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Fun-Fun-Funtastic...

Yep, it's 1/32nd...one of the old Matchbox kits yeah, found out about the copper brake drums after completing the kit I really like those old Matchbox kits...great subject matter thanx

and a few more... that's all folks...thanx for lookin'

Got the racing car bug "of all sorts" this past year

lookin' good Bernard... it will be good to see them in the flesh in February thanx for sharing,,,

Hey Art you caught me... I did modify the air cleaner cut the top off to preserve it, drilled out the base, wrapped some photoetched mesh in the opening and glued the top back on me thinks it looks more like the real thing gotta get the duct tape "tint" put on the windscreen did think of you when I "snapped" the windcreen in half while cleaning it up...glued it back together and vacuum formed a few copies of it also what happened to John's thread on his 1950 custom Ford pick up? can't find it c'ya Curt

dang...didn't even notice it still have some "duct tape" leftover from covering the headlamps consider it done thanx

Keke Rosberg's 1978 debut ride in Formula One at the South African Grand Prix start with a 1/20 Tamiya Walter Wolf WR-1 kit and a set of Studio 27 decals and it looks like this: thanx for lookin'...

This is a model of the BFG Lifesaver Radial Corvette John Greenwood raced in 1972 The model is a 1/25 Revell Stars & Stripes Corvette, decals are from Fred Cady and minilite wheels are from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland here's a photo of real car: here be the model... thanx for lookin'...

This is a model of the BFG Lifesaver Radial Corvette John Greenwood raced in 1972 The model is a 1/25 Revell Stars & Stripes Corvette, decals are from Fred Cady and minilite wheels are from Replicas & Miniatures of Maryland here's a photo of real car: here be the model... thanx for lookin'...

Oh-h-h boy Formula One models...I love them all looking forward to the new 1/20 Tamiya Red Bull here's a link to the F1 models I've built: http://public.fotki.com/crtr8z/formula-one/ just finished Keke Rosberg's Theodore/Wolf in 1/20th...will be posting soon c'ya

Great, thanx probably on the old "Versus" channel NBC Sports took over glad to hear Hobbs is gonna be there, have always enjoyed his banter met him at Laguna Seca back in his racing days

Speaking of television...I heard Hobbs and Varsha mention "The Speed Channel" would not be broadcasting F1 races next year No mention of which network picked up the F1 coverage for 2013...just hoping it's one I can get on good 'ole Charter Cable. anybody know whose covering F1 next year??? Enjoyed the race in Texas, nice to see a close finish in F1...lookin' forward to the race in Brazil. don't know who to pull for...like both Vettel and Alonso

Great model Bernard...my favorite so far, lookin' forward to seeing it in February at least one of the "3 Amigos" is building something I've got a couple of projects on the workbench, but can't seem to get to'em c'ya great tutorial on metalizer paint from Dennis...

Moocho Goodo!

I only keep a few of the kits I build. give some to friends and family...sell the rest on eBay. built kits sell fairly well on ebay usually get the cost of the kit back and sometimes more, especially if a couple of bidders want it. I build models, just not into collecting them those that I do save are in dust proof boxes in the garage, occasionally "She Who Must Be Obeyed" likes one and it gets to go into the house!

Yah...what Art said just stunning John thanx for sharing!

Yes, it can be polished with great results

I've been using the Ultra Gloss Clearcoat over decals for years...have never had a problem with decals lifting as long as the 1st couple of coats of clearcoat are lightly misted over the decals. Have never had decals "yellow" using this product...prefer it over Tamiya's Clear TS-13, which is a good choice as well spray away!

I've found the best way to get custom decals...is making them myself there a number of companies which have decal paper for inkjet and/or laser printers and the actual process of copy, pasting, printing and clearcoating the decals is fairly simple of course the difficulty and/or limitations arise on how complicated the artwork may be. trying to get the special decal for a particular car, etc can involve lots of research to capture the best image possible for making the decal...a tool such as photoshop helps a lot too goodluck

This is a model of the Canon sponsored Porsche 956 Richard Lloyd Racing raced to a 2nd place finish in the 1985 24 Hours of Le Mans. It is the re-issued 1/24th Tamiya plastic model kit #24309, also used the Tamiya Porsche 956 photo-etch pack to finish. It had been a long time since I had built one of these 956's... you pretty much throw the paint, glue and decals in the box and shake - out comes a nice looking model... thanx for lookin...

Lookin' great Bernard, thanx for the photo tutorial...guess i'd better get back to playin' with photoshop c'ya buddie

Very very nice, built this model when it first came out...many, many years ago

Very nice Bernard

Finished this model awhile back...finally got around to sharing it. This is an excellent kit, great detailing and went together quite well baremetal foiling the trim is a task, not for the "faint of heart"...oofta! thanx for lookin'...