In meantime I ordered aftermarket racing belt set. Its not as real-real Nascar safety belts, but I decided to go with those as it will add extra detail to the miniature. Additinally I added some photoetched bolts to the seat – looks cool now. Seat in position. Just hop-in and drive! In meantime I covered…
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I started to work on the blue parts of Blaney’s Champion car.Masking tape was applied based on photo documentation and kit box. Quick mix of two MrHobby – I used kit decals as a guidance for a color. It looked quite same in my eyes… and sprayed unmasked parts of a body. The color want…
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In my modeller shelf I found plain carbon fibers waterslide decals. I put them on the racing chair and other interior parts made of carbon fiber. On the sides of the main cage I attached self adhesive packing foam parts to replicate Next Gen car safety walls. The engine was enriched with sparkplug wires, I…
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Nascar cars details like headlights or grilles are made of sticker in the real thing… Salvinos decals covers thats pretty good, except real-real mesh that is incorporated in the front bumper of next generation racecars. I need to improve that! First, I did pencil drawing on paper tape – based on decal from the box.…
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After application of white surfacer a lot of imperfections popped up… I was expeting some but not to that level – it seems like Bandai kits rised the quality bar and I got used to that – SalvinosJr – something to improve 🙂 I painted the engine and transmission with Tamiya laquers. Those combined with…
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I didn’t like molded (closed) hood vents, took one of my gunpla scribing cheesels and start to dig the holes in the hood 😉…after few minutes left side of the hood was completed, now there is no turning back. Yeah! Now it looks waaaay better! Another dry fit before cleaning – hood looks sweet –…
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Time to start the build! Im just following SalvinosJR instruction.Rear frame of racecar with fuel-cell and gearbox attached – looks like a real thing oob! V8 a heart of American Racecar! Unfortunately, I need to say that details are not 2024 quality 🙂 but anyhow – it looks like NextGen Nascar Engine. Engine in place…
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I was F1 fan for many years…. after last season I was completely bored with ‘F1 train’ and one/two same drivers on winning positions.As a racecar lover, I looked for other races that I could watch and enjoy and I found NASCAR as really dynamic race sport, completely different than F1. After watching 2023 season…
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With great pleasure, I would like to inform that there is new Work In Progress available! This time, I started to recreate whole build story of my most complex build so far – 1/100 Resin Kshatriya. For me personally, it is fascinating experience – like going back in time and review all the job done….…
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High Mobility Prototype Dom Thunderbolt Base of Kitbash is made of HG Dom Prototype with parts used from HG Zaku II + Big Gun. With current prices of HG Zaku Big Gun it was quite expensive. Backpack and weapons are attached to magnets, wanted to try to do this before and I have to say it…
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