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George Williams
Many thanks for sharing this information.

gorby
I'm interested to see this go together.

schecter87
I also bought this kit. Have a plan to start it on February.

Lane McConnell
Thanks all. I wanted to wait for more reference and some paint but I just gave in.

Be sure to check back often as I will post updates as I go.

Alexander Grivonev
Definitely following, cast metal effect turned out great 👍

Spanjaard
Beautiful spitfire!

Erik Leijdens
I second that! Looks great with the Bedford

Neferthorus
Very Nice

dilettante
Great colors and camo edges!

Maciej Bellos
Watching!

Giorgos
Also watching!

I am curious to see your choice for the level of weathering 🙂 So far all the photos of the HAF Rafales show them rather clean 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Following too! 🇬🇷

Jos Jansen
Iam in...!

tyu
Looking forward seeing this build as I have several of your project aftermarket bits too. It seems a lot of blending of the BAM parts is required, correct?

Patrick Hagelstein
Nice color! 👍 Is it correct that Greece opted for a darker shade of grey than the original French color?

Pantelis Antonoglou
Thank you gentlemen for your kind words. For a HAF Rafale you need almost all the BAM resins like the vents on the vertical fin, new wingtip mica launchers, new HUD, some extra RAM panels, replace the engine intakes etc. The grey camo is really confusing due to dramatic changes according the lighting. So in order to be "correct" i did my own mix of XF-54 Dark Sea Grey with H-308 in 70:30 respectively. You can use also MRP-279 (FS36293)

Mark de Boer
Wow, you went all out on the extra's. Gonna be a looker. Following.

S B
Very beautiful!!!!

Giorgos
Very nice!!! Congrats!!!

Pantelis Antonoglou
Thank you very much!!

Juskifo
nice hellenic fighter

Alexander
Amazing results, great looking Rafale! 👍
And all the aftermarket payed out very well - good to know for my own kit.

Alex K
In! Good luck!

Chris
Thank you! I have still noticed, that that will not be an easy-cheesy plane. You will see, what comes out.

Cuajete
Following!

Nicolas
I'll take a seat.

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

Ben M
💺

Chris
... well, may I serve some drinks? Chips? Sweets? Have fun watching my troubles.

The first problems arose today when I tried to install the frames. There are no markings or reference points for this. So it was a case of guessing and sanding. And then I forgot to take a photo of it... It'll come.

Ben M
I've heard rhese old Williams brothers kits are terrible. I have a couple I'm looking forward to building.

Ben M
Okay looking at this kit's timeline it was most recently issued by "s&m models." You can't make this stuff up.

Łukasz Gliński
Oh, cool, will watch

Robert Podkoński
Watching too.

Dave Flitton
Looking good. How's the fit?

Chris
I added some pics before I will glue the fuselage together. So you can see, it fits pretty well. There are tiny little pins and holes, some of them I had to remove for better fitting. Even the big part from the wing fits very neatly.
This is not my first Williams-kit, I built the Curtiss Commando, the Martin B-10 and the Northrop Gamma. I never had an issue with those kits. The instruction sheet is another theme: The pictures are just a possibility what you can do and the rest is plain text. You cannot compare those old kits with new, modern ones that come together as LEGO 😉

Dave Flitton
Awesome. Watching this to the end.

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

Transall NG
Nice aircraft !
Follow !

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Not sure why, but I prefer the early windshield more. Keep up the fight 😉

Chris
Me too. Therefore I will not build a model of a real plane but a model of the 247 with the early windshield 😄

John Hughes
I'm amazed you actually found one of these after so many years!

Steve Zodiac
Thank you, if only Airfix would re issue it, it's a dream of a kit for sci-fi modelers. So many possibilities.

Mr D
Was the Starcruiser for a TV show or film ?? It looks like something l remember as a kid 🤔??
Very smart 👍👍

Mr D
👍 Nice 👍
Great Diorama, stuck in the tar pits to become future Texeco profit 🤣
Nice interesting n different kit , Well done

Neuling
Top dio with excellent work on terrain and vehicles. Do the soldiers stand on some kind of white cushions?

Lenny Li
Thanks Neuling. Those are just blue tack for temporary fixing.

Neuling
🙂

Doubtingmango
Fantastic dio, and I love the camo scheme on the jagdpanzer!

Rui S
Another Beautiful Dio 👍 Great work

Guy Rump
Lovely job, congrats! 👍

Ben M
The pillows are from my pillow guy no doubt. Tanks and trains, two of my favorites. The camoflage and weathering on the Jagdpanzer and the Kettenkraftrad are superb. Even the track is perfectly weathered. A fantastic diorama!

Mr James
Beautiful dio. Love the weathering on the flatbed on the jagdpanzer

Trez
A classic Tamiya kit from the 70s. As is usual excellent plastic from Tamiya regardless of age. Much was needed to fix small faults - but as my first kit after many years was perhaps a little too ambitious. Still, the experience was invaluable.
Mods include; interior scratched / gunner's sight channel cut and moved over - it was very wrong / fuel hatches added on hull side / hatch periscope scratched / missing periscopes added / tools modified and repositioned as per sources / some riveting and scribing attempted / gun barrel secure holes drilled / front hull travel lock completely scratched as it was very poor / headlight cable and port made / rear mud guard fender (with spring retainer) cut and repositioned / armour plates cut up and repositioned / small adjustments made on filler caps and tool clips / front fender wires added / verteidigungs cover replaced / barrel replaced from spares as too short

Kesa Tiho
Wow, very nice build. Really want some more pics, please

Trez
Hi Kesa - That's very kind of you. I will have a look now to see if I can dig any up that don't look a complete mess!

Kai R. Ingebrigtsen
I love it! Very nice work! Did you freehand the camo?

Trez
Thanks! ☺️ I did but found it tricky to stay random whilst at the same time following a scheme.

Kai R. Ingebrigtsen
Oh, yes. "Planned random" can be a headscratcher.
How much of the interior did you add? Really makes those open hatches pop.

Trez
Basically I did from the fuel tanks back to the firewall. Nothing else can be seen but the hatches (just like the early Stugs) are much larger than most other vehicles.
One thing I will say - it would be much easier to do an interior for later kits as the sponsons are covered and the breach is included which is the hardest part to scratch

gorby
Excellent work. The camo looks amazing!

Trez
Thank you gorby! - next one should be hopefully be much better

Kai R. Ingebrigtsen
Very true about the breech. I rarely use the interior bits, so I have dozens in my spares box. If I had a time machine, I'd send you one!

Trez
I just added a few more initial fots

Kai R. Ingebrigtsen
Very cool to see before paint. Where did those junction boxes come from?
Once it's primed it looks like a Dragon kit.

Trez
Spares. Probably from Dragon. You get a lot of unused parts.

Doubtingmango
Great work on an old kit!

Trez
Thank you Doubtingmango! Hopefully a couple of more old classic Tamiya this year to cut my teeth

Rui S
Great camo Paintjob 👍

Trez
Thanks Rui - the journey continues!

Mr James
Nice camo painting

Trez
It is true that some parts of the kit are a little antiquated but the tyres are surprisingly advanced. Excellent tread pattern that I hope to be able to do justice with painting. The interior is very meh - a token gesture with no relation to reality. I hope I can make this a really nice little kit. I would highly recommend this for anyone new to hobby.

Tim
Really like how you have displayed this. Great painting too.

Rui S
I like it 👍

Brent Caughy
Fantastic weathering.

Dave
Wow. At first glance i thought was a old diecast.

Jennifer Franklin
This is a smart way to practice techniques. Good luck with the pre-shading and exhaust effects.

Marcin Dudek
👀

Mr D
Thanks Jennifer 👍
Hi Marcin 👋

Spanjaard
curious to see where thus is going

timnash
There is a bot automaking Bandai entries regardless of whether or not they're kits or if a preexisting entry already exists. I wonder if a retailer is behind them.

Steven Van Dyck
I was planning to have lots of figures in this diorama, but the guy who uploaded this kit to Scalemates had guessed the scale as 1/100 and it is rather 1/250. Therefore my HO scale Greeks are completely overscale and will not be used.

Cuajete
Good start. Following!

Thomas Kolb
Ooh, that cockpit! Following for sure!

Spanjaard
very nice beginning, cockpit looks great!!

Thomas Bischoff
very nice details 👍 - I book a seat

Nicolas
I'm joining the fun.

Michael Kohl
Me too.

Mr D
Nice project 👍👍
Looking good.

Denis Dogadov
I just finished this model.
What you have done inside the model looks very good, it's a pity that no one will see it.
It is necessary to remove the air intake on the keel.
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Skyhiker
I wouldn't think an Academy kit would need extra PE, but they sure do look good.

Michael Kohl
The new in- and exterior PE set from Eduard significantly enhances looks of the rear compartment where the bubble canopies are and the wingtips when the auxilliary floats are lowered. The rest - as Skyhiker said - will hardly be seen.
Very nice progress you present us here. Anxious to see how you will depict the black color, which was ash based, oft low quality and fast and extensivly washed off.

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Michael Kohl
Looking good

Живко Джаков
Unique. Thanks for sharing. I hope to follow the same path soon. 🙂

Cuajete
The black looks great so far 👍

Mr D
Very high quality work.... Admiral 👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat! It is the most appropriate paint scheme for this plane, imho 😉

Alec K
Taking a seat.

Patrick Hagelstein
Joining in!

Nicolas
I'm following too.

DerMattes
Following!

Dave Flitton
Following!

Ekki
I'm in too.

Guido
Thanks for the interest everyone!
Some more images added.

Mr D
Nice project..love a Starfighter 😃👍

Guido
I seems it went too smoothly… first issue has arrived 🤦🏼‍♂️

Guido
Reskit engine nozzle fits now nicely after some trimming of the fuselage halves.

😊

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Markus Antonius
take care of those main gear struts- they tend to tilt the plane in one direction once installed

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking very good Guido! If I recall correctly, the Hasegawa afterburner can is narrower than the Reskit one. Did you need to shave off those supports to make it fit?

Guido
Thanks Patrick. I took a picture of it to explain what my intentions are. 😉
Hope that helps.

Guido
Thanks Markus, they seem indeed a bit fiddly…
Also, the instructions seem to suggest that they need to be installed during in subassembly of the complete rear fuselage.

I'm not quite there yet, but I think they can be mounted towards the end. I'm also thinking of glueing the front and rear fuselage halfs together on each side and close the whole thing, avoiding any misalignments between front and rear subassembly's that are suggested in the instructions.

Will need to do a lot of dry-fitting to check feasibility however, before committing to that approach. We'll see. 🙏🏻🙋🏼‍♂️

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Guido! Now I see the indentations on the Reskit part. Those are meant for the air brake wells on both sides. That surely needs some trimming but by the looks of it, you got that covered! 👍

Guido
Good observation Patrick!

I had wondered why those indentations were there... But, in 1/72 there are no brakes in the kit and so no protusions for these on the inside of the fuselage halves. It means that the only contact point the Reskit exhaust has, is at the edge of the fuselage halves... which is probably not sufficient for a good "montage".

I took a quick look at the 1/48 instructions of the Hasegawa kit, and indeed there, you have the brakes and the areas on the inside of the fuselage - assuming here that Reskit designed the exhaust with the larger scales in mind, and simply resized that design for 1/72.

So, I think that the approach I'm taking, with recuperating the part kit and re-use it as the inside mounting point for the exhaust will be the good one. I'm even thinking of drilling a hole in the middle of the exhaust back-end to make sure that they align correctly by means of a small rod.

Mr D
Nice Detailing work 👌👍 the exhaust is much better, alot more accurate.
Dry fit, dry fit ...... always pays 👍

Spanjaard
really curious about the livery, it will certainly be an eye catcher. i am in 🙂

Guido
New update with some findings on the subject itself.

Guido
Cockpit is ready.

Jennifer Franklin
The cockpit looks amazing! Oh my goodness, detail!

Mr D
Yes .. Really nice job on the cockpit and seat 😀👍

Johannes Schendlinger
That is some really impressive work 👍

Guido
Thanks for the comments!

Guido
Last update of the year with more progress on both the front and rear sub assemblies.

Mirko Römer
Following

Mr D
Stella work so far 👍👍

gorby
Booking a front row seat for his build. 🙂

Dave
Let me find chair. this looks to be very interesting project.

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome gorby and Dave!

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat as well.

Michael Kohl
I am in this one too.

Nicolas
Taking a seat as well.

Mr D
Nice project 👍👍
Good luck with it, what is the part count on this one ?
Like that they gave some track included 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome, Villiers de Vos, Michael, Nicolas, and Mr D! The part count is slightly over 80. Compared to the Memphis Belle, a level 5 model, this is a level 3. I plan to focus on technique with this one, which will be the real challenge after the B-17.

Martin Oostrom
Be careful with all the thin parts around the wheels. They are fragile and need to be installed in the right sequence. It is easy to take a wrong turn there.

Jennifer Franklin
Thank you for the warning, Martin; I will be careful.

Ben M
👀

Ben M
4005 is in a museum near my house. I've also seen 4014 running.

Jennifer Franklin
Yeah, I saw a Big Boy in a museum while working in Tooele, Utah. Remarkable engine, never forgot it.

Desert Marlin
Should be fun!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat for sure!

Villiers de Vos
Off to a good start with the detail painting in the cab.

Michael Kohl
Oh Ben, linking this picture is mean. Where shall get Jennifer all those handwheels from?! 😜

Jennifer Franklin
Ben, that is both remarkable and daunting. Michael, you are right; I will never create all those handwheels.

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome, Desert Marlin, Robert, and Villiers de Vos!

Ben M
I like how the crew had no labels to guide them; they just had to know what each hand wheel did.

Guy Rump
Interesting build, following. 👍

Dave
Ok this is getting interesting.

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome Guy

Jennifer Franklin
Dave, I probably shouldn't have put the arc support under the covered bridge, but there is one like it in Quebec, and the Waterloo bridge in England is somewhat similar. Let's call it artistic liberty.

Dave
I agree with that. (Artistic Liberty)

Jennifer Franklin
The Niagara Canyon Bridge also looks something like this.

Martin Oostrom
Full steam ahead! Now I want a 3d printer even more 😢

Jennifer Franklin
I ordered some Tamiya tape to clean up my paint lines.

Jennifer Franklin
It's a truss arch bridge, which is rare but has been built in the past.

Spanjaard
if you change your mind Jennifer, you may fi d the right ones in some of the set in SCM Search: Handwheels 😉

Spanjaard
not sure how many sets you are going to need 😉

Jennifer Franklin
Thank you, Spanjaard; options are always good.

Jennifer Franklin
I am desperately trying to clean up the paint on the model. If anyone has any techniques to share please let me know. Silver on black is very unforgiving. I found one technique with tape and painting the base cost before painting the desired colour promising.

Spanjaard
it depends on type of paint etc. if acrylic, Isopropyl alcohol can work just fine. let it soak on it for a while and use an old toothbrush. if small parts just drop alcohol on them and use the toothbrush directly

Spanjaard
use a discarded food container for example. for soaking and also for brushing (you do not want drops of alcohol mixed with paint flying around).
I buy the alcohol by the liter, 100% pure. can be used as thinner and cleaner. as thinner with Tamiya tends to make paints a bit more dull than tamiya thinner, but waaaaasy cheaper

Jennifer Franklin
It's acrylic. Thank you, Spanjaard.

Ben M
I usually strip paint with brake fluid, alcohol, windex, purple stuff degreaser just whatever I have around. Those are all good solvents for acrylic paint. I think simple green works too.

Jennifer Franklin
Good to know, Ben M thank you!

Nicolas
I have had good experiences with oven cleaner. Put the component in a plastic bag and leave it to soak overnight, then you can remove the paint the next morning with a stiff brush or toothbrush. No matter what you use, always check the compatibility with the base material beforehand. With aggressive agents, it can otherwise quickly happen that details are damaged or even the entire component dissolves.

Jennifer Franklin
That is very sage advice, Nicolas; I will check compatibility on a piece of the sprue before doing anything.

Spanjaard
that is why I like IPA, never seen plastic getting damaged, even after a day or two soaking on it

Jennifer Franklin
Merry Christmas to all mates!

Jennifer Franklin
Happy New Year!

Dave
Must feel nice with it moving along. Looks good 👍

Mr D
Looking nice .. definitely taking shape now.
I watched a good YouTube video with Jay Leno on the big boy and how the restoration was done.... interesting and amazing machine.
Happy new year 🎊😃👍

Jv
Looking forward to see what the kit is like
Seen the model in the shops for sometime

Villiers de Vos
My impressions so far:
Lots of seamlines;
Some sink marks;
Clear instructions;
Parts clearly marked;
Parts fit not perfect, but not challenging. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure!

Tini Hendriks
Huge!

Villiers de Vos
I plan to build this car as sub-assemblies (chassis, engine and body/coachwork.
I have spend some time getting all the parts off that the chassis comprise of, stripped off the chrome of the specific parts and painted everything. While working on and painting the floor pan and radiator cover, I also painted the rest of the body panels.
That being said, lets build the chassis.

Villiers de Vos
I used Tamiya Paint stripper. One of my wife's silk stockings to strain the small parts out and recovered most of the liquid. Beware, it stinks!

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Benjamin, I will keep my eyes open. This seems like I saddled a wild horse here.

Kyle DeHart
One I have long wanted to build, but price and availability make it so hard. Not sure how I missed the beginning of this but I can't wait to see where you take it

Kyle DeHart
Chassis looks nice!

Mona
if anyone can tame this horse you can Villiers 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for the words of encouragement Kyle and Mona.
I hope to give an honest and clear report. You may call me a glutton for punishment because I have another model from this manufacturer in my stash 🙂

Kyle DeHart
I hope it's another 1/12 scale classic race car Villiers but that's just me being selfish. 😂. I'll be here every step of the way.

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, it is the Fiat Mefistofele in 1:12. I love the classic cars and 1:12 is my favourite scale.

Kyle DeHart
Excellent!! The Mefistofele is maybe my favorite one. Love the look of that car. A somewhat local shop to me even has one on the shelf but for a price even higher than eBay! Lol. So, for now, I will live vicariously through others. Your 806 is looking really nice so far!!

bughunter
Not my scale, but I need to follow the nice builds by Villiers 👍

Kyle DeHart
Man those wires are beautiful. And the grill. Great stuff.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Kyle, Bughunter and Guy for your kind words.
I am nearly finished with the chassis and found the front suspension a challenging. The project is time consuming but also very rewarding at the same time.

Michael Kohl
Although six times too big for my regular appetite, you definitely watered my mouth with this build so far. Beautiful progress of a fast looking car.

Kyle DeHart
The first "modern" F1 car as we know them today. Low slung and Purpose built and with no riding mechanic. Fiats racing factory claimed it was capable of nearly 150 mph. A great subject to build a model of.

Villiers de Vos
I made some progress today. The construction work on the chassis will be completed within the next few days. The parts for the engine has also been cleaned up, build in sub-assemblies and painted up.

Kyle DeHart
The radiator and grille assembly look really fantastic. As does your chassis work.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for your kind comments Kyle.
This starting to look like a car 🙂

Jv
Looking great sofare lots of work in that one

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Jv.

Vincent
Very impressive work until now. Can't wait to see where this is going.

Rui S
That is looking great 👍 I'M In 😎

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Vincent and Rui.

That ugly four letter word W-O-R-K kept on interfering with benchwork this past month 🙂

bughunter
Great work! 👍
I hope you never need the content of the bottle, which are visible in the background of pic 41 !

Regarding your ugly four letter word: From the inside, the hamster wheel looks like a career ladder 😉

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Frank. I hope to show that the content did not recede in follow-up pictures 🙂

The engine has now been married to the chassis. Inserting the flexible hose close to the gearbox had me muttering under my breath.... Only once or twice perhaps.....

Kyle DeHart
Looking great!!

Guy Rump
Looking really good Villiers. 👍

Rui S
Looking beautifull already 👍

Chris Vandegrift
This was such a cool era of racing. You're really making this look like it came forward in time!

Martin
Great work Villiers! it looks really good so far. Im quite surprised by the kit quality, or does it just looks good on the pictures?

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, Guy, Rui and Chris, thank you for your kind words.

Martin, every single part needs cleaning up. My effort is far form flawless.

Martin
Ok, so the quality is similar to all Italeri kits...

Denys Astakhov
Great work!

Rui S
That looks a complex kit. Great progress 👍

Jv
Fantastic work
Thanks for all the information and pics on this build
Very interesting

bughunter
Good to see new progress after a while 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for your kind words. I lost count how many times I have stripped the paint on the body. The end is in sight. In polishing the body shell I accidently broke off the "needle " that holds down the bonnet panels.

Ian Doody
Nice step by step build, great looking car. Its on my wishlist.

CaptGPF
Very nice! Love the step by step photos and the details! And the wood grain looks amazing! I wonder how much of it will be visible when it's all put together. When I started this hobby, I would skip detailing hard to see parts in my kits, but have since started detailing everything…. I may have developed OCD because of this hobby….

Maurits van der Aa
Great build, my friend. Top notch!

Kerry COX
WOW. ! My juices are flowing mate. What an exciting trip . !
Your descriptive texts have de mystified a most complex and detailed kit. 👍
I was never much of a fan of the Italian model makers, but with this, I could get my mojo back. 🙂
Almost $300.00 here in Aus, but from how you have presented it. Fully worth every penny and the time it would take.
I am sold. 👍 🙂

Kyle DeHart
I agree completely Kerry. This build log has also really made me want to save my pennys so I can try to tackle this at some point.

Jennifer Franklin
Nice step-by-step build, which makes it easy to follow. I don't think I will try this anytime soon, I already want something a little easier for my second model 🙂. Beautiful work on your part.

Daniel Klink
Following! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Mates for your interest and positive remarks. I am calling this one finished. I am happy with the outcome although it is far from perfect. I left notes (my own thoughts) at the top of the project.

Jennifer Franklin
Looks good, a very nice end result.

Guy Rump
Excellent build, congrats! 👍

Rui S
Beautiful outcome. Great work 👍

Richie Williams
Stunning!

Kerry COX
Next will be of it in a display case with a Gold medal attached . 🙂 👍

Kyle DeHart
Really fantastic result!!

Jv
Agree whed kyle congratulations

Stéphane Jayet
Perfect result

Dave
That is a beautiful build. Nice job 👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful!

Ard S.
Fantastic. What a nice job you did

Vincent
Very nice result!!!

Michael Kohl
I like how it turned out. Beautiful car snd decent model.

Pietro De Angelis
WOW!

bughunter
Nice to see it finished! Great work 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you everybody for your kind words. It is very much appreciated.

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Très beau travail, tu sais ces kits Italeri sont des reboîtages de Protar, une marque de maquettes très approximatives, il y a toujours beaucoup d'inexactitudes et donc de travail. Ce sont des modèles qui se méritent, Bravo. 👍

Spanjaard
Amazing build report and fantastic results. Wow

gorby
Oooohhhh, very, very nice!

Ben Rocke
this is OUTSTANDING !

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for everyone's kind remarks and likes. It is humbling.

Roberto Rocat
Wow. Beautiful FIAT!

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Roberto.

Neil
Blimey! What a build (and a great journey album) Villiers 🙂👍 👏

Mr James
Great building pics. A pleasure to watch. There's some lovely detailed painting going on in this build. 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Neil and James, thank you for your kind words.

Lawrence Landis
Very intricate work.

Wojtek G.
Wow!

Villiers de Vos
Lawrence and Wojtek G, thank you for your kind words. Yes, it is very intricate work. This model was a real challenge. To see it completed and not back in it's box is very gratifying 🙂

Randy Kriegel
Very nice build.

Ludvík Kružík
Villiers, you've done some honest modelling work on this model and it shows.
Your Fiat looks great! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind words.

Richard Berrie
Wonderful work, and especially the way you share so much with the community. We really appreciate the hard work and dedication. Thank you.

Richard Berrie
I have the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza from Italeri in my lineup to start this year. I think your build will go a long way to help with mine.

Stephen Lesley
Absolutely stunning model. For some reason, the black wire wheels really set off the car. Makes it look so much more purposeful.

Villiers de Vos
Richard and Stephan, thank you for the time taken to comment and your kind words.

Richard, yes I also love the larger scale cars. I am happy to hear that you found this build report helpful. Two aspects of the Mefistofele that is now on the bench that I find is taxing on me is the engine wiring (which I finished) and the drive chain (in process). The end result makes it worthwhile. Italeri's offerings are not "shake and bake" kits 🙂

Anthony lfk
This is very detailed built chronology ! better than the manual itself ! Great workmanship sir ! Congrats !

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Anthony. Much appreciated.

Jan Peters
Another Beauty 😍

Brent Caughy
Fantastic.

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far, Johan. Keep it up! (and do not mix the parts from both kits 😉

Nicolas
Good start. Following

Johan van Meerloo
awesome, its to compare the new and old revell kits

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

yngvenett
This looks great! 👏👏👏 what did you use for the roof? Looks like masking tape in one picture, but definitely not on the finished build.

Brent Caughy
The roof was Evergreen styrene, brass wire, masking tape and some thin foam. I wasn't really very happy with it so it was put away. The hardtop was fine but it doesn't fit the theme so it's put away as well