Brudda

Thank you sir

RIP Snake. Pretty cool guy. He answered a few model car questions I had starting out in the hobby. I also have the same question, what happened?

Starting to prepare the rear framework. There is a lot more but this is what I have ready for prime , paint then clear. I will be preparing a lot more tubes. This is just a start. I am trying to sand out all the seam lines on the tubes. This is one thing I cannot stand is to see seam lines on tubes on the framework. It’s going to take months to get the framework finished. Some of the frame parts are a beautiful candy blue. I took a pic of the instructions. Going to be a lot of time.

This is fantastic. The research alone had to be very time consuming. I have this kit and you have made a racehorse out of a donkey. The kit needs sooo much attention to everything. For a pocher kit it is very sparse. To get this model to the level you built it had to be tough. And the lights! Very cool! Man , you did a lot of work on this kit. Totally incredible. Great job on this build. Amazing just amazing! The leatherwork is incredible. Paintwork fantastic, details very realistic. Cannot say enough. Is there a wip article? I have a lot to learn.

Pierre, this is fantastic. Great job. Cool subject and your weathering is super. Good job sir!

Love this kit. I bought one at a garage sale years ago. $40. The kit was opened but still has all the parts. Want to build this one. Yours looks great! Great job!

Yes , our medical system is pretty out of hand here. Our system here is competely out of control. We spend more on our military than the whole world combined. But we have one heck of a time seeing a doctor. I wish they would just spend a little less on military and just help the people a little bit. But since my education on politics is very , very limited, I do not know the whole picture. Anyway I did luck out on the medical part. Hopefully I will finish up priming and will get the body ready for paint. Oh I did hear that the Aston Martin is a bit of a handful. And the only hard thing on the jag is the wheels. I will get that jag one day. Boy I love the lines on that car.

Thank you sir. And yes a model geek I am. Weird where life takes you. Had a stroke around 13 years ago. I was restoring gp bikes. Super gig. These guys pay soooo much more for their bike restorations. I would restore a gp bike for around $45,000. This was just paint and bodywork. I had/ have a guy who would do the mechanics. This would be around another $30,000 more if we had good parts. If we had to make them the price would go up from there. Hardest part for me was the sponsor decals. Had to go find a similar bike somewhere in the USA or Europe and make (airbrush the decal) . Great fun . We could restore a bike in a month. These guys had money comming out of their ears. I would get 50 percent up front and the rest upon delivery. They would pay for my travels if needed. Greatest job ever. Then my stroke. Thank god I saved all of the money as I was out of work for a year and the medical costs! Had another job at a ford dealership and he saved my job for me. So for my rehab, I spent time building models. Well the rest was just great luck.

More bodywork. I’m being very picky on this one. I kind of fell into big scale by luck/accident. I still am a big 1/25-24 scale fan. Actually these are my most favorite. I built a 1/10 for a friend at DeAgostini and it kind of took off from there. I’m working on a 1/8 Mercedes and now this 250. Putting away a 1/12 mfh Porsche 917/30 . Started that over a year ago but the 1/8 have to be completed. The Mercedes is kind of on a schedule for Agora. I do work for both DeAgostini and Agora. I’m kind of the skunkworks for those companies, I like to repaint them to change them up a bit. Most of the time, they do not like that, but if a kit is a little stoggie , I try to throw a new twist to it . Here is an example, a Toyota 2000 GT that I changed. Sales took off.

Well mine is the Porsche 917/30. Engine is finished , now the rear frame assembly. The model is a definite challenge. I’m putting it away for awhile to regain my sanity. Chris Smith, I need that doctors phone number.

The car sits great! The front suspension is a nightmare on these kits.

I have had the same problem on another car and a friend said to make them, out of solder. You can twist and bend them a little and it might work. Worked for my situation. Just a thought.

Fuel rails finished on the 917/30.

Hello Chris, thank you and I cannot imagine what it would be like.

The engine is 99 percent finished. Fitting the turbo tubes. Need to paint these blue. Porsche really made an amazing engine. So complex. So powerful. 1000 to 1500 horsepower

Amazing!

Thank you Randy. It’s going to take another few weeks for the right side. I have noticed I shake more than I used to , so it takes me longer to build. Thank you sir.

Left fuel rail completed. Fitting turbo pipe. Right side next. Oh joy

Yes, seems to work out pretty good. Look at the real car at laguna seca. Engine right on the ground.

Does anyone know a Keith Hartley in phoenix? Have not heard from him for years. He is very overweight so I hope he is ok. Great guy.

Cool Noel, I also love the Aston and especially the jag. The Aston is just pure class and that jag, the lines are to die for. I was not chosen to do any of those either. But one day I will get the jag. And with any luck the Aston also. I get chosen to do modifications or paint changes on the big kits. Or if there is a problem. The Muira is a problem kit. You have to model that one. For us modelers it’s not a problem but for the guy just starting out, like some these rich computer guys that cannot use their hands, it’s a problem. For some reason the ford GT was a really good kit. I just kind of lucked out with these big kits. My favorite scale is 1/25-24 then 1/12. Kind of fell into luck with the big kits. This build will be a blast for me as I have wanted this kit for a long time. I had a problem comming up with the $500. So full price is really hard to do. I’m a normal guy with a normal income , so list price for these kits are very hard buy. Without my friend Mark, I would not be able to do this. Thank you Mark for everything.

Here are a few that I display

Hello Noel, it’s a Centauria kit. I believe agora bought them out. I have the whole kit. Agora is doing the subscription thing. Bought it at a great deal (although it’s still expensive) the retail price is around $2600 but I picked it up for $500. From a friend. I was hoping agora would let me build it, but it did not happen. Having the whole kit is an advantage for painting it. This is my holy grail 1/8 kit. I have built over 10 1/8 kits for DeAgostini and Agora. And they were free. So paying for 1 kit at substantial savings was not so bad. Still have 4 unbuilt 1/8 kits in the shed. Mercedes Gullwing, Mazda cosmo, pocher Ferrari testarossa, and a VW bug convertible. But those will have to wait until I build the GTO. Well my Mercedes is on a schedule…. Kind of . Painting the Mercedes and the GTO very soon.

Hello guys, saw this. It’s beautiful but very, very expensive. Body only.

A Ferrari GTO in 1/8. I have wanted this for a long time. The body has been stripped of paint and primed. Started sanding and taking out the imperfections in the body. The color will be a very beautiful blue I have mixed. Mixed toners till I liked it. Not a stock color. My own mix. Here we go.