fragile & wrinkly and the surface a bit porous (or so it seems). This car has big stripes that will need to fit compound curves (fenders). I've decided to tackle decals before committing to building the interior and chassis. So far I have the complex decals laid out and have survived it by handling them very delicately. The make or break stripes are done, the rest will come later but none of them worry me at this stage. BIG RELIEF!!!

Interior is no frills basic yet absolutely gorgeous. What color do you plan for the roll cage, painted or raw steel?

Superb trio and wonderful tribute to Mr Cross.

Another great one in the making. Your usual superb body work plus the printed wheels and driver figure really turn this into a winner.

Very nice start Ken. I built this kit as a race car and thought the kit was reasonably good (think 80% Tamiya). Definitely good enough for you to pull off a great replica.

Be proud my friend. You have made this kit with humble beginnings go a long long way. I love the results so far and most happy you decided to take us along for the ride.

Kit looks very crisp and straight (not a given with resin) so building it should go fairly well. The big challenge will be the very elaborate livery. Despite the best planning it is possible some decals will not want to line up perfectly at their intersection, requiring delicate paint touch ups to help them blend seamlessly. I'll be following with immense interest.

Thanks Helmut, I like this color combo and the Schnitzer team did manage to pull off a couple of wins against the mighty 935 armada. Not a preference per say. We adopted condo living in the city and setting a spray booth is just not possible. So learn to master the brush or quit the hobby are the only choices.

The picture flatters it. See below a picture under direct reflection form LED light row. Not so pretty is it? It does need a good polish. I plan a 4000 wet sand mostly to flatten the multiple small dust particles followed by a rub with Tamiya fine and finish compound. The painting process has not changed much and the best tip I could give is to push the thinning as far as possible. It will result in requiring multiple coats but very few (if any) brush marks. This body has 4 layers of primer, 5 of color and 4 of clear, each so thin that details are still crisp.

Gorgeous build. Car looks fast standing still. Well done sir!