Start with basic techniques to finish stunning model car kits

Glue, knives, rulers, and dial calipers. Find out which tools will make your models more accurate.

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Sandy Copeman and his team of master craftsmen in Bristol, England, build cars that enthusiasts covet: the 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia, 1938 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic, 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO 3589GT, 1961 Jaguar E-Type Series 1-3.8 Coupé and 1957 Porsche 356A Speedster, to name a few. Each car is an impeccably detailed, […]

How to restore a model car. Unpaint a junk model car using caustic soda, lye or Sodium hydroxide.

Another model car building and painting video for this week. This is the AMT 1966 Chevrolet Nova Pro Street in 1/25th scale and I cover how I build and paint...

A video I made of building this model car kit :)

All it takes is the right preparation and technique

I looked for an existing thread for this particular subject but didn't find one; but I'm always really inspired when I see a nice well-done scratch-built frame, be it for a hot rod, race car, oval car, minitruck or whatever. There's a bunch of builders on here putting together really nice frames ...