Pierre Rivard

Starting a new project. The plan is for a racing version of the old Monogram Jaguar XK120

Every time I see your presentation of a Fisher build it is pure delight. The subjects are wonderful and the way you build them is always an homage to a great kit fabricator. Wonderful build of a wonderful car.

The HRM wheels look really good and the tires are also excellent. Looking at your build brings back excellent memories of building mine, such an enjoyable little kit. Thank you David for sharing the product of your work with us.

Thank you Chris for stopping by and providing support. Much appreciated. I am now refreshed and ready to go. It fails me why the XK-120 has a metal body but it provides a new challenge. Thank you Gary. Starting work on a racing XK-120, so start digging into your database for information. Do I go for a specific car or a fictional one? So have I Tony, but I don't think it is luck as I always test fit for ride height and wheelbase (a pet peeve of mine is ride height) and this kit is so precisely engineered. The ones that ride high are because the chassis is not properly engaged into the locating notches inside the body.

Twisting styrene rod to make springs and letting it relax is very creative. They look awesome!

You are turning these seats from the worst part of the kit to the best part of the kit. In fact everything you are doing is turning into the best part of the kit. Oh oh... we don't have any worst parts left. Head spinning....

Thanks Jim. The Tamiya 934 is beautifully engineered. I found the only hard part was painting of all the black trim pieces molded into the body. Other than that it builds very smoothly. I'm ready Rich. Got my next build lined up, an oldie kit of a classic... with a metal body... The great David Bantoft does not do OOB. Who are you? ? Thanks Mike Thank you sir. Some finessing required to get the 935 front end right but absolutely no adjustments needed of the Tamiya 934. Perfect stance right out of the box. Never happened before...

After a few complicated builds I was in need of some OOB therapy. Looking through the stash I found a pair of Porsche curbside kits and decided to build them both side by side. The 934 is a Tamiya and practically built itself. It is that good, perfect fits, no flash, small part count put somehow detail rich. I only added tire decals not present on the very good kit decal sheet. The 935 is a Italeri release of the 935 baby but really the 935/77 factory race cars with a nose cooler which the Baby did not have. The kit is a re-pop of the period Nitto kit also later released under Entex and then AMT brands. All the same tooling and as basic as it gets but the body appears to be a reasonably accurate representation of the car. I only added some mesh screening over coolers and brass tubes for the waste gate blowout. Kit decals are good except for the Martini side stripes not really fitting the body shape.

Congratulations Thomas, you have turned a flawed resin kit into a great replica, it looks fantastic. Resin/multimedia kits are a totally different animal and usually quite challenging but offer us subjects not available from the styrene volume producers. Your perseverance has been rewarded!

Nice build Jim. Always great to see a kit release of a classic race car and the GT350R definitely falls in that category. I love these old 1/24 Monogram kits and your build convinces me this is one I need to acquire.

The front axle and steering system looks so sweet. I imagine you'll add a functional steering box right? No pressure of course...?

Really taking shape. This is special stuff. You should get t-shirts made... and on the 8th day...

Extra, extra cool project Chris. 70's F1 were all wonderful in their now way (they all looked different from each other) but these early Alfa flat 12 Brabham were very special. This car + MFH kit + your skills will make this a must follow!

3 builds side by side? I can barely handle one at a time. You definitely got my attention! Lots to follow.

Stunningly beautiful build Aymer. The paint is gorgeous but even more impressive are all the colors and textures yo have applied to the various "metal" components. The exhaust system is particularly impressive. What did you use for the front brake cooling ducts? Looks spot on.

Same here, I use a soft brush. Quick Shine is easy to find and is even easier than Future to brush on. The only drawback is that Quick Shine is not good over clear plastic parts due to high surface tension so I keep my out of production Future for that. Both products dry quickly (15 minutes) and get reasonably hard after a few days

This Monogram body configuration represents the Daytona entry, and the oil cooler was only added after practice . By Sebring the cooler was not there but the whole back portion of the body was reconfigured. By Nurburgring the body was again heavily reconfigured, which the Fujimi kit represents. Sorry David, Highjacking your thread a bit...?

Man... what a gorgeous engine! No pressure Andy... but now that we have seen the real thing...?

NO! ? But seriously the kit wheels are actually pretty nice but all the same depth (like the fronts are on the real car). Mr Bradford's (HRM) wheel and tire set are correct with shallow fronts and deeper rears and perfect for this build. So hard obtain Harrold's product these days so it's great that you have this set. Go for it!

Oil coolers, tanks and caps all beautifully scratch built. With 3D printing taking on more and more space in the hobby (not that I'm against it) it is nice to see some traditional fabrication work being displayed. Thank you for taking us along for the ride, this is fun to watch.

Beautifully done rendition of one of the last pretty F1 cars.

That's a nice little kit and yes the body lines are quite crisp for such an old kit. Only 2 issues to fix, first is adding depth to the rear wheels and second fabricating the oil cooler added to the top or right side rear fender that is missing form this kit.

The MPC Mack DM600 kit is a fantastic kit

Thank you Garry for sharing this excellent process for making gauges. No more chasing the right font and size decals. Simple yet brilliant!

That's a very cool duo Dave. The freedom to mix up parts from a kit and the spares box creates a nice change of pace from our usual chase for historical accuracy. Question about the gauges, do you se a particular epoxy formulation to achieve the clear glass effect?