Victoria completed!

[cruz]

Hope you guys like it. I was originally thinking about lowering it more but thought that it was better to do it the way a 1950's car guy would have done his, specially with the hopped up engine in it!!! I still did had to lower it a bit more from the front since it was a tad too high.

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[scale trucker]

that is super..nice job cruz.

[sjordan2]

I wish I could come up with a better word than "spectacular."

[The Creative Explorer]

I love this build, it is quite good handmanship. It is cleanly build too.

Basically because of that, I noticed a few things and Marcos, I hope you don't take it the wrong way. But I do miss detailling on the battery and the hood.

The battery seems to be one-color black, where it has usually the metal connectors and the maintenance caps, together with some wiring and I miss the hood-hinges and the latch on the front.

Other than that it is a very nice kit. Is this the Lindberg one?

[Greg Pugh]

Aaaaaahhhhhh...........

That baby is gorgeous! I LOVE it!!

[Dr. Cranky]

Gorgeous paint, and the details make this one into an instant classic build. Beautiful. Congratulations.

[jjsipes]

Wow. I have been following your build thread here and it has inspired me to do one myself but it will turn out to be for my wife's grandfather instead. This looks awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[Jantrix]

That's just perfect. I love it. Marvelous job.

[outlaw035]

grt8 build...put it on blacktop and it would look like a real car.......

[Harry P.]

That is just freakin' gorgeous!

As usual, your paint is flawless. What's your technique? I bet a lot of members here would like to know how you got that finish.

[Terry Sumner]

Beautiful! Especially the paint!

[Badluck 13]

You should be ashamed of yourself!!!!!!!!!!!,posting pics of a 1:1 car an trying to pass it off as a model!!!! .....jusssssss kiddin,I can't think of any words to justify the work you have done.....that thing is beyond words!!!!!!!......

[sjordan2]

For anyone who missed it, here's the On the Workbench thread, which should add even more to your appreciation. There's some discussion about the paint on page 3. (Amazingly, it started out as flat red Testors enamel from the small bottles.)

http://www.modelcars...opic=48379&st=0

Edited November 14, 2011 by sjordan2

[RichCostello]

Marcos,it came out just like I knew it would......PERFECT!!!

[LAone]

that looks tough. the wheels give a hint of "not stock" and that paint job is just beautiful.

[Harry P.]

Marcos, you said that you use polishing compound on the foil to shine it up. Do you find that after a while the foil oxidizes and turns dull? Do you put any clear over the foil trim after you polish it?

[Guest Johnny]

Sweet looking Vicky!

[ewaskew]

Very nice and clean and the paint look's reeeeeal good.

Great job.

[cruz]

Marcos, you said that you use polishing compound on the foil to shine it up. Do you find that after a while the foil oxidizes and turns dull? Do you put any clear over the foil trim after you polish it?

Thank you for all your replies fellas, I truly appreciate it! Harry, I've never had any issues with the foil oxidizing but if that were the case, you can get away with putting a coat of Future shine over it. You also mentioned and wanted to know how I get my finishes to look like this, I will answer that later, right now I am responding to this thread from my cell phone and it's quite a hassle to try to achieve this.

[Sinister_Kreationz]

simply put " shes a beauty" very nice build

[oldscool]

Holy guacamole that's nice!!

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[Nate]

So nice! The detail in the engine bay is just amazing, as is the detail painting/ weathering on the chassis. Nicely done!

[krazyglu]

This is a outstanding model kit. It looks very real in those pictures. Paint is perfect and hopefully with enough practice and screw ups I can make mine look as good.

[crazyjim]

Outstanding build and so SHINY :)