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Kudos to you Phil for sticking this one out! I would have given up a long time ago!

I don't have addresses for these but google will help you but here are my picks to check out starting in Vancouver: Magic box & Burnaby hobbies. Lynnwood washington: Galaxy hobbies and in Portland Tammies Hobby store all are very well stocked with both kits and accessories

Hey Tommy, The Duvall comes in the AMT Phantom Vicky and the "Bop Top" I more or less scratch built starting with the top from the Vicki. Thanks all for your likes. Will post individual later after show.

Finally wrapped up my entries for the Deuce Days in Scale 2016. Below are short descriptions of each model. - 34 is the snap kit painted Pontiac engine blue with the wheels and tires from the 29 roadster kit. - 32 Highboy is a replica of Sid Chavers painted a shade called Rescue green. - 32 coupe is chopped and channeled over the deuce frame from the 29 and painted house of color gold under Kandy Tangerine with gold pearl - chopped merc is box stock with a custom mint green with gold pearl. -32 sedan is also chopped with a set of Detail Master wire wheels -34 ford truck is chopped and channeled over the phantom vicky chassis

probably one of the best sets of minilites. makes great products. http://www.fireballmodels.info

Welcome Tony, don't forget about the model show this Saturday. It is an all subjects show so bring your builds. Look forward to seeing you. Russ http://islandclassic.shawwebspace.ca/

My first real attempt at a custom where slicing and dicing is concerned. It is for our local show next week for the "Orange" theme. chopped and channelled over the Phantom Vickie chassis. Paint is Tamiya brilliant Orange with gold pearl mixed in the clear. Only thing I'm disappointed in is with all the trial fitting I had the hood fitting but in final assembly the cab to radiator distance changed and now the hoods too short! Oh well,comments and critiques welcomed

More of an observer on this cool site but this is just tooo coool to not praise! nice job!

Hi Harry, Found this build thread and have to say as much frustration that it caused you it looks great! Our local club was given this same car to be done as a group build and auctioned off for charity. my job are the wheels. I have a question for you though. Did you polish the metal parts with anything and if so what did you use? The spokes on the kit we have are very dull and some of the other metal parts look dull as well. Any help you can shed would be appreciated. Russ

Hello fellow modelers, Our local club SPAM- Scale Plastic Automotive Modelers- is putting on a show in Beautiful Victoria, B.C. Canada and if anyone is interested check out the poster. Poster 2012 - color 1 per page.doc

This is the Tamiya kit built with the Studio27 decals and photo-etch. It is a very simple kit but decalling is one of my favourite parts of modelling. I find it the most therapeutic. Hope you enjoy!

This is a Studio27 kit. The TZ3 Corsa is a tribute to Alfa and Zagato and is a 1 off build. It was commissioned by Alfa Romeo collector Martin Kapp. The kit was painted with TS paints starting with Mica silver then mica red and followed by clear red. Unfortunately, the pics don't show the color as good as in real life. Thanks for looking

Oops, sorry forgot to mention the wheels are from detail master. Thanks for looking

This one was inspired by a rendition I saw in a japanese model mag done by Steve Stanford. I started with the Hasegawa kit, removed the roof, added the "bullet" from a Mercedes 300 slr. The front windshield was ground down to what I thought looked right and the side windows are sheet acetate. Thanks for looking

Thanks everyone for the kind words! I built this model 5-6 years ago, I'm just getting around to taking pics and posting them. So you see more of my builds soon. Hopefully I won't wear out my welcome!

Quickskins Cadillac LMP. Hope you like and comments appreciated.

Yes it is a curbside kit. I only have one other picture

This is the Scale Productions trans kit w/S27 decals. I used the tissue paper/white glue for the windshield cover then sealed it then decal.

Thanks Skip, I found very little reference and what I did find was not color. As for the steering wheel I think it should be the banjo style but I didn't want to rob one from a Fujimi kit. Russ

This was a fun build from Model Factory Hiro. Paint is Tamiya mica silver spray w/ Tamiya clear.

Thanks for the comments! The interior paint was a testors enamel red then dull-coated. The buckles came with the transkit but belts were from S27 seatbelt kit.

Let's try again.

Finally learned to take and post pics! Hope it works! Kit has Hobby Design trans kit. Painted Zero Xirallic crystal white w/ pearl powder in clear.

Hello All, After much searching on here and google I'm still not sure on what kind of settings work better for taking pics of our models. I'm looking for info as to iso, f/, macro etc. I have a decent camera that has many settings available to me but not sure how to use them. I made a light tent and have a neutral background but after many pics still they don't look like many I see posted. Thanks for any and all help. Russ

Thanks for all the input. Russ