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Hi all, Finished this one up last night. Repainting took a toll, the hood is a couple shades darker than the rest of the body, and there is a little cracking around the front edge on the driver side. Overall, I am happy with the outcome. The added brake lines and engine wiring adds a little interest, if not crude. I used ak metals xtreme metallic blue on top of AK filler primer with an automotive spray clear coat (which oddly was the cheapest spray clear in canadian tire...) Polished out it looks quite nice, so this is going to be my go to clear for cars now. I want to do another convertible in the purple AK metal that I have. I want to keep adding detail and getting better at adding realism to my models, so any feedback is helpful. The liner I made from some felt, as well as the carpet on the floor. Seat belts and buckles are made from wire and layer of masking tape.

Perhaps ChatGPT is cheaper upfront, but every single prompt wastes a good amount of water. No real price on that. Sweet build!

Hi all, This is a compilation of posts made on another forum (SPAM). Further posts will be made first person, I hope this all makes sense. Thanks! Oops I did it again... It's been a minute, hi again. I have been working stupid hours and haven't really had a minute for modelling, but I got this 'stang from marketplace which really inspired me to get going. This is the pace car kit, monogram I believe. I don't have pics yet, I will post some later tonight. So far the body is painted and polished, a nice shade of blue, yet to do chrome or trim/badges. Engine is wired, exhaust is painted. Suspension needs work. I want to do a white or grey interior, as I am doing a white top. Thoughts? Maybe white with blue accents. Here are my late pictures: I wanted to experiment with making a full wire harness for most the electronics I can find. I am following these diagrams, starting with the tiny white thing at the end which I hope to make look properly like the starter relay. More updates: Engine bay wiring harness has been started, you can see where the line hooks up to the headlights and horn Thanks guys! Some updates: Positive and negative battery wires added, water bag, horns are painted, I have started on the brake lines. chrome needs some touch ups. I corrected the wires to be black, from the grey there were before. Silverado had mentioned that they are wrapped in electrical tape, so i painted them black. I have to finish the soft top, do the chrome around the base of it, mirrors, headlights, the cross brace for the engine bay, Engine bay complete, next stop is repainting some body parts due to... oopsies... No hope separating the body, soooo I just did some taping and sprayed right on top. I fixed it! for the most part, there are two finger marks that appear on the surface, only one of which I am going to care about. The one on the hood is very visible to the human eye, I had a hard time capturing it on camera, so I circled the area in the photo. The one on the side on the door panel is less noticeable, but I did have some splotching on the opposite side, shown in pictures. Clear, polish and re-chrome and I am done!

For clarity: this is what I am referring to: Seems like the best option would be to just use styrene as suggested. I don't have a 3d printer as of yet, but if I did I would just reprint the entire rear lid to add the scoops. thanks everyone for the info, keep adding on. the more the merrier

thanks for the info. Best bet then I guess to model them would be to take from a lambo? I will have to do some looking around for 70s-90s lambo parts and see what looks right. If anyone else has information, pls do add on.

My bad, but yes the rear scoops. Apologies ?

Hi all, For those that know Panteras, I wanted to know if the rear hood scoops shown on this 1971 Pantera are custom, or factory stock and if there are model kits that depict this version of the Pantera. I snapped this from a youtube video from Vice Grip Garage. Let me know,

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I have this kit, and I used the engine in a build I am doing currently. Does anyone know what that engine is and if there are any reference pics? Thanks

That's fantastic! Great work.

I'm in Durham region!

Soo... Sad story really, on one of my many moves, this one was a casualty. I didn't have the heart to fix it up, which I am now deeply regretting. I wish I kept the parts because I actually really enjoyed this one. Disappointed it got messed up to begin with, and hearing your guy's interest really is the kicker. If anyone has a spare, you can shoot me an email or pm me.

Hi all, I've been on a bit of a binge to get this done. It's my first completed model kit in my new house so that's something. I'm not too happy with some of my line work and the registry is hard to read on the dark blue. I like how it stands out from my collection though and has clear visual ties to the predecessors in the enterprise lineage. My next model will be the 1/25 Supernatural 1968 Chevy Impala. Thanks for checking in

Nice!

Hey all, After all my belongings from the other side of the country, I decided to get back to this. I fully changed the colour palette I chose for this model. Next step is RCS thrusters, vents, escape pods and any other detail paint. It has been gloss coated so I can just use thinner to clean up over painting (all this was done by brush that's why the choice of clear coat before paint is done). After my detail painting, it's decals then flat. After flat I'll go over and "lit" areas like the deflector dish and nacelles in a gloss clear. Thanks for looking