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Two just-finished projects
Posted by Matthew Usher on Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:01 PM
I just finished a couple of car projects and thought I'd share.

The first is Tamiya's Alpine Renault. It's the car that won the 1971 Alpine rally:





It's a full-detail kit (complete with engine) built straight from the box. The kit decals are by Cartograf, and are the nicest ones I've ever worked with. My battles with decals are legendary, but these went on perfectly.

At the other end of the spectrum (on many levels) is this one, Revell's 1963 Corvette roadster. It's a snap-together curbside kit, with around 35 parts. I detailed it with Model Car Garage's photoetch set and a bunch of Bare-Metal Foil, but other than that it's pretty much box-stock. Don't let the kit's snap-together status fool you -- it's very accurate and a real sweetie to build.





I hope you like them!

Matthew Usher @ FineScale Modeler magazine
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:47 PM
I do like them,I like them alot!Especially the Alpine Renault.Did you have any problems with the kit?Do you have a pic of the Engine?Great builds!
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Posted by nicholma on Tuesday, August 9, 2005 5:58 AM
Looks fabulous Mathew, just one suggestion - negative camber on the rear wheels of the 110. Many of the photos of the car I've seen show a touch of negative even when standing still.
Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"
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Posted by SeaBee on Wednesday, August 10, 2005 1:19 AM
Nice and clean! Well done!

I like the way you photographed the Renault. Do you use an all-white background or how did you do it?

And yeah, show off that engin!
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Posted by luke on Friday, August 12, 2005 5:59 AM
outstanding Alpine - Wow
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Posted by rockythegoat on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:28 AM
Very nice! Really like those old rally cars! Great work!

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