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Just speaking for my buddy Alex. He hasn't left the thread or forum. He's just busy having a new job and gathering new material for his builts. Paintjob on the Bugatti is a mile deep shine. Cheers Michael

Well, I got some goat or lambskin leather from dealers. For them it's only scrap, cause there is no use for gloves and pouches, for it is too skinny. They usually just sort it out and trash it in the can. They don't even can imagine, what some insane people will pay for some piece of hide 0.1mm thick. Unfortunately, the range of colors is poor. You can get them in a light brown or a light grey. Had no problem until now, to get them airbrushed with waterbased acrylic flat paints. I hope, that Alfalfa seconds me, who got a large part of Italian capretta hide by me. It's all a question of research for the material, that will fit your model. This stuff is almost paperthin and moving it along curved edges is almost no problem. So is the piping made of genuine leather. Keep your eyes open to look for 0.5mm leather piping. No more trouble with any coated wire a.s.o.

A car can't too be blue enough.

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Thank you for support, Skip.Will kick in your door. Think, that it's easier to get access to a Gullwing in the States. Most of them were sold there. Scott, you're propably right. My first intention was to go on leather, too, but I got hooked on the Rudge wheels and an owner of the real car told me, that he is preferring the plaid fabric, because it's not that slippery. By the way, Cato. I second your comment concerning Skip.

Hi Cato, that will take it's time. Like mentioned, the kit is offered part by part in a subscription. Won't start the built, until the last piece is on my workbench, but I am setting up the cornerstones already. It will be a graphite-grey car with blue and white plaid upholstery, Rudge wheels, no bumper horns.

Once upon a time, there was a really bad guy. Handed over a Pocher Testarossa to Alex. This model had two pounds of lime green paint on it, but Alex made it!!

We're doing the Gullwing in eighth scale right now. Eaglemoss has issued the model, that will take about two years to be completed. Parts seem to be be fairly fine until now.

Welcome to the board Alex, as I said:" You can run, and you can hide, but I'll get you." Pretty good job, so far. By the way...MMC's spark plug wire isn't cloth coated. Just Vinyl. But the source of the yellow and black cloth-coated wire has dried out. I am still biting my nails, having overhanded all of my wire for free to buddies.. Maybe there is a willing soul to know about a new dealer. Cheers Michael Waldorf

Great job. Cato aka Era Chas. Will have my eyes on this wonderful built. Cheers Michael

Excellent work, I like the weathering.........no! I love the whole built. Comparing it to my projects, I put all my ten thumbs up and will stayed tuned. Thank you for sharing it.

Thumbs up!! Love the work on the interior and tonneau cover. That Babe looks like the real thing.

IMHO it's a fake. Air plenum is 4.2 litre. So is the dash and centerconsole. Some guys try to reach higher prices of so called "barn finds". It is weathering in 1/1 scale.

I could only identify the model at a second glance, because of the missing panelling under the hood. Pretty well done! The Jag's owner is a lucky guy....he's got the real thing and a wonderful replica in large scale,too.

Another large project of a great car. Will stay tuned on this one! Rapid prototyping is now offering the possibilities, many of us just dreamed about in former years. Your courage to go on a built like this is remarkable.Thank you for sharing it.

This Jag rocks!!

Well William, just to drop in....there is a very limited run of them. Think about 20-25 units. Was lucky enough to have one on my sight in real already. O.K. it's curbside, but the detail is really great. All handmade and the paint and upholstery in leather is true craftmanship. As a cherry on the icing, you can make your own chose of color and equipment.

This is one of my favourites amoungst your builts. The deep, mirror-shining blue is great and converting the stock oo7 Aston to a DB 4 is a piece of master craftmanship. TFS Michael

Hi Joe, there is a place, where you can get nero nemesis paint for the Aventador:http://www.scalefinishes.com/lambo.html Cheers Michael

Will wait and see, how the factory paintjob of my Isis White Aventador is done. Unfortunately the white version will take about a month longer than the Orange one for delivery. The zero-series, shown at the Nuremburg toy fair had some imperfections, but it's said to be overworked until product launch. Never mind, cause I'm tempted to do the grigio estoque paint.

Another great job after your Jags on the DB5! The wire wheels and leather upholstery are doing the model real justice. One sees your love to detail and work with this custom made transportation box. This kit seems to target more on electronic gadgets, than accuracy in detail. A real pity for me, but you really turned it to a collector's piece. Cheers Michael

beautiful paintjob with a tasteful color. Got it as well in the pile and plan to improve it as best as I can. Will be a close viewer of your building process.

Another masterpiece of your shop, you're raising the bar higher with every model. The Golden Sand color and sunroof really snaps. Cheers Michael

Great to see you back, Romell! Cheers Michael

Hello Earl, that's going to be great. When talking about wheels....have you still got the kit's original Rally rims in your stock? I am looking for a set of those, to put them on my Doyusha Corvette. Thank you Michael