Brudda

Here she is interior tub in place. This is the stance of the car. This car is a little more finicky than the corvette. But a fun build.

Test fitting the frame. Meaning will all 4 tires hit the ground, well there was a slight twist to the frame . Took the twist out and now she sits flat on all fours.

Thank you Bruce. I find it very interesting that monogram put such effort in these kits … and it shows. The corvette I finished was one of the best model cars I have ever built. And I have built most. These are tamiya quality maybe better in some cases. I keep saying this, why they never caught on. I could understand here but Europe or Japan? These should have taken off.

Hello bbowser, I have them displayed in a model room and a few in a display case in another room. I’m lucky to have a big house to put these in. As long as they are displayed right , my wife is ok with it, I have a few of these old stereo cabinets to display them. The great thing is the cases are free. One example:

I really like big scale. Kind of fell into it with my friend Mark pushing me into it, and I’m glad he did. Here is a few big scale. Some 1/8. But I just built a 1/43 corvette. Weird I guess. But I thought I would give the small scale a try . The black cobra and the Ferrari P4 are 1/12. The Porsche engine is a 1/12 . The others except the little blue corvette is 1/8. These are just a few.

Thank you beeRS, The wheels are photoetch from the kit. These are amazing little kits.

Ace this is a cool build. You are a brave man building this model. I have an old version and when I opened the box and looked at it , I put the lid back on the box and shelved it. Your corrections are fantastic. Let me tell you guys this is probably one of the hardest around. 4 engines, a very fragile frame and a body that is not the right shape and has a heck of a time fitting it . Great work sir as I’m very , very impressed.

Here is the latest update , not much just painted chassis.

Thank you PappyD340

Thank you Claude. The 2000 GT was the car that started me into big scale. It was given to me by the western rep for model spsce( DeAgostini) . The rest was free 1/8 scale models until I told them I had a Ferrari contract to commit to. My friend Steve took the builds over for now. I still have 6 1/8 kits to build. I needed a rest on modeling so I started a 1/43 corvette. Simple but nice out of box kit. How’s the studio doing? You still have the coolest builds. The Toyota was the NNL West poster car one year.

A 1/43 monogram cobra. Just painted her

Thank you Larry

Thank you Carl

Painted a 1/43 monogram cobra

Thank you Greg. A mock up.

Thank you, I never understood corporate decisions. GM had the S-10 and ford had the ranger. Both were making good money. But from what I was told it was not great money so they dropped the line. Crazy. Now they are doing the same thing with cars. Just handing over a good market to the Japanese, Korean and European markets. So I assume it’s the same way with model manufacturers I have a friend who is in Europe and they are mad at model factory hiro for dropping 1/43. But I have a friend at model factory hiro saying the money is in 1/12. So there it is.

One who goes to bed with itchy butt, wake up with stinky finger.

I just could not just sit and watch tv. Sanded the seams out of the body. Primed with tamiya primer. Sprayed the blue next. It’s an automotive toner, thinned out . Urethane automotive clear really thinned out. Shot thru a pasche single stage old airbrush. I think my 1/43 corvette is going to have some competition.

Ok guys here is a 1/43 cobra. Had to paint it today. You hardly use any paint. I mix in thimble size mixing cups. And an eye dropper. This is an automotive blue toner. Mixed real thin. And a urethane clear that is also really thinned out.

Thank you Bruce. Just like bigger, it has its assembly and scale problems. One thing I do know, you sure can lose these small parts. Man they are small.

1/43 corvette

Finished! Had to put the penny for size. Everyone thinks this is a 1/24-25