[Gary Brantley]

Gary,

Chris refinished his cars to look like that. They didn't come that way from Cox. He's a master builder/refinisher.

There's no reason you can't rebuild your cars to look way better than they do. That's exactly what this forum is for. Inspiration.

Oh, and by the way... "Hey, handle it by the edges man!   

Cheers,
Ken

Yes, he did a really nice job on that Ferrari.   I fear that my version of that car suffered way too much at the hands of a 13-14 year-old boy.  And to think, within months of our return to Texas, I had a Texas driver's license.   In Texas at that time, a student who completed the driver's education course in 8th grade, could take the state driver's test at 14.   We were turned loose on the streets in big V8 family sedans, pickup trucks, Mustangs, Chargers and whatever lurked in the family driveway.   At times, it must've looked like a NASCAR race going on around town, lol.  And most of us survived to laugh about it too.

One of my other hobbies is building 1/48 scale aircraft.   I've been doing it since the late '80s and have accumulated a few.  I hope it's okay to post a link to a portfolio from a scale modeling website:

https://imodeler.com/author/garybrantley/

Here's a pic of my last completion.  It's the Revell Republic F-84E, circa 1952 Korea, photographed at the Cameron Municipal Airport: