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Pretty cool. It's crazy how many models are coming out of the woodwork, that have not been shown before. Keep'em coming!

Tamiya never made a 512. And "these old school kits" easily put to shame the modern Revell or AMT kits. I am pretty sure Robustelli are long gone. They were never really all that great in the first place anyway. Where they were irreplaceable was the 1:18 scale diecast. They made kits that would transform a Bburago toy into a decent model. Simply because back then (late '80s, early '90s) there were no high end diecast models. Great kit you have started there. Few pointers if I may. I would join Alex on the color. A Testarossa has to be red. Altho I would agree with you, it's one of those cars that look great in any color. Except in yellow. I grew up with yellow Testarossa near my house. As much as I loved the car, it just did not look right in yellow. About your engine parts. Considering how these cars were used and maintained to this day, you will not find one with engine parts in the colors you used. The valve covers and the red parts on top of the plenums need to be flat red, not glossy. And then the block and the plenums themselves should be just a plain flat aluminum. A very light dull looking almost white color. If you have, or can get, a spray can of Tamiya AS12 - Bare Metal Silver, it would be the perfect color for it. And I would not use any wash or anything. These engines never got oily or dirty or anything like that. About photoetched parts, there is plenty to be had on e-bay. Just search the seller "globaltoy" and search "ferrari" in his store. It is in China, but buy with confidence. Good seller I never had issues with. A couple of sheets of his emblems would cover your Ferrari builds for quite some time. I personally would stay away from photo etched wipers. They are total pain to fold to create a 3d shape and then the plastic kit part from Tamiya, still looks more realistic. I would just hand paint the mufflers with Detail Master Stainless Steel buffing metalizer and rub it out. Have fun building this kit, which with not much effort can be greatly detailed.

Beautiful build Tim. The engine arrangement is definitely something else. What is the paint on it?

I absolutely love seeing the vintage stuff. Maybe I have to dig some of my old stuff. They are not not great by my current standards but still hold a special place in my collection.

Beautiful model. Glad to see it in blue also.

I love it. Really clean build and the colors work very well. It definitely needs the black trim around the windows tho.

Looking sharp so far. I keep looking at the pictures and can't help it but think how cool the orange plastic looks. Almost as if it is painted orange pearl. Maybe that's the color you should make it. Throw in some carbon fiber bumpers, details and you are going to be right up to the trends now. Plus carbon fiber on orange pearl looks really sweet.

Hey, the more , the merrier! I love the top one. It has something very retro-aggressive in it.

It's a fine model, Jim. I see quite few pieces from the Model Car Garage photo etch set for the '32 on your model. Very nicely done. I assume it has a photo etched grille too. You should post more pictures of it.

Stunning! Great design ideas and beautifully executed. I would like to know a little more about the wheels.

Some truly top notch eye candy on here. Keep them coming guys. I know I am inspired to do at least two coupes, after looking at the selection put on display here.

I am amazed at how many old models and hobby survivors this thread has brought out. It really cool to see some of these models as they are like time capsules that show the progression of the hobby over the years. It also shows how timeless some things are like colors and wheel choices. I personally believe the Deuce is one of these styles that should be studied in art schools. It is the epitome of balance combined with simplicity and understated utilitarian beauty.

Some really great models on here. A lot of period correct hot rods. I love the variety of colors too. Jim, thank you for posting this on here. You don't see many of these bodies built and I think it's really nice to see one built as a street rod. Awesome color and I really dig the right hand drive.

Some really nice Deuces coming out. I love it. So much well done models. And some great model ideas are coming out. The idea of these threads was to create some inspirational material and you guys are delivering in spades. Thank you and keep'em coming.

Thank you for clarifying that. Did you have them chromed or did you use alclad? Two killer roadsters by the way.

Let me get this straight! I open the forum and see "New AMT Releases" and get excited. Just to find out that someone wanted to disagree with an opinion someone posted over three years ago?!?!?! LOL That's just funny. And kinda sad in the same time.

I believe there is a solution coming up soon. Stay tuned.

I am glad to see that I am not the only one taking over the kitchen counters in the house. LOL. I don't know about anyone else, but my wife is not amused by it and makes herself heard. LOL

OK. Today some work on one of my all time favorites body styles - the Phaeton. First, everything was puttied and then sanded smooth. That included removing the character belt line, which at that point was a mixture of the one remaining from the sedan and the thinner one from the Roadster. I figured that sanding everything away would make things so much easier and also creating a new belt line would make it more uniform and easier to manipulate to follow the lines I want. Next a new character line was made from 1.0mm x 1.0mm styrene rod. I like stretching it as much as I can in order to keep it as straight as possible. It was glued with Tamiya thin plastic cement, which I love using. What I love most about it is that it is available at HL and I can get it with 40% off. Just like their Primers and putties, which I also love to use. The wooden pins you see are really small and available in both HL or Wallmart and are very inexpensive for a bag of them. They are perfect for jobs like this, because they are not very strong. Just enough to keep stuff together. But because they are wood and somewhat soft, they don't damage the plastic and leave no trace, since the glue does not affect them. Fifteen minutes later, we have a nice body with a brand new belt line reveal. at this point I will let it cure for a day and then spray Tamiya grey primer on everything. This will reveal if any areas that still need to be addressed with putty and also help with sanding down that belt line, to where it looks down to scale and has rounded edges. This brings us to the dilemma with the doors. And I would really like everyone's opinion on it. Should I scribe the door lines like a Tudor door - straight down, parallel to the cowl or should I make it like 3 window door, where the front edge is angled and curved on the bottom, like on the Foose/Brookville bodies? Keep this in mind when you cast your vote; there is a chance this body may get cast and become available. So if that was the case, would you prefer to purchase it with the 3 window doors or with the Tudor doors?

That kit would have been a hit if it only had full chassis and engine detail. Who wouldn't want a detailed LS2/3 motor?

They look like the Phantom Vicky windshield with modified edges.

I am pretty sure that someone made the narrowed body in a 3d print. I did see one of those bodies at the last Heartland Nationals I attended. I am pretty sure that just recently I saw it available, perhaps on shapeways.

Starting to take shape. I like it. The engine is fantastic too.

Yup. and it was in white metal. You could get an entire Deuce frame or the suspension by itself. Now if someone tells me also who made the resin 32 ford Zipper bodies? They had a Zipper Roadster and a Zipper Vicky. Came with cool vacuformed roofs too, that were a nightmare to cut out.

Naaahhhh....it's done. I meant I already lost the battle and it end up costing me $230, which left me with no house and money after paying for it for 15 years. But I still have my lovely wife, two wonderful kids and would consider all of us pretty healthy. The rest is replaceable. now I just wear my few extra white hairs as battle scars, try to smile more and not take pretty much anything too seriously anymore. Did I mention that I still have my hobby? Oh, yeah...and this place which I still enjoy visiting. As a matter of fact, my hobby has been instrumental in keeping my sanity and also not reaching for the bottle too often, more than once.