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Really nice! I'm not into that style (I'm 63!) but this one really appeals. And I know fine craftsmanship when I see it.

Welcome to the site. The Ford is looking great so far - love the colour.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. And a BIG THANKS to BVC500 who is sending me the missing parts and asking nothing in return. Such a gesture makes modeling all the more satisfying.

A stock Ford, just the way I like 'em! Very nice clean work and great colour choices.

Looks great and the red lines really set it off.

Truely outstanding design and workmanship!!!

Geoff, glad to see you're back at it, always enjoy your work. This one's going to be another great addition to your collection.

BVC500, I've got my fingers crossed. Mark, I've successfully requested replacement parts from all the major producers over the years but it does take time from Japan - and I'm impatient to finish this one. "Progress" today involved spilling a bottle of Humbrol black and the aftermath. But did I get upset? YES! Monty, the main deviation here is that the spark wires don't quite reach the distributors, the result of a stupid miscalculation. But, as Frank Zappa once said, "without deviation there can be no progress". And I suppose I meant impressionism as opposed to photo-realism. BTW I didn't mis-spell "cognoscenti", I wrote it in Italian, without the "g". (There should be a smiley or two in here but I can't access the emoticons.)

Very nice! I also really like the buttons and piping on the seats - neat touch. Great engine bay too.

Bill, looking great so far. I'm no Ferrari nut but, as you've seen, I'm doing the Fujimi Daytona right now. Most of what you've said about the 250 also applies to that kit. Will keep looking in.

Carl, glad I'm not the only one! Jeff, it's a complex curvature and outline, beyond my skills, plus it has embossed detail - and - and what was the other thing?... oh yes, I can't be bothered. Mark, yes, writing to Fujimi is on my list of solutions - thought this way might be quicker. Bill, yes the headers are two-piece and a struggle. I didn't get it quite right but it only shows from underneath. And Curtis, thanks, I'm pressing on regardless.

I've actually been working on this one on and off for several years and now it has reached the one-step-forward-two-steps-back stage, as my models all do as they approach the finishing line. I am currently grappling with plumbing but it's never going to be highly accurate. Ferrari conoscenti should look away, it's done in the impressionist style. Here's a mock-up - I might yet lower it slightly and I'll cut the door glass out... to show the interior better... But I've now reached an impass; I've lost the left-side (passenger) turning light! Here is the right side (this has been painted, it's clear in the kit): I know it's a long shot, but maybe someone used the engine in a hot-rod (!) or something and doesn't need this part. I would actually need both sides so they match after paint detail. If so, I would trade all the RC2 Parts Pack tyres in this photo: If not I guess I'll have to buy another whole kit. More soon.

Very nice, love the colour. I prefer te 64 roof shape to that of the 66.

Very nice. In my next life I will be rich and hunt down all the Brooklyns and pay collector prices for them.

Looks great, and it works too!

Very nice little model! The chrome delete was a good idea, really adds to the realism. I've built a few from the series and think they were great kits. You'd probably like Tomy's (Japan) 1:32nd Jaguar SS100 too.

Unglaublich!!! How you can take a kit like this (or the two Italeri cars you've shown) and turn it into such a masterpiece is beyond me!

Very nice clean build, great colour. The kit wire wheels are among the best.

Wonderful! Very fine, precise detailing throughout.

You're right, very cool. It must have taken a ton of determination to pull that off.

Very nice work so far - and the Revell wheel/tyre swap is a big improvement.

Lots of good advice here. I would add that my own modelling improved once I discovered 2- part epoxy glue. I use the clear sort and I don't know how I ever assembled a kit without it. I still use liquid styrene glue as well but wherever that won't work I get out the epoxy.

Beautifully painted and crisply detailed. I like very much!

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Aha, and I was thinking surfing as in with a board in the sea and that the Rolls was someone's very high-class surf wagon. Sorry, I'm 63!