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Haha, yup, me too.

The Mustang looks great. It's good to see one of these built, and you rarely see one built stock. Too bad about the oversize wheels. This has been a problem since the beginning of model cars. If the 1:1 has wheels smaller than 15", the kit will probably have wheels/tires that are too big, and the model just won't look right. It's still an issue today, though these days if the 1:1 has wheels smaller than 17", you are SOL. My current project is the newly tooled Fujimi Lotus Esprit, which should have 14" wheels, but the wheels in the kit measure over 16". They did such a nice job replicating the factory wheels, but way too big. There is no way to make a stock build if that kit look right.

$129 CDN sounds like a good price, though the regular Michael's price will be much more than it could be bought elsewhere because they expect you to buy it with a 40% off coupon. Can you still use a coupon at the clearance price? Anyway, I don't have a 180-12, but I do have an 80-2, which seems to be the base model for Badger compressors. I don't know how many similarities between the two, or what components may be shared, but I can say that mine has been providing faithful service for about 15 years. Though it is designed to be connected directly to the airbrush, I have mine plumbed into a 7 gallon air pig. It will fill the air pig to about 38 psi, which is plenty for spraying. It is not exactly silent, but not near as noisy as most hardware store compressors. Seems like a good deal. If you have the need, I'd say 'go for it'.

There is not much Corvair left.

If you get the chance to do so, I highly recommend doing it during the month of September. The weather is great and the tourist traffic will have subsided for the year. Cheers.

The Mini is really looking good. Although it would look cool with all of the rally decals and roof rack, it looks very clean and purposeful without that stuff. The dark colour of the wheels makes it look mean. I like it. You did a great job on this one.

As others said, and despite the problems, the finished product looks great. If they all went together well, then our truly great builds would mean much less when finished.

The statement above is not accurate. There is a difference between a kit car and an unassembled car. The term 'kit car' brings with it the assumption that there will be some significant degree of engineering and component input from the buyer/assembler, which is not the case with the Lotus. The Lotus was available from the factory fully assembled or unassembled. Even when purchased unassembled, the Lotus would have already been assembled at the factory, then knocked down again into a few sub-assemblies and shipped for the new owner to reassemble. This was done to circumvent the paralysing automobile taxes that were applied to cars in the UK at the time, as the tax wasn't applied to unassembled cars. The cars were so complete that a couple of guys could throw one together in the driveway in a weekend. This same practice applied to early Elans and Europas as well.

Nice ride! Hey, who's the chick?

Impressive work on the Lamborghini. The 3-D printed parts worked out nicely. Nice mods.

Wow! Stunning detail and weathering. Very authentic. Everywhere I look there is more interesting weathering details to see. Some of it looked so natural that it didn't immediately register as an added detail. Excellent work.

Now that would make a cool project. That 'chopped wind screen/open cockpit style was kind of a thing in that era. It reminds me of a custom 65 Galaxie that was on the cover of a magazine I had as a kid. I thought it was customised by the Alexander Bros, but couldn't find a pic on google.

Good looking Firebird. Your foiling and engine detailing look well done. Nice paint work, too.

I'll be watching this one. First because it's Lotus, but I also have a clean built-up of this kit that I bought last year. I've never built one myself, but examining the built-up, it seems a really well done kit. Certainly much better detail than I expected. I will be re-building it someday, though I am currently building the Fujimi S1 Esprit, and couldn't help slipping the built Esprit 300 chassis and turbo 4 cyl into the (in my opinion) much cleaner and pleasing S1 body. In that moment, the seeds of a kitbash may have been sewn.

Oh yeah. Now that's beautiful.

If there is one only, I wonder where the spare tail gate came from? I got to say, I like it. It sure needs a lot of love, though. Note the faded letters spray painted on the tail gate... 'CRUSH'. Sounds dire. I hope it finds an enthusiastic and ambitious buyer.

Yet another (though more subtle) employment of Kamm theory aerodynamics. Though the suggestion that this car was designed with Kamm aerodynamic theory in mind always makes me giggle...

Yep, right down to the vent slots in the body work. Ferrari definitely did it better. The Thomassima is actually built from discarded and scrounged Ferrari bits (and some Maserati and Cooper bits as well) and bespoke body work, but was badged a Thomassima. The one off Thomassima II was built to order for a customer. Thomas was put out when, upon taking delivery of the car, the customer replaced the Thomassima badges with Ferrari badges. The customer referred to the car as a Ferrari P4/250, a model which didn't exist.

I'm not a fan of the Thomassima III styling, but I think the Thomassima II (below) is a beautiful car. Much more pleasing lines.

Thanks for posting that. One of my period favorites, too. I remember being blown away by this thing when reading a Sports Car Graphic magazine in the 70s. I am very glad to see it still exists, and motivates under its own power. Very cool.

Thank you, sir. Very helpful information.

A more accurate method of scaling when working in 1/25 scale is using .040" to represent 1''. This makes the math easy when scaling parts; .020" = 1/2 inch, .010" = 1/4 inch, .005" = 1/8 inch, etc. .080 = 2 inches, .120" = 3 inches, etc. It makes for an excellent scaling method when scratchbuilding.

Nice engine turning, Alyn. Very neat work.

Well, wild things 1-3 were at least intriguing and interesting cars, despite be styled by a nearsighted 4th grader and engineered by his math teacher. This thing though... that's a whole new level of hideous. I can only look at it indirectly, and only in short glances, for fear of bringing up my lunch. Seriously, does anyone think this is attractive? I am really curious to know.

Yep, that's ugly. But it's worst crime is being absolutely huge and grossly overweight. Sure, it's got tons of power, but it's still a massive, heavy , sophisticated barge. When reaching for the ultimate in performance automobiles, the industry is moving in the wrong direction. I can't subscribe to the method of creating as much power as we can, then building a huge and heavy chassis to contain it. Sure it's fast, but it must be a nightmare to engage in a spirited drive on twisty back country roads.