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My buddy Mark came by and gave me a 1/24 166 Ferrari. So I’m going to do this as to give me a rest on my 935/78. Put the wheels together. They are pretty cool. I tried to paint the body but things did not go right so I stopped and am resanding the body. There are people saying the body is off but I do not care and am just going to build it out of box. After doing these big scale kits, this 1/24 seems tiny. So here we go…..

Thank you Ray. Finally finished the rest of the wheels. Sanding the body. Had a bad refinish day. Hope it goes better this weekend.

Well had a disaster of a paint day Sunday. So I thought I would start the wheels

Won this on our club raffle Friday night.

A agora 1/8 supersnake. Maybe overpriced. ?.??????

Timonator, the harbor drill bits do not last long on white metal. I drill slow and they seem to last longer.

Thank you ATHU

Thank you Dominik.

I just bought a set from harbor freight. On line. What kit are you thinking of doing?

Dear Timonator, please start one. Just take each step like it is it’s own model. The extra tools I had to get was a polisher, ( for polishing brass for ammunition) a badger sand blaster, for white metal a lot of drill bits, a sata mini jet for painting. Hope this helps. Just ordered extra drill bits

On to the chassis. Sanded , drilled and fit some parts. Going to be the pearl blue with orange tubing. Quite the challenge. Here we go.

Thank you Ray

Bummer

Hello David G . Thank you sir. It’s very challenging. Every step is a model. A lot of work. This is my third MFH kit and I’ve learned a few things about them. They are expensive, they are not a perfect kit. A lot of challenges. Most parts do not fit and have to be modified in one way or another. You need a whole different tool set. Like metal polishers, drills, etc. I have a friend , Mark that helped me with the challenges of a MFH kit. If you like detail and quality rather than quantity, these kits are for you. I only built one kit for 2021. It was a 427 cobra and it took a year to complete. Here is a pic of the 427 cobra and my first MFH kit, a Ferrari P4.

Hello Timonator. It’s Nevada

Was going to retire soon but the owner has a $10,000 bonus if I stay a year longer , you can call your shots here. Just before New Years, I had 5 job offers. With all the same money .

We have a shortage of qualified technicians here. All shops are giving a $3000 to $5000 signing bonus. Plus all of the other perks.

They are charging $150 a hour to repair aluminum ford trucks. BMW’s ,Mercedes, jags are less.

I did. They change the systems twice a year. And the painter was to get rid of the rest. So he just put them in a cart and I now have a whole colorsystems under my spare bed. Have paint for the rest of my life. I now work for a Chevy dealer. A $5000 incentive and $6 more dollars an hour works. Plus they pay for my healthcare insurance. Free to me. 401k they match.,paid holidays and vacations. Since I have ford truck aluminum experience I get another $15 more an hour on that. Ford aluminum trucks pay anywhere from $45 a hour to $60 an hour flat rate. So if you put on a panel that says 16 hours and you can do it in 5 you can make $960 in 5 hours. If you have the training and experience. We do make money

Having played with the toners, I have played long enough. Dark blue toner with a dark blue pearl and a pearl white toner.Mixed them today with great results.the blue is close to gulf blue but with a pearl. Twist. The 935 will be painted soon. BMW colorsystems for material.

Well , mixed toners to get the gulf kind of blue. But with a twist. I only had blue and white pearl toners so my 935 will be a light blue pearl with orange stripes and wheels going to paint the car soon.

I keep looking at the kit and just might do it. Yours looks great! You made the car look really good. The kit is dated but your work, makes it look modern.

Beautiful build! I did Joe’s car. Indycal decals and resin tires also.

Great job!!!! Looks really good. I have one and wondered how it looked when finished.