Bainford

Much thanks, Lee. The kit is curbside and goes together really well. For a chrome bumper car you will want to lower it at least a scale 1.5 inches, but for a rubber bumper car the ride height OOB would be pretty close. Rubber bumper parts are in the kit. See below for seat piping info.

Many Thanks, Guys. I really appreciate the kind words. It was a fun build. I've got another in the stash and one of C1s GT bodies, so looking forward to doing one of those, soon.

Perfect. Thanks.

I finished this one up a while ago. It's the Airfix 1/24 MGB Roadster. A straightforward kit that goes together well. One of those rare trouble free builds, this one is built largely box stock with some interior detailing; carpeting, seat piping, gauge bezels, column stalks, mirrors, etc. Paint is Humbrol #47 enamel. The ride height was lowered about 1.5 scale inches. Unfortunately the glass exhibits quite a bit of optical distortion, especially noticeable on a topless car. The window and the frame are molded as one (a peeve of mine) making it difficult to improve the glass with sanding/polishing. In fact, I broke mine trying, but a forum member came to the rescue with a replacement (thanks Matt!). The kit wheels are also slightly oversized, another pet peeve of mine, throwing off the look of the finished product somewhat. But those two minor issues aside, it's a great kit that builds into a nice little MG. It even took first in class at our little peer-judged annual model show. Comments, critiques welcome.

Yes, Thanks for that. Very informative. Clearly the MIG has shortcomings compared to BMF, but I think it has its place. How thick is it relative to the BMF, and how well does it stick?

It would have been quite nice, for this large scale model, if the parts breakdown was a bit more comprehensive. Painting and detailing would be much easier with more separate parts. A cut-away of the carb itself would have been a nice touch. Anyway, I must say that your metal finishes are looking great. Very authentic.

Tough looking Deuce. Ready for some serious back street action. Nice work.

Very cool. I remember that magazine article well, and as a teenager it had a big impact on me as well. I read it over many times, trying to rationalise all of those crazy mods. At that time in my life, it struck me as just about the coolest car ever. In fact, as recently as a few months ago, I was driving at night and an oncoming driver didn't dim his lights, and I muttered to myself, "I wish I had those Shelby landing lights now." Anyway, Interested to watch your project come together.

Yes, AMT to be exact. And you are correct, up to '78 are all the same.

Sweet Mustang, John. Your foil experiment looks a success. Nicely done.

Good looking Mustang. Nice work.

Very cool little model, Pat. I love the 7.

Very cool! I love everything about this. A big Well Done to the builder. Give that girl another model.

Excellent build. Very realistic, the photos could pass for a real bike. In fact, I thought it was for a moment. Your work is very clean. Very well done!

Good looking T-Bird. I love the rich brown paint, such an under rated colour. The roadster style tonneau is so crazy impractical, but oh so cool. Very nice.

Beautiful Stude. Such great looking cars, stylistically way ahead of their time, and your build really does it justice. Love the colour choices. Well done.

I find the Revell Mustang is one of the most exciting announcements in the last few years. Really looking forward to it. It will great to finally have a decent, accurate 351 Cleveland in 1/25 scale. Hopefully we will see some proper 'Power by Ford' stamped steel rocker covers some day (but not on this Boss 351, of course). The 429 Mach I will be very welcome as well, as the gorgeous 429 from the '70 Torino needs to find its way into more kits. I'd be in for one of each (at least).

Been wanting another XKSS since I bought one years ago from ebay with parts missing. I haven't bought the XKE yet, so I would go for this for a favourable price.

Never heard of this stuff until now. Just googled it, looks like an interesting product, and sure is cheap. But every where the stuff is for sale, it is packages of 10 or more random colours (and possibly widths). Has anyone seen a site where one can specify colour and width?

I love checking out custom work done by others but rarely do customs myself. Having said that, I have two projects on deck that will involve a lot of custom work, one a roof swap and the other a chop on a difficult body. I really appreciate these tutorials on custom work as I'm largely clueless on how to proceed. Posts such as yours are very helpful indeed. Your approach is not at all intuitive, I would never have worked out a method such as this, but the result is pure magic. I really appreciate your taking the time to put together a well explained and illustrated tutorial. The chop is beautiful. Well done, and thanks.

The glass can be polished just the same as polishing paint. If the damage is very light, use Tamiya polishes (or your favourite brand) Course, Fine, & Finish, and follow up with Tamiya wax. If the damage is more significant, use a fine sandpaper such as 1500 or 2000 grit and wet sand the glass until the damage is gone. Then start polishing using your favourite paint polishing method. I use Micromesh pads wet, up to at least 8000 or 12000, then Tamiya polish in Fine and Finish. I finish off Tamiya wax, but if any decals are to be applied to the glass, don't use wax until they are applied. Be careful as the clear plastic is quite brittle and the slippery glass is hard to hold and easy to break during the polishing stage.

An impressive effort. I appreciate your going the extra mile to achieve historical accuracy. It looking great.

Spectacular! Your work is very clean.

That’s looking very nice! Like the wheel choice.

Man, you've captured the shape very well. That's looking great.