dino246gt

This is an amazing build and a great way to spend my morning coffee drinking, looking through it step by step, I'm just in awe! Thank you for sharing your beautiful work!

I'm still trying to see where that red duece doesn't look real, because..............it does!

This is an amazing model build! Everything looks fantastic, including the rubber around the glass. You could make your own decal for the air filter box? I did that for my 1/12th Lambo. I've never done my own decals before but when I couldn't find them anywhere so I got some clear decal paper from BMF and they turned out great. I'm happy that I've added another "thing" to my model building. I just love working in 1/12th scale after decades of 1/24th and 1/25th, which I still also love! Your Z looks awesome!

Off the car it looks perfect, but because it sits down somewhat over the body, at the sides, it leaves the windshield a bit low, in my opinion. But of course in the real world there is no "right" height. I'd personally like a tiny bit higher windshield.

For the seats I made some simple manual adjustment handles.

Using basic scratchbuilding materials, I made the shoulder belt connectors for above the shoulder, and the receptacles for between the seats.

Did some work on the interior, removed the enamel paint from the dash, drilled out the gauges, flocked the top in black, then some heavy "Dullcoat" to soften the flocking, glued paper gauges from behind and added clear glue to the front for lenses. Scratched up a radio, 8 pieces, tiny pieces at that! Made the turn signal lever from a 1/25th scale floor shifter! The all tan dash is how it looked when I started the restoration.

Really cool, and you did a lot of work man, sweet! That dash and the whole interior, and you drilled all those holes in the rotors, woah. Your engine looks amazing too, rad detail, just a very nicely done model!

Mike, I'm wondering if you roof is TOO chopped? It looks extremely low, which is probably what you wanted, I was hoping it'd be about a scale inch or two taller. HOWEVER, I still want one!

Steve, your details look great! Love the engine.

Wow, that's a lot of bodywork, sure looks cool though!

Sure looks cool!

Wow what a great imagination you have! Love this crazy project, WOW!

I'll be wanting one of these!

Wow, that's looking cool, love that interior!

This is a great project, are you doing the early style front grill area as well? Great work so far and I can't wait to see more!

Tires are needed! Wheels look great, I did get some Halibrand fronts from you and they ARE great!

I'll be watching with interest, cool project!

I ALMOST thought about doing this as a car under restoration, finishing up the interior, front trunk, and adding brake detail (since the rims cover the outside, the kit only has the inside detailed) but after running that by some of my model friends, they pooh poohed that idea. I started the interior, off white with black carpets and dash top and plan to do the body in a very dark blue. I've sort of lost enthusiasm as I got back to 1/25th scale, but I won't give up on this one. Looking EVERYWHERE for a spare wheel and tire to put up front, anyone have one please!!! I've made a temporary "covered spare" from a spray can of the exact same diameter as the front tires. Added a few details to the front firewall too. Ciao!

I do the same thing with all those kit's rims, cut the lip off the backs, it works out fine.

That cleaned up real nice and your interior is awesome, great details!

Wow, this is a great build, so much detail, I love it. Can't wait to see more, looks totally real!

Wow, that looks real, those seats are too cool! Nice build, those big kits are something else when done up like this, NICE!!!

Did the coils, wired the fan motors, made some fittings and hydraulic hoses for the oil pump and mounted all that. Made a dipstick and tube, that's on, so the only things left on the engine are the "dryer hoses" from the air boxes and the throttle cable to the gas pedal. Those are being made but can't be installed until the body is on. That won't be for some time, a long time! For now though, here's the engine!

The decal paper is called Experts Choice, by Bare-Metal Foil Co. it's on clear and for laser. I also brushed some Microscale liquid decal film over them before I used them, they worked great and I got real fine resolution for tiny print!