Harry P.

Looks pretty good to me. I assume the blue painted window moldings are on purpose? I'd paint that washer bottle translucent white. And this isn't your fault, but I've always wondered what those two things that are molded onto the top of the passenger-side fender well that begin and end in midair are supposed to be?

That looks like it could have been a real one! Nice.

I put a whole different front end on it. A lot more like the original (I love retro styling!).

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Nice job!

Sorry. I forgot that we live in the age of political correctness. A snowflake it is...

Try again. Snowflakes have six sides.

Oh yeah! That's the money shot!

Welcome! And don't worry about your English, it's fine!

I think John is right. This topic seems pretty well covered, and then some. Time to move on to new controversies, guys!

Remember... do not post hints or answers here. PM me with specific year, make and model. The answer: 1977 GAZ M-13 "Chaika"

Welcome, Lee. PS: Full name in your signature line is a forum rule.

Welcome, Tony!

Welcome aboard!

A few more...

If it was done well, it's virtually impossible to tell unless you're an expert. A few things to look for... different areas of the photo seem to have different levels of sharpness. Different areas seem to have different lighting. Some parts of the image have a different color cast. Very sharp edges in parts of an otherwise not razor-sharp image, or vice-versa. Just a few giveaways of a poor Photoshop job. The "What If" topic was just me fooling around and "redesigning" a few cars, just for fun. I wasn't being particularly careful to do an expert PS job... just playing around, basically. If I manipulated an image with the intent of fooling you, you could never tell if I didn't want you to know...

Very nice modifications to that kit.

Yes!

Some of the functions of this software are not exactly "user friendly" or evident.

Don't just glue the ends in place. Drill holes first, then insert the wires into the holes. You probably won't need any glue at all, but if you do, a tiny drop of CA (superglue) will do the trick.

The wheels (and the whitewalls) in the first photo are waaaaaaaaay better. If those clunky-looking spokes in the second photo and beyond were supposed to be an upgrade, you made a mistake! The spokes are far too thick and out of scale... they scream "model." Nice model, BTW. Aside from the front wheels, I really like it.

What I would do is create my albums in Photobucket (or Fotki or Pinterest or Picassa or whichever one you like)... then simply post a link to the albums here. I use Photobucket myself, always have, and I like it, but that's just personal preference. Any photo hosting site would do the job. Once you have your albums set up and organized how you want them on your photo hosting site (by auto brand or model kit manufacturer or however you want to do it), all you have to do is post a link here, and we can click on the link and go directly to your album(s). If you wanted to post a few images right here, I'd say the best place to do it would probably be the "General" section.

I think it's a personal preference. I agree with Tom that it gives you an even color over parts that have different colored surfaces (like a body that has putty or Bondo work. In a case like that, priming is pretty much a given). And almost everyone primes the body. But I don't see any need to prime most smaller parts, like engine and interior pieces. I just don't see the point in doing that, especially on small parts like carbs and alternators or pedals and things like that, which I always brush paint. No need to waste expensive spray paint spraying tiny pieces and losing 95% of the paint to overspray! I never prime stuff like that, and I think my models look alright! But it's a personal thing. No right or wrong answer.

Acrylic craft paint. There are several different brands, but they're basically all the same.

These planes had all sorts of wild paint schemes... this was in the days before standardized military color schemes. Basically, every pilot could have his plane painted pretty much any way he wanted it. Here is an example of just a handful of the many different color schemes these planes were decorated in: I'm going to do my own custom scheme. Here's the finished tail section. Static tail parts are wood covered, movable flaps are cloth covered: I also added the rubber trim around the cockpit opening: Since there are no sources of readymade 1/16 scale WWI German fighter plane decals (at least none I could find), I created my own graphics and will use homemade decals. More to come...

Very cool! Agree, the wire wheels are really nice.