Erik Smith

I get excited every time I see a mini. Nice work on the lil' racer. Green looks great on it and nice engine details.

That's how the kits were made, too. "Uh, yes, two headlights, and, um, that looks close enough"! The boxes on Palmers actually resemble the car. The kits? Not so much.

I see a couple errors in the paint - the factory stock color for the upper shell should be a dark, matte aluminum. No. That is just a sarcastic comment. I think it looks very cool. I can see it is a clean build - nice clear canopy and all that "metal" paint looks great. Nice work and thanks for not opting it as an other, I wouldn't have seen it.

See if you can find a straight on photo of the dash and copy the photo. Print the gauges out on photo paper. Drill out the molded in dash gauges. Glue the photo gauges behind the dash inline with the holes and apply epoxy for lenses. You can also use successive layers of Future, but you will need to seal the photo paper with clear paint first or the ink will run. The hardest part is getting them sized right, but it's not difficult if you have some experience with any word or picture processing software.

Yes, from Dennis. Seems he got a nice load of Japanese kits in. I actually tried to buy that Lupin III kit you got - I have a few of the others in the series. Lupin III was/is a very popular cartoon character in Japan and Gunze made a number of kits including some of his "crew" and, in the case of the kit you got, the detective who is always trying to catch Lupin III.

I like those. That promolite body looks nice.

Cute! No offense! I like it. Nice execution on an uncommon build.

Someday, I will finish my Japanese street diorama.

You should also "treat" the area to avoid ghosting. You can shield it with Future, applied directly to the area where trim is removed. You can also rid the plastic of the memory by brushing on some liquid glue (you will see the "ghost" appear), sand and repeat until there is no evidence of the removed item. If you are painting with lacquers, you will need this step. Enamels are not hot enough to warrant the task.

Hey Tom - all the hoses and wires are just different sizes of detail master wire. All the AC work is included in the kit, and while a pain in the neck to install (not to mention sanding the mold lines), end up looking pretty good. Bob, here is one more shot of the engine bay. Radiator hose is heat shrink tubing over wire and clamps are painted tape with a small piece of wire for the screw. The brackets are made from soft aluminum decorator foil, cut to size, painted, and glued in place. Small nuts and bolts are PE from MCG. Thanks for the comments!

Very cool! Excellent build - that color is really great. Nice and clean. I saw the Top Gear episode with one of these - awesome car.

iPhone and iMac.

Nice work. I always enjoy seeing something out of the ordinary.

The price difference for a model is marginal, too, and parcel will take a week.

You can calculate postage of any package to any destination on USPS.com. As stated above, under 13 oz., first class and above that you choose parcel post, priority, etc. Shipping overseas is more complicated. First class mail international is reasonable - actually it's cheaper to send a package first class mail international to Canada than it is for me to send a priority package to FL! However, you can't insure or track the package. Priority mail international is expensive but includes insurance. Really, though, it is no mystery. Just calculate the postage on the POs website!

Great looking build up. Nice prep and paint job and I like the color.

Outstanding work. Really impressive paint and decals - that is a complicated body to cover. I really can't imagine the amount of work put into that body!

That is looking very cool. Nice work on the window and luggage rack. Nice project.

one more. Thanks for looking!

Revell's 1966 SS396. This was supposed to be a quick build for my clubs muscle car theme - in February. Needless to say, I didn't make that deadline. However, the model is now finished! Paint is Model Master brass metalizer with duplicolor clear. Interior is Duplicolor red. Mostly out of the box except wheels and tires and some under hood additions - brackets for alternator, power steering pump, and AC compressor. Wheels are steelies from a 62 Bel Air and dog dish caps are a modified airplane wheel, repeated four times. Oh, air cleaner is not from the kit either. I also made some chassis detail where the kit left a large blank space behind the firewall - the kit uses the bottom of the interior and it is just blank, flat plastic. The ride is actually lowered by about two scale inches, but I would have liked it to go a little lower - not enough time checking ride height before the glue hit, I guess.

That turned out great. I have always liked the Stratos and yours is a very fine looking example. Excellent, clean build.

More a waste of paper than a bonus.

What the hell is a Be-1? I have driven a Bego (the B fell off and it became my ego), but I haven't heard of the Be-1. More cool stuff Christian.

I like that color combo. Looks great. Any shots of the engine?

Neon Dudes? Excellent marketing.