Spiny

I've got to agree with Pete that I much prefer your colour scheme to the box art one. Very nicely built too.

Excellent work, the wood effect is particularly good. As for the display cases, what about a single width IKEA Billy Bookcase with Hogbo or Oxberg doors? 36cm internal wide so just large enough, and 26cm internal depth. Shelves can be adjusted to the height you require. I'm planning on getting the double width version and making a display case out of it some time next year.

Good job it's not 1/24! As for all the other models you've posted in this set it's very well done, even before the tiny scale is taken into account.

That's a great model to introduce yourself, one to be proud of I'd say. I always liked Markko Martin as a driver, but he was so unlucky, not just with Michael Park and Richard Burns but I seem to remember him having bad luck on a lesser scale while rallying too.

I only saw it briefly so didn't have time to get my phone out for a pic as it drove by, but on my lunch break a real "When did you last see one?" moment - a black Alfa Romeo 166. Checking howmanyleft, it seems it's not surprising I haven't seen one in ages - apparently there's only 133 left on the roads.

My 2p's worth - generally so long as the finish is shiny I wouldn't bother with the gloss coat. But if you have a matt finish (as you look to have here) then you definitely want a clear coat - decals and matt finishes can often lead to silvering which is definitely not good. And with it looking so good now you have the black on, why risk it?

Very kind of you all to say what you have said, unfortunately the probloem might be that I do know where to look and so I am noticing the repairs, especially the one above the door. Hopefully, give it a couple of months and I'll have forgotten about it enough that I don't notice it so much.

I don't know. Somehow when I was that age I managed to convince myself that the losing contenstants on Blankety Blank were tipped (duckingstool style) into a pond of crocodiles. No idea where that came from, but I can imagine young children liking the idea of a good maiming 😆

That's because you're not wording it right, try something like this next time: I won't be at Telford, but I hope you all have a good time there and leave with your various stashes suitably enhanced.

I suspect my organisation is somewhat less than most of you - basically the stash (relatively small by the sounds of things) lives under the bed and models are built and gradually advance from the back/bottom of the piles to the top/front at which point they hopefully get built. I guess you could say I've organised in chronological order. That said, I do have a spreadsheet for paints so I know what I have and what I need to buy for each kit - does that count as being organised?

I've got to agree that's looking great in those photos. The last pair of photos may well show the flaws, but fortunately for you the rubbish eyes at this end can't see them

That's looking very good now, you're making good progress despite the engine fitting issues. Appreciating it's a different engine to the S600 I built, but just a heads up that, having just looked back over my build thread, while I didn't have any engine fitment issues I did find a spatial clash between the sump and the anti-roll bar (see about 2/3rd of the way down the first page). Just in case the S800 kit has a similar issue, it would be worth dry fitting that first in case you also have to bend to fit. Good luck with the rest of the build.

The good news is that Flickr is allowing uploads tonight, so I can show the touched up areas. The camera is probably giving a fairly good idea of what the repairs look like in real life - easily missable at first glance but look closely and you can see them. Repairs were done by shaking the paint can of brown, a short squirt into a margarine tub (cleaned and emptied of margarine obviously!) then using a Tamiya HG Ultra Fine brush to touch up. Finally, a small amount of Pledge provided the clear over the repair. While the repairs aren't perfect, I don't think I have the ability to do any better so I think I'll live with them - would only make things worse if I were to try to do any more. Sometimes you just have to know when to stop!

Another one here who hasn't worked with resin. It looks as though it's all fitting together well here though, hopefully the good progress continues.

As the others have said, it's a verynice clean build. Well done.