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Interesting that the sheet has decals advertising both Mopar parts and Chevy parts.

Huge thanks for all your hard work. Very much appreciated. Cheers.

Nice looking old Ford. The colour suits it perfectly. Nice work.

Wow! That is one cool Chevy. Nice work, Terry. I really like this build.

Good looking El Camino. I dig that colour.

Cool custom Vette.

Very sharp looking Oldsmobile. Nice work.

Beautiful old Ford, Richard. Very nice.

Very well done! Huge thanks to Dave & team. I know this has been a hard win. Your efforts are appreciated. Cheers all.

A lovely vintage racer, and M. Benoist is looking pretty nifty in the cockpit.

Incredible project. This will be fun to watch.

Everything is super fast for the first time in a couple months. Aug 4 9:45 ADT (GMT -4 hrs)

Thank you Bruce for your wisdom and insights. Very much appreciated. I am not discouraged, I think I have a reasonable idea of what I might be getting into though I make no assumptions. I have been watching whenever MFH kits show up on the forum. Unfortunately MFH seems to have gotten out of the 1/24 scale business, which is the only scale I am interested in building myself. You are right of course about a Tamiya kit and some aftermarket details, although I rarely buy aftermarket as I believe I can scratch most details as well or better than AM. Any model can be as complex as an MFH if you build it that way. A kit, regardless of type or maker, is merely the starting point to a great model. It's all what you do with it. I enjoy seeing what you are doing with them, and one day I will try my hand too. And man, do I love the big black Cobra. Cheers.

I'm really enjoying this build. This is shaping up to be one of the nicest 1/24 Cobras I've seen. And the fuel lines look great. Perseverance pays off, but clearly that's a necessary quality when tackling an MFH kit. I would really like to take one on some day, though would take me over three years to get through it. I nearly bought the Lusso a few years ago but never did pull the trigger. In the meantime I enjoy them vicariously through your WIPs.

Cheers Andrew. Never knew the 23 body existed. Just found several on ebay. Very helpful.

Very nice! That is some beautiful paint.

I was struck by how many of them are no longer active.

Fantastic model building here. Very nice work.

This build is not just entertaining, but educational. Never heard of the Theme Lotus book. I'll have to look that up. Re: Lotus XI, it will be a while before it makes it 'round to the bench. It may be built curbside, but not sure. It is my desire to build everything full detail, but even curbsides spend over a year on my bench. A good number of my more recent builds have all been curbside just to get something completed and on the shelf. Should I go full detail, I will be knocking on your door. Cheers. I have been thinking of trying to convert a Monogram Scarab into 23 (my favourite early Lotus race car) and if I ever get around to that project it will be full detail. That one will have a Lotus Twin Cam, of course.

Beautiful work here. The engine is fantastic and the paint & foil are stunning.

Cool project Greg, and it's looking good. Nice work around the bed rails and roof integration. Of all the old AMT kits I built over the years, the '55 Nomad is the only one of which I used the custom parts. I am going to do another one some day.

About 15 years ago I was frustrated with how little bench time I was getting. There were always chores that needed doing and I often felt I should be taking care of that first. I solved the problem by declaring Wednesday night as Model Night. My job now on every Wednesday evening is to be at the bench, allowing me to spend time there guilt free. I buy take-out on the way home so I can hit the bench as soon as I get home (though the last few years I find a pre-bench nap is required). Then five years ago our company implemented a work-from-home scheme allowing me to work from home two days a week. I do that on Thursdays so I can stay up later on the Wednesday model night, extending the session. I look forward to those Wednesday nights. Once I was doing more model work, I was getting deeper into projects which was encouraging me to find even more time at the bench like a Saturday here and there. Sometimes I get a bunch of vacation time built up, and in the winters I will take a whole week off for the sole purpose of spending it all at the bench. I love those weeks. About ten years ago the company had a huge multi-year project during which I worked a lot of overtime. I always take vacation time instead of money as payment, and I built up a lot of vacation time. Once the project was finished I spent nine individual weeks of vacation time at the bench, spread over a two year period. Loved it!

Mark, my first time stopping by so I just took an enjoyable tour through the entire build. Beautiful work. The chassis is looking great and the top half of the engine is fantastic. And it's old news now, but the paint work is impressive. One of your best yet. This is shaping up to be one awesome stock car.

Very tidy work, Chris, and the engine is spectacular. Just a beautiful thing to look at.

The Tamiya Lotus Super 7 has a set of wheels and hub caps that are very much like the Lotus Cortina wheels, except that they are too narrow. Widening them might be a bit of work but would make a pretty fair set of Cortina wheels.