OldNYJim

You’re right - I did look at those too...I need to start collecting a few of those from the various manufacturers so I have a nice selection to pick from!

I don’t think that kit chrome looks too bad - what don’t you like about it?

Thanks fellas! Progress on this is REALLY disjointed...I’m trying to keep progressing to make sure it’s done by NNL East but that means doing a little on one thing and then a little on something else and then something else on the third thing then once the first thing is dry going back to that and so on and so forth...good thing I made a decent to-do list that I can refer to ? This week’s mini-projects included making some little chrome trim rings and gauges for the dash and doing the first of a few light washes on the radio-frequency gauge to bring out the tiny numbers that AMT helpfully put on there: Then I shot all the pieces that need to be leather-colored a flat tan color... And then added some shading to make them look a bit more leather-like: Love the look of that leather color against the body! More soon, soon as a BUNCH of paint dries and I can work on some more stuff ?

Good thing I just got a new bottle of Elmer’s!

I saw some of those fuzzy pipe cleaners at Target the other day and was trying to figure out a good modeling use for them...guess I found it! Good tip Mike!

So your tip is to glue the body to the chassis securely? ?

Oh, and re. those valve stems...what gauge wire do you like for making those? They look great!

Stunning work! Really enjoyed this thread, thanks for sharing your work on it! I know you just finished, but...what’s next? ?

Those headers look great! Super clean build so far!

This is a BEAUTIFUL build - really really impressive! Can’t wait to see more!

Another little update - but one I was looking forward to! Got all the templates cut from my Gopher Racing wood grain decal sheet: And got them in place! Pleased with how those look on there! Next job is a coat of clear over the whole lot, soon as they’ve had a day or two to dry. More soon!

He nearly fitted it in the space! ? It looks like it’s short enough that it WOULD have fitted if he’d gone nose-in

I like their Wicked Color line too, yes! The ‘regular’ ones tend to be easier to find where I am, but I’m sure in time I’ll end up springing for a set once I get bored of the regular colors. Seeing as I’m replying anyway, next job that I’m starting on this thing is the wooden floorboards in the interior. I picked up this woodgrain pattern decal sheet from Gopher Racing and I’ve been looking for a project to use it on - it’s a little cartoon-y looking I think for a ‘serious’ build...so it should fit right in on this one! ? Need to make a bunch more templates now and then get cuttin’ and decalin’: More soon!

Airbrushed some lettering today - the kit had decals but why use them and make things easy ??

Ok, time’s up! Masks off! ? Just a couple of little touch ups that I need to do on the blue and then I can hit these with some clear! More soon!

Wow, sure took me a long time to do any more on this one ? Next step, after getting the body parts in paint was the distinctive lettering. I could’ve used kit decals but I wanted to do something a step better than that, so I cut some masks so I could paint them: First up I shot a layer of Tamiya chrome through the airbrush - I wanted a little bit of a scale metalflake look and the grainy finish of this paint will help with that as demonstrated on this spoon I shot at the same time: Then a light coat of Createx candy yellow: And then a little candy Orange to add a little subtle depth and detail: And now I’ve gotta wait patiently an hour or so to let the candies set up (they can be a little gummy and tear if you remove the mask too soon) and we’ll see where we’re at on this one!

That’s an OUTSTANDING build - absolutely stunning! Just the kind of thing I was hoping to see in this thread! What scale is that?

Amazing! This board is the best for people having stuff you’d never see otherwise! Thanks for posting bud!

AWESOME! Thanks for the link - I’m going to read that now!

Couldn’t find much online about it from a quick search - but it looks COOL!

Is there swag this year Tom? I need some swag for my wall! See? ??

I really like this - the stance is good, those wheels are cool and the color’s unusual enough to be eye catching but still looks great on there! Way cool!

That color is gorgeous! I like these little Alfas - is this a Tamiya kit?

I was thinking more of if some OTHER guy built something similar previously and you ended up (internationally or not) building a close facsimile of that model, would that affect how the build was judged. Not that I’ve been to a show ever anyway (although I’m looking forward to NNL East next month), but I was just curious

Great idea! I’d be very interested to see a bunch of bar-raising contest winners!