Jonathan

Really outstanding work on this!

I know this was back in 2019 (which was last week, right?) But, it's great seeing the work you did on this chassis. Did you finish the build? Do you have more in-progress pictures?

That is a beautiful build! Nice work - looks perfect.

Same here. Although when ol' Shelby was still alive, I'm sure he'd gone after them for that. I was so looking forward to this kit.

That turned out to be a pretty nice land yacht! Well done!

Nice. There was a dirt track near where I grew up - I can just imagine this running there on Saturday night!

Wow! I had no idea this was in the works. Very cool.

As others have noted, I'm thrilled this kit is back. I never had a chance to get one - I went to my localish hobby shop earlier this week and grabbed one.

These were such beautiful cars.

About a hundred years ago, Academy announced they were going to release a Shelby Daytona Coupe in 1/24 scale. Man, oh man, was I looking forward to that. But, alas, nothing ever came of it - correct? Scalemates says "unknown". https://www.scalemates.com/kits/academy-15507-shelby-cobra-daytona-coupe--100205 Any ideas?

Sure wish someone would release this as a mainstream kit. Very nice work there!

Wow! You don't see these built every day. Really nice. I've seen one in real life - what a car!

Thank you! Thanks! I enjoyed the build; although I think I made a few mistakes (surprise!) If you've built any 80's Monogram Kit, you mostly know what to expect. After painting, I realized that the trunk lines are missing (easy fix, if I had not already painted!) and the rear bumper "ears" should be removed. For a true "aero" look, the windshield would need to be modified a little bit to sit flush, but I didn't do that. I mounted it from the inside; and it fits well - but to truly be one of the aero cars, it would need to mount more flush. I "might" try this next time. Oh, and I did cut off the window net and I glued it directly to the body inside the side window. Probably not prototypical correct, but it really helped the look of the car. The stance could use a little tweak, but since it appears right on the driver's side and too high on the "passenger" side, I think that is something I did. All in all, a fun build, and I plan to do at least one more.

All done :

Wow! As others have said - really nice work!

Completed the Salvino's JR 1986-87 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2. I picked up the kit from Mike's Decals, and chose the option of adding Powerslide decals for Eddie Bierschwale's #94 Kodak Films car. Finished with Tamiya Camel Yellow inside and out. I added roll bar padding using black masking tape and made a seat harness using the same. I’m not super happy with how the build turned out, but any faults with the build are more my mistakes. I did like the idea of a Kodak sponsored Pontiac - two brands that are largely gone ...

Apologies for posting this in Under Glass earlier. Recently started work on the Salvinos JR Grand Prix. A little bit of black masking tape for the roll bar padding, and nearly one full can of Tamiya Camel Yellow later, and here's what I have so far:

Recently started work on the Salvinos JR Grand Prix. A little bit of black masking tape for the roll bar padding, and nearly one full can of Tamiya Camel Yellow later, and here's what I have so far:

The digital camouflage is perfect for this kit. Very cool. One of my favorite kits, actually.

Late to the party on this one - I love seeing this old kit built. I think it was one of my favorites when I was a kid. Nice work!

Very clean build! I like it.

Excellent build!

Thank you for the kind words. I find painting black (and other dark colors, really) to be very challenging.

This is a beautiful build!

Thanks, Mike. For me, I find the battered paint job easier. Well, sometimes. In this case - Tamiya primer, followed by Tamiya Red Brown (Acrylic), with lighter and darker variations of the Tamiya Red Brown misted over the body with the airbrush. I sealed this with Testors Dull Cote (lacquer). This was followed by hair spray. Once dry, I sprayed the blue over the hairspray - again Tamiya acrylics. Added some white and misted that over the upper surfaces for faded paint. Next, I scrubbed and dabbed at it with an old, damp paint brush. Sealed this with Dull Cote. Lots of Tamiya Dark Brown and Black panel liner. Masked and painted the yellow door - dabbed at it a little with some light dirty browns. I used the kit's stripes for the decals, but I pulled them up with wads of masking tape - feathered the edges and blended some with pastel chalks. Windshield streaks are Testors Dull Cote lightly misted over two circles of masking tape that were laid on top of each other to mimic the wipers motion. What little chrome is present was striped and I used Alclad II. Next time, I'll add some rust holes. Maybe even open a door and rehang it slightly off-kilter. Maybe ....