Peterpools

Mike Awesome progress. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kriss Nice progress and the perfect use for Lego's Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Brilliant work a nine man crew each named and looking their part. Detail work and painting is just so good. How they all aren't coming over for dinner at one time. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Oliver Welcome aboard and completely agree; absolutely one of the coolest race car ever and from an age with almost no computers and no CAD: paper, pencil and hard work Keep 'em comin Peter.

Ernie I had no idea you have a passion for wooden sailing ships. How about posting a few photos so we can see where you are. Admiral Nimitz was from Texas, so there is a great tradition of great sailors from your neck of the country. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob I just can't tell you how much I'm enjoying following your progress. Your work as always is flawless and precise .. the mark of a true craftsman. Kudo's on making your pin/nail pusher - nothing like Necessity being The Mother of Invention and being prepared. Keep 'em comin Peter;

Rob Just could be, stranger things have happened Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Some mighty nice supplies arrived plus the Tamiya Mustang, sign of the times I guess as prices just continually keep rising for everything. The RP Chopper Toolz Chopper does look so much more tool like and has some nice features from what I see as compared to either the NWSL or Micro Choppers Choppers, of which I had both but now, just the one from Micro Mark. I do have the RP Toolz products and find 100% quality: The Hexagonal Punch Set RP-HPD. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Can't wait for each and every update, as your build is going to be ground breaking, for at least me. I went to the Vanguard Site and looked at the photographs of the completed models and OMG, she is magnificent. I downloaded the instructions and quickly looked through it and the model easily requires a different menu of skills then we plastic modelers have in our tool chest. You're off to a terrific start and I'll be following every step of the way. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen I'm right with Phil and along for the journey. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Holy smokes, you're a a major role! Terrific choice for your next racer and I'll be in the front row enjoying another terrific build. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kent Yup, this makes it a must to see the movie. Glad you're on board for the journey and so far I run accross a few assembly sequence issues and some minor part fir issues as well. Working my way towards priming, hopefully by the weekend Keep 'em comin Peter

Mike Very nice progress - the Lewis MG's look spot on and the prop looks so good, especially being wood and a much better starting point.. Keep 'em comin Peter

MIke Nice work on the Lewis MG;s. They do look good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Kai Very nice work on the nose gear details and the Bare metal Foil absolutely looks the part. Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi Kai Glad you're on board for the journey. My brother has been a long time race car builder and keeps asking me to build them in between aircraft builds. I do have a few kits in the stash, mostly 1/24 and a 1/12 kits and thought the time is right to get my feet wet. I have been finding out, automotive kits, especially race cars are built so differently then aircraft, and knowing so little, I need to spend an inordinate amount of time working out a painting procedure that would work for me. There are no FS numbers to guide you so I decided to buy the specific Team colors from Gravity (Spain) as it is much easier that way. Of course, I should have started off with a curbside kit, which only has a cockpit interior, shell and details that can be seen on the exterior, which is how I prefer to build my aircraft models; learning as I'm going. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob I followed both your Ford GT MK.II and Ducati builds and was amazed at your skills working your way through both kits. The finish on each was simply amazing. If I can come half as close to your amazing builds, I'll be one happy camper. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen Nice choice for sure and will be looking forward to your start. Needless to say, I'll be following your progress from start to finish Keep 'em comin Peter.

Rob Got ya and looking forward to your start. I'm still waiting for my Gravity paint order to arrive so I can start the painting process. Auto modeling is so different then military modeling at least at this stage on how things seem to be done and in what order. I'm planning on learning as I go. Keep 'em comin Peter

John Got ya Peter

Thanks Rob Seems like a good project to get my racing juices flowing with. Just love those Gulf Racing Colors and I went with Gravity (Spain) Gulf color set but the set didn't include the dark blue. Yup, one of the Tamiya colors does have a metallic sheen but I want to see what they look like shot on some plastic to be sure. I actually bought three different Tamiya dark blue lacquers and will test each to see which looks best. Have you started you ship build yet - it's going to be be epic and I'm eagerly looking forward to following every update. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks John, going to give it a try when I can Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl to the rescue ... way to go. Cees, some mighty intricate work and so glad Carl was able to find the wing panels you needed. Keep 'em comin Peter

Thanks Carl I have to agree and should have thought of it that way as well. Still, it just seems to me that rushing things only wound up shooting themselves in the foot and when the Border Lanc arrives, we would be comparing apples to oranges, with one kit costing double the other. Maybe slowing down a bit and not settling for silly errors even at the beginning would have been the best course and saved money and criticism in the long run. For the money, HK kits are a good value, they just need to raise their bar just a bit. Keep 'em comin Peter

Jeroen One spectacular build and the aileron relic from this specific plane, looks perfect as well. Cees, way to go.! Any ideas as to what's next? You did mention it but nothing specific. Keep 'em comin Peter