Pierre Rivard

Terrific work as always Mr Libby. Every component is a scale model by itself. Just zooming in on the spark plugs... totally accurate. I never cease to be amazed.

Sometimes they almost build themselves and sometimes you have to dig deep to make the kit come together, and you have made it work. I have yet to build a 1/20 F1 and know a bit about the Tamiya and Ebbro offerings, but now realize Fujimi is also a worthy participant in the field. Thank you for sharing this with us.

Ouch!

Oh oh... not again! Another one of these where my reaction to the introduction of the project is... I got to find one of these! Beautiful historically important car and I will be following your work with immense interest. Rooting for you Matt!

Thank you Carl Thanks Thomas. I came to the same conclusions, very old kit representing the 935/77 (not the baby). Interesting contrast building it in parallel to the Tamiya 934 released in 2013.

Amazing work on these seats, turning a weak component of this kit into a masterpiece. Wonderful build to follow.

Thanks Mark. The metal body is a bit unique but so far I really like this kit.

Another beauty to add to your stable of unique and wonderful replicas. Wonderful add of period pictures of the car help portray the fidelity of your replica. The Tasmanian magician strikes again!

It looks fantastic Gary. And a driver figure adds so much interest, especially with an open cockpit car. I should consider that...

Oh boy, this is going to be challenging for you and lots of fun for us to follow. Please please please post regular updates?

Indeed ken, many possibilities and I need to choose something. Definitely a race version of the car. Thanks Mike. Metal body is a bit of a head scratcher but it is beautifully shaped. Yup, nice kit. Engine is good enough for what I want to do but for not having a separate one piece oil pan. I hate that split in the middle of it. Ace is the reference. He confirmed my thoughts on how to deal with the hood fit and so far the changes are working. The kit is good but I'll upgrade to better wheels & tires and I have to consider bucket seats for a race version. So far so good Rich. The metal body is manageable for me as I just plan to make it smooth and clean without adding modifications. Why they did the body in metal escapes me but I don't mind working on something different.

Paint looks good David. I agree with gray panel line on white cars, a more subtle and realistic look.

Work on the body has started. Not as difficult as I had feared.

Thank you Gary for pulling all these great references from your database. This will be very useful when I reach the stage of selecting a specific car to depict with this build.

Thank you so much John. Pretty easy stuff compared to your elaborate builds but I am happy with the result. Looking for more updates on your Matra...and the R8 Gordini? Thank you Tony. Can't go wrong with Jaegermeister and Martini liveries. Classics they are.

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!