Hi all well it arrived today and it is mahoosive

that is a 1/12 kit box on top of it
just to give you an idea of its size


these are the sprues there are 3 or 4 sprues to each bag just for comparison (the rule devides the too model kits) the camaro has 1 sprue to each bag apart from the black sprues and that has 2 sprues


one tip I've already learned do not take the sprues out of the box as you wont get the all back in and shut the lid (unless you have a degree in astrophysics) that is, this is one case where the box is not big enough.

Well I have quite a lot on at the moment 1 revell corvette c6 2 royal Sovriegn 3 Honda cb 750 dio 4 heller cb 750 know 4 5 robot 6 shelby gt 500 7 bf 109 8 hornet 9 rocket 10 tiger moth and I'm on hols starting Monday so may be a little while, as I think I will need all my wits about me for this one.

Nice Kits Ken, the Citroen was the first front wheel drive car I believe

Hi all well I've made a start on this mammoth build (and thats without putting it in a dio).
I've read loads of reviews on this and they've all said the engine is badly warped and had to use some reinforcing or some such to make it square, I recon I've been lucky as mine has been a perfect fit (so far) I've even taken pics inside so you can see I've used no tabs or reinforcments ats all (I just hope this continues for the rest of the kit.

Hi all been working on the engine, this kit is awesome, the engine alone has more parts than the whole Shelby kit, just as an example that little nut is a separate part I've put the tin of humbrol paint there as a refrence I had to use my PE pencil to place it, the instructions are so vague (there's a little do hicky lever sticks out the side its only about 3mmx2x2 and from the instructions I had no idea which way up to put it)
I've primed it and now I can see a few bits if filling I've missed.

Hi all more work on this I've not been able to find a definitive colour for the engine (every pic I've seen has been a different shade of green but since I'm using CAT's info for the bodywork I will use that for the engine as well.




Thats a 1/24 scale car just to show how big this engine is

Very nice work on the exhaust manifold, looks exactly as it should, top work!!

I don't have any secrets mate, we all learn from eachother.
It's just the salt method, you paint your rust colour first (this method is usually done with an airbrush but my brother asked me how I did it and he doesn't have one so this was all done with a brush)allow that to completely dry then get some sea salt and table salt(to give different texture )put water on the manifold (or whatever your doing)where you want the rust then sprinkle the salt over where the water is, allow thecwater to dry then (if using a brush, use the softest one you have and things the paint to ab consistency and food the area (very gently))put the top colour on, allow that to dry, then using a stiff brush scrub the salt off, I have a few brushes I didn't clean off properly so the bristles a stuck together and stiff I find these ideal for this task.
The manifold is not finished yet needs a coat of matt varnish to fix what I have then a few washes just to add grime.

Hi off to a great start, looking good.will follow with interest.cheers mick.

Looks awesome mate. I've really starting getting into these large scale kits recently and it's always interesting to see what's about. Keep up the great work