David G.

Thank you all for taking the time to comment. I appreciate the feedback. Thank you Roger. It's a good kit, rather simple but with sufficient detail where it matters. You should pick one up. As far as the photo issue, I did do exactly as you suggest. I took about sixty photos under those various conditions using two different cell phone cameras. My old phone, which is in the process of dying, used to take excellent photos, the quality of which decreased with each update. My current phone has never had the level of photo quality that the old one had at its worst and it's been updated (downgraded) twice already. Most of the photos I ended up using came from the old phone, which is still a decent camera when I can get it to boot up. I just need to invest in an actual camera and accept the fact that cell phone cameras will never again be as good as they once were. Please don't get me wrong Roger, I do appreciate your suggestions and I thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me. Just for grins and giggles, here are some of the throwbacks from the various sessions. Indoors with the "new" cell camera. Outdoors, direct light with the "new" cell camera. Outdoors in shade with the "new" cell camera Outdoors, direct light with "old" cell camera Indoors with "old" cell camera. This is the set that I used. In my opinion it has the best color balance, contrast and image quality. Again, thank you all for your interest in this topic, your feedback is greatly appreciated. David G.

No worries, I was more referring to the lights, windshield, wheels, bumpers and whatever finishey bits you plan to use.

I think that it's cool that models like this can be built by following methods similar to those those that would have been used in building the original. Nicely Done! David G.

Very Cool! David G.

Ah, the "light at the end of the tunnel" stage. I know it well. I can't wait to see it with the top and running gear. David G.

Nice progress on this. David G.

Beautiful shade of red, excellent foil work! Looks great so far. David G.

Beautifully Done! Love the color and the detail work, very clean build. David G.

Cool! David G.

Thanks again. My LHS opens back up again today, I'll see if the owner is willing to order some for me. If not, I'll try Micro Mark. David G.

Thank you Jessiothan David G.

Your weathering is very convincing. David G.

Good progress on this! David G.

Wow! Just Wow! David G.

Great looking Bug! Excellent color choice, crisp detail work. David G.

Nicely Done! David G.

Thanks again to everyone for your kind comments. I do enjoy reading them. Here's a picture of the Thunderbird resting proudly in my display case. Looks like I need to push that hood down again! Now on to the next one. David G.

This should be an interesting project and it looks like you're off to a good start. David G.

Yeah, that's way above my skill level! David G.

Thank you! It is not nearly as bad as it used to be but I almost had to leave the board a number of years ago because of it. I created a topic regarding this back in 2011, I'm glad to know I'm not the only one with this difficulty. Again, thank you for bringing this up. David G.

I'm in the process of going back and restoring my old topics that were damaged by the Photo Bucket Phiasco. This one is now refreshed for your enjoyment. Thanks, David G.

Yeah, those tail lights look much the way you did them vs the recommended method. David G.

Very cool builds there! I remember seeing the one with the egg-planes bursting from the nest posted on this board. David G.

Yep, they still look good after all these years! David G.

Welcome aboard Rich! David G.