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I’m gonna be 100% honest with you. I think this is an absolutely stunning color and you did a perfect job out of it. But I don’t think it matches the real car. I think you’ve got half of what you need. I have some experience with two very similar colors. Ferrari’s Gialo Tristrati and Lamborghini’s Gialo Horus. Look them up. Both of them are tri-coats. And both look very similar to what you got after the first part. Then they need a top (candy like) mid-coat, which is very much transparent, but gives that dept. it looks to me like you need that coat in order to match the 1:1 car. Light, cameras, scale and computer screens all play games with us, so I may be wrong. I would just hate to see all your efforts, skill and passion invested in this model ending up with not quite the result you want. So before you spray the clear, test the color and do some more research. Zero paints do good job, but it wouldn’t be the first time they package a supposed tri-coat as a single stage metallic.

Looking good, real good! I, personally, am afraid of Tamiya clear. Especially around metallics. It is way too hot sometimes and I have restarted quite few paint jobs due to it. That’s why I switched to two-part clear. I know all the risks with it, but then, I also like bourbon, guns and bacon. LOL

Haha....Glad you caught on that. See, the Delivery Deuce I wanted to be a Bourbon Delivery, but I couldn’t get what I wanted in terms of decals and such, so it became a laundery van. LOL

Thank you Greg Some progress made on the axels. All bolt heads on the rear were picked out with Molotow chrome marker.The kit supplied brakes are used with their calipers drilled to accept some brake lines. I cut tiny pieces of aluminum tubing to use as fittings. There is no reason IMO, why a modern Street Rod with boxed frame rails would run exposed lines or wiring, so I made a little t-junction and added black flexible line to go to the frame. The kit's air bags look meh to me, so I added couple of rubber o-rings on each to make them look a little nicer. The tires received some mounting bosses. What is not seen here is that around these bosses were build much larger diameter plastic tubing to match the hubs dimeter. Everything is put together with 5 min epoxy. The front axle was treated in the same fashion, except that the lines are braided. None of that would have been possible without the help of some good bourbon of course. And the chassis is finally seating on its own. This is going to be the final stance. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

In my opinion the Tamiya kit is far superior and I never had issues with it. This a great result of not so great model.

The engine is really nice and that interior is just outstanding. On the body however, I would first give it a good wet sanding paint correction, before I polish it. It would make things much smoother and will cut down your polishing efforts and time significantly.

That’s a beautiful yellow. I hope everygoes on without headaches.

Really cool car that is very well executed. Me personally, I'm not feeling the red in the grill, but it's a stunning ere way.

Sharp looking model.

You are probably correct. However, when used in scale colors create an illusion sometimes. The couple models I have painted with the paint I have at home came out to look exactly like the car on the picture. Plus I always thought Rosso Rubino to be a metallic. And the 275 on the pictures clearly is not. This is the color I can provide him for free. Which looks exactly like the number 5 on your picture.

Ferrari 599 tuned by Hamann. Paint is Ferrari Bianco Fuji. Ferrari California tuned by Hamann. Paint is Ferrari Giallo Modena Triplo Strati Pearl. This 599 by Hamann was done in Bianco Fuji again, but with flat clear and carbon details. Stunning paint effect, but almost impossible to photograph as it "glows". Yes, it's a flat pearl pink Lambo. And Yes, the car does exist. Paint is nailpolish with Tamiya pearl clear, topped with flat clear. Convertible Ferrari 288 GTO?!?! Why not? In Tamiya black. . Ferrari 458 Italia in original TDF Blue. Novitec Rosso tuned Ferrari 430 Scuderia in flat red and black. Yes the real car was painted like that! Koenig Specials tuned Porsche 928 Paint is Ferrari Rosso Fuoco This is all paint. No decals (except for the Ferrari emblems) Paint is Ferrari Grigio Silverstone. The stripe is Tamiya red, white and green outlined with mica silver. Jamiroquai's Ferrari LaFerrari. Paint is custom mix to match the real car. These are probably my top ten contenders for some of my favorite paint jobs I've done on exotics.

I'll play Some of my favorites. First a Nissan GT-R. This is a highly modified 1:18 diecast. The front bumper, grilles, lights, sideskirts, trunk spoiler and ground effects, together with the wheels were all scratchbuilt from plastic. Color is original Nissan Bayside Blue.

In my personal opinion, the remake of the movie from the late ‘90s (or very early 2000s) is way better. No Ferrari NART Spider in it tho. If you check the Barchetta website, it would give you the spec for each car made with a serial number and in most cases if any changes to the car have been made, like color, wheels, interior etc. A lot of these cars changed their appearance with each owner/restoration. The car on your pictures is in Rosso Barchetta. I do have that color in my paints and if you want it I can provide it for you. Maybe we can work out some symbolic trade.

Looking great. Soldier on!

This will be great. I love the hood scoop with its openings. The trunk detail also looks great.

Great build! A study in kitbashing with amazing results. There is so much win in this build.

My kid had hockey practice from 7:15 pm. Usually his younger brother would have practice right before him, but not tonight. So, my little one and my wife decided they would stay home. And I spent almost two full hours polishing my '48 body. It's all shiny now!

So I am picking up where the interior was left before. For starters, I added thin strip styrene, creating continuation of the dash. Next I made some "design elements" for the side panels. A main layer for the overall shape from 0.5mm sheet followed by much thinner sheet for the pocket and then a third layer for the pocket flap. I like to predrill where I am going to attach photoetch, as it gives a spot for the superglue to settle under the tiny part. Simple yet effective design, which I believe suits the rest of the car. The seats are going to be slightly modified units from AMT's Phantom Vicky. They had to be narrowed, so the sides were recovered by some more sheet styrene. And there you go. I believe the interior is figured out. Just needs some color, carpet and a nice dash insert. Thanks for looking and stay tuned.

Oh, it needs paint (washes) wires, hoses etc.

Nice land yacht. Not my topic of models, but I love those cars in 1:1.

Very nice. I like the color combo and the choice for wheels. Suits the car very well. Where did the twin supercharger setup come from?

This project is another that was discovered forgotten in a box and is also getting resurrected. I did not manage to finish it for it's original purpose, but there is not much left, so It will be under glass shortly. Stay tuned and thanks for looking.

Well, fellas, this was put away and pretty much forgotten for quite some time now. But after digging for something else, it was found and will be finished shortly. Basically it needs an interior. The goal would be to get in "under glass" before by birthday in mid November.

I'm sure that a quick trip to HL's jewelry making department will get the right disco ball with no need to paint. I wouldn't be surprised if Walmart has it too.

That’s quite a bit of carbon you have going there.... Who’s decals are you using? Doesn’t look like Scale Motorsports.