David G.

Good idea, that should help keep the eye focused on the subject. David G.

Thank you Chris. Thanks Dan, I'm sure that that poster was an inspiration to many. Thanks for your kind comment. David G.

Nice looking build. Great color combination, it looks right for the period. David G.

I followed your WIP on this and I have to say that this is one of the most tricky body mods I've seen anyone attempt and you pulled it off quite nicely. Well Done! David G.

The engine looks great. David G.

Nicely done! Your technique even duplicates spalling very convincingly. David G.

It looks good Jeremy. I've been happy with Tamiya clear. Not surprisingly it works very well over other Tamiya paints but I also use a lot of Dupli-Color and have had Tamiya react badly with it on occasion. If you use Tamiya clear over anything but Tamiya paint, do a spoon test first. David G.

A gorgeous custom Claude! It looks like it came out of the box that way. David G.

Thank you Pete. Yes, model building allows us to enjoy cars that we could never afford or once had but could never get back again. Thank you Rich. This is my first Fujimi kit and I have to say while there is a lot there to work with, it takes a lot of work to bring it out. Thank you Helmut. It certainly is an attention grabbing car and I'm glad to have one in my collection. Thank you Mathias. I couldn't agree more, I'm glad I stuck with this one. Thanks Jim. Thanks Eric. It's that poster that inspired me to build this. Thank you Steve. There were things I liked about this kit and things that I didn't much care for. For example, most of the parts were well cast and nicely detailed but had some unfortunate sprue attachment points. Like the fender flares. And there were no pins or indicators for placing them or the chin spoiler on the body. But I'm happy with the end results, it just took more time and energy to get there than I would have liked. ThanksMichael. White is the only way to go with the Countache. Red is for fire trucks and Ferraris! Thank you Håkan. Thank you Eric, I appreciate that. Thank you Doyle. Thanks Sonny. As you may know, I still have mine. Thank you Samuel, I'm glad you like it. Thanks again for all your comments. And thanks to those of you who followed me through the build and encouraged me to complete this challenging kit. David G.

Great looking interior, love the color combinations. The flame work is excellent too, nicely done! David G.

Hello Everybody! This one is finally finished! Here it is on the Work-Shelf awaiting final cleanup and quality check. All the photos can be seen in the Under Glass section. Here's a link. The other car on the shelf is my current Revell '70 Roadrunner project. Thanks to all those who followed me and offered their support and encouragement on this rather frustrating though satisfying build. David G.

Sweet detail work! Great idea getting the photos before assembly. David G.

A nice dash to the finish line. It all works and looks good to boot. David G.

I don't think I've seen this much detail on any other model. There's so much detail that it's difficult to get a sense of scale. David G.

Cool! Lots of gritty detail there. David G.

Hello Everybody! This is the Lamborghini Countache 5000 quattrovalvoli kit by Fujimi. I've always wanted to build one of these. Well, it's more accurate to say that I've always wanted to own one of these cars but since that that is unlikely to happen, I'll have to settle for building and owning a model of one. This is where the love affair first started. Well, sort of. I remember first learning of the car when I was about eleven or twelve years old. I saw a photo of one on a magazine cover at a local supermarket and I was immediately smitten. Sometime in 1985 I purchased this poster at a bookstore and I've kept it for these past 37 years, still (mostly) in the original shrink wrap. This is my inspiration for building the model. This build was quite a challenge for me, it's a good kit but rather fiddly. For those who may be interested in the details, here is a link to the WIP thread on the MCM forum. The right side profile with the door that gave me all the trouble. It didn't come out too bad I guess. The Iconic spoiler, any effects imparted by it are purely aesthetic. I spent a lot of time detail painting the tail lights. They started as totally clear castings. I used multiple maskings and multiple coats of various paints to achieve what is seen here. Fujimi provided a couple of different license plates, or number tags depending on what part of the world you're used to inhabiting. I decided to use the Japanese ones. I thought they looked cool and seemed appropriate. Here's the left side profile. This door was much easier to work with and mostly fell into place as it was meant to. The classic Lamborghini Countache. In my opinion, one of the world's best looking automobiles. Fujimi does make a full-detail version of this kit and many of those additional features, hide-away headlights, opening boot and engine cover and others, are included in this version. I could have incorporated these "ghost features" as I came to think of them into this build but chose not to for a couple of reasons. First, though the parts were there, there was no mention of them in the instruction sheet, no directions for using them. I'm sure I could have looked them up online but that leads into the second reason. Second, this kit as provided was already complicated and very fiddly and I felt that had I tried to use some of the ghost features completing the model would take much longer. Assuming I would complete it at all. Yes, the doors are operational and work (for the most part) as they are meant to. A shot of the nicely detailed interior. The gauges are decals provided by Fujimi but I made an acetate cover to go over them. The dash looks a little dusty. I should get in there with some canned air and blow it off. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to post a comment. David G.

A good clean build, nice paint, excellent color choice. Great work! David G.

That's quite an impressive diorama! Nicely Done! David G.

Impressive levels of detail! ? David G.

Lots of good detail on the engine, the body is coming along nicely too. David G.

Thanks Dan! Obviously I haven't seen (or have yet to see) all the movies and TV shows. I had no idea that they could do that. Of course anything can be done in Science Fiction if it serves the story line... or even if it doesn't Thanks for the follow-up. David G.

Hello Everybody! I know it's been a little while but I finally got around to getting a shot of this one in my display case, as is my tradition. So, here it is! As always, thanks for all the support and kind comments. David G.

Good call, I think the wheels suit it nicely. David G.

Nice progress on this Si! I hadn't noticed until just now but it looks like there are aircraft style elevators along the trailing edge of the main fuselage. I can't imagine that this ship was designed for atmo flight, there aren't any other visible control surfaces anyway. Then I thought, "thrust vectoring" but would that even be effective in space? I'm sure it's just a visual interest feature. But that's just the way mind works. This sure will be awesome when it's done. David G.

Looks like it's ready for battle. David G.