[Ferrari 250 GTO.]

Slightly late to the party here too but oh boy what a beautiful model!  Superb fit and finish. 

[hello everyone]

Welcome from one newbie retiree to another!

[AMT 1/16th scale '57 Ford Thunderbird]

Thanks all!  The choice of colour was limited to what metallics I could get in rattle-cans but it certainly turned out to be a good choice, I think.  I really must dig out and dust off my old airbrush!

[AMT 1/16th scale '57 Ford Thunderbird]

Thanks to you both for your kind comments.  I am pleased with the way it turned out, proud of it even, but was nervous of how other people regarded it as I'm no independent judge of what's good and wot ain't!  The only things I had to leave out were the radio antenna and door mirror, both of which were seriously oversize and I haven't yet found a way of downsizing or replacing them.

 

The build took me just over six months with a hiatus over Christmas and the worst of winter as I have to spray the models in the shelter of the draughty unheated garage.  The spray paint for the bodyshell was a rattle-can - Tamiya TS-54 - as I haven't yet resurrected my old and very basic Humbrol airbrush.

 

The next build will be a very old AMT 1/16th scale kit I acquired from a specialist dealer in old kits.  It's a 1964/5 Ford Mustang and I'm quite looking forward to it.  Now I'm here I'll start a proper build thread - it'll be a while yet as I have a fair bit of Real Life to deal with before I dare devote serious lumps of time to the build. 

[AMT 1/16th scale '57 Ford Thunderbird]

Having seen the general standard of builds here I'm really nervous of posting this but as a newbie I feel I've got to contribute something to the forum, otherwise it's a bit like going to a BBQ and failing to bring any beer...

 

This is only the fourth build completed since I returned to the hobby just over a year ago after practically a fifty-year absence.  Having learned or relearned  a lot during the previous three this was the first I'd really thought out beforehand.  It's a very mild custom using parts options included in the kit, the only exception being the ignition wiring - the supplied tubing was far too fat giving the look of heater hoses rather than ignition leads and the distributor cap had the leads exiting vertically when the original engine had horizontal plugs.  The new leads were fashioned from garden tying wire which was neared the diameter and colour than the supplied material.

 

I'd learned enough from the previous builds to use Deluxe Materials adhesives, including their PVA based glue for transparent parts, and also to use an acrylic paint pen for the silvering instead of the Humbrol silver (!) I had hitherto used.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry about the PC in the background, the pics were taken without any intention of sharing them at the time!

 

I have sufficient pics of the build in various stages to put together a retrospective WIP post if anyone's interested, if so please let me know.

 

As this is my first shared project, please feel free to let me know what you think, warts and all.  I know it's nowhere near the standard I've seen here already but I'm getting there I hope. 

 

 

[What is it about certain marques...]

I almost hesitate to state which marque does it for me as it is so different to most other posters but what the heck, you can always use a good laugh...

 

What really grabs me are American Fords from late 1950s to mid-1960s.  From the wonderfully OTT barge-like presence of the '59 Thunderbird to the gorgeously simple styling of the Mk 1 Mustang, via the sheer beauty of the original GT40, they still get my blood pumping even after all this time.  Sadly by 1967 they started to become over-blown and bloated but that small window of time seemed to include some of (in my opinion) the most beautifully sculpted cars I've ever seen.

 

Early Lamborghinis (Miura, Espada etc.) also had this simple elegance but never seemed to recapture it with their later offerings.

[An oldie as well as a newbie]

Hello from the bottom righthand corner of Boris' Kingdom!

 

As a kid I was into literally everything modelling involved - scratch-building slot cars, model railways, plastic kit modelling, balsa and tissue gliders, R/C, custom hotrod model building, the lot.  Then adolescence, work and life intervened and apart from the very occasional large-scale model car build nothing happened modelling-wise for about half a century and all I have to show for that is a box full of old Polistil slot-car track in the loft and a glass case full of very dusty old models.  Then lockdown and retirement happened simultuously (I love that misspelling!) and the bug bit me again.  Sadly my eyesight and hand/eye coordination (at 70 and a bit) is now only good enough for larger scale kits so I'm restricting my activities to 1/16th scale car models.  In the last year I have completed three with gradually increasing skill and confidence and finally had the nerve to look for a forum to share them with.

 

I have to confess that having spent some time looking at the utterly amazing completed projects displayed here I nearly didn't join as I'm pretty sure I'll never come up to their standard but I figure I have a lot to learn and where other than from the best?  You seem to be a pretty friendly and tolerant lot so I might pluck up the courage to post one or two of my efforts.  Watch this space...