PatW

Super build, I've built a few over the years, perhaps because the Prodrive factory is just up the road from where I am now! Well done!

Looks good, do those wheels and tyres come with the kit?

Well everybody has already said it, your paint is just amazing!

I bought from an internet shop via ebay the new Citroen 2CV Fourgonette van! With corrugated sides an all! Look good with grey primer and a gloss coat on top.

Great photo's, it's good to see what's going on at model shows over the pond. Thanks for sharing.

Tanks guys for your comments. Thanks Tom, yes I've just been out to my cabin (where all the work is done) and the front wing logo is in fact chevy LUV! Well done sir that's another question answered, TooOld.

Thanks guys. Well TooOld thats a jolly good question, as I said it had been in a box with the Ford for I don't know how many years. I just took it out this morning tarted it up and hey presto! As you can see from the first picture it's got a chevy grill and in the fourth picture showing it's engine you can see numbers and the chevy logo on the side of the wing behind the front wheel. Was there an S10 or was that a Japanese pickup? I'll have a look tomorrow to see if I can make out what it says on the wing, as it is in the cabin and I'm in the house and it's 10.17 pm.

When I was searching my shelves for the next project I found these in a box. The Ford had just a nerf bar knocked off but the Chevy had a side pipe, the radiator, rear bumper and front bumper and grill in the bottom of the box. I can't remember when I built them but had put them in the box as fixer up-ers when I had time. The Ford I polished the plastic and sprayed on a gloss clear, but the Chevy is so old I had brush painted it! As part of the small referb I painted the rear lights clear red over the chrome.

Thanks guys for your comments. Well sjordan2, most real car builders cheat, when they build a lowrider, because as soon as they turn the key all the gas/airbags raise the suspension and off they go. Therefore no chewed tyres!

Thanks all. Bastardo...yes I should cut it closer!

And a couple more pics............................... And although a bit fuzzy ( like me ) you get the idea..................

Hi, this is my first go at a lowrider / tuner in over 40 years building! I've built stacks of Japanese rally cars but not tuners.

Hi at last I'd finished mine but forgot to put it on this thread............. With bomber seats and foam seat pads. Turbo motor partly scratchbuilt, metalflake paint, big and little wheels and tyres, and I moved the headlights to the top of the wings. Oh and the wooden slats in the rear passenger/load area.

I hope they have engines and an opening deck lid, so I can build and install one of my aircooooooooooooled turbo engines!

Thanks guys. Yes the decals are time consuming, my wife tells me I have no patience but these certainly slow me down. If your building either this or the MINI WRC just before you put the cage in just shave a millimetre or two off of the bottom. I noticed especially with this one the body doesn't sit on the chassis as the cage is to high! This was evident when I tried to fit my body but I had already fitted seats, cage and belts when I found this out Also watch out for the small bits, aerials, wipers seat belts etc as there is little or no leeway when cutting them from the sprue, with spue cutters of even a sharp craft blade. Most of mine broke then I had to stick them back together or use other thin stock to remake things.

To go with my previous thread showing the Airfix Mini WRC here we have the finished Fiesta.............. The thin white line decals are a smidge difficult to run around the rear panels! The side view............. And the front.................. You tell by the low front that this is a tarmac version. The gravel version would ride a lot higher.

Thanks guys. I'm thinking of a Nascar using this kit!

Well done Jim. Nice colour, finish and engine and rims. I can see what you were trying on the sides. I tried thin plasticard to try and make the side pods. That didn't work either. These are the side pods I was trying to copy......... And I'm still trying!

Yes I agree with everybody else it's a great build. Now as the exhaust is warming the fuel tank I think I'm off before the bang!

Mind you the finish of the actual rallycars is mostly rough due to the punishment they take!

Thanks again, yes I'm looking through some more show pics although revell etc rod kits are hard to find in the UK.

Well thank you Rob. I must go to the top of the class and in 60 years thats the first time! Basically I took my lead from TJ's car. The paint is dark green matt from a Humbrol spray can. The problem was that I tried custom colours and a chrome spray from Plasti-Kote that I've used a hundred times before. I couldn't keep the dust away and lost my rag (temper) and brushed it with brush cleaner which burnt the plastic! So seeing TJ's car gave me a way out of a perfect custom/chrome/metalflake paint job which I messed up in the first place! So the paint went on super well over a scorched plastic shell. I shall make my own chassis next time so that I can get it on the ground!

I was looking through some show pics and came across TJ lavin's Ford, but I'd only got a Mercury on the shelf.... TJ's first And then my offering...

Yes model-collector, the bodies do have a textured finish, which is difficult to get rid of without taking away the detail. I've painted my fiesta and will continue it's build once I've finished a chopped '49 Mercury in the same vein as TJ Lavin's Ford last year (Camo green with USAF markings!) If you polish after clear isn't there a fear that you could go through the clear and ruin the decals?

What should I polish it with.? Is that before the decals? I don't normally polish any paint finishes just use gloss clear after decals.