Lambo Silhouette

[Kit Basher]

Testors kit. This is what I had to start with:

The paint is AutoAir Sparklescent "Blizzard Blue". This is one of those motorized kits, so no engine or detailed chassis. The roof was missing from the kit. There were no tires or wheels in the kit, so I hope any Lambo purists will forgive me for using what I had. Suggestions for improvement always welcome. Thanks for looking.

Edited May 19, 2019 by Kit Basher

[cobraman]

Looks good, cool car.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[porschercr]

Well done.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Ray!

Thanks, Chris!

Thanks, Trevor!

[espo]

Very clean well built. 

[Dragonhawk1066]

NIce! Looks good in blue.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, David!

Thanks, Craig!

[peekay]

Nothing to improve here - looks great!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Peter!

[ewetwo]

Very nice

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, David!

[Dominik]

very nice - well done! Not often to see one built

[Kit Basher]

+++++

1 hour ago, Dominik said:

very nice - well done! Not often to see one built

Thanks, Dominik!  I seem to find unusual kits, and then I go ahead and build them.

 

[89AKurt]

That's awesome, rare subject, and you rescued it.  My only critique is the back tires should be wider.  Wheels are a very subjective subject anyway.

[Kit Basher]

5 minutes ago, 89AKurt said:

That's awesome, rare subject, and you rescued it.  My only critique is the back tires should be wider.  Wheels are a very subjective subject anyway.

Thanks Kurt! I appreciate your feedback. I know what you mean about the tires. I also have a Jota kit that does include tires, and the rears are much wider than the fronts. Unfortunately, these are the only tires I had that fit these wheels, and they are the only wheels I had that fit this car. I think they look pretty good, but they are definitely not stock Silhouette wheels.

[Jim N]

Great job on the rescue.  The model looks very nice.  I really like the blue paint.

[89AKurt]

12 minutes ago, Kit Basher said:

Thanks Kurt! I appreciate your feedback. I know what you mean about the tires. I also have a Jota kit that does include tires, and the rears are much wider than the fronts. Unfortunately, these are the only tires I had that fit these wheels, and they are the only wheels I had that fit this car. I think they look pretty good, but they are definitely not stock Silhouette wheels.

Welcome.  A pet peeve of mine, are the old Monogram kits of the Porsche Turbo and Countach, that have the same size tires all around.  Any five spoke wheel works.  You could always blow money on aftermarket wheel/tires, but don't worry about it!  Again, the fact you restored this is very impressive.  You have Maserati Boomerang, or Ferrari Rainbow by chance?  I'm into these exotics.

[Kit Basher]

13 minutes ago, 89AKurt said:

Welcome.  A pet peeve of mine, are the old Monogram kits of the Porsche Turbo and Countach, that have the same size tires all around.  Any five spoke wheel works.  You could always blow money on aftermarket wheel/tires, but don't worry about it!  Again, the fact you restored this is very impressive.  You have Maserati Boomerang, or Ferrari Rainbow by chance?  I'm into these exotics.

As you probably know, the stock Silhouette wheels have five circular openings in them. I found some wheels in the parts box that have six holes in them. I don't know what they go to, but they just didn't look right. I don't have a Boomerang or Rainbow. My last auction find included the Silhouette and Jota, Ferrari 250 GTO, 512S, Testarossa, 288 GTO metal kit, Porsche 924, two 1/12 F1 kits, and a 1/25 F1 kit. I can tell you like exotics, I love the way you chop them up and make something totally new.

[89AKurt]

Nice selection of subjects you acquired.  I have a bunch of nice kits to build, but for some reason I'm hacking up other ones.  I really like what you did with this one.

[Peter Lombardo]

love the color on this..... sharp car that we don't see very often both in model and real life.  Very well done.

[Kit Basher]

Thanks again, Kurt!

1 hour ago, Jim N said:

  I really like the blue paint.

 

6 minutes ago, Peter Lombardo said:

love the color on this.

Thanks, Jim!

Thanks, Peter!

I'm really becoming a fan of AutoAir paint.

[ismaelg]

That's Beautiful!  Gorgeous color combo and execution!

[Kit Basher]

Thanks, Ismael!

[Dann Tier]

WOW!!!, its sooo nice to see another one of these built!!...I love these Lambos!!, and this actually isn't a bad kit....its pretty fun, and easy.  You did a BEAUTIFUL job here!!!