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Really nice color and I like how the stripes came out. Those brakes look really cool too. Where did you get them from? I know you said Dirt Modeler, but I am not familiar with that. Is that an aftermarket co?

I absolutely love this model. Amazing paintjob and it just projects certain attitude.

I have never built a single Street Machine or Pro Street model in my life but watching your progress makes me want to give it a try. Nothing like all that rubber under there behind.

This is starting to take a great shape Lanny. I have to admit, that when the thread was first started, I was kinda pessimistic about this project, but now I see it going in great direction. Can't wait to see it finished.

Thank you guys. Russel, Rosso Fuoco is a Ferrari color, which on the real car is about $40 000 option It is a tri-coat, so you need good primer, base coat, mid coat and then good clear. Most good paint shops should be able to pull a PPG code in their systems and mix you some. Now to today's work. Photoetched …..wel, everything My eyes hurt, my back hurts, my fingers hurt and I am without nerves after doing this on my dining table while my two kids played hockey in my living room and fought all the time. After this setup for the wires, the headers are going to be a nightmare, as there is not much space, but I'll fight that battle tomorrow. Such a shame some of all this will be burried and not seen, like the cool drilled bracket for the ignition coil, which I made out of spare wire loom with 8 holes that I had from no idea where. I color coded pretty much everything. Trying to keep the chrome to a minimum. The brackets for the alternator and the ACcomp killed me. First drilling the tiny holes in the block and then fitting in them miniature pieces of wire that the brackets are mounted on. I feel like I need new glasses. Thanks for looking.

I hate when this happens. Good luck with the repairs. Chassis and engine look great.

The interior is amazing. Very cool. If you don't mind me asking, what is the name of the sheet styrene you are using for the interior panels? TIA

Here are the parts after the Rosso Fuoco midcoat. The rear end after the masking has been removed Some of the engine accessories received the same paint treatment

Getting closer. I fixed the rear axle and radius rods together, prior to painting. The chrome stuff is going to be masked. Also needed to make a longer drive shaft, since the chassis is now longer. Everything fits aaaaaannnddd…..off to be painted. I sprayed the drivetrain in a mix of the Rosso Fuoco base and gold and it will be all covered by the Rosso Fuoco mid coat. The cab needed to be slightly extended beneath the "wood" to give it a more finished look.

The Stanley Cup playoffs are slowing our progress, but we are almost there. This is what it looks like right now. It needs to have the steering wheel painted, the "headlights" painted and the tail lights painted and mounted, plus a couple of chrome handles. I'll do the masking on the front lights and I'll let Ryan paint them. We are on the home stretch now.

Very nice! I've been wanting to build a real one for few years now, but my wife does not give the approval.

Ok, so my lack of patience got the better of me. An hour and a half after I sprayed the poly primer, I decided to spray the base coat for the Rosso Fuoco. This wasn't that great of a deal, because the primer was pretty well set. The fact that I got too lazy to sand the primer did not help however. This is the base coat Then I decided that instead of waiting the minimum of 2 hours, I could just clean my airbrush and spray the second coat. This is what it looked like this morning in the sun. It is an OK color, but not what it was supposed to be and the finish was horrible. Everything was perfectly dry but not smooth. To clear coat this and then polish it to be perfect it would have taken so much clear that it would have washed out all panel lines. So I sanded everything smooth and now I am going to do it the way I should have the first time.

Thanks for the interest guys. Here is the plan…. The chassis from the kit with the small block Ford from the kit. However, I would like to have a quickchange rear axle of some sorts, but may stay with the axle from the kit. The front tube axle has to go. This will be a dropped I-beam for sure and it may be painted black - not decided yet. Split wishbones if painted, the 5 window's hairpins if left shiny. Disc brakes will be on, which limits the wheels. So either steelies or the wheels from the Rat Roaster. Kit tires go straight to the junk pile. The motor will be the modern mill, but with different valve covers and different intake set up. If I get really excited I may order artilery wheels and finned drums from RMcoM. This rod with not be slammed into the weeds, it will not be channeled at all and will be shiny, but sorta vintage color.

Thanks for all the interest guys. It's really appreciated. I am starting on the engine today. Tonight the body will most likely get sanded and receive first coat of paint. The "metal" on the body will be deep shiny black. The "wood framing" will be semi gloss black and the incerts flat black. This should make things "pop" on an all black model. Thr way I see it, white walls are a must, but I can't make up my mind on the wheels. They will be painted black with just a little chrome accents. I can't decide between the spokes from the Tudor or the steelies from the 5 window. Also not sure on the grille. Leave it all chrome or paint the incert black with just a chrome frame. Any sugdestions are welcome

I ahve not done anything new to the model, because I am still scratching my head what to do with the front suspension. I want a traditional looking front axle, but to be as trick as the rear end. The problem I am running into is that everything that comes to mind involves inboard shocks and I don't have the space. I can scratch build an IFS, but it would be too ordinary. Any ideas are welcome.

After fighting pinholes in the putty, ghost lines in joints and cheap automotive black primer, I just gave in and finally soaked the roof and the running boards (trouble areas) in polyurethane primer. It is curing as we speak, but tomorrow will be sanded and hopefully, ready for some paint. I am also working on a headliner for the cab. Will post pictures tomorrow.

Thank you guys. I would like to put together all the Koenigs, or at least the famous ones. The 928 I am working now and it should be done within a week. I had the convertible testarossa, but it got destroyed in my house ordeal, so I'll have to get a new one. Then there is a Porsche 911 and a Mercedes Benz SL500. That's what is made in 1:24 that I know of. The Ferrari 512BBi is only in 1:16 and so is the Lamborghini Countach. The one I want the most, no one ever made into a model i any scale from any material - the BMW 850. That thing had a monster twin turbo V12. The Sultan of Brunei had at least one, which last I knew was for sale.

Slight change of plans. No nail polish monkey business. This baby will be a Ferrari tri-coat Rosso Fuoco.

Thank you. Imagine kinda the Rat Roaster style of build but with next to no chrome and modern drivetrain with a vintage look. And I am keeping it all Ford. No metallic colors either.

Another project I started today is a 32 Tudor, that I want to be built to look like a traditional Street Rod, but be somewhat modern underneath. First matter of business was chopping the top. Not much, but just enough to give it some attitude (about 3mm)

Willy Koenig was one of the pioneers of tuning and thinkering with really high end cars as early as the '80s. Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes Benz….. His creations were celebrated by some and frowned upon by others. No matter which camp you chose, there is no denying that his cars were the epitome of '80s flash and excess. The only company brave enough to release some of his cars in kit form was Fujimi. It must be something with this kind of cars and the Japanese, as Koenig is celebrated to this day in the country of the rising sun. A lot of his cars actually ended up in Japan today. Anyway, I am going to tackle his Porsche 928. It is a very simple kit with not too many pieces. Typical early Fujimi. I bought my kit years ago from a swap meet, so all the parts were carefully cut from the molding trees and then packed in small zip bags bundled by the steps in the instructions. This means that the original box I bought it in, was almost empty when I opened it. Now, just because the number of parts is really low, does not make this kit easy. The mold lines on the body were ridiculous and in some pretty weird places. And the side intakes in the wide body are a nightmare to align and fill, so there are no gaps. I already took care of this, so here it is waiting for primer. I also glued the mirrors and the headlight bases prior to paint. The kit gives you the option to position the headlights in the "up" position, but I always found them weird looking on the real car when on, so I left them at "off".

Very realistic. Great job.

Very nice. I like the color choice too.

I think that everything about a 1000hp twin turbo Ferrari Testarossa with a wide body is eye catching. No matter what color it is painted. Willy Koenig made quite few of these monsters. Most known examples ended in Japan somehow.

Thank you Bruce. The color is actually cheap nail polish. The engine and interior are Tamiya Italian red and the roll cage is plain white, for which I just cleaned up the mold lines and cleared the kit's plastic. It is molded all in white. I am working on the Porsche 928 equivalent from the same series. My kid already picked a red nailpolish for it. LOL. People sometimes give me strange looks when I look at length at the nail polish department in the store and sometimes try a color on my thumb nail. Especially when I'm by myself.