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Cheers, Steve. I have just discovered them, and yes, great for smaller cars. In addition to size, they have nice tread and sidewall detail, and evoke the look of a proper Pirelli. They are still a little large for my Lotus Europa project, but very much closer to an acceptable size than the kit tires. I have been having a hard time finding size-appropriate tires for smaller or vintage cars. Almost everything out there in the aftermarket is at least 17", which just won't work when you need 13" or 14" wheels/tires for a vintage sports car.

Beautiful Lotus, Doug. The JPS Lotus look so wicked, and you captured the look nicely. Well done.

WOW! Super impressive collection, Rich.

Lovely Chaparral! Very nice work on this build. Some of those IMC kits are a real chore, but this one looks fantastic.

Nice looking Oldsmobile. Looks great dressed up as a 442. I have a '73 442 project coming up and been trying to find some PE badges for the 442 numbers. The decals you used from Rays look pretty good, I may have to go that route.

Beautiful Goat. Very nice paint and foil work. The custom mixed colour looks fantastic. Love it!

Cool roadster. I especially like the shop photo. That Wieand blower really looks the business.

Nicely done. Quite a wild looking machine. I never noticed before how the front facia design is heavily influenced by the GT-40.

Nice work on those injector lines, Greg.

Brilliant! Cheers Daniel. Very helpful indeed. I got thinking about it after getting up this morning, and recalled Monogram having a Datsun 240z kit back in the day, so I checked it out online and it has the same tires. So that's two options to look out for.

Digging through my tire stash looking for the right tires for my current project, I came across this set of Pirelli P7 ( sized 225/50VR15) which will do the job nicely. I have no idea what kit they are from, probably not something I have built, maybe something from Monogram. They will work for a couple other projects I have in mind too, and if I can identify the kit(s) origin, I can hunt for another set. MPC wheel, which fits slightly loose, is just to illustrate size. Not a large tire.

I inferred from Steve's link that they are doing this in-house. Very glad to have this service available again. I, too, have procrastinated in the past and missed out on having stuff chromed.

Thanks for that. Interesting news. Also interesting the specific list of things banned. Tamiya lacquer thinner is one. And did I hear correctly that four of the spray colours are now approved for use? I got a giggle out of the notion that Tamiya may be recalling back any remaining paint from consumers (us). Haha. Speaking of all this, I got an email a couple days ago from a club member saying the LHS is being ordered to return all remaining stock by Dec 31.

Lovely Impala. Lots of very fine details bring it to life. Very nice work.

The old Ford looks good. The ancient AMT kits still holds its own. Very nice work.

The big Chevy looks good. I really like the stance. Colour combo suites it very well.

Cool find, Chaz. He may not be super detailed, but the work is quite clean. The Vette is looking good.

Nice work on this one, David. I have been curious about these ICM Model T kits. I am quite enjoying your build. I think I need one of these.

Excellent work on this one, Pierre. I just had a good read through this entire build. Impressive work all around.

Good to see you back at it, Bruce. I'm enjoying this build.

Oh yeah, that's looking good. Lovely colour for the E Type. Ride height looks perfect.

Welcome to the forum, Simo. Interesting progression of building skills illustrated there. Your builds are looking very good, and your latest work looks very clean. Nice paint work. As you have seen, there is a lot of great info to be gleaned from this forum, and lots of helpful people. Enjoy the forum, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your builds.

Carved from wood!? That is some stunning work, Gary. Very impressive. Proper model building, that. Thanks for posting the collection. A lovely group of fine race cars. It never fails to amaze me just how big modern race cars are when compared to vintage racers.

Cool build, Rich. These old Japanese kits are interesting, and probably a bit of a chore to get together right. Great to see all of the included features functioning. Nice work.

Cool project. Very creative. I think the pig needs a tail.