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Excellent work. So well thought out and an excellent homage to the Rotary Le Mans winner. I must say, although I love Mazda and the MX5 in particular, this 787B colour scheme is my least favourite. I remember thinking, what has the geezer who thought this up been drinking? 🤣 Looking forward to seeing the completed car, with roof. Atb, Steve. PS. I have a part started MX5 NB in the loft since 2011. A copy of my 1:1 at the time. Real car has long since gone 🤔

The Mustang has turned out great, well done. I like the spot lamps, I've often wondered what they would look like on a Mustang. Atb, Steve.

Loving that. Great race graphics and that lovely Camel yellow, excellent build. Atb, Steve.

I attend several shows during the year and all of them have had some element of car modelling present. It seems almost all clubs have at least one petrol head? Spalding model club has one. Me 😉 The UK is very military oriented in terms of scale modelling (obviously) so you can only expect to see a few examples of cars and vehicles. Hope you have a good time and find some friendly modellers to chat with. Atb, Steve.

That Mini has seen some action! A little bit of advice for you. When choosing decal placement, try to avoid crossing over panel lines such as door shuts. The placement you have used looks strange as the decal does not go into the panel gap. It is possible to cut the decals first and place them either side, or use a setting solution to try and help pull them in. An example would be to swap the Michelin and Magnetti Morelli decals, put the Michelin under the race number. I think the Mini looks better now. Don't throw it away, keep it for as long as you can, it will be an indicator of how you improve as you build more models 👍 Atb, Steve.

Mazda is coming along nicely. Love the blue 👍 Atb, Steve.

Awesome build, really enjoying seeing this come together. Must agree with Mark on the window solution, make templates from the kit parts. I have done this on almost all the Tamiya MkI Coopers I've built, a quick and easy solution. Another option would be to put in a solid window with a sliding hatch - a la race cars- a bit more involved and the result would be fairly fragile? Atb, Steve.

Thanks for the link Thomas, those tyres actually look very good. They are hollow, which makes a world of difference. The only ones I have had in the past were solid vinyl. I shall keep an eye on eBay UK for the parts packs, it looks like there are some interesting custom parts available. The Super Bee kit had hollow tyres with pad printed lettering. Unfortunately, the kit wheels were bad enough to be unusable. Anyway, the tyres are in the spares box now and I'm sure they will come in handy soon enough. Had a look at your gallery on Scalemates last night, you have got some lovely builds there Thomas 👍😊 Atb, Steve.

I've never seen those available for sale in the UK Thomas, I also wasn't sure if they would fit a range of wheel sizes as the AMT tyres always seemed a bit stiff and solid. I was buying several sets of wide whites from Modelhaus and added two sets of the redlines in to bulk up the order. Modelhaus are pretty good on P+P but most of the US aftermarket sellers seem to want stupid amounts for posting to the UK. Something to do with standard, flat rates apparently? For some reason, in the UK, the AMT car range seem to be about 50% more expensive than Revell, for what (I perceive) seem to be far inferior kits. The only reason I'd get AMT is if they are the only game in town, for example the '59 El Camino recently purchased. Atb, Steve.

That's a lovely build Thomas. The red tail stripe really sets it off. Those 68-69 Charger kits are great aren't they 🙂 I had a best of show award with a factory stock 69 in spring green. Still love that model. Atb, Steve.

Cheers Keith. The tyres are resin items from Modelhaus in the US. They produce some fabulous, quality wheels/tyres. This particular type are made from flexible black resin with a hard resin part for the red ring. Just draw a sanding stick over the join line and pop your wheels in, superb. Atb, Steve.

your Super Bee looks great Thomas. I also like the steel wheels with hub caps, especially painted body colour. I think the modern term would be 'poverty spec' wheels 😉 I did a Hemi Cuda in the same style a couple of years ago....... Atb, Steve.

The Caddy looks glorious MODeller. I agree with Keith, the colour is really nice, pure class. I have been using Molotow for a while now. It does seem pretty durable once fully cured. I leave parts for around a week before handling, and try to plan the build in order to reduce the amount of hands on with the painted parts. I've never overcoated it with anything but have heard that the only clear that seems to work is the aqueous types. Atb, Steve.

Thanks Keith, much appreciated. The household T Cut comes in a silver metal can. It is labelled T-Cut restorer for the home. I think it may be slightly less abrasive. It certainly feels and looks different to the stuff in the red bottle I have in the garage. Atb, Steve.

@Neddy@Pete in Lincs@Stickframe Thanks Gents. It's a B Body car with the 440 Six Pack. You also get a very nice Hemi lump in the kit, this now resides in the spares box. I think it is a left over from the Pro Stock boxing? Jay Leno's garage is the place of dreams, so many desirable cars. Always fancied a Yank Tank. The wife and I did go to look at a 58 Plymouth Savoy about 20 years ago, the plan was to have it for a couple of years and then sell it on, just to have had the experience. We chickened out at the time. It's probably far too late to think about it again, due to the cost of fuel in Europe these days. 😂 Also, the price of US classics has really gone up since then. To be honest, this has happened across the board for classic cars. Atb, Steve.