Laurent "HELLER-forever" Nice

Christian W Thank you

Bob Hall Vroom ! Vroom !

Rafael Lang great color combination!

Christian W Thank you! Both colors are Revell enamel. The main color is #91 (steel), the stripes #99 (silver).

Rafael Lang great!

Christian W Still on it... Not much to do.

Christian W The Ford is done. The kit itself is good. Some things were to fix but not that big issue.

Christian W Sadly there is no interest for it. I don't care because I'm building for me on the first place.. That counts. I had fun building it. It looks good and fits very good into my old Ford line.

JD Yeah, you can post some great work and nobody cares, and others get comments for doing really shoddy work...I don't get it either...

Christian W Thank you very much. Yes, sometimes I don't understand it. But as I've written: mainly I build by and for myself. but on the other hand ….
I agree with your words totally.

Matthew Stec Nice job!! I like the older cars.

Christian W Thank you

Munkyslut Nice work Christian! The colour choice was perfect mate, looks fan with the painted steel rims & wide whites, proper 50's rod material
The Edelbrock valve covers are genius!

Christian W Thank you very much

Christian W Muahaha. I can imagine it. But glitter out of the exhaust

Christian W I decided to paint it red. Torch Red by GM. So it fits to my C6 ZR1. The choice was not easy. I had a gold metallic, light gold metallic, red metallic, green metallic and simple torch red to decide.
I think, I'm painting the strongest and hottest Corvette in Torch Red.

Munkyslut Actually a great choice, buffed to a brilliant shine

Tim Heimer NICE!

Christian W Thank you!
Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow it'll get a layer of 2K clear coat. This red is awesome. I liked it when I did the C6 ZR1 and C7.

Christian W It's done.

Tim Heimer Can I take it for a test drive??

Christian W If you register it then I would be pleased to cruise through the town(s)

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

Bob Hall [img1]

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

arielvitanovus Thank you, Christian! It is amazing.... and was very well received!!

Christian W This is pretty good to hear. I'm glad it arrived and that you like it. The 4th is the most interesting on building model kits.
I'm going to build a C7 for me this year. Also I'm taking out the roof. I think this is the coolest part on the model.

Dominik Weitzer Here she is - why I didn't saw her? Amazing Bro.

Christian W Thank you, brother

Munkyslut That pearl finish is very nice Christian, what did you use? I'd like to replicate that on my Transit custom van

Christian W Thank you! I used the white pearl of Tamiya (TS-45). The color looks great. I can recommend it without any doubt.

Munkyslut Thanks Christian
I got some of that somewhere, did you use a flat white base coat?

Christian W You're welcome. Yes I did. One layer of beige filler, then a layer of white. Definitely.

Munkyslut

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.

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.

Tom ... Great collection of corvettes! I also like all the bugs too. (BTW, set "teaser" in the album settings to "use last image" otherwise it's hard to tell if there was a new image added.)

Christian W Thank you! I bought this shelf only for the Corvettes. I'm looking to get the background wine red or dark green to get the focus more on the cars.
I'll do that - with the teaser
I uploaded the last picture just quick to have it when I need it.

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!

Christian W Thank you

David Andrs

Neuling Very beautiful!

Christian W Thank you very much! I think the decision to leave the fenders satin black was a good one.

Christian W Thank you Kerry!
A great honor to hear that from you. I see what you build. The whipers were a emergency solution. The original whipers were sanded partly away because of the filling of the gap between the fuselage and the Windows. Then I took the Chance t rebuilt the original one Sometimes it's a curse. You come from Detail to Detail and you have to pull the ripcord not to get to much in Detail mania . There is a Point where you want to get the model kit done.
It was a big step for me to get it done. A lot of new stuff learned. Would I built one again? I don't know. But if, I know, that there are some Thing I would Change. Something I would do on another way.

Kerry COX Well put Christian.
I get so engrossed in detailing it no longer becomes fun. !
But occasionally, I have to check myself and pull back. hehehehehe
But also, on your build, I really liked the rotor head plumbing.

Slavo Hazucha This is a combination of model making and engineering... Both on a grand level, my highest respect Everything said here I can sign without a second's hesitation, the interior is really stunning, bot so is most of the rest I hope we can watch your next build in real time, would be an honor!

Ian Oostelbos Just awe inspiring. Beautiful work.

Bernhard Schrock Erstaunliche Leistung in jeder Hinsicht insbesondere Beleuchtung (hab selbst eine Affinität zu LEDs als Elektrobastelbär).

Erik De Smet This is a magnificent build, sorry I missed previous comments. Does the real heli also have lights on the rotor ends and when are they used ? I never saw this before ?

Christian W Danke Bernhard! Das war für mich die erste Beleuchtung. Eine Herausforderung in allen Belangen. Ich musste erst mal lernen, wie das mit Strom und Widerstand funktioniert und dann eben für den berechnen. Auch als Reiner Autobauer war es eine weitere Herausforderung. Es muss komplett unbedacht werden. Lackiere ich doch Autos vor dem Zusammenbau. Dann die Verkabelung in beiden Hälften mussten ja zusammengefügt werden bevor die Zelle verklebt wird. Vom Altern mal abgesehen. Das machte ich früher auch noch nie.
......Das war ein schöner Lernprozess und hat auch Spaß gemacht.

Christian W Thank you Erik!
You're welcome. The main rotor blades have those lights indeed. They are approx. 6cm wide, 1cm in depth and 6-7mm in hight. They are used at night when there are in formation flight to be seen from the top. Additional the CH-53 has a kind of lighted stripes on the rear upper deck and rudder.
So the pilot above the helicopter can also see, in which direction the aircraft goes. 4th hey are approx 5cm wide and 20-25cm long and flat in the shell integrated. On my model they are not lightened.

I'll upload a picture of my model to show you, where they are located.

Here is the picture:
Sikorsky CH-53 GS highly detailed & lighted - Revell #04446 | Album by christian-w (1:48)

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 Thanks

The Crazy Crasher ... Hm my childhood. Out of my mind and one day I saw them on a flea market. It wasn't a question whether to buy it or not

Dominik Weitzer O'lala...das sieht gut aus!

Christian W Sah gut aus :/ Das war vor dem Wasserschaden. Viel besser.

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.

Christian W The third time rearrangement.

Munkyslut That's a fantastic collection

Christian W thank you

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.

Gluefinger 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.

Gluefinger 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.

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 ?

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 Thank you! I'm happy with it.

Today a small step done: did the window chrome with BMF and insert the windows. Ghee painted the head liner and the underside the hood.

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.

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