happy grumpy

Weathering can be challenging but I know for a fact that this kit is not for the faint of heart.I never could finish it properly. Both the build and weathering are astounding.If this is your first attempt, then you have nothing to worry about your next attempts. Success all around. I like the dusting on the engine it is very convincing. Good job sir.

Beautiful restoration. The blue suits it well.I like it

A nice recovery, like others have said, it looks much better this way. I sure miss those jo han kits

Again thank you all for all the comments, I am relieved to learn I am not alone having problems building this kit. One thing the jo han kits had is in their time ,I think the bodies were the most accurate and they had interesting subject matter. I really miss them. Dominik, I saw your pics. The amount of work I put in mine is nowhere near the amount of work you did,you practically re design the whole thing. I just build it stock Any chance you could post the finish model ?

Welcome Mike, you will find a lot friends here.

One of the best Jo-Han kit in my opinion. I built that kit when I was way younger. Botched it up real good. I found that kit on the internet a few years ago for 60 bucks so I decided to have a second go at it. It is not an easy kit, there many moving parts and not wanting to mess it up again I just glued everything shut. I am satisfied with the results and for those who are wondering, the paint is a mix of Tamiya metallic brown and Tamiya copper, don't ask me for the ratio though, I just eye balled it. To this day, it is a very intriguing design and a shame that almost every one were destroyed. I don't know if apart from Jay Leno's one how many are out there. thanks for looking

Thanks everyone for your nice comments.

A beautiful rendition of the actual car. What I dislike the most in any kit, it's when the chassis or the body is warped . That's real bummer because there is no easy way to fix. Looks like you managed to make it fit pretty well though. nice job.

Nicely done, I like the Monte Carlo, the red interior really stands out with the white exterior. The decals are nicely done too. good job.

I built the coupe version and these kit are well designed as they assemble so well. Beautiful color, flawless finishes. The interior details are well done great builds.

When I was growing up , this was a familiar sight, pick ups back then were used and abused. The only time they were shiny was out of the showroom floor, after that it was go to work and forget about detailing. Nowadays it looks like pick ups are used to just get there . Pick ups were just tools, now they are awesome .... and pricy For this one I used the hair spray technique, it works great. Acrylic over lacquer base. The little shack is sometime used as background for this kind of build, it add to realism. The leaves in the bed are real leaves after a spin in a blender.

always fun to build something you can relate to. Most of my builds are inspired by events in my life or movies or history, sometimes just because I like the lines and styling. Nice color it fits well on this model. I always liked this body style. Keep it up

A fun build that I did maybe a year ago, gets together nicely, while I was building it , I realized how far cars have progressed in a century. I didn't built it as a police though car but I kept the yellow theme. Most of the model T's I saw were black. A nice, simple little kit.

Nice start. I also use Tamiya primer and lacquer paint. The primer sets fast and finishes smooth. The spray paint lays down smooth and uniform. The other thing I like is that the nozzles never clog. I almost always use the Tamiya spray for the bodies. The only negative point about them is the smell, boy is it awful. Fortunately I have a good spray booth. great work, looking forward to the finished model.

A nice looking pair. The green really pops out. very nice scratch building.

beautiful colors, I like it . Engine looks good too.

Thank you all for taking the time to comment. Bob, your 1;1 37 looks really good , you said " had " I take it you no longer have it. This surely would turn some heads. It sure is a very cool truck.

I was a big fan of the show, your model brought me right back to that episode when that poor impala met it's demise. All that's missing is Jamie arguing with Adam. seriously though you did a great job. Congrats.

Now this is jaw dropping. the first pictures makes them look so real. I honestly thought they were bigger but the pictures with the hand shows true scale. This is truly amazing. this is museum quality. I will put my jaw in place now.

Here's a quickie before I call it a day. Straight out of the box. Went somewhat well but I had a hard time fitting the hood to the cowl and radiator/grill ass'y.I Ended up gluing the hood shut, hoping it wouldn't end up hitting the roof if it popped up. CA glue to the rescue. The blueish hue of the background makes it hard to photograph that shade of blue/ grey(a mix of acrylics paints with a clear coat). I should have used a warmer light.

thanks Francis, I had a full 6 years to build while I was lurking on this forum looking for inspiration and tips .I finally decided to join. I feel right at home here and from the nice comments I received, it looks like I made the right choice. Nice to here from a fellow Quebecois . If you like trucks, stay tuned, I will soon post the truck from the movie duel (I am a big fan). I consider this build the most demanding and most time consuming I ever did but it was worth it, it took a lot of screen captures and just as much of elbow grease. Be well .

That's a sleek looking vette . nice build and nice paint job too.

thank you all for your comments, I really appreciate it.

I agree, the no frill look makes you think there might be more than meets the eye. Personally I like the " sleeper " theme. the monochrome, no decals minimalistic look. Very nice build, nice choice for the color.

Tim, my base is a simple piece of MDF about 24 in x 36 in painted light gray with a little weathering to look like worn asphalt in sunlight. I use a small foldable coffee table to hold it at about 3 to 4 feet off the ground. I use it indoors also but it's less convincing but it does the job. The difficulty is to find the right angle and distance between you foreground and background. I had a lot of hit and miss but after la lot of trial and error . I got good results. I was inspired by the work of Michael Paul Smith, he used a simple point and shoot camera to photograph his die cast cars and mixing his building models with the die cast and the real background, it just blew my mind. I use a SLR canon T3 digital camera with a 300mm lens for most of my photos. When I need to extend the depth of field, like outside, one example would be the Ford C600 that I posted recently, I use a technique know as focus stacking. In a nutshell, you take several photos of your subject by focusing on the foreground first, then each other picture going from the front to infinity. It takes some trial an error because it is not perfect but overall I get decent results. As for the setting, I will soon post photos of the duel truck (the movie) you will have a good Idea of how it's done. I hope you are still awake after this long post. cheers