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Thanks Bruce, loved your KFC Audi by the way.

Obviously you are within the Melbourne range and doing eha5 I do at this time of year, paint like there is no tomorrow🤣🤣 I love spraying 2K on our 35 degree days and just watching the finish flatten out so smooth. Regarding the book is it worth the money?

Excellent work so far and your design work ontn3 parts needed is exceptional. i saw this car at Allan’s workshop years ago when I went to photograph his ANZ Sierra he was running, it was an awesome car. Have you seen the book t covering 3ver detail about this car? - https://superstore.v8sleuth.com.au/products/the-boss-the-inside-story-of-allan-moffat-and-his-trans-am-mustang-book?srsltid=AfmBOorAtoN1AFrpu8GOdvOp6MkGwmtb_nkZXg6ZWPULTHmuqzfntOVw

While I have been working on finishing started projects, this one was hidden in the top of the cupboard. It’s the Tamiya Mercedes and I’m using S.K.Decals for the livery. These are the best decals ever, so thin yet durable enough to take a beating while getting them down. I couldn’t resist this scheme, that big watch on the roof and the simple black on silver just looked so good. 71FAB8DC-B313-4AB6-9860-BACF91F4C6C5 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 9EE54AEC-F81F-4C79-8CFD-46CB1345C882 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 0D968D7C-DAEF-4BEB-A198-492133D9504F by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr FB4115AD-B4CE-4656-926E-06C16E8D82B7 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr

Well what can I say, this build stated in 2008 and I’m going to now finally call it done. I may add some tyre markings to give it some life, but it’s there. It’s a long way from being a great build, I’m just happy to have it on the shelf with the other ones. I did muck around with a spare nose and filed the end plates down to give it more of the 94 look, I decided against it back then but now wish I had of used it. C95F8837-AA66-4F50-80C0-89EC76EB15E6 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 6714A947-4234-4630-9D82-3C0F510CA08C by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 7EB2664D-65CF-4CF8-8C02-06C210E4C232 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr A62EF5C0-A7D8-48F2-9200-F0E5A43DFE81 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr FDA6DBE6-C679-4F53-B7E9-788CD207D3A3 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr D79EFA91-9081-4AA0-A4AE-A95BDF42CC4B by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 5BCCD90F-9AFA-461E-956E-8ECDC5E810E3 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 01CAE79B-0016-403F-9AD2-BFDB54B25DA1 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr 458521D7-6F35-4640-A597-6A9A873F32E8 by Shayne Nyholm-Hunter, on Flickr

Well I loved your work it has inspired me to just now purchase the kit. Great looking work and I hope mine gets close to the look you obtained.

I always think you guys are nuts doing this, i have trouble seeing what i need to see now, but working at something around the 12 hour mark forget it....lol I wish you luck and this is a killer kit so enjoy the build.

So decals are finished on this one now as well. I am impressed with Michael's new printing method the ink is bullet proof almost, the only think i found is the paper is tough as well but as long as you trim tight to the printed area the carrier film is basically non existent. I recommend this and the new sheets to anyone....Nice work Michael. So now it is onto the rest of the work for me with the two builds, but real work beckons next week so things may slow some...

It is Tamiya TS44 Bright blue

The postie brought the mail today and these were in the box, could not help but get a start on putting that big nose decal on.....got to love it.

I had this kit in the original release, it is a lovely kit and one i am thinking of getting again. Nice start and look forward to watching your progress.

Thank you Tom, yes it is the Snap kit, they did the Speedway version which was the Duracell car and the Road Course one which was Mansells. I have used the Duracell car with Museum Collection decals for the speedway car.

This is one i have had in and out of the box for a few false starts. With the Xmas holidays i thought lets have a crack at it. I always liked these kits and it was a shame they were done as a snap kit, i think if they had of been a glue kit there would have been more traction and maybe we would of had more than the two Lola's? So this is where i go to last time, sanded the seamlines and painting went well till i had done the black and noticed my white had a small mark in it, i sanded this down and then thought to help the declas i will just shoot a little TS13 onto the body, well i then ended up with the lovely melted paint finish, and this was with a dust coat. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki So then a bath in the 99% alcohol and prime again and this is what i am back to. Hosted on Fotki Paint went on nicely this time.. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki I have had a chance to finally finish up the decals and now i am working on the suspension arms and engine.

So while working on the Mansell build Michael from Indycals comes up with this new sheet, i look at it and think YES... Then i think hey one Lola two Lola's cannot be too hard and at the speed i build hey two models done....Nice. I look around and dig out another Duracell Lola and get to work on it. Then i read Michael's post again and see that the car ran with the roadcourse sidepods, luckily for me i have one laying around so i semi start it again. And this is where i am now, just waiting for the sheet to arrive... Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Nice build...

Best colors out there I thought and the 87 was my first NASCAR build. Very. Ice work.

A true classic...such a loss to the sport.

Looks very cool...

This is a cool car, nice work. Indy als has the correct sheet for this car along with the right types.

Very cool build.

Looks fantastic, great build.

Certainly off and running, nice work so far and watching for more.

Nice start on a cool scheme

Mikes great decals on a quick shelf build....I hope. There was some orange peel in the red paint so i decided to rub this back and clear it. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki So this is my efforts for just shy of two hours work. The decals went on very very well and i did not use any setting or softening solution at all, just my wife's trusty old hairdryer to help some of the decals follow the curves and to also eradicate any silvering. The sheet covers three seasons so i have decided to go with the 1995 car driven by Ken Schrader, i like Ken, and i remember my first Daytona 500 i watched on TV was the 1990 race with Ken kicking arse in the Kodiak Lumina, that thing was a rocket. So i have decaled the body and will now look at working on the hood.... There is more work to still do on the body, tidying up the windows from the 2K build up, add the grill decals and then bare metal foil the fan cover. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki The weather has been so wet here that doing things outside is just not nice. So with no excuses needed for the wife i finished the decals on this one, mainly the hood and also after Photobucket did their magic on us i have uploaded the images again. All i need to do now is a chassis for this one and happy days. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki

Looks great and very well finished. I'm sure this will inspire many more builds.