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Those look great! Been a big fan since the first movie blew my 14 year old mind on it's release. Even built an Estes (I think) model rocket version as a teen.

Quite the contrast from the actual bike as far as weight goes. Those things are like bicycles with motor's I used to roadrace vintage bikes in the 90's and a few of those and the 350 versions were always present. If someone made a model of the RD350 I could recreate my old race bike in miniature.

I can hear those twin megaphones now! Nice job. Love that era.

I needed a break from a '55 vette kit that's challenging me. I had this old Corgi kicking around, it was pretty beat up and the siren on the rear deck was long gone. So I figured out how to take it apart, plugged the siren and light holes and reshot it and did some weathering. It was a fun little project.

How do you like that booth? I'm on the hunt for one now. And I see guitar stands.

Looking forward to seeing this when it's done. The engine looks great. Very cool that you found your old stash too.

Pretty much the same here. Infrequent restocks, dismal Testors paint selection. But a huge selection of craft acrylics for spraying, oil paints for weathering, and brushes. Frequent coupons and rewards that my wife is set up for so you can save a few bucks.

That chain is nuts! How big is that bike in that scale? Lots of room for detail. You're getting very creative, nice work. I was heavy into riding at the time that bike came out and it was actually the most far out thing in production from Japan. It already is a cafe racer, just not what passes for one nowadays. I remember the first one I saw in person. Drool city. Here's a little tip though.. the butterflies go on the engine side of the carbs. Looking in the stacks, which look great, you should see the slides. Looking forward to seeing how this turns out.

Fantastic work! I'd bet that was as difficult to make as the 1:1 Benroy was I made a decade ago. Love the teardrops.

Love that exhaust color detail.

Got this for further Corvette research. All the photos are black and white but they are really good. The stories are great too with many soon to be famous names getting their starts in the early days.

Thanks Mike. I forgot to mention the obvious fact that they're all curbside. I'm saving all the various motors, etc and maybe one day I'll do an engine shop diorama for fun. I've always had a great admiration for the pro engine guys like Traco etc. This was my second roll age and it went better than the first, all using info I got from you guys. I've been sourcing my wheels from Forward Resin and am very happy with his products. Because it's winter here and my garage shop is not heated, I do my work in the basement this time of year which means no lacquer or enamels in the airbrush. It's been fun learning to spray hobby store craft acrylics. My shop compressor is too big and noisy for the house so after trying to use just my pig after filling it in the garage an getting frustrated with that I bought a cordless No-Name kit from Spraygunner. It works ok if you thin things enough, just not enough pressure otherwise through the Iwata Eclipse I bought last summer. What a nice tool that is compared to the 25 year old Badger 350 I have. I'm having a blast.

I have to say that looking at everyone's work here is a bit intimidating. But what the heck, practice makes perfect. Finished my second project and here it is. I need to get better at the photography side as well. Had a lot of fun with this one. The steel wheels were a challenge to get mated to the kit inners. Also adding the rear bumpers molded in mount points the real car has is beyond me right now but I did start experimenting with Milliput yesterday so I can add that sort of detail in the future. Next I'm on to a '55 'vette club racer.

Nice. I'm building the same kit in the same style right now...go figure. My "floor pan" was twisted out of the box and needed a heat gun to straighten so both front wheels touched the ground. Glass needed much trimming too at the vent windows. Is yours that way? And where'd you get the AP decals? They look great. I'm going to hand paint mine if I have to but it's gonna look less then good given my skills and shaky hand. Your paint looks great. Love the color.

Morning. Been lurking for a few months and gaining lots of knowledge from you folks. I made gluebombs as a kid 50 years ago, mostly space, tanks and planes. Last winter I got the urge to build again, with the focus on road racers, with the focus on what you would have seen at SCCA events in the 60's. Not the big team stuff as people love from the Trans-AM but the local club racers that raced on the weekends and had square jobs the rest of the week. I'm having a lot of fun, learning and improving my skills. This is a very relaxing hobby. It also exercises your brain. In my square job I work at a large collision repair shop, surrounded by mashed modern cars all day. Go figure. Here's my first completed work. Not great but I'm happy for a first effort.