Pierre Rivard

Beautifully done, both of them. Nice to see some models of early NASCAR days

Thank you guys. I did a bit of reshaping of the front wheel opening flanges (too flat at the top) and brushed on the primer. Not bad. Some work needed to smooth out the back end and I will need to find a way to hide the body thickness around the nose GTO style cooling holes.

Andy, the cockpit has come together in such a beautiful way. Amazing considering the scale. The whole dashboard on this thing is what, maybe 1.5 inch wide?

Update on entry #1 Cobra csx 2196. Now that I have the engine & chassis integration issues relatively under control I have proceeded with the basic body modifications. The car was pretty rough going into the race after rush overnight repairs following an encounter with a tree during practice.... what... there's a tree at Sebring? Anyhow, I chose to model the body without the rushed repairs... or how it would likely be at the start of practice. In summary, adding wheel opening flares, hood scoop, enlarging the nose air intake a bit, adding the 3 extra nose vents and 2 on the hood, adding side vents, relocating the fuel filler opening and adding the "suitcase dings" to the deck lid. Pic of the car in the race and my body. I'll prime it and see if more work is needed.

Looks very very nice sir. I love the darker tone of the gold color you chose. Hope you'll show more pics.

Tommy, your build is just fabulous. Looks like this kit has a lot of great details in it and you really pulled it off. I doubt you'll ever get something half as nice coming from Salvinos so it was a great call to go to Hurd. Stunning build!

Beautiful build sir. This one is on my wish list and your's will serve as inspiration.

Coming together in a most wonderful way Andy. All the creativity and engineering so many components add up to a stunning model. Now...finish this one and let's get going on the 64 Sebring group build!

Stunningly beautiful. I'm sure the original did not look so good!

That's a very good looking Plymouth.

Really exquisite detailing. Looks like you are near the finish line on this long journey.

Wow Gary, what a fabulous collection! All models I wish I can someday build, with the Porsche at the top of the list! Again and again you provide inspiration for the rest of us. Thank you for sharing this collection

Wayne, this is a beautiful build. I love your presentation with the car on stand and wheels off. The detailing on the engine is great the way you present it. Obviously some very nice detailing and upgrades make that engine most lifelike. Well, well done sir!

very nice, particularly the intake mesh

Firewall = mur pare-feu Hey...you asked!

Beautiful detailing and the finish on that british racing green body looks so nice.

Work has started (slowly) on entry #1, CSX 2196 cooked up by Ken Miles. Series 1 leaf spring chassis stuffed with a big block 427. First step, I wanted to lower the ride height on the chassis by 2 mm, making sure to do it with suspension tweaks, not chassis to body relations knowing engine to hood clearance will be a challenge with 427. I like the way she sits now and will work out the fender openings & flares accordingly. Speaking of the 427, that's a big boy! So far I gave kept the kit's trans and the engine comes from a Polar Lights Torino kit. To make room the passenger tub footwells need to be narrowed and I still need to find a carb and filter combo that will clear the hood.

Nice build Ray, I love the color combo you have chosen. The Monogram kit looks like a good one vs the Sunny/Minicraft/Revell I recently built. So I guess you only have 44 more Cobras to build?

Very nice, black and gold, not easy to do!

Another beautiful project taking shape inside your "factory" Pascal. I think this is the 7th or 8th MFH build you present in the last few months, all of them wonderful yet working their way through the factory so fast.

I think those headers actually look very realistic

Congratulations Jim. All the hard work paid off. I followed your w.i.p. and could not believe how good that stuff was. The detailing and finishes make this model look like it is the real 1/1 car. Amazing build!

Ray, these 2 look really sharp. Cobraman has a stash of 45 Cobra kits. Makes sense. ?

I'm not planning to do one of these but it looks like a pretty good kit. Thanks for sharing Mark, always nice to see your work.

I also have migrated to Vallejo metal color. Considering how little you need to cover they are not really expensive. They also mix well with Model Color, so for example if I want to do a light metals blue I will mix a bit of Model Color blue into the Aluminium Metal Color. Very versatile and they brush well.