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Cheers John, yes I like 911's!

Just finished. With the 1967 911R I've also just finished. And me testing a green version at an Oxford airfield in July.

Just finished...................... And alongside a 1999 911 called the GT3 that I built alongside the 1967...............

Very tasty Chris!

Very nice Dann!

Thanks Nie, yes it's a pity about the decals. I have a few more rally cars on the shelf to build.

Due to the fragility of the decals in this 1999 kit I've built the car as a Tarmac Recce car and only used those decals that held together. The Recce cars are used by teams prior to the event to take pace notes for the driver / navigator crews on the event. As Tarmac cars are like racing cars, run over smooth tarmac or concrete road I shortened the suspension spring coils by two at the top of each unit leaving the locating pin to go in the right place in each wheel arch. Having then to modify the bottom location upwards to hold the spring unit. This still allowed the steering to work at the front. The seats were sprayed gloss yellow plus two coats of matt clear and seatbelt decals. The rollcage I sprayed flourescent orange and matt black on the rubber safety cushion sections.

Your doing well with your builds of this car! I remember Yves team mate was Tom Chilton ( his dad owns Aon) from the UK. This one is also looks superb with the Aon decals, well done.

Very nice Allan, I'm a buggy fan too.

It's looking good Daniel, these racecars were built by the Mallock factory not far from here in the UK. If you look back on this thread there is another build of this car by martinfan and the problems he had with the decals. It is at the moment at the bottom of page 2.

Really fantastic looker, well done!

Thanks guys, yes Andy the C1 transkits are very good quality and easy to fit. Also Gene, I like building cages and I'm glad you like the induction.

Thanks Bill Eh?. Thanks gtx6970 for the advice although I wouldn't know where to get a countersunk machine screw from.

Well Jim that looks just great, well done!

Now that does look well!

Thanks guys.

The finished build is in the 'Under Glass' section above.

Thanks guys. Yes Ryan it's only 1/32nd but a great build, with impressive really sticky stickers!

Thanks guys!

Very nice, I like the idea of just a clearcoat over the bare plastic, I do it now and again.

Thanks Tony.

Thanks guys and thanks Steve for the ball bearing idea, I'll try that on some spare ally tube!

Before I launch into another major project I thought I'd tackle a Monster Truck first. It's a 1/32 scale Snap Kit and I painted the wheels and shocks. It's taken me just over two hours.

Thanks Dee Cee. I have answered your message, thanks.

Cheers guys, yes the engine fits well plus the extended parts of the rollcage. I'd luckily bought coloured plasticard sheets at a local toy/railway/model shop last christmas, and used the black on top of the engine before mounting the induction. I would have liked it a bit lower but the arches, being shaped to fit the body can't really be moved any higher.