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Very nice!

This is beautifully done, and the work you did to make everything “work” is inspiring me to power through some of the similar issues I run into - you’re always a good teacher! 🙏

Cool kit Carl😀 I would also like to see a WIP!!

Rob, the kit is not bad. The overall shape is good as is the fit. There are a couple odd errors in it which are not too difficult to fix. Paragrafix makes a nice PE set for it that corrects much of it. There's a Japanese company that made resin figures of Gaff and Decker to seat inside it but they're not the easiest to find. I'll definitely do a WIP when I get going on it. Carl

About 500 times have guessed myself if I want one, maybe I should buy it. An iconic movie with iconic ca.... - er ... gliders, ...er..., spinners. I wouldn´t mind a WIP, Carl. Cheers Rob

Great reference material and just in the nick of time before you printed it

So Blade Runner was set in 2019. They had flying cars in the film. We're 2025 now and no flying cars .. Guess I'll have to settle for this then. It still has to be one of the coolest vehicles to ever appear on film.

The Comet is almost done.

Mesh came with the kit.

I just recently got this kit from Martin so, instead of letting it sit on the shelf, I decided to go on and build it. Undecided right now on markings but, needless to say, it will be overall GSB. 🙂

Something fishy going on here. I could have sworn that engine was facing the other way... 😉

I assume the tail mesh is from a commercial PE set rather than something you've made yourself?

I think your finish choices represent the actual vehicle well. I know for a fact that the paint jobs on these race cars were not a super high gloss show car finishes. But that's the current trend. Same as the perfect, crystal clear canopies we all work so hard for. That are not accurate either. It's what the current trend is. I can forgive both, as I do love a crystal canopy, or a glossy finish. And I am guilty of both!

Idk if it would look right in 1/20, as I have yet to try it, but Origami paper is very convincing on smaller scale vehicles. They do look far better than decals ever would.

Just received a whole set of photographs and measurements from Arsenal-45. Amazing stuff. Where is was first short on reference, I now have it in abundance! Here's a newer pic of my wheel (37cm in diameter) and a new reference photo.

Posting stuff online can be very rewarding. Yesterday someone on Facebook shared photo's of his own Herkules II. He actually owns one in his collection and shared several photo's. Needless to say this results in a list of necessary changes I'll need to make. First: the wheels. My 3D skills are not good enough to replicate the wheels 100%, but I can make them way more accurate than my first try.

Thank you Count, you are certainly right about the seat belt material. It looks far better then a decal and I had no blue Christmas ribbon left. Cheers Rob

I don´t attend shows, so those requirements don´t apply to me, but what´s important with my car and bike builds is believable material reproduction and correct shininess of materials scale wise. For example, the rear rims of the Lotus 49 weren´t high polished aluminum, instead very slightly dull, but with a fine processed surface, given what photos of the real car show. Chrome wouldn´t do here and look wrong. Cheers Rob

It's beautiful. Well done Doc. The seat belt material is out of scale, to my eye. But that's just me.

Certainly less forgiving. And in general, no weathering to save the day. Also, as the bar has risen, at least in my local shows, the shiny, full polish and waxed gloss finish is a must to be seriously considered.