Res-Im is an aftermarket company out of Czech Republic that specializes in resin details and masks. This set is designed for the 1/48 Tamiya “Tilly”.

The set includes masks for the tires, the clear parts (headlamp, windshield, windows), plus masks for the RAF version, as well as masks for the American version (Stars), with and without a surrounding circle.

Applying the masks is very easy, just lift them carefully with the tip of a #11 blade and burnish in place. The masks are made of some sort of plastic material with a little bit of elasticity to it, so don’t handle them too roughly or they might deform. The masks are low tack, but tacky enough that there will be no bleed of the paint under the mask.

From the instruction sheet-“This glass-bodied sleeper patterned after a ’60 Chevy panel truck looks like a clean semi-custom…” Designed by Tom Daniel it is a pro-street style custom wagon. Tom Daniel was prolific designer of wild customs; over 75 of his designs were made into scale models.

The kit consists of 72 parts molded in orange and transparent red with chrome-plated parts and four soft rubber tires. The instruction sheet is simple and easy to follow with clear drawings and part numbers as well as paint callouts.

Bronco Models is well-known for producing some of the finest after-market track sets available. Chances are, if there is not already a Bronco after-market track set made for whatever you are working on, one will be available soon. Such was the case for their recently released T84E1 M-47 track, which I have been waiting for ever since my Italeri M-47 ‘rubber-band’ style tracks split, and then split again, soon after I placed the completed model in my display case.

This is my first foray into building Bronco tracks and I went in knowing their reputation for being both excellent and challenging to assemble. Opening the box, however, I soon realized that these tracks would take even more time than I thought to bring together - too much time, in fact, for me to complete a set for this review. Instead, I decided to put several links together to explore the process and pass on what I learned along the way.