Project510

Looks terrific! Did yo print the engine and drive train yourself or did you purchase from somewhere?

Thanks Leo! I'm sorry for the late reply. Things have been busy with work and home so I have not had any bench time, and have not logged in here in a while. Hopefully you still have them! I replied to your PM as well!

I have this kit, I pulled it out last year when I got back into the hobby after a 15-20 year break. I somehow lost the interior pieces. I was actually trying to replace it when I read of the Tamiya release so I waited.

I have never seen the parts tree of the ZG kit. Did it come with the option to forgo the "grand" styling, and that hideous front end? The reason I love this kit is now I have full engine detail, with Tamiya quality. The flash and sink marks in the Revell BRE kit is terrible. In my opinion. So this kit is exactly what I would like.

Would love to know where you got the civic.

All of the current Super GT cars. Preferably made by Tamiya. I'm sure eventually they will be. Or expensive wide body kits made to add to standard cars with decal sheets available. But hopefully just a all in one kit! Specifically these two cars

Z Cars are great! Thank you!

I also started two new cars, one for an Open Wheel group build on the Modelers Social Club forum, and also one just for fun. Tamiya's RA272 And also another Tamiya, the Nissan Z

I've been really bad about updating here, but I finished another kit. This is a surprise gift for my son for his birthday in September. He loves the Big Boy Locomotive so I had my first experience building a track and layout. And also my first ever Locomotive build.

All the LHS in my area have closed, and the ones within driving distance don't keep up so much with latest releases. Had to order online. Even with international shipping, these were cheaper than ebay prices from sellers in my own state.

Build quality on my brothers 750 was great, just like the two CB550's I owned. I enjoyed riding it, but enjoyed my 550's more and my XS650 even more. I relate that mostly due to the fact that my brothers 750 was 100% factory and I had changed many things on my bikes. I cant imagine paying 15k for one unless I was absolutely in love with it and never planned on selling. My XS This 750 on CL in my area looks great! https://sacramento.craigslist.org/mcy/d/sacramento-1973-honda-cb750-scrambler/7734801062.html

I have already started this one so the the first post is going to be long and full of updates to get us caught up. With the C7R finished and my group build responsibilities done (for now) I think I will jump into this one. Did a little more work getting the wide body kit attached. It doesn't fit as great as I initially thought. Not bad though. Kit also came with a nice set of wheels. Appear to be Work Meister S1 Used the Dremel to trim away and clean up inside the fender. Spent quite a bit of time sanding as well to help the transition. More work still to be done but in general this was for sure the right way to go. Should clean up nice and look great once paint is applied. Not super happy with the vents yet. Again, once cleaned up it will look fine after paint. It was so fragile it broke away as soon as I started drilling it out. This caused me to make a bigger hole than I wanted to clean it up.  I was going to post up the two wheel sets and ask for opinions on what looked better but once I saw the photos I am set on the Works.  Kit supplied wheels Aftermarket wheels that came with the Pandem kit from Fugu Garage Getting the chassis painted up. 1st step was to paint it all black then tape off the first section. After the tape session, came LP-36  After that was to remove some tape and paint the UCA's and heat shield After that dried for a day came another tape session. Then more black.... this is starting to get annoying haha And for the reveal... Looks good. I made a few mistakes. Ill let it dry for 24 hours and then fix a few small things if I can. Ok that gets me caught up. My progress is usually slow. I only get a few hours a week at the work bench. So see ya around and thanks for looking.

Thanks!

Vette is done. I was pleasantly surprised with the fit and finish of the kit being Revell. Until, that is until I got to the body. I cant get it on fully, so it looks like the ride height is bad. Also the windows do not fit great. Bummed, but my goodness the paint looks great haha.