#model-building

This update starts on a more positive note, as I managed to patch the paint where I had sanded through before. I am leaving it as it is in the photo's for now, simply because I don't have the courage to

I started gluing on other bits like the lights and also started on the decals. Right from the start it was doomed, I broke the decals for the windshield before I even managed to get it off the decal sheet.

The dash and other miscellaneous items were done and glued in. Engine and suspension glued in, with the wheels on. Test fitting the body. At this point I was very excited, it was starting to look like

I started this thread with the intention of posting updates often. Unfortunately work and after hours freelancing has eaten up my time, so I plug away at the mini in what spare time I can muster. This

Here is another model I started a while back. This is a build of the Mini that won the Monte Carlo rally in 1967. The weather here was so cold and wet I did not have a chance to go outside and spray anything,

Here is a kit I started on not too long ago. It's not really something I would normally get excited about, but it was cheap (for Portugal) and I had seen a video on doing up wire wheels that I wanted to

I say 'interpretation' of a Camaro, because I sanded away so much detail that its not really true to form anymore. I started with a 3d model that I downloaded from Thingiverse, scaled it to be roughly

What you are looking at is the outcome of over a year's work. Not really a years worth of work, as it was packed away for a few months, but I have finished it, FINALLY! Over a year ago, I bought myself

Little details like spark plug wires add a great deal of visual impact to a model. Here I show you an unlikely source of wires that you can use for spark plug wires on your model car build. Many new electronic

I moved on to seeing how the engine would fit, so cut the pieces free from the sprue and loosely assembled it. I tape the body together again, as it kept falling apart. I was checking to see if I could

Following the unboxing of my Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner I got started on the kit, first unpacking it all so I could see what was inside. First bit I put together was a wheel, as I had wanted to see how

I recently bought a kit from a local hobby shop here in Maia, Portugal. The Ford Skyliner caught my eye mainly because of the box art, it was just so different from the other car plastic model kits. In