Schwarz-Brot

Funny enough the Motorcycle Plant is in Berlin, not Bavaria. Since I'm occasionally there I know the folks working there are super passionate about their products. Well knowing they are more expensive then the rest, they put lots of enthusiasm into the design and into perfecting many nuances nobody will ever even recognize. In the end it adds to the feel of quality one gets. Yes, I sound like a fanboy - still I wouldn't consider riding most BMW motorcycles. Trivia aside - your model is beautiful. The fadeout green, the metallic, the pinstriping - just beautiful. I wouldn't mind cruising some lonely streets with this one. Including the ugly but handy plastic boxes.

I'd like to see some WIP topics. The final pieces are outstanding models, but there are only a few hints how you got there. It would be most interesting to see how you build one of your models from start to finish. Probably much to learn in there for all of us.

Great start already. I'm sure I'll find some good ideas to add to the scratchbuilding repertoire along the way.

Nova and Impala are not for me. Camaro is such a classic shape, nothing wrong with that, though I don't think I'd want to drive one. Pontiac GTO - yes please! Mainly for the vertical headlight arrangement combined with the slight sharknose. I do appreciate the classic lines of many american cars. But I wouldn't want to drive most of them. Then again I love the rumble of a V8. If I had to choose an american oldtimer it would be a huuuge station wagon. The only type of car where size really matters

It's beyond me how he would even hold his head up high with this helmet and how he managed to stay that clean dressed in all white (and warm all padded in metal!). Nice presentation, I'd like to see some more pictures.

The information you give is very valuable, so yeah - I like your presentation. I don't think you need to specify every single streak and chip in all detail. This gets repetitive very fast. A general explanation of how to do a streak and blend it in and a list of materials that you used for that would be enough. Same goes for chipping. Maybe a explanation why specific colours / methods were used to take the reader into your path of thinking. If you want to go into fine details just list the colours used for a single element in the pictures, making them simpler to use as reference for specific effects. HTH

Coin cells like they're used for hearing aids are the smallest I know about. Edit: Size 10 would be the smallest of these: 1,4 Volt / 70 mAh / 0,10 Wh ø5,8 mm x 3,55 mm Typical names: ZA10, 10A, 10AP, 10DS, 10HP, 10HPX, 10SA, 10UP, 230AP, A10, AC10, AC10EZ, AC230E, B0104, CP35, DA10, DA10N, DA230, HA10, L10ZA, ME10Z, P10, PR10H, PR230H, PR536, R10ZA, S10A, V10AT, W10ZA, ZL4 Information taken and translated from a german website.

I'm looking forward to your WIP. Modified diecasts don't pop up too often around here, which is a shame.

Love the NA. I'm so into pop-up lights! Your Bluebird looks quite flawless and nicely detailed from just a few resin parts to begin with. Great job!

The underside is quite simple, but then again will probably rarely be shown by die-cast collectors. So this is to be expected. My only real points would be the wiper and the paint finish. - The wiper looks out of scale and toy like as with most kits. - The paint is quite thick as with most die casts. The panel lines are too wide to allow even coverage of the paint and look blurry therefore. I'd probably try a pinwash to make them look more crisp. Else I think this is a nice piece right out of the box. Edit: A little weathering probably wouldn't hurt.

Not sure he's still with us. Probably too much kind advice

Always a pleasure to see you work your magic.

Please do a WIP-Thread and show some pictures. I'd like to see what you do to it and what the overall quality is about.

That is really great modelling going on there! The ultrawide and low look with the chopped roof give this car a very nice new form. The base car is very obvious and beautiful in its own right. But this interpretation brings it to a level far beyond hot-rodding. You achieved a nicely flowing form that barely a real life shop achieves with just bolt-on aftermarket stuff. This is serious stuff. I had a hard laugh at the nismo badges. The double-round taillights do hint at Nissan, though. So why not All thumbs up as far as possible.

Unstarted FineMolds millenium falcon in 1:72, including the Paragrafix PE set. YAY. On the lookout for more detail stuff. Any suggestions to PE and printable designs are welcome 🙂

I had some older models from them in hand. They were of the highest possible detail and superb casting quality. Beautifully sculpted. The price is high but well worth it for good miniature painters. You really need good painting skills to do those fine miniatures justice.

That is a beautiful model and one of few american muscle cars that I really like. In full race trim it is simply stunning.

Well, thank you. Now I shot one on fleabay. Spent more money on stuff I don't really need this month than I should. Could you tell in detail how you made the acrylic base? It looks fantastic and I think I'd like to copy it.

Gotta see one in real life to really appreciate this car. I think the kit looks like a much heavier car then the real one, almost like some american muscle while the original is more like a british lightweight sportscar. With the modern rims and big wheels you probably made the best out of that, feels kind of a restomod or modern rethink. Personally on the original I like the slim wheels as this is what was used at the time and it supports the elegant silhouette. The picture below is of a car I shot at a concours event several years ago. Sadly most pictures of that time were lost in a hard drive failure. This one is the only one I have left of that car. I feel it clearly shows how fitting the wheels are on the 1:1. Funny thing is - the more I look at your build, the more it grows on me. This car, redone to modern standards like you show would be a proper retro-car like the new beetle or Fiat 500. It promises some serious fun and I'd want one. The colour suits it perfect, btw.

Great prints you have there! The resin will for sure yellow further under the influence of sunlight. I did a test with my supposedly white resin and it turned out pretty yellow after only a few minutes in direkt sunlight. It also hardens more and more to the point of becoming very brittle. One suggested method is painting to stop UV-light hitting the resin. So I wonder - maybe in the fine art world you can find some clear varnishes that block UV-light? I guess they have to protect their original artwork against UV as well as many natural pigments are very sensitive to UV. What is the clear resin you use? Might have to pick some up at some point as well. A solution, though lots of work, might be printing in whatever resin, than taking forms and cast in usual casting resin. The clear ones have problems with yellowing as well, but at least there are some that don't do it for sure.

I think that is up to your choice. Both would be fitting. There are some military to civilian conversions around here and no one felt offended so far. To be honest, I'd rather see some workhorses in military use than anything with any kind of weapon on it.

Oh please bring back those times when cars looked quirky and were not all alike. I have a soft spot for Impreza and Lancer Wagons

Beautifully crusty and nice attention to detail. I don't think I saw anybody do a seal around the boot at this scale.

I have aqquired a very low BMW Z3 2.8 to get back onto the road someday. Get 'em while they're still cheap. Couldn't resist the opportunitiy when it came knocking at my door But thus I know about the problems of a constantly low car. Some streets I cannot even drive for the speed bumps are too steep and high. But the fitment.... Probably worth it.

Often it is not co-workers and bad will but the cleaning teams. They usually don't have to move things around and won't do - in fact they are not even allowed to clean our desks if they are not tidied up. But some are motivated to do a good and complete job. Sometimes they will at least try to wipe around stuff. While still being on a tight time budget they are not very careful. No matter who it really is - put your stuff in display cases and FIX IT IN THERE, so it won't rattle around when moved. Simple as that.