albergman Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) Hi All Well, I'm considering this one done! Just as well as I was getting tired of looking at it. It's not to any known scale ... just the same as all my other car builds ... 9 1/2 inches. There's a build log here if anyone wants to see how we got here. I'm not much of a painter I'm afraid. Anyone who has looked in on my build will know that modelling for me is mostly about "the process" ... how am I going to make this and what will I use? So, a word of caution, don't bother counting the rivets or the spokes as I don't pay much attention to that kind of thing LOL!! I wouldn't be the least surprised to find that every wheel has a different number of spokes! But don't bother telling me I won't listen!! Thanks for looking though. Frank Other scratch builds ... Triumph TR6 Sport Fisherman 36 Half-Hull yachts Beneteau 51 sailboat Varnished wooden cars Flying Scotsman A3 Lola T-70 Billings Dragon Edited May 13, 2017 by albergman 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borez Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) Love this build. Great stuff. Edited May 13, 2017 by Borez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 Sensational as always! Cars have to be the most difficult subjects to model and you have nailed this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 A little beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 marvelous. I love the color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 That's a stunner Frank! I love the colour too, & I think the paint looks superb with just the right lustre for a race car of that period - really top job!! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albergman Posted May 14, 2017 Author Share Posted May 14, 2017 1 hour ago, keefr22 said: That's a stunner Frank! I love the colour too, & I think the paint looks superb with just the right lustre for a race car of that period - really top job!! Keith 5 hours ago, hendie said: marvelous. I love the color Hi guys Thanks for the comments. Much appreciated. The colour shown above is pretty close to the actual colour of the model but I really had to jump through hoops to get there!! My camera (a decent quality Nikon) insisted that the car was "Ferrari" red and the last build pics (making the mirrors) show what I mean. It's a known problem that red is notoriously difficult to capture correctly. I have a good photo editing program that I ran each shot through to get it to the right shade but it dramatically affected the shadows/brightness and gave a slightly surreal, dare I say artisitic, effect that I quite like. Anyway I felt it was better to reflect the correct colour I chose than to worry about other side effects. That's my story and I'm sticking to it Cheers Frank 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 That is model of the month, maybe year, I'm taking up knitting after viewing what is a masterpiece 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 A beautiful result and I always admire anything that is scratch built to this standard. Regards Richard C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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