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I’m not across all the cars from the Fast and Furious movies, but l really like your Roadrunner! That looks awesome. I love the look of classic muscle cars in the “restomod” style Cheers, Stu.

That’s looking great. The vinyl roof looks spot on. I’ve built this kit before as the Hemi version and it’s a great little kit. I’ve got another one that I want to build as the standard road option, so I’m keen to watch your build to see how it goes. Cheers, Stu.

This is one of the reasons I joined the forum. Foiling a car body has been something that has frustrated me since I started building cars again, and threads like this tutorial are a gold mine of information. I’ll certainly be trying this method on my next project. Thank you for sharing. Cheers, Stu.

Hi, when l started this l knew it had to be plum crazy, it’s a pretty iconic Mopar colour. Unfortunately, Tamiya, which is the most common readily available brand here in Australia don’t have a metallic purple shade close. Not to be deterred, l sprayed the body TS-24 purple then applied 2 coats of TS-65 pearl clear, applied the decals, then slowly sprayed 4 coats of TS-13. It’s “almost” that iconic shade. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Stu.

Sweet looking Mustang. Is that radio antenna scratch built? It’s a nice little added detail. Cheers, Stu.

That colour really pops Michelle. Nice bit of modelling creativity with the right hand drive conversion. Cheers, Stu.

Sweet build of an all time classic. I like the colour choice.?? Cheers, Stu.

I’ve got a real soft spot for flames on a hot rod, especially on old Fords. Yours looks great, neatly done and nice colour combinations. I’ve got this one in my stash and was leaning towards the highboy option, but after looking at this, I think I’ll go with fully fendered. Cheers, Stu.

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and kind comments on the Camaro. I’m in the process of finishing my current project and will definitely post some pictures. To answer your question Cool Hand, yes mate, I have the 1/24 DDA LJ XU-1 Torana kit in the stash and I’m hoping they release a Valiant Charger kit in the near future. Cheers, Stuart.

That’s an excellent build of an iconic movie car. I’ve been thinking about getting this kit but the complexity of the decals is kind of putting me off, as you said, the decals “sucked”. Despite that, it looks as though you got them to settle nicely.??

Hi everyone, I’m Stuart. Like most modellers, I started the hobby as a kid building cars and WW2 planes. I started back into it some 10 years ago as a means of distraction after my wife was diagnosed with a serious illness . My enjoyment of the hobby flooded back and soon I’d purchased an airbrush and many paints and tools. After building enough WW2 fighter planes to start a small airforce, I decided recently to turn my hand to US muscle car models starting with a 69 Yenko Camaro. It turned out better than I thought it would and now l have around 30 or so 1/24 and 1/25 kits in the stash. I’ve seen some awesome builds displayed on the forum and look forward to chatting with other members and hopefully picking up some tips to help me improve. If I’ve got things right, there should be an image of my first build here. cheers, Stu.