my 917 gulf

LoveGT40 · 18th October 2006, 09:38 AM

I did this heller kits 2 years ago, starting from the terrible heller kit.
Today I really will have some better information (Fran RCR website is a masterpiece in this).
I personally love dirty race cars, with all the dust and weathering effects on.
Was a model I did for my personal pleasure..in a period where here was nearly impossible to have nicer and more precise fujimi kits

Hope u like this (maybe also Graham and Fran

)

Paolo

Neal · 18th October 2006, 12:05 PM

Bella!
You are one talented modeler!

Ron McCall · 18th October 2006, 05:53 PM

Great weathering!!!

91740Gt · 19th October 2006, 04:52 AM

Paolo,

Fantastic.You have really captured the weathering that a race car achieves after a long race. They also get very battered under the wheel arches as well.

Well done.

Graham @ GTA

LoveGT40 · 19th October 2006, 10:17 AM

Thank u thank u guys

so happy u like my works.

I try add a little more pics of cars I've made...(just few) hope u like those too

Paolo

Tod · 19th October 2006, 11:26 AM

Paolo --

When I grow up I want to build model cars just like you!!!

Rock on!!!

Doug Sainlar · 19th October 2006, 01:38 PM

Boy, these sure are a far cry from the Revell kits I use to build when I was a teenager.

As todh says, Rock on, Paulo!! You are definitely a master in this endeavor. I can hardly wait for you to realize your dream and be able to build a 1:1 "model". If your attention to detail in that pursuit is as dynamic as it is in your models, your build will be awesome!

Doug

LoveGT40 · 19th October 2006, 04:12 PM

Thanks Thanks a lot guys.
For me is so important u like my works

, cause think this is one of the few places where people really loves some type of cars as I do.

My skill in this is always improving,just unfortunately the main part of my works todays are done under request and so i can save very few.

And in car modelling..seems a so strange thing to apply weather effects (I think those are a must on an endurance car....having seens many real ones,I saw theme clean only during pauses of before the start).
Sure,before doing this u have to be corageous..cause the car is nearly perfect before weathering

and sometimes the risk to damage that is really high.I Try study pictures and documentation...for example my gt40 1075 in progress is famous to have some terrific dirty pics

and I still dunno If I will do this first model as "dusty" one.
Surely the second will be...probably a nice red mk.2

Thanks again a lot guys

Paolo

Jack · 12th January 2009, 07:07 PM

Brilliant work Paolo, thank you for the excellent photo's.

Eric Johnson · 12th January 2009, 08:48 PM

Paolo,

Nice work!
Reminds me of the old days when I bugged my mother for kits in the 70's as a teenager

Revell: Nice detail. a challenge.
JoHan: Very nice. Good detailed instructions.
MPC: Easy to build. Always had 3 choices of car version (stock,drag,custom,etc)
Monogram: Fun, but a "snap" to build.
Tamiya: When I grow up!

I learned alot about car parts doing these kits...
I never have had the patience to go to the level that you have Paolo.
thanks for sharing.