70 Sting

I’ve been analyzing your photography trying to figure out how you shot this beautiful car. Great choice of angles - they look like sales brochure images.? Did you photograph the car outdoors with available light using various white and black fill cards?

Good evening, I built Revell Germany's version of C7.R which differs mainly in the decals from the USA version. It was primed with Tamiya Fine Surface Grey and paint with Tamiya TS-16 Yellow then cleared with TS-13. I opened up the 2 air intakes in front of the rear wheels and side exhaust pipes. Also removed a section of plastic between the wiper and body. I'm 80% satisfied with this build - would have liked a smoother paint job and the silver decals behind the front wheels were placed a bit off on both sides along with the unwanted texture from the setting solution (see below). What I learned from this build: 1. The decals didn't like Tamiya's Mark Fit Strong solution as it added a bumpy texture and made the colour bleed a touch - in particular to the one on the hood. I switched to Micro Set & Sol which seemed to play nicer. I think I will keep the Tamiya product for Japanese kits. 2. I should have lightly sanded the colour and/or cleared the body before applying the decals. 3. Used Bob Smith's Insta-Set for the first time. Cool stuff! Needed it to speed-set the body to the chassis on both sides of the engine hood. 4. Used Scale Motorsport's carbon fibre decals for the first time on a couple engine parts. Nice product! Thanks for looking ?

Looks 1:1! Nice photography as well.

Super clean build!

Um, that does not look like plastic… more like diecast metal!

One question, do you try the colour on your nails first before applying to the car? All kidding aside, looks great!

Beautifully done! Paint, engine, colour choice… everything.

It was worth the effort!

Clean build. Looks great.

She’s a beaut!

Super nice, beautiful colour!

Beautiful job.

Beautiful colour and quality finish.

Beauty!

Beautiful colour, super build!

Gorgeous paint all around. Fine work.

Looks great! Wish they'd reissue that kit.

What a coincidence… I picked up the exact same kit yesterday at a local swap meet. Very inspired by your beautiful build.

Amazing attention to detail.

Super-cool ?

The license plate says it all.

Job well done. You have a steady hand with that silver Sharpie.

Be right back, gotta run out to my local hobby shop…

@Jim Whalen I think I might agree with you. I’ve tried BMF on 2 occasions and was less than satisfied with the results - just couldn’t get it to lay down properly.

Wow, she’s a beauty!