Chris Greathouse Fantastic!

Bob Hall Super Work ! Beauty !

Christian W Thank you very much I love those veterans. Cute.

Spanjaard very nice

Tom ... Sweet ride!

Danny Meer Alot of parts for a "small, simple" car must be very detailed

Christian W It is. There are three body's and three chassis (one chromed). This kit is pretty cool.

Tom ... following...

Christian W The paintjob is done. Now I wait until it's dry to get a layer of clear cote on it. The black of the fenders looks so nice satin matt so I decided to give the green body the same "shine". This could be interesting.

Tom ... Looking great! More pictures soon?

Christian W I'll upload the pictures for the gallery this evening Thanks!

Christian W Thank you Anthony!
I have to take current Pictures. It's not that clean anymore. It is rearanged because of an water issue some yoears ago and I "outsourced" a place for Building. This room I use for painting only and maybe really heavy stuff.

Bill Newcomer Wow! You have a significant stash AND a good amount of space. However, I think you to consult with a better interior decorator. LOL

Christian W . It's a mess downstairs. I have to change this somehow sometimes. In the near future.

Anthony D'Agostino Haven't we all said those words before, everything we are going to do, is always in the future. The trick is, keeping it in the future so you can enjoy the present!

Christian W Well said !

Christian W The third time rearrangement.

Munkyslut That's a fantastic collection

Christian W thank you

Christian W Only three parts are to do on the C7: the transparent Roof hast to be fit to the car, the black Roof has to be painted again and the license plates have to be mounted. The end is near *dingdingding*!

arielvitanovus Wooo hooo !

Dominik Weitzer Came out really really great Bro! In my opinion, the transparent roof is the affort you wanted.
Well done!

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arielvitanovus LOL

Christian W *lol*² Thank you!

Christian W Thus week I thought, I am done with the roof. I tried to fit the best of my casted roofs. It doesn't fit at the corner of the windshield on the passengers side. The problem: it's not pain. The is one millimeter different in the hight of both edges to the windshield. I tried the latest four roofs and all have the same issue.
So I did a restart. Making another cast. That went fail. Bubbles in the cast aren't welcome
The third cast is now done and the first roof is in work. Hopefully it goes well.

Christian W A little heat and decent fingers put the roof in the right shape. It's done

Christian W This kit made fun to build on the one hand but on the other hand I know now, that I'm no military builder. I couldn't find enough motivation for it. Nevertheless, I'll building further on at it, to complete my plan for it.

Neuling I agree with Martin.

Ralf Pätzold Hi Christian, one more thumbs up from me!
What did you use as primer underneath the body color? I have used car paint rattle cans when clean and shiny finishes are required, but with varying success; I find that they are rather sensitive to what they are sprayed on.

Christian W Hi! I used a primer by "PrismaColor".
https://amazon.de/Schuller-E..a-Color-Filler/dp/B007MO8VXA
I never paid that much of money! In some handyman strores they are available or through eBay for a third of the price on Amazon. It is a beige primer. On the first place it should be used to fill small dent or scratches. But I never use another primer often afterwards. After the beige primer I sand it wet. Not intensive. Only to get the larger surfaces smooth. I don't put a lot of work into the wet sanding. For metallics a Little more than for uni paints.
A lot cheaper: https://sonderpreis-baumarkt..rspray-grundierung-haftgrund

When I need to get another layer of primer, I sometimes use a Grey primer by Kwasny.
https://auto-k.de/de/lackspr..dukte/universal-grundierung/
I'll get it like the beige primer online or in handymans store.

I use those paints since years and never had any issue with them. I can recommend them.

Ralf Pätzold Hi Christian,
thanks a lot for your taking your time for such an exhaustive answer!
This Prisma-Color Filler stuff you are recommending sounds interesting - like Mr. Surfacer from a spray can. I think I will give it a try.

Chris Greathouse This is just absolutely beautiful.

Luc B nice!

Spanjaard excellent job and specially the color

Christian W Thank you
I see, it was a good choice to paint it metallic.

Neuling Imposanter Wrecker!

Bob Hall Long Haul Tow Truck, Interesting !

Nathan Dempsey I see these guys around town all the time. Nice work!

Chris Greathouse Great work! One of these is on my wishlist for sure!

Konrad Limmer Chrome overall ! Very impressive looking Truck .

Bill Newcomer There sure is a lot of nice Bling on that rig.

Bozzer That's a beast of a Wrecker Christian, well done!

Christian W Thank you very much, (scale)mates

I love this truck! Also I like to see this real life documentation "Highway Heros Canada". It's older, but it's been broadcasted in Germany the last months.
This truck is pretty impressing. That's it. Impressive. Sadly I never saw one in real life. I like those trucks anyway. I never built a German truck. They never built any truck, what I'm interessted in. Boring.

Valters Orlovskis Great!

arielvitanovus *mind blown* !!!!!

Christian W Thank you!
This wrecker is a great piece of plastic .

Thomas Kirschbaum nice big Truck!

Neuling Distinguished colour!

Christian W It's a Honda color of 1982

Munkyslut I love Monte Carlo's, the '76-77 4 headlight cars were the best looking 70's land yacht ever.
When the downsized GM A bodies came out I was disappointed, but the Monte Carlo's still looked very cool, SS versions with LT1's are proper little hot rods

Christian W I like the side view. This sexy hips What I don't like on this car is the front bumper. It's not that elegant like the rest of the car. The engine is fine.

Dominik Weitzer well done Brother! i like the Interieur and your under carriage!

Christian W Thank you

Anthony D'Agostino Oh, and I am not sure about the Del Sol, but my new car has a rear fog light as well. It is placed at the lowest part of the rear of my car, the hope is that anyone behind me, will see me before they plow into me at twice my speed while in the fog. It's logical, but not sure how well it works, since I am the one driving and we don't have much fog here in the Philippines.

Christian W That's funny about the fog light and quite interessting, that you have it too!
I can tell you: my Del Sol isn't leaking. Not when it rains or in the car wash. I read about it but I think mine is a good one. It's original all over - except the Radio.

Munkyslut Just scrolling through that lot now, some really interesting subjects, love the beach buggy, my favourite I think

Chris Greathouse I almost picked up that beach buggy... Great builds!

Christian W I'll take the buggy and take a couple of more picture. It was not my built. I only painted it with clear cote and completed it. At the moment I didn't even now whether I did something else. It's a long time ago.

Chris Greathouse I also love the VW Bug in the first couple pictures What is that sticking out of the window?

Christian W On the right side, right under the rear view mirror? That is a hose for fresh air to the driver. Really. No joke. The original gas it too.

Anthony D'Agostino Those bugs are unbelievable simple sturdy engineering, simple air cooled era, easy to work on and fun to drive, great combination compared to the ridiculously complex cars of today. Always wanted one, but I had to have the 66 mustang too, that beat out the bug when I was a teen. In hindsight, I should have gone with the bug!

James C Very nice work Christian

Christian W Thank you! I like it too and I'm glad that I was able to take it apart. There are a lot of other cars which are dusty
It's a nice variety of completely build ups.

Bob Hall If I could own 1 Corvette in this life, It would be a Beauty C2 like this !

Christian W Oh, tahnk you! It is quite interessting on the C2, taht the design is a lot of straighter than the C1. This was a huge step I think. Look at the straight side with this hard line above the wheels. This is my Favorit part on the C2. And then the rear with it's drop design. Was it Bill Mitchell? Well done.

Bill Newcomer Nice 'vette. I had a girlfriend who's dad own a high performance shop. One of his customers cars was one of these with the 427ci 435hp triple carbs. Definitely drool material.

Christian W Thank you
I saw the same car on Gas Monkey Garage - an original "survivor"

Slavo Hazucha Nice 'vette! The combo with the matt black looks interesting - is it there to stay, or will it get a unified gloss finish later?

Christian W Thank you!
After I unwrapped the body, I'm a little sad, that I didn't paint a glossy clear cote first. This satin matt looks pretty good. So I'm not sure what to do. It was planned to give it a glossy shine all over.
But: how would it be to get it a completely satin matt clear cote? Goes straight through my mind. Hmmm....
Currently it is planned for a shiny finish.

Christian W The red can not be polished. It has no clear cote :/

Tim Heimer Tape the black up and clear coat it. The black looks great!

Christian W Until the paint job I was not sure what to do. At the end I decided to paint it glossy allover. I really wasn't sure, how it will look with the matt part on the hood.

The interior is done today. So it is straight on the road to get finish.

Christian W Finish line! 14 parts to go.

Christian W btw: the cleaning and polishing of the windows went pretty good.

Tim Heimer It's getting there!

Christian W It's done. Tomorrow I'm gonna take pictures for the gallery.

Tim Heimer I like it! Nice!

Bob Hall McLaren ! The Forgotten Super car ! I Love It ! What is that awesome color ?

James C Stunning paint job! That's awesome!

Christian W Thank you! When I bought the McLaren 720 I decided to build this one. I always loved the car. Not only, because it was terribly fast in the computer game "Need for Speed 2". This was my favorite car in it.
The kit itself is a good one. Only the mock up engine is a little cheap but at the end you can't see much of it. Would it have an opening hood, it would look not that nice.
But the kit fits pretty good. Also the doors closed fitting very good. As summery I could recommend the kit.

The color. It is Mercedes-Benz, rauchsilbermetallic ("smokesilver" MB 702) in a rattle can by Dupli Color. Clear coat is also rattle can but by K-Lack.

Tim Heimer What make is the kit?

Tim Heimer Never mind, I just saw it! I hate getting old! LOL

Christian W *lol* funny. I know that by myself.

Bob Hall Love this Blue Metallic ! Gorgeous !

Christian W Thank you, Bob
It was the first Color I saw on the ZR-1. I have not a lot model kits painted in blue. It Looks like there are only "special cars", which deserve blue in my collection

Neuling Distinctive colour! Looks good!

Christian W Thank you! I think this color matches great to the Corvette.

Bob Hall Beautiful !

Christian W Thank you!
It is so cute

Tim Heimer What? This ain't a Corvette! LOL

Neuling Schöner Ford!

Christian W Danke, Neuling! Gefällt mir auch sehr. Werde da wohl noch den einen und anderen alten Ford bauen. Zeitnah

Yes, Tim *lol* I wanted to try something different to explore new areas

Bob Hall The Gorgeous 1958 ! Only year offered with the all chrome trim ! Excellent !

Christian W Thank you!
Thie model kit is so good. It fits perfect and it's relative easy to built. I like it and so it came, that I bought another kit of this.
Bevor I built this model kit, I never noticed the louvers on the front hood or trim on the rear hood. Then I read about the tiny differents between 1958-1960. I always had the 1960 in mind. But this is a little more interessting because of the tiny design differents.

Bob Hall Sweet ! American Classic !

Christian W I like the shape of the front bumper to the front panel. Lovely. This sharp nose. And the second area: the big wheels in the wheel housing. Excellent.

Bob Hall Love it ! Can't explain it, but I love them Indy Pace Cars !

Christian W I know! Same here. After I was done with it, I was thinking about to add more Pace Cars.

You know, that my project sounds "Silver Corvette". But when I saw the decals for the pace car, there was no other possibility as building it as a pace car. So I have to buy another C4 convertible to build one in silver *lol*

Bob Hall Pretty little Silver Streak !

Christian W Thank you!
When I look at the Pictures, I like the rear a lot. I like the days, when I see a C5 in the area of my workplace. Silver with black roof. A daily driver. One of my favorite Corvette. I have the feeling, that I'm a modern guy. C5 - C6 - C7. They are sporty.

Bob Hall That's one sexy C6 !

Christian W When I finished that C6 I was sure, that it would be my favorit Corvette. I like the C5 but the C6 a Little more.

Bob Hall Love me some Foose !

Christian W Thank you!
The combination black gloss with that silver matt is very nice. I like the small red trim line especially. Chip Foose is my favorit designer. He has a good eye for lines and styling.

Christian W The C2 is done.

Munkyslut That is just bloody gorgeous!!!! I love that, well done Christian, that is one nice C2

Christian W Thank you very much! It turned out very well. There are small tiny incorrect spots but you have to look pretty good to it. At the end I'm satisfied and think about, to turn the dark red metallic body to a complete model kit. It us shiny an smooth. It would make a good model kit too.

James C Awesome looking shine and finish to that silver paint job. Very cool!

Tim Heimer Nice work!

Dominik Weitzer came out really great. saw it last Weekend and it Looks superb

Christian W Thank you mates I like it too. Great kit, great result

Bill Newcomer You did a very nice job!

Christian W It's done. After and hand full of parts, the Model T is done. Love it

Bob Hall Beautiful ! Henry Ford would be proud !

Tom ... Really good! Hope mine turns out half as nice.

Tim Heimer Awesome! I like it!

Christian W Thank you, mates!
It's really cute. A little cute car. When you take it in your hands, if feels like it's gonna break. It's weight is maybe half of a regular kit. Sweet. Love it

Dominik Weitzer Really really nice Little Car :-D

bughunter Very nice Blechliesel of a later time, would be a nice addition to my ICM T's in 1:24.

Christian W Thanks, buddies!
The ICM model kits are great. Ask me, why I don't have them so far

Munkyslut I like that box art, will make for a very pretty car.
I always quite liked the soft nose/tail cars, especially the '74-'77 cars with the small rear window & big pillars.
The '78-on big rear window never looked as good to me.
Are you building this now Christian?

Christian W I will start one of the 3rd Generation soon. Sadly I don't have one with the small rear window. Only the "Fastback". I'm the other way round guy: I like the big rear window. Both are sexy anyway.

Christian W I only have this kit (1976 Corvette (AMT/ERTL 38421, 1:25) with the small window.

One C3 (small window) I have already built. It was "kitbashed" by a friend and I finished it. You don't see it. But I can't say, what the kit based on. I guess, it was a Revell-Monogram kit. But I'm not sure. The plastic was silver, the rear end orange.

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Christian W Damn, it Looks good.

Munkyslut That looks great

Munkyslut I love these 300's, I'm watching

Christian W Thank you. It's some months ago when I laid hand on it. The next step is BMF for the window trims.

Munkyslut Blue? I was surprised........ but it looks so damn good!

Christian W I wanted something different than silver, red or black. I orientated me at an old box by Revell, where the 300SL was showed in blue (Mercedes-Benz 300 SL (Revell 7132, 1:24) So I took some blue. There were some people how said, that blue wasn't for the 300SL so I proofed the contrary.

At the beginning of the production Mercedes offered 10 colors *and* it was possible to order any color the customer wanted! If the costumer didn't tell the dealer any wish of the color, it came silver. At the end of the production 1 of 3 were silver painted. This is the typical picture of the 300SL the most people have in mind.

But: also at the end of the production Mercedes offered 49 different colors. 89% had "standard" colors and 11% had a special one - you can say one of a kind color. So it turned out, that there are 9 different blue unicolor and 3 metallic blue. As a sum they painted 69 SL in blue. 8 colors of the blue were painted only for one car.

Christian W Thank you! Yetserday I was proud about the results. Hopefully today they still look amazing Now I can paint the details on the kit and put it together.

Slavo Hazucha Lovely finish, got some serious depth in it

Christian W Thank you. On my point of view it looks amazing in silver. The curves are so lovely

Munkyslut Very nice! Silver always looks good on C3's, lovely shine

Bill Newcomer Nice work! I see the front wheel placement mod was successful.

Bob Hall SWEET !

Tim Heimer Came out nice! Good save on the wheel issue!

Christian W Thank you! I like it too.
I don't know why AMT didn't check the sitting of the wheels. If they wouldn't had done this small inner ring around the pin (which I sanded down), the wheels would fit perfect into the wheelhouse.