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Thanks Carl! After reading the Pet Peeves I'm reluctant to put anymore builds on here! Why do certain people that they are perfect and can do no wrong? Surely if we've dropped a clanger, there are ways of folks making constructive comments without being generally nasty about others shortcomings!

As none of us are perfect in life, I don't think that this thread inspires confidence in any of us mere mortals who all make mistakes, so as it's not a nice place to be I'm signing off now!

And my Resin Airstream...............

I built this using a Jimmy Flintstone Resin Manx Body, Tamiya Mitsubishi 4X4 system, Corvair engine, Bull Bar and lights from a Lancia Stratus rally kit, Meyers Manx wheels and tyres working steering, Dakar decals and various spare parts.................

Wow Interesting or what. I've got an Emhar Bedford OSBT I was looking to do this with. So I'm looking forward to seeing how this comes together!

Superb! We don't see many of the new style Snap kits here in the UK, you've made a great job of this Ford GT well done!

Thanks Jim, yes that's the idea, the sponsors hope that people notice it!

Good idea Ian! I'm also a Porsche nut and have been since I started driving in 1966!! Here's a few of my recent ones............. and a couple of 914's

Thanks Brian, I like crazy cool, and bright colours! Yes I took a gamble and rattle can sprayed both colours on at the same time with little or no masking!

Nice! A different Porsche and an interesting one! I bought some Fuchs resin wheels from scaleproduction.de. I'm in the UK they are in Germany. The Fuchs they produce are in various sizes.

Thanks Chris and Anders. After only 60 years modelling I think I'm just about getting it right! No don't speak too soon!

Yes the wheels Dann. I use oven cleaner to take the chrome off and then paint as you would anything else, undercoat X2 and colour X2. On the body neither colour needed any clear gloss!

Nice Porsche's all! When our youngest bought his first VW Beetle we took it to a workshop that specialised in VW and Porsche restorations. He showed us around the three large workshops he had and the mainly Porsche's that were being refurbed for numerous customers, from 1950's 365's upwards. One that they had just finished refurb for Prodrive at Banbury was the Rothman's 959 that they had originally built for Rothman's! What a beast!

Thanks Ian. You started me off with your GT2 build, thanks.

Wowee! What workmanship! Well done Adam.

Thanks Brian. Our eldest son was living in Lacombe until March and has moved back to Waskada, Manitoba, it's a work thing!

Well thanks guys, that was quick as I only put it on here this afternoon!

The kit is a road going version which I've modified to a race car. I've added decals from my spares box, added alloy exhaust tips, cut down Nascar window net, and front and rear tow eyes. The main sponsor is Apple Petronas Lubricants/Fields, with minor sponsors decals on the doors and body including various model kit manufacturers. The kit has a very basic one piece top engine moulding.....

Superb Ken!

Superb!

Coming along very well Ian. Super decals!

How weird, I only took mine off the shelf on Saturday to think of what to do with it! Race, Rally, Road? Well I think I've found some old decals for it as a race car (I tested the GT3 last year!). But I'm pleased to say that mine is gloss white out of the box. It must have been shocking opening the box to a black bodyshell! But there is one race version that is black plus decals. A Taisan Starcard race car. I've found a few white decals so the base colour is going to be red or blue, possibly with a camo style paintwork. Anyway yours is looking good already with the red to start with Ian, so I'm looking forward to watching the rest of your build. I only got it off the shelf waiting to watch the Porsche Super Cup race at the Monaco F1 weekend. PS.. we were down in NZ in February this year on a cruise ship out of Sydney, stopping at Aukland, Napier , Dunedin and Wellington on the south island but couldn't stop at Christchurch as there was a typhoon there the day before! But part of our last few days was cruising through the Fjordlands!

When our youngest son passed his test he always wanted a custom Beetle. We found one took it to Francis Tuthill, whose business is building/restoring Porsche's. He fixed the floor pan, de-chrome it, lowered it and put a new 1600cc motor in it. We Put in new trim/seats etc. One night (2am) coming home from the then girlfriends house, he's stopped by the law, when he open's the window, the policeman has a torch in his hand and crawls nearly under the car, and want's to know why the Beetle goes round roundabouts faster that his police car!

Our carpenter, used to race that every year, for 10 years plus. Although he's married now with one little 4 year old son, he's still trying to raise cash to buy another racer. Of course one of our English heroes who turn's on TV in various World Speed attempts now is Guy Martin, the truck mechanic extraordinaire! When I was a child our next-door neighbours used to take their bike with a tent wrapped up on the back and have their two week summer holidays just watching the racing!