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Very cool...and looks just like most of my VW's when I've had them...hood up with the manual on the deck!

Yep...front 'n center here. I'm just saving my "wow" for when my jaw can be on the floor for a while.

That came out fantastic, Mike...a great example of a family car replica. I followed along on the build thread and was highly entertained. I bet you're glad it's done, though!

At least once, in the Hot Rod series. Awesome kit. Terry, great thread! Any chance you could be talked into going back and updating any broken links? I think this one deserves the maintenance.

Stance is hands down first for me. A close second is the mandatory smooth paint tied with excellent bmf. From there, it all depends on the particular model. One thing I try to specify about paint -- smooth does not automatically mean uber-shiny. It just needs to be smooth, as in lacking orange peel (and of course dirt or fingerprints, but that should be obvious ). It still, and probably always will, drive bamboo under my nails to see a table full of cars that look like they've been dipped in syrup...and it's like that at every show I've ever been to. Cars just aren't that shiny. I know I'm in the minority, but there's a lot to be said for scale sheen.

I love a good 'ol Craftsman series type of kit just as much as a modern-tooled whatever...just to clarify I'm not biased toward any particular parts count. These Enthusiasts Series kits seem to fall on one side of the fence or the other, depending on who you ask. Personally, I've only had one -- the 356B roadster. I built it early in my adult return to modeling, and I didn't do it anywhere near the justice it deserved...but it's shortcomings were my own fault, not the kits. My main issue was being pretty sloppy with the glue (I was still using the orange tubes, ffs), but everything fit well during mockups with the one exception being the ride height mentioned earlier (the up on jackstands comment was very appropriate), and was beautifully molded. So yep, I fall on the "they're exceptional" side of the fence. I'd love to get my hands on another. A 356A Coupe, in particular. Around the time I built my roadster, there was a stripped down, bare-metal coupe race car that I absolutely fell in love with that I would use as inspiration. Donations happily accepted.

Another beauty, Túlio...very nice. I'm going to ignore the fact that you built it in a weekend, so that I may still feel remotely adequate.

Nice job. I watched the show just for the Cobra II. Uh huh. Yep. I did. Really.

Came out just fine, Ray...nice job.

Very nice.

Yerp...love it!

I always try to keep an eye out for peoples coverage of these events. Those crazy Finns...they sure know how to have fun with cars.

Yep. Just another name for lacquer thinner.

Yep...either the Tamiya or Testors Stop Light Red over bmf.

Thanks, Riley. It still needs buffed out but I'll let it gas out a while before I do that. I'll take tomorrow for the interior, then by the next day the body paint should be hard enough to do the foil. Lots of it on this beast, so that's gonna be fun.

Love the shot with the front of the Chev and the rear of the Ford. They look great together.

Nice job, Ron...looks real good.

I believe I did this one with a #78 bit, John.

Ruler!

Neat

Looks great, Rich. I can't remember if you have an airbrush...but those one coat paints are twice as nice decanted and shot through one instead of straight from the can. The mix with each other well, too...I've got a couple new tones out of experimenting that I'll be using on future projects.

I'll be watching this one. I built it when I was not quite yet a teenager, and it was definitely beyond my best efforts at the time but to my child brain these race cars were from another planet...so I had to give it a shot! I still have pieces of it floating around in a junk box. One of these days, I'd like to take another crack at it.

MM Dark Bronze Metallic lacquer.