Phildaupho

Stunningly beautiful. All 31 photos are spectacular.

Hello Patrick - Cool to see someone else working on the same kit. The more I work on it the more impressed I am with it. Chris Mann did a great job mastering the kit. I shortened both of the supplied metal axles. The front axle is now 61mm and the rear 59mm. As mentioned earlier I narrowed the back wheels and tires about 1/4 inch or 6mm per side. I have started work on the interior and plan to complete all of the under body before moving back to the top sides. Here is a larger version of the instructions.

Great to see. One of my favourite liveries from the CART era and of course I have always been a Dan Gurney fan. I saw this car race in road/street course configuration at Vancouver. Dan never forgave Toyota for dropping his CART team especially considering all the success he previously brought Toyota in IMSA.

Fantastic model. Exceptional photos.

Very attractive and presented GT40. There is one in my future later this year.

Looks gorgeous. Must be fantastic to see in person

A truly excellent build.

Very sharp Deuce Coupe. Really like your added touches.

Such a beautiful body shape.

As requested. You can see that the body casting is thick and solid but very smooth. The interior comprises of the separate grey pieces. There is a James Dean figure, white metal wheels, some chromed parts that also appear to be metal, a sheet of photo-etch and decals to depict The Little Bastard. I hadn't looked at this kit for a number of years and seeing it again makes me glad I got it when a friend was putting in an order for one. He built his and it tuned out looking fantastic.

Extremely well built in all respects. I never get tired seeing GTO's. Someday I will finally get around to building one myself but you have set the bar very high.

Very excellent Deuce in all respects. Extremely well built. It has its own presence but definitely is reminiscent of Gray's Roadster at least on the outside before the primer spots.

Hi Maxx - I will post some more photos this weekend. Stay tuned.

Cant go wrong following a Steve Stanford rendering. I am a big fan of 53 Studes and purple so will be following

Very well built models

Two very attractive Pontiacs

Very interesting and of course very well built.

Excellent trio and great photos

Although the kit came with rubber-like tires at this point I am going with parts box tires which are of the same dimensions and may even be the same tires on which the kit tires were based. The rear tires and wheels had to be narrowed by about ¼ inch each side so the tires would fit within the body between the outside surface and the diffuser. I plan to glue a tube onto of the diffuser through which the rear axle will pass and maintain the rear stance. To mount the front axle slots were cut in the foot box and a fair amount of material had to be removed from this assembly to give inner clearance for the wheels and tires. Once the exact stance is established, I will make up a holed mounting plate from sheet styrene to glue on the side of the foot box. Both the front and rear wheels wells required reshaping for the tire diameters. While I had the dust mask on I also recontoured the lower side of the body to give a nice flare to the bottom sill. I also re-scribed all the panel lines.

This the Model Factory Hiro 550 curbside kit I have had in my stash for a number of years.

One of my favourite racing cars and model. I have never seen the two Theodore Racing liveries before. They look great. Very good looking trio.

Fantastic model of a very interesting car

Looking forward to your 2024 production.

I have started cleaning up the body which is basically a very thick hunk of resin. The build process appears to be very straight forward and relatively simple. It is a true curbside in that not only does the engine compartment not open but other than the rear diffuser there no underbody detail meaning no suspension, steering gear or brakes. The wheels are mounted with pass through metal axles like some of the first model cars I built back in the early 1960's. The challenge will be that there are no mounts or holes for locating the axles. That being said my first steps of this build will be fixing up the wheelwells and mounting the wheels and tires.

Thanks. Definitely the primary aspect of this model is the livery and the shape of the body.