kruleworld

That's true. The race was red flagged, then Jim crashed (along with half the field) and Dick Johnson crossed the finish line. because the race was red flagged, Jim was called the winner (he was in the lead at the time), Dick's fans were not happy and booed him. Jim replied they were 'a pack of a$$hole$'. Jdmfan, yes, they have the full engine detail, but they are box stock in that area.

phew, that's evil. lovely detail.

can you show us how you did the sliding door? i asked on Scale Auto, and no one knew how to do it. oh and the van is really cool.

wow, that's sweet. i like the color. and you've got the pro street chassis for another project.

it's a beautifully done model and the dio is a nice spot to photo it.

yes, i agree the rollbar does look a bit short, but is it worth pulling apart to fix it? it could also use a clear coat to shiny it up a bit.

These two are the Australian Group A Touring Car Bathurst winners for 1991 and 1992, driven by Mark Skaife and Jim Richards. the models are both tamiya, the red one was a street gt-r and the white one was a modified Group N racer (a much easier starting point).

Jiim Richards is a famous New Zealand racer in the Australian Touring Car races. In mid-1975 Richards moved to Australia and was quickly competitive in sports sedan races driving his Sidchrome-sponsored Mustang. The mustang was made from a 70 boss, that i modified the headlights and added the big wheel arches from styrene and body filler. The front air dam is sheet styrene. rims came from my spares box.

Bob Jane is a famous australian race driver. Jane won the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1962, 1963, 1971 and 1972. His 1971 ATCC win was in a Chevrolet Camaro ZL-1 with a 427 cubic inch engine. Jane was forced by a rule change to replace the 427 engine with a 350 cubic inch engine for the 1972 championship but the Camaro still managed to beat the opposition, which included Allan Moffat's famous Boss 302 Mustang. Of the 38 races he started in the ATCC, he finished on the podium 21 times. The kit is a monogram street machine that i swapped the wheels, gutted the interior and added the rear 'drop tank'. the flared rear wheel guards were made from aluminium sheet. decak sheet from pattos place. i built it about 3 years ago.

the wood and weathering were both done with a weathering set of acrylic paints, "Dust and Rust" diorama set by Lifecolor. i did the wood by painting light rust then after it dried i did a thin coat of dark rust. the chassis/engine was done with a mix of the rust colours and flat black. just paint different tones on different parts to add subtle variety. Thinning the paint also helps to run the color into cracks and detail. the gas tank was done by mixing silver acrylic paint with various rust tones and flat black (grease from the diff tends to collect on the front of the gas tank).

thanks for the compliments... i did the artwork and he fixed it up and made the decals, so the price was standard for buying a sheet ($12). If you have photoshop, do the artwork at 400 dpi.

scummy, tires are not the stock ones, so i don't have to worry on this kit. pattos place does have a website.

This is Dick Johnson's racing mustang from the mid-eighties. When Ford australia dropped their locally made v8 engine, DJ went looking for a new option. When the racing category adopted the international Group A rules, he found he could import a Mustang from the states with the 5.0 v8 to go racing and developed it into a potent racer but it was too under powered to be competitive and eventually dropped it in favour of the new Ford Sierra from the UK. The model started life as a revell mustang convertible which i added the roof off an mpc svo (despite the problem that one is 1/24 and the other 1/25. wheels are tamiya and was donated by a modeller friend. i did up my own artwork and got pattos place to print them out. (he now sells them if anyone wants them). the tires are starting to perish rather badly now.

This is my Holden Torana SLR-5000 as raced by Bob Morris in the Bathurst 1000. it's a cavalier resin kit with spares box wheels and decals by pattos place. it's a curbside kit, so no engine or chassis detail. The 7 is both the car number and the primary sponsor, channel seven australia.

I felt like starting a new model so i went through my stash and found i had two 71 GTXs. i'm going to build one as a fairly stock daily driver, (the other will be a hotted up muscle car). i did the paint in Export Chrome Yellow and clear coated it. after painting the chassis i weathered it with acrylics and added some detail paint. the engine i want to look tired, so that was weathered too. i added some extra detailing to the engine, like ht leads. same with the interior, i kept it in good condition, but gave it a coat of dust to make it look more used. I dropped the nice rims in favour of some steelies with dog dish caps i took from a 68 charger kit. The build up of the chassis revealed a problem with the rear axle alignment, the wheels are too far back and too low. i added 3mm riser blocks to the rear of the leaf springs and removed the locating tabs so i could move it forward 1mm. work on detailing the engine, adding a few more cables

i like your rust patina.

the kit includes a slide mechanism that folds the wheels down. while good in theory, it leaves the wheels very floppy and you often get bad camber when in landed condition. overall, it's an excellent time machine build.

dude, it's like totally whacked!

that's wicked. should be interesting to see when done.

nice recovery. looks wild.

very convincing weathering and i like the gobs of detail you've added. Looks like tin toys make a suitable base for a junker, mostly because it's thin compared to styrene.

nice to see TGUS get some love, and the models are great too.

no cow! (or should i say 'don't have a cow, man')

yes it is molded on, at least the wire on the fenders was.

needs the rear wheels further back, but COOL!!