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dino246gt

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  1. Before I can make the interior whole again, I cut it apart! That left me with a real mess! I had to make those "pockets" to clear the front shocks.
  2. There are no shocks in the kit, so I took them from the Big Country kit, 8 of them, and made my own mounts. With the axles mounted below the leaf springs, and a little paint, I have a roller!
  3. Okay, well mine won't be totally correct, but I have started making some of that "stuff" to fill the engine bay, however, I'm still a long way from fitting any of it! I chose the tires from the Chevy Big Country kit, but want to keep the wheel backs out of the Scout kit. They have plastic inner tire sidwalls as part of them! So I shaved them down to fit the Big tires, and wrapped some styrene around them to make more of a glueing surface. I like the wheel fronts from the Monogram Land Rover, and I got some resin Warn hubs. Then I drilled out all the centers to fit the front hubs.
  4. Nice little fix on the front fitment, thanks!
  5. No I didn't know any of that, where are those threads? I've already made more mods, still I'd like to see what others have done.
  6. It's just a can of Dupli-Color that I liked, not an accurate AUDI color. The uptop and interior are different shades of beige. I de-chromed the wheels.
  7. I built the engine pretty much out of the box, but added some wires and removed all chrome. Check out the thickness of the fan belt though before I thinned it!
  8. And the roof, I cut that off. I started by sawing just behind the windshield header, to prevent breaking that, then I used the old backside of the Xacto blade to remove it, leaving the top of the doors a tiny bit higher.
  9. I saw a Scout II with the roof off and though I should try that with the old AMT/ERTL kit, so I dug it out. Well it's pretty simplified, but I can change all that! The interior and frame are all one, that's not good. The front and rear suspension, axle, driveshafts, each one part, again, that won't do! So I carefully cut everything apart, now I have what appears to be a more detailed kit to work with.
  10. I did the Spider version for a totally OUT OF BOX build, nothing extra! Great kit, I think you'll really enjoy the coupe version.
  11. In defense of collectors, I am one, and I'm happy to see re-issues of them all! Originals will always be originals and collectible. I'd never sell a rare unbuilt kit to be built, the value to me isn't in the money, it's the fact that they can bring back fond memories, and they're just so cool to see! I love building and there are so many great kits available at regular prices to be built, chopped, cut up, kit bashed, and more! As a collector, I am NOT a speculator, so I hope I am not killing the hobby!
  12. Those valve/cam covers can easily be sanded and filed into the correct shape. They're not staying chrome anyway, even if they are, Molotov pens will help.
  13. That idea of using a card, like those in magazines for ordering, works better than toothpicks in door lines. You'll have to keep using different corners as they soften up, of course since there's only 4 corners, you should cut the card in half or more. Another method is running the body under hot, or very warm, water and using an old toothbrush. Yet another way using toothpicks is to file the end of the round toothpick into sort of a wedge, making the end thinner. You'll have to keep the toothpick inline with the panel line.
  14. Can't really heap more praise on the pile, it's so high I can't reach the top! But MAN you do amazing work! Crazy amount of attention to detail, WOW!
  15. It doesn't get much cooler than that! Just amazing work, I love it!
  16. WOW, Dann, you're really going all out, I love it! Haven't touched mine for months, but when I get back to it, I'll be copying some of your stuff, if you don't mind!
  17. Love it! That frame should be available in resin, it's perfect for so many hot rods!
  18. Hand painted seat and door panel pattern is amazingly cool! The whole car looks so cool so far!
  19. Interior is PERFECT!
  20. What a gorgeous build, I love what you've done and that paint job is WOW!
  21. Very nice job on that one, looks quite realistic!
  22. I have their gorgeous 68-71 Maserati Ghibli, curbside but highly detailed, I've started it but can't decide on a colour, so it's just in the box!
  23. I started one of those but the LP400 early version. Made a bunch of parts, it's so much fun in this 1/12th scale, I'll be watching this with great interest! Here's what I made to go between the seats and over the shoulders for seat belts, hope you don't mind me showing these on your post?
  24. Man those pictures in the shop look great! Fine model.
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