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Straight 8 Rod


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It had taken a while to continue with my Straight 8 Rod. I had used salt and hairspray for the rusty look. I'm not happy with the result. I had forgotten to protect the base coat with clear coat before I had applied hair spray. So the next step will be clear coat and salt again.
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The radiator is scratch build from plastic sheet. The fan is from Model Car Garage, while the mesh is from Kit Form Services.
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Although a few parts are missing I want to show you some details of the model.
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The battery is from Calanga Castings http://www.calnaga.com/index.html
The roof rack is made out of wood strips and brass
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The starer realis is scrath build ( in the upper corner of the fire wall)
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Here a close up of Ken Hamiltons superb bomber seats. The seat belts are 1/24 early seat belts for USAF planes from Eduard
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These are sidemarker lights from KFS http://www.kitformservices.com
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The fuel filler door is from Model Factors Hiro
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