Toftdale

I'm beginning to run out of ways to compliment your painting skills, but that is truly a masterpiece - thanks for the inspiration - Andy

You're a braver man than me to take a saw to the wind screen, but I know the end result will be well worth your effort - Andy

I'd be over the moon, unbelievably clean work - Andy

And mine! Great work, although all those odd angles on the exhaust pipe is upsetting my OCD! - Andy

I'm not entirely sure if this is model making or engineering , but what I am certain of is that it is totally stunning. Thanks for sharing - Andy

Great colour combination and masterfully executed - Andy

You have certainly mastered the art of 3d designing and printing, the steering wheel looks spot on and painted to perfection too. - Andy

Thank you - there must be a law in modeling that states the better you make a part the lesser it will be visible on the finished product - Andy

Some great scratch going on, I'm going to enjoy watching this come together - Andy

Very clean work, looking forward to your next update - Andy

Great progress, it looks fantastic - Andy

I've always been quite happy with painting bodys (hopefully this statement won't come back to haunt me), but never been truly happy with the results I've achieved on the oily bits, they either look far to shiny or weathered with a complete lack of finesse, So I really appreciate your comments - Andy

Truly outstanding - thanks again for sharing - Andy

Next up I needed to make the bracket to attach the the exhaust to the side of the car, which was made from some spare photoetch. The bracket was easy to make, however gluing it was altogether a different game, a few expletives later and I got this. And now for a real milestone moment, I've applied some paint! In reality the engine block is a bit lighter than the photo eludes to. But best off all I'm really happy with the level of detail that shows below the car and also with finished exhaust (which was included in the transkit) Finally the heat shield recieved some bare metal foil. I know its a small update, but I'm just over the moon to finally paint something - Andy

The wheels look fantastic, especially when compared to the kit originals - Andy

Lovely little thing with just the right amount of weathering - Andy

Thats harsh...looks good to me from your photos and the decals really bring this to life - Andy

As ever thanks for the compliments (always appreciated ). It does feel good to finally making some progress again. - Andy

She's coming together very nicely and yes I definitely agree with you on the masking front - Andy

Ingenious solution to the floor mats and you have certainly got the hang of the carbon decals, thanks for posting - Andy

Make that a double WOW

Just a small update to kept my momentum going. So I've finished constructing the engine, on one side I've added the starter, oil filter and alternator. and on the other the intake manifold My intention is to make a curbside model, that passes a casual glance underneath, so I don't think I need to add anymore detail. Thanks as ever for your patience - Andy.

Is exquisite, thanks for sharing - Andy

Another perfect example of how you always manage to harmonise all the individual elements so nothing looks out off place - Andy

The livery looks awesome, I would never has guessed it never raced back in the day. - Andy