David G.

I thought it was natural light it just looked a little unusual to me. I guess I'm just not used to midnight sun David G.

Nicely Done! David G.

Good color combination, looks nice. What did you use for lighting your photo? David G.

Excellent work! Not my particular cup of tea, but well done all the same. David G.

Thanks Michael. The exterior finish is actually metal of some sort- electroplated over styrene I presume. I did have some issues with masking the body for detail painting as the tape tended to pull off the dull coat finish on the metal. I cleaned up the damaged finish and re-sprayed it with Testors Dull Coat. Though not perfect, it helped out quite a bit. Thank you Geoff. David G.

Good call, and nicely done. David G.

Thank you Steve Wow I didn't know that there was a glue kit. Is it any more detailed than the snap kit? I also agree about the use of "iconic" but "paradigmatic" seemed a little pretentious and wouldn't have been entirely correct. Besides I don't use it that often. Thanks David, it was a little challenging deciding just how much detail would have been too much. David G.

Thanks Don, that's very kind of you. Thanks Rex, I'll have to check that out. Thank you Eric, I'm glad you like it. David G.

The Back To The Future DeLorean Time Machine. Aside from the Batmobile, one of the most iconic movie vehicles ever! I thought DeLoreans were cool from the moment that I first saw one so you can imagine what effect this movie had on the DeLorean's coolness factor. This is a Snap-Together kit by Polar Lights. It's not extremely detailed but the detail that is present serves to create the illusion of the movie car. I did have to do some shaving and tweaking to get the Quantum Flux Array to fit properly over the back of the car and mate with the rear panel under the back of the car. For the most part, though, pieces fit together as intended and little or no adhesive was required. For those who are interested, I did do a build thread that shows progress and a couple of minor modifications I made. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

I built one of these a few months ago, it's a fun kit. You're adding a bit more detail to yours than I did to mine- looks great so far. David G.

You're off to a good start. David G.

Nicely Done! David G.

Very cool! David G.

Looks great! David G.

Excellent work on the snow! David G.

Nicely done! David G.

Wow! Just Wow! David G.

Nicely done. David G.

Fantastic work Geoff- Paint, detail, everything looks great! David G.

For those who may be interested, here is another update. I painted the exterior wiring with flat white acrylic to provide a better base for the colored fine-point Sharpies I plan to use when detailing the wires. The damage that the masking tape caused to the finish can be seen on the rear quarter. I have a plan for fixing that. I'm also not too pleased with the appearance of the nose and tail clips. I may clean those up and respray them. The panel lines have been detailed and the bumpers, belt-line impact strips and aprons have been painted. This one is finished and can be found in the Under Glass section, here's a link. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and always feel free to comment. David G.

Thanks Fabrizio, I'm glad you like it. Thanks Dave, it's nice to know that the extra work is worth the time and effort. David G.

OK, I've decided that the interior is done. There is an almost endless amount of detail that I can add to it, but most of the people who see the built-up model in my display case probably wouldn't notice the difference and probably wouldn't care. If you have to point out the extra things you've done, is it really worth the effort? On to the chassis and body. The chassis will detailed through masking, painting and weathering. Here we see Testors Metalizer Aluminum Plate and Tamiya Ocean Grey with a black acrylic wash. Application of some earth-tone pastels and a few more washes and we're done. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and always feel free to comment. David G.

Another update. Here's the assembled interior. I think the TFC Drive Circuit came out fairly good. For the wires on the dashboard, I painted them with flat acrylic white then used fine-point Sharpies to color them. I also made wire bundles from bead wire colored with Sharpies. Dash detail. I'm thinking about adding some wires to the rear bulkhead. It just seems a little too plain. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

The interior is nearly done! I have completed most of the detail painting and fabrication of the additional bits and bobs that I want to add. For the black handle on the TFC Drive Circuit I laminated a couple pieces of sheet styrene to get the right thickness. Creating the main bit of the Time Circuit took a bit of imagination. I used clear styrene rod. After cutting it to the proper size, I sawed three grooves in it and painted the grooves with bronze paint. The handle I carved from the laminated styrene, painted it, drilled it and inserted a wire to help hold the whole assembly together. Here's the interior foundation ready for assembly. As always, thanks for looking and please feel free to comment. David G.

Wow John, you've given that kit much more than it deserves! David G.