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That looks like a really nice build and good techniques that you're using there Seb. I will follow this with great interest. For the back of the engine fairing where you're thinning it and painting the inside black, are you planning on using a silver undercoat on the inside of the cowling before th...

Starting a new build! The Beemax 1984 McLaren MP4/2. Initially I was planning on building Lauda's car, but in a later step, I glued on the head rest before painting the car, only realizing afterward that only Prost used the head rest. Funny, because it seems like 80% of the builds on Google Images m...

Incredible photos! These will be incredibly valuable if any these cars are ever made into kits.

What on earth...this person possesses a disgusting amount of skill. It's like...watching somebody recreate the Mona Lisa with crayons

Looks nice! You should give the steamed cotton swab technic a try on the shell logos, you don`t need to cut them, working from the middle to the outsides and it lays down without wrinkels ;) I don't think I've heard of the steamed cotton swab technique! I've been working at them with a cotton swab,...

Hi everyone! Update time! First of all I'd like to announce my own personal blog I worked on for most of last month! https://www.f1modelling.com/ https://i.imgur.com/VRDUZFG.png https://www.f1modelling.com/ I didn't really intend on the name being so similar to this forum's, I just came up with it i...

Finally! I emailed them a while back requesting this paint but I'm never sure if they take unsolicited request emails seriously. Glad this exists now

Very happy to see these finished! Really well done.

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to drop in with the lighting setup info.

This is the light I got

This is the cheap webcam with desk clamp mount I got

The arm is a little flimsy though and constantly needs re-tightening. YMMV. Hope to see everybody with enhanced lighting for their future photos now!

seamus wrote:Thanks everyone... next up Tamiya’s Honda RA272, back to great fitting parts and no carbon fibre, lovely

Great choice! I managed to build that one in about 2 weeks, great little straightforward kit with lots of opportunity for improvement should you decide to pursue greater detail.