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Thanks guys for your comments. Yes Joe that's where I build/spray/ with shelves/lights/heating. After 40 years of marriage my wife wanted the dining room table back, something to do with family coming over for Christmas Day dinner! We don't have basements here in the UK. Well you do if you have £1m+ To build on the back of the garage as we are on a sloping site/split level I put out four tenders and all came back around £40,000! So we went to a factory about 30 miles away who make various designs of garden buildings/conservatories etc. So I chose one about the same size of room I wanted, in double width logs, in the sale it was, with electrics,insulation, all nuts, bolts, screws, hinges, flooring, roof shingles and double glazing (standard on all buildings) £2,400! Slightly less than a brick built room. It took me and my wife one evening to put it together, one day to paint it with the oil based stain supplied and one day to fit and hang the doors and windows. Two hours for an electrician friend to hook up the electrics to the house in armoured cable (so I don't electricute myself digging the garden) and hey presto ready to go.

Well I'm back from the cabin, in our small back garden........ That was six years ago just after we finished building it! And the outcome was the final decals........................... So another build finished!

That's it for now, I just off out into my cabin to finish off the decals!

Oops! PE filler cap. And more.....................

And a few more................... The vented rear screen........... And, yes a few more............... Just a few more.................

And more............... And more...............

OK Joe The Build up! And more...............................

Thanks guys, wow I didn't think it would cause a stir. Rex there are side scoops in the kit, but as you say they may not have been a factory fitment, but still look good in place. Carl, after 50 years of building, I've started foiling. I think I realised that my attempts at painting around windows were pretty rubbish and the plumbers tape comes in handy! It's slightly thicker but stronger than BMF. Joe I'll try and put some build pics on.

I started this a few days ago after finishing an '89 Grand Champion and waiting to go on hols. An easy build, I've added engine wiring, foiling and alloy exhaust tips. The decals are on heavy backing paper and reluctant to come away in warm water. Also I fitted a PE filler cap and the instructions ought to mention fitting this after decalling the body stripes! So I'll wait for them to dry and trim around the filler. 1st pic shows body just fitted........................ Door handles foiled................ And the first decals laid up................. I hope to get the parts sponsors, tyres and number decals on tomorrow to finish.

Cheers Jonathan. I'm half way through a Monogram Shelby 350 GT350R, and hope to finish that soon.

Thanks Clayton, nice kit and thanks also for the info on changing the header.

That's OK Derek, no probs. No one seems to have spotted my deliberate mistake on the header of this thread..............................I've put the vehicle as an '86 when it's an '89!! I've tried to change the heading but don't know how?

Cheers Leslie.

Yes Danno your so right!

Just brilliant!

Hi Derek I've been out to the cabin this morning and sorted the front side markers. I foiled them first and then painted them with Humbrol Clear Orange, although in the photo below it might look red it's orange!.............................. Now I can start on a Monogram Shelby 350 GT Mustang.

Thanks guys. Yes Derek, I left those on, the kit instructions suggest you take those off. I was going to paint them orange just as marker lights, or foil them but forgot both! I must now try to foil the scripts, that's my next target.

And here they are.................. Now over to the shelves to look for the next build.

I've just finished this build, my first of this type of modified Japanese car. The kit has parts to motorised it so there are a few parts that can be discarded. I had to heavily modify the rear end of the chassis to get the stance as in scale terms the rear flared arches were 6-8 inches above the tyres initially. There is working steering and a full interior with speakers and sound system if you want it. This is also my first go a fully foiling the window frames, door handles etc, using bright alloy plumbers tape. I've tried BMF before and really lashed it up, perhaps for me it's too thin. The paint is rattle can PlastiKote and there are decals in the kit. And a couple more pic to come.............

I open the kit asap. Check that all the bits are there, wash and dry all parts bag up and put a sticker on the box 'Washed'. So that it's ready to build when I want to. I only build one kit at a time so that gets finished before I touch another.

I've been waiting months for these from HLJ. I did another search last week and a store here has got some, so I cancelled the order at HLJ and had these delivered thursday, they look pretty good.

Super build, but whose going to make me a real one?

Superb build, well done Matt. There are a couple of these around here in the south.

Cheers Steve. Yes when I took the photo with the roof off I thought exactly the same as you, just either leave the roof off or cut the windows further just leaving the windscreen in a, as you say 'speedster' look, with the rear seat area covered, with a piece of plasticard suitably painted.

Thanks Danno. Yes I was surprised how aggressive the car looks when I took the front-on photo!