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Agreed his detail kits are great. I still have the 956 Porsche but yet to start! Seems too daunting.

Looks Great Bruce. I agree kit is a good one just wish I waited for different decals. I did the Falken vesion which I like but kit decals were very thick and non-conforming.

Great Result Marco, I always have a soft spot for this car as it was our family car for most of my childhood..albeit in red on red.

Wow! Thanks for all the positive comments. It’s appreciated

Thanks Steve, Hope you can join our Zoom meeting tonight! Got another couple projects on the go. Russ

LOL! Good point I chose the title based on the non factory colour and “ hot rod” stance but thanks for looking

Thanks for all the replies! Claude, to answer your question I picked up from a craft store years ago a whole assortment of pearl powders. I add some to my clear then airbrush as a mid coat then go over that with straight clear. hope this helps.

This Ferrari 250GT Spyder California was a rebuild that I first completed 20 plus years ago. It was not a bad build but the orange peel in the paint was terrible. When a couple of trim pieces fell off I decided to see how far I could take it apart and it seemed to cooperate. I kept the overall look it had before but lowered the stance and added MG brand wire wheels and tires.they almost have a big and little kind of look.the paint was an experiment using Tamils mica red then clear red and finally red russet pearl in clearcoat. I also added some 3D badges from model factory hiro and replaced the kit seats for something I had in my parts bin. Although not perfect I’m much happier with this on the shelf now. thanks for looking.

Look Great on a very complex decal and masking job! Makes me want to start on the ones I have! Russ

Thanks all for the comments and yes Steve and Phil you both should build yours! Also forgot to mention my new favourite clear is the Mr Hobby super clear with uv. It dries super hard and fast and levels out great on its own very little polishing needed.

My final build for 2020! mostly box stock with plug wires added and Cadillac air cleaner from Replicas. Paint is Ford Diamond green with some fox pearl added which doesn’t show well with pics. A dark green interior added for contrast and the wheels were sprayed with tamiya smoke to tone down brightness. I got this tip from fellow modeller Steve Hayden. As has been mentioned before the kit is very well engineered and build up quickly, great slump buster kit. I hope you enjoy. Russ

Well done Steve! Look forward to seeing it in person hopefully someday soon. Russ

Very well executed! Looks like you can hop in and fire it up

Thanks for all the replies. It was a fun quick build although vacuformed "glass" isn't my favourite:)

I acquired this little kit from a fellow modellers collection. It was very successful car for Colin Chapman as it won its class 501-750cc and its chief mechanic was no other than Graham Hill. It is a very straight forward curb side kit from Profil24. Everything goes together well for a multimedia kit. paint is tamiya racing green and the bare metal is some self adhesive foil from mfh. comments welcome

Looks Great Phil! Looking forward to seeing it person one day. Wish I had more of those wagon rods the chassis are great

Misha, that turned out great! Looking forward to seeing it whenever we’re allowed to gather again

Well done Tim! so question for you is do you clear over decals in this scale? Keep pumping out these great builds I’m just putting final touches on a 1/43 Renaissance 1963 Ferrari 250P

Looks great Phil. Can't wait to see it in person- someday!

Thanks Jim! You know I never noticed for some reason! Guess I wasn’t worried about being street legal?

beautifully built! Colour looks like Bud Moore grabber orange.

Small update. finished the inside wood frames and put a coat of polyurethane on everything. Lots of fiddling. Sanded the flanges off the glass for flush mounting. Also the inspiration for my build.

Thanks for all the nice comments!

Thanks to all for your kind comments! now back to the bench to finish more.

This was built to coincide with Deuce Days 2016 here in the city I live in. It was as close to Sid’s car as I could get. the cowl and Duvall were grafted from the phantom Vicky, the Bop Top was made using the roof from the Vicky as well. Kelsey Hayes were from the 32 sedan and tires were from Joseph at Fireball. The paint is the same Jeep Rescue green used on the 40 coupe I posted. I was able to show Sid the model when he was here as our club put’s on a scale deuce days show on the same day. I think he liked it as he took quite a few phots and went to get his family to show them.