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Hello, news from Bugs Beach ! Since i have finished my AVUS Project, i need something to relax. So i paint and Weathered the BullyChassis and Interior. The Chassis became a Glossy Black Primer from Gr ...

Thanks, Harry for the good links. Very informative and interesting. Again, your diorama is an awesome work of art and thank you for creating it.
You are welcome ! Thank you for your kind Words !

Here is a video I found . It is really worth watching.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wm-ZNYuFz0

Sorry mate, but the Video in your Post is only a bad Game......here are the real Things...

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Hi, i thank you !
Well this banked Curve was so dangerous because the Ingeneers go with Bricks, lay them small Side Up !° And the Curve itself wasn't parabolic like all othes, from Daytona to Montle ...

not really finished, gone to our Exhibition, nobody realize it....

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Sorry, broken Links !

Hello, finally here we go again. I have an original photo and posters stuck on the back, so you know what this is about.

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Thank you Guys !

Hello everyone, after I was unexpectedly invited to a club friend's 50th party and I didn't know what to bring, I came up with the crazy idea of creating a scene from her vacation. So the more t ...

Yesterday I was able to apply the joint compound and paint the 2 white lines with oil colored pencils.I think it looks mostly like the real one Wink

A little bit Weathering and its finished. The T ...

Yesterday it was plain white Kapaline, today all Bricks are glued on........now i understand what what the workers did in 1936/37, and they didn't have the brick mats from CH Creative ( https://shop1. ...

First Testshot, while the Glue dries.......

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Hello and a happy new Year to All !

The new Year began with a little Progress on this Dio. Got the Parts for the Base, Screw and Glue 'em togheteher. Now waiting für the Glue to be really dry.

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After the Xmas Days, i cut down the Sink, the Cuts would be Re-chromed with Green Stoff World Brush Chrome and i try to place "Lara Croft" in her newe Work Space 😉

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Etsy had deliverd the Sink, its real and heavy Metal, but a bit to long. Must modify it,no big Challenge.

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Hello Mates, after a few Months , there is light on the End of the Tunnel.....a friend of mine has Converted the STL for the 1/12 bentley to fit the Bugattirims. Looks fine so far, a little Sanding an ...

I have the T1 Westphalia Camper, only for the Windows , the Interior is worthless. Rude and no good details. As example the Sink is very shallow, so Iam waiting for a real Metalsink from Etsy. This w ...

Still much, very much >! to do on my other 2 current Projects,

http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewtopic.php?t=6477

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Hello mates,
after a long vacation from Bergamao, Model Exhibition, to Mulhouse and Eindhoven Scale Model Challenge, iam back on it.....and made a mess of the Carbodies....Paint 'em, see every Scratc ...

Smart64. The first thing that hits me when I view your opening photo is, how many people did it take to build that track and how long did it take? Also, after you build the thing nobody thought that a ...

nd again to much work for Things that nobody ever see.....Figures and some Decals for the Dashboards, also the Alumium turned Brakedrums from the kits are nearly invisible.........the Exhaustclusters ...

Hello, get Plan for the Base finished. After a Week of Filling an Sanding , i use somr Plasticard . And after drilling and filing the Holes out, sand it again flush with the Auto Union Body Razz

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Hello mates, the unbelievabel Heatis over here in Vienna, so i made a small Update on this project. First the kit design requires the dashboard to be glued into the body. This makes fitting a figure a ...

The first Cuts and modifications done to place a Figure in the Cockpits. On the Auto Union i was a simple Trick, move the Dashboard ca. 1,5 mm forward, and then the Arms of the Figure must be more ben ...

Hello Mates, to calm down from the Tiredesaster on my big challenge >>http://www.randyayersmodeling.com/modelingforum/viewtopic.php?t=4932 i start another Project. Not nearly as complex and tim ...

....after i fitted the SSKL i test all the Lights, fixed some Flaws, then i see the Desaster.......the Tires on the Bug and the Alfa broke and crumble into dust. This Tires are MRRC Slotcar rubbers, h ...

Hello Mates, hope you all have a fine Summer Very Happy

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After a real hard Time to finish this bastard of a Kit , i present the Result. Painted, Decals, lights and so on i have described in my postings b ...

Hello Mates Wink

here's a little update. Its a very timeconsumpting kit, much more Work as the Alfas and the Bug. And i was on an Oldtimerrally with my Club, i haven't a oldie but a very rare mar ...

Hello Mates
First Paintcoat is drying, so i added some more tiny Details.

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Hello Mates, since the SSKL is still in the Body-and Paintshop Very Happy

i post a Video , how far i gone until now.
Hope you enjoy it a little Bit Wink

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The last Details done, new Toolbox, a "Jerry"can from Miniart, both with Tamiyatape "Belt" and etched Buckles. New Quickreleases for the Fuelfiller and the Sparetires with Copper, ...

Hello one more Time Very Happy

First testing the Lights.....Then i added the last Details. The Quickrelease Gascap, pimped the Kitpart with small Copper and Brass Wire/Tube,scratched the Licenseplate and ...

Just another fiddling Pimp Up...the Softtop and Linkage are only rudimentary plasticblobs. So i cut it down, add on each Side 3 small Brasstubes, 0.7 mm flat pressed on one end, and a Small Part U-Pro ...

Hello M 😄 ates a small Update on the SSKL. First i added a bit Plasticcard over the nice Detail on the Gastank, Matchbox made this good, but on the Originalcar there was a Sheetmetal installed. Re ...

And another detail is nearly done, the Geralever and the handbrake. Matchbox made two crude Plasticsticks,that comes out of the Floorpan. On the real Cars, the Gerarboxtop isn't covered , you can see ...

Today i added some Nuts, 3D Decals, and Screwheads, cut from a Tankkit, on the Front Dampers and Brakes, added the Brakinglines and detailed the Steering with cutdown Tanktowing eyes.Hope you like it ...

Hello and happy new Year to All ! I started with the last Car, Matchbox Mercedes benz SSKL. Its a nice little Kit, but it has serveral Flaws and Errors. first for the MM Car there are too much Holes i ...

Thank all !
Before i start the Matchboxkit Mercedes SSKL, i add a few Pics with 3 more Figures added. The Photographer, reminds me of the famous Julius Weitmann, Sister Maria and Don Camillo Wink

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Added 2 more Mechanics and a "Manager", here are a few pics with all Figures and Accesoirs in this Scene.

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Hello one more time Very Happy

A few Pics how it looks on the Dio, a few Figures around the Car will follow. A Photographer , another manager and mechanics.
First one of the "Managers"....

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And finally its ready for the Dio, Tazio Nuvolari standing beside the car, his co Batista Guidotti reaches over the Hood.

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Hello Mates :wave: After 2 Exhibitions, aand a Covid Infection , at last i added a few Details. First the Hood fasteners. build from 2 Etchparts each Shocked

a othe Part simulate the strut for the M ...

After a not so fine Spring and bad Summer, my Mother passed away in Peace, i managed to go on with the second Alfa. This represents the Works Alfa 8C 2300, on his first Outing in the Hands of Tazio Nu ...

I'd stare at that thing for years if I could. It must be "willed" to a museum when it's appropriate
hello and Thx for your kind Words !
here is a bit more to stare at Wink

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Hello Guys :wave: Today i managed to get it ready for the diorama. The "Devils Eyes" where a real Challenge............an the folded Roof....build something like a Frame with thin Wire and ...

Hello Guys Very Happy

after some Weeks of gluing, carving, casting, painting, some Try and Error Issues, the second Car get near finisch. its a Pyrokit from 1966, it should represent the famous Alfa Romeo ...

Thanks again ..wave

Hope i get the next car ready untill Xmas.....its a hevy modified Airfix Alfa 8C.

Hello Guys, thank you all for your Informations !

I'm awe struck! Everything. Just fantastic!

Thanks for sharing as I spent a lot of time being entertained by your great modeling skills.

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Thank you Mate !

And now the first car. A Airfix Bugatti 35 B, try to modified it to the 37 A . Its the only Car on this Diorama i couldnt find out anything more than the Drivers names, what Car it was and the Racenu ...