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Tamiya Honda S2000, I got a bug to do some kind of crazy paint job on this one, so its Tamiya Bright Orange basecoat, then the sides were masked along the character line and overshot with some combination of Tamiya Clear Orange, Tamiya Clear Red, Tamiya Pearl Clear and finally just plain old Tamiya clear. Turned out pretty neat looking but don't know that I would bother again. Rest of build is box stock with the exception of lowering, never did get it into the photo booth proper, so will reshoot and replace photos soon...the front end doesn't even look done in the first photo.














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Hasegawa Mazda Cosmo, rally version. This also came as an "Ultraman" version, used in the Japanese television series of the same name, and also a bone stock version. Here it is in rally trim, out of box except some minor lowering and stance tuning. Very nice kit, quite detailed yet engineered well enough to pretty much fall into place. Beautiful car too.














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All American Models resin MG-B GT conversion for Aoshima MG-B kit. Nice little transkit but very difficult to fit to donor, lots of grinding and shaping and such to do. In the end turned out nice. Base kit notorious for high riding stance so lowering is a must, I should have lowered the rear end more. Lots of scratchbuilding and adjusting to get interior in and looking right. Undercarriage is paint detailed with brake and fuel lines added. I believe body paint was Model Master Graphite Metallic.













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Revell Ed Roth Mysterion, I got the base kit with the chassis already constructed and the engines were installed but not finished. Body had been painted but poorly. Stripped all the paint, disassembled the chassis a bit, but it was a very nice construction job though the engine did skimp some on detailing, so I mostly left what I could intact. Built up the interior, body, wheels and tires and assembled in a way the body could be removed from the chassis to show off detail. Paint is Tamiya Bright Yellow over silver base coat, and the bubble top is tinted using Tamiya Clear Blue.

















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Fujimi Nissan Silvia S15 Garage Defend, JDM street warrior, lowered and detailed but otherwise out of box but full body kit had to be massaged greatly to fit. Model Master Deep Pearlescent Blue or some such, its been a long time since I built this model.


















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Fujimi Nissan Skyline R32, street warrior style companion to the Silvia posted above, lowered, interior done in Scale Motorsport leopard decal, paint is hardware store flip-flop that goes from blueish green to deep purple to almost black depending on lighting, and has been overcoated with pearl clear and then normal clear. Wheels and tires are from the Copperhead (AMT) promo, and some detailing has been done and screens have been fitted into some body cavities.



















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Tamiya Porsche Carrera GT Full View version, talk about a tricky build, this was a very interesting experience. Figuring out what to paint and what will look good beneath a fictional clear body was a real trip. In the end I decided to not stress too much and this is the result. Typical Tamiya "shake the box" build other than that, did not even need an altitude adjustment.














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Revell Ed Roth Road Agent, out of box with modifications for rear of body to sit lower on chassis and some detailing. Think I swapped out the rear tires for some AMT slicks with red lined whitewalls. Also note it was modified to be more like the original drawing: the pods on the side were truncated in front and an antennae added to each. Like my other Roth models, the body/interior is removable from the rolling chassis to show off the detail and that kool Korvair mill. Tamiya Mica Red with Tamiya Clear Red overcoat; bubble top is tinted with Clear Red as well.



















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Revell Ed Roth Surfite, with Tiki Hut. Again pretty much out of box build with minor mods to make body sit lower on chassis, and the usual engine and frame detailing. Body comes off chassis to reveal detail and cute little Austin engine. Ed Roth was so ahead of his time it was incredible.













Since these photos were taken I went back and accuratized it a bit more: added rear step rails along the rear decking, added appropriate license plate to the rear, changed the surfboard pattern to match the real original board, and added a rectangular headlamp. I also made the hood piece fit better and cleaned up the taillights a bit. Have not taken any photos of the completed body on chassis but here are a couple that show the improvements made:







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Fujimi Toyota MR-S, JDM style, lowered and modified, with two tone paint scheme inspired by an article in a popular model magazine (see, it IS all "the Media"s fault). Paint came off better in the article than on this example but still its pretty unusual looking. Forget exactly the paint combination but no doubt Tamiya in origin.
















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Tamiya Jaguar Mk II Sedan, works version. Lowered, detailed engine and undercarriage, embossing powder carpets and enhanced interior with roll cage and rally accessories. Paint I believe I recall was Model Master Graphite Metallic. This and the XK-SS were two of my first builds after quite a long time off. Turned out pretty well with all that youthful enthusiasm. I thought the hood/bonnet fit better but its a bit bulgey, if I were building it today I would have to file it down some to get it to settle down a little more.














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Revell of Germany Jaguar XK-SS built out of box with enhanced detail. Paint was Boyds Bright Red I think, over a gold undercoat. One of my first build after a rather long absence from building, and it was a handful. I remember spending a lot of time getting the hood to fit well, and it still does though its better on the left than the right. I also did some little stuff like replacing the exhaust pipes with tubing and drilling the heat shield for the exhaust system beneath the door. I may also have swapped in some Weber carbs, don't remember it but I don't think the kit came with the ones in my photos.























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Gunze Sangyo Triumph TR3, built out of box but enhanced detail in many areas. Built as part of a team with a similar in origin Lemans TR2. The windshield has come loose over the years so its just kind of posed on there.























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Gunze Sangyo Triumph TR2 Lemans, built as a fictional Lemans works car. This one has all kinds of special stuff to it: hand formed tonneau cover, photo etch wire wheels and improved tires, full chassis detail including brake and fuel lines, detailed interior, road lights, polished white metal and formed sheet metal, etc. Built as a pair with a non-works Triumph TR3 as shown in first photo.
























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Just received a display platform and case I designed to hold my standalone engines, so I thought I would put some pics here. I will attempt some identifications as well.


In case, with top on:





Case is approx. 14" wide, 12" deep and 6" tall, each step inside is 1" from the lower one.


An overall shot without the cover:





Another:





Top row are all Buick nailhead derivatives, left to right, Revell 29 Model A Roadster, Revell 29 Model A Roadster pre-production test shot, AMT 66 Buick Rivera, Revell Parts Pack with downdraft Weber carb setup, AMT 40 Ford, and AMT 32 Ford Tudor (packaged with 41 Willys)






Center row, left to right, two super motors, both small block Chevy based, both nitrous oxide boosted. The one on the left has sidedraft carbs (or injection?) into TWIN superchargers (when one just aint enuff) that get injected with nitrous. The one on the right is similar but twin turbos (plus the twin superchargers!) and fuel injection. Both of these came from funny car or pro stock kits and I built them as an example of the extremes racers go to improve the venerable small block Chevy engine. Next in line is an all metal Rover/Morgan/MGB version of the Buick nailhead, with SU sidedraft carbs as per UK spec. Next is the mythical Chrysler hemi head overhead cam 426 V8, physically the largest engine here by a long shot, I wonder how close to actual 1/24 scale it is. But its a big monster mill all right! A pre production test shot of the blown SBC from the Revell 30 Ford Model A coupe sits to its right, and finally in that row, a Revell Mooneyes small block Chevy with the Potvin forward supercharger set up. This is actually one I built for the Mooneyes dragster I posted above, but it didn't make the grade so I used the AMT similar engine from their parts pack instead.






Bottom row, left to right (sorry about the angle of the photo): Chevy 409 with strange supercharger with four side draft carbs. I believe the basic engine came from the AMT 58 Chevy low rider kit, and the intake setup and accessories are from the AMT T coupe kit. Mickey Thompson blown four cylinder V8 downgrade conversion, one of the koolest engines ever offered in a kit and the great part was you got two of them. AMT Opel V6 with big aluminum intake stacks, kind of ridiculous really, that's why its here. Flathead Ford V8 from the Revell Midget kit, and next to it the Offenhauser engine from the similar kit. A couple of spectacular engines that beg for detailing. Monogram MC-TC four cylinder engine left over from building the kit a bit differently than intended and finally, a Porsche Carrera quad cam engine from the Fujimi Enthusiasts kit, along with its transaxle (notice the detail, brake shoes under the drums for instance. Insane.)







Lets take a closer look at those monster motors and that left front corner you couldn't see that well in the last photo:




Most stands for the engines were designed and executed by myself with the exception of a few from AMT and Revell kits, and the uber-kool stand for the Porsche engine by Fujimi. Designing and building the stand is one of the fun aspects of building these engines. And usually I will try out paint I have acquired on the stands before I commit to shooting one of my full size models with it, so there can be some odd and wild colors. But none of them are show pieces; neither, by the way, are the engines. In some cases parts are loose because I envision changing them, and the headers are usually just pinned or held on with white glue because I figure I will change them if I ever use the engine in a full model. And I have done that. Also, in a couple of cases, these engines were cast offs that when I finished them I didn't really like them, and in one case it is an engine I picked up assembled on ebay...that would be the upper level, right side, nailhead painted in Pactra Puke Green. Its built pretty well for a vintage survivor, and, well, its a nailhead!

Platform and cover were built by my friend Bob Karoll, if anyone needs a display case built, contact me and I will forward you on to Bob. He does very good work at reasonable rates.

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