Hasegawa Lamborghini Miura P400 SV

 Time for a 1/24 scale kit that I finished up a little while ago.

The Lamborghini Miura is considered the world's first supercar to feature a mid-mounted engine and rear wheel drive. The prototype, revealed at the 1966 Geneva Motor show and was loved by show-goers for it's impressive engineering and beautiful styling alike.

The mid-engine layout placed the engine between the driver and the rear axle, for optimum weight distribution. A layout that had been seen in the highest performance racing levels like Formula 1.

Coupled with a 3.9Liter V-12 engine and a 5 speed gear-box, it claimed the highest top speed for any production road car.

What we have here is the last, and probably most famous evolution of the Miura... The P400SV.

Introduced in 1971, the SV featured a number of small upgrades over the previous models (P400, and P400S) with 4x3 Webber carbs, and different cam timing... you got an extra 15 horsepower.

Up to a total of 380 Horsepower, which may not seem like a lot...but that was as much as a big-block Chevy corvette, with nearly twice the engine size.

The box features nice art, and I really liked the color scheme, so I decided on a deep red with gold accents.

It is hard to photograph, but the red I chose is actually a candy with a very small amount of pearl in the finish. My feeling was that just "red" was a little to plain for something as special as this Lamborghini.

Unfortunately, this is what is known as a "curb-side" kit, and has only the basic engine and drivetrain detail... but you wouldn't be able to see much of it anyways through the louvers over the engine cover on the back of the car.

The kit did come with some beautiful metal transfers for the badges on the back of the car. And my own custom license plate as a reminder that this one was built during the COVID scare.

Hope you enjoy! This was one I had been wanting to build for a long time as part of my Supercars collection.

Hot Wheels Custom LB-Works Lamborghini Huracan Coupe

 Another super exotic that I wanted to do a simple custom of was the Hotwheels LB-Works Lamborghini Huracan Coupe.

A top of the line performer for Lamborghini, with an aggressive after market body kit from LB-works.

Wide fender flares are a halmark of LB-Works, and all their styling kits.

It started in basic white... but I felt a different color would suit the shape just as well.

So I disassembled the pieces as they came and stripped the car down to bare metal.

I quick base of black primer, followed up with a coat or two of some color-shift pigments I found a hobby store, and you get a red-blue color shifting Lamborghini.

The color-shift is obviously hard to photograph.. but I did my best.

I also got the first clear coat down (a light coat with the pigments so they don't "wash away" in the cear), and I was left with almost a semi-matte finish. 

I kind of liked it... so I stayed with it.

A little time with some small brushes for the little details like headlights, tail-lights, and I think this one is about done.

The selection of premium cars has been lacking lately, and I didn't have any "real rider" rubber tires and wheels to add to this one... but I think these wheels fit the shape and performance look nicely.

A last trick that I picked up from my larger modeling tips... a white Gel Pen that I bought at a local art store. It looks just like a fine tipped ballpoint pen, but has white gel ink in it.  Works great for picking out tiny details like the rivets on the fender flares.. and even tried a little lettering on the hood and rear spoiler.

Hot Wheels Customs - Dubai Police Cars

Dubai has long been known for it's fleet of super-cars.

Quite a while back, I had visited the idea a Ferrari 599x, and got so far in to it, I even made a custom card for it. (see my older posts).

Well, one day I decided to revisit the idea, and added two new cars to the fleet of high performance pursuit vehicles.

The first being a Lamborgini LM02... the original hyper SUV.  Not many were made, but with it's V-12 Lamborghini engine, it was comfortable at 120+mph across the desert sands.

And the second new edition to the fleet is a new Ford GT.

Another amazing vehicle capable of 150+ mph speeds.

Both cars are painted basic while, and have my custom printed (by me) decals.

Some of the smaller details like headlights, light bar, and vent openings are all painted by hand.