Bainford

A fine looking 7. Looks ready for track day. Cool!

Ditto!

Great looking rod. Very clean in both style and execution. Nicely done!

As mentioned, the Model Master Metalizers are excellent (my personal favourite) airbrush paints for replicating bare metal finishes, but the entire Model Master line has recently been discontinued. There are some other options. Alclad has a line of metal paints that look very good, and like the MM Metalizers are intended for airbrush use. Vallejo carries a line of metal paints in acrylic that seem quite popular, though I haven't tried them. Two lines of metal paints is offered by AK Interactive; the True Metal series and the Extreme metal series. The True metal is a thick paint in a tube, and the Extreme Metal is an airbrush ready paint. I haven't used any of the AK paints either, but I'm quite curious about them and will be buying a set soon.

Ditto. I use a lot of guitar string in my scratchbuilding, and it's a bit much for my craft store type wire cutters. The cut-off wheel on the Dremel works a treat. The Bahco cutters mentioned by Geebee look great, and Bahco make great hand tools. I think might need a set of those in the garage.

Agreed! I love the MM Metalizers, and thought there are good alternatives (which I'm beginning to experiment with), I'm not sure how I'm going to live with out the Aluminum Plate Buffing Metalizer. That stuff is magic for bringing plastic parts to life. When I heard the stuff was going away I searched and managed to find three bottles, which I will use sparingly. Fortunately I bought a new gravity feed airbrush last spring which will help with economical use of the Metalizer paint.

Very cool. I had no idea this kit existed. I must look into this. Your build is coming along nicely, though too bad about the paint woes. This model will look so cool on the shelf. I got a chance to check out the 1:1 back in 2000, an impressive machine.

Panteras are cool and race cars are cool, but I must say that is not the prettiest Pantera. Nonetheless, interesting subject and interesting kit. I think it needs to be built.

Nice work so far. Well done getting the engine fit issues sorted. It's looking good.

Beautiful dio! Very authentic. So many great, small details. Very well done!

That is phenomenal. Weathering and detailing is first rate. It’s going to look awesome.

It’s coming along very well. The carbs look great.

It’s a fantastic looking kit. Thinking of pulling the trigger on this one. Yes, very tempting indeed.

Sweet 24 hr build. Looks great.

Nice work. The patina is very convincing. Overall cool subject and look. I like it.

Very nice, Lee. This old kit still looks good in the modern age, and you’ve done it up very well. Nicely done!

Nice job on the RR. Looks great in red. Well done.

That is looking fantastic, Lee.

That’s the globe delivered, then.

The Rolls is looking great. I love the paint on the seats. Very realistic patina.

Looking good. The interior paint looks a good match for the factory biscuit colour. I have this kit as my next to build.

Yup, you’re doing a great job. I appreciate the effort. Cheers.

Nice work. Impressive looking build.

Thanks Dave. Very interesting information.

The project is coming along nicely. Nice save on the body work.