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Don't remember the color but I do know it's Dupli-Color with Odds and Ends clear from WalMart. Tires are resin redlines from Replicas and Miniatures Co. Of Maryland. Basically out of box with a little plumbing and wiring on the engine. Also used a Model Car Garage '66 GTO P/E Detail Set.

Built a long time ago......

Thank you guys, very nice examples and opinions on this stuff. I will certainly think about it.

A little epoxy right at the edge of the rim, should be all you need.....

I like to use the MIG washes for my panel lines, they come in a variety of colors and the consistency of the wash is just perfect. I mostly use this color but any color would work for me being that I scribe my panel lines very deep anyway....

Got me these nice rims from ebay, I think I will use them on my Tamiya Aston Martin DBS. Would love to build something really sinister!!!

This is the kit. It was for a Scale Auto Mag review.

Well worth the wait, nice, clean and smooth!!!

Very cool and creative!!!!

Nice and clean, just like I like 'em!

To tell you the truth, I am not much of an expert on Ferraris, the main reason for deciding on this build was the excuse to build the Historic Racing Miniatures engine and I thought this was the perfect kit to use it on. I am sure the Ferrari experts are seeing lots of flaws on this build but the idea here is to learn and most of all, have fun!

These are the wheels......

Thanks guys. Edward, the Hasegawa wheel/tire set is a little to "chromy" for this type of car. You need to remove the chrome from the sleeves and also sand down the P/E wire wheels with a 3200 grit sanding cloth. Use Self-Etching primer for the P/E wire wheels and regular primer for the sleeves before adding any paint. Go ahead and put them together and once completed, paint them with Tamiya Bare Metal color paint. I decanted my paint from the can and airbrushed it.

Thanks fellas, it was an approximately 4 month build.

Very cool!!!

One more shot....

Featured in the January 2014 Model Cars Mag. Used the resin engine from Historic Racing Miniatures which is the correct one for this kit. Also used the KA-Models 250 TR Detail Up P/E set for the various details around the body, engine and interior. Rims and tires are from the Hasegawa Spoke Wheel Set. Decals are Cartograph. Paint is Tamiya Pure White, wet sanded, polished and waxed w/o clear. A very cool kit! One more pic...

This is a model painted with Tamiya White which will more clearly show the washed lines. Notice the different angles, just like a real car, the lines slightly disappear as you move the car around. Now, take some time and go outside and walk around your 1/1 car. Nothing different. That's what I like about this system.....

Another example....

Guys, all the washing and scribing I do is first accomplished on the BARE plastic, I do not wash the lines after adding primer. I scribe them very deep and after that I do not have to touch them anymore. Not after primer, basecoats or even clear, it's as simple as that. That is exactly the idea behind scribing them deeply. Neither the primer, paint nor clear touch the scribed/washed lines and that goes with any paint. No matter how dark the wash is, if you look at the pictures of the completed model you will notice that they don't end up as dark as the lines on the bare plastic. That's the magic of this system. You can use dark purple if you want and you won't even need to worry about that. Now, let's say you want to give them a wash after painting. No problem, again, the lines are so deeply scribed that the actual wash will still look realistic and realistic is what we are going for here.

I just bought a real one so heck yeah I'm getting one!!!! A Cruze for a Cruz!!!

:DI just got me a Cruze because of course.......I'm a Cruz!!!!!

Terrific work, very clean!

Thanks Len, your info is very helpful. I will give them a try and hope I can also get a little more input from the other guys here in the forum!

Len, thanks for the response, funny that the last guy I talked to actually told me this is the brand that he is also using and loves it. Do you buy yours through their website? Can you provide me with a link?