Bainford

Wow! That’s a fantastic build on any day, but for a first try, that’s amazing. Very impressive work on the weathering, and very cool style, too. It also gets my vote for best use of Coke livery. Excellent work!

Good looking Dodge, Michelle. The red looks good and pops with the white interior. Nice work.

Greg pretty much has it right. It’s very poorly represented, but the lower end of the spring is perched on a lower control arm. The pivots are slightly inboard from where Greg indicated. The pivot bolts would pass through the cross-member just ahead of the radiator. I suspect the bumps molded into the top surface of the cross-member are to accommodate the pivot bolts.

Hhmmm… very intriguing.

Holy carp!! That’s a fine looking stash. Love the first photo.

Tamiya semi-gloss black is probably your best straight-from-the-bottle choice, but might still be a little too flat. For painting chassis, I mix up what I call chassis black, which is just a 50/50 mix of Tamiya gloss black & semi-gloss black. It looks pretty close to your photo. A third option is to paint it gloss black, then cover with Alclad sheen clear-coat, which is a clear that is half way between gloss and semi-gloss.

Very cool dragster. Love the look.

Cool stocker. Nice work on the headers.

Beautiful Cadillac. One of my favourite Caddys. You did a lovely job on this one. Clean work and nice detailing. Well done.

Cool project. Love the engine. That thing is going to bark.

This just keeps getting better and better. Outstanding!

To add to Bill’s advice above, I use a needle heated with a lighter to ‘centre punch’ the middle of the area to prevent the drill bit from wandering when getting the hole started. Or… the trick set-up is to cut the pipe off and replace it with a piece of aluminum tube. Also not difficult to do, and makes for a nice detail.

Welcome to the forum Erich. It’s a great place to pick up your modeller’s groove. Your stepdad’s models can definitely be restored. Lots of guys here restore old models, so lots of advice to be had. Now, rip open one of those kits and dig in.

Very yummy! Lovely red paint and clean build. Nice save!

Sharp looking Camaro. Nice & tidy. Colour suits very well. Nice work.

Welcome to the forum, Charles.

Another awesome Lotus icon. Beautiful work, Rich. Nice detailing. You've done a fantastic job. Can't wait to see your Lotus 49 builds.

Beautiful work here, Pierre. Nice finishes and detailing. Everything looks just right. Excellent work.

Another cool and very interesting Cortina build. Nice attention to details. The printed parts look great, and the body side trim is very well done, too. I love both of your Cortina builds. It's great to see these off-the-beaten-path racers. Lovely work all around.

Sweet Cortina. You have done a lovely job on this cool little racer. Impressive work all around. Very cool!

Nice work. Cool to see this less-common GTO. The honeycombs are a nice touch. All round well done.

Great save! I saw the pile of parts you started with. You have done a fantastic restoration. Well done.

Nice custom. It evokes the cars in the small 'pocket' magazines of customs in the early 60s. Great period vibe. The chrome strip on the quarter panels is a nice touch. Cool stuff.

Coming along nicely. You've got it sitting perfectly.

Welcome to the forum, Alan.