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That turned out great! It shows that even though the kit is pretty simplified in many ways, it can be built into a very nice model with a few modifications here and there, and of course, a skilled builder, like here. Nicely done.
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Thanks Carl and Scott!
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Thanks for the kind words! They're appreciated. David, you're right that the molded in body parts are a downside in this kit, as well as the lack of chrome parts. But honestly I don't think it's that big deal. With some careful BMF work and a "chrome plating" for the bumpers I think they can look pretty good. I got the wheels and tires done. They are both AirTrax resin items, tires are painted flat black and clear coated with flat clear out of a spray can, wheels are Revell gloss black enamel. I wanted Dog Dish style hubcaps for this one, so I made them out of aluminum. Actually, I had done a few sets of those when I worked at a machining shop earlier.
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Thanks! No hood scoop on this one, as I couldn't figure out a model that fits the look of the car. Maybe Mopar's Hemi scoop could have worked, but other than that I'm not so sure. Trevor, it has just a Ford 302 Small Block under the hood, backed up by a 6-speed manual transmission. It's hopped up some, but it's nothing that special really... But, it runs ok on the street. Hopefully this summer I can get nitrous installed on it so I could try to run a 12 second ET with it...
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During the winter I did some updates to my Ford as the front fenders painted in wrong shade of green and the black hood were disturbing me the whole time. Fenders required pretty big rust repairs before paint, but now it looks a bit better. I also spent some time to make the fenders, bumper, headlight bezels etc fit properly on their places. I think it was worth it. Before: After:
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Well, it's been a few years since I've worked on this project, but now that I got my '41 Plymouth done that had also been stalled for a long time (and several times) during the build process, I thought I'd finish something else that has been boxed away for a while. And this one came to my mind. In 2017 I clear coated the body so now that the clear coat was properly dry, it was time to polish it. I had sprayed a little lighter coat of clear than usual because I didn't want to lose all of the thin details on the body, so I had to be very careful not to polish through the clear. The 1/32 scale didn't help either, because all body panels are really small compared to the regular 1/24 or 1/25 that I'm used to. But, the end result came out pretty good.
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One-Off Quiz #45 - Finished
W-409 replied to carsntrucks4you's topic in Real or Model? / Auto ID Quiz
This was an easy one. I doubt that I've seen one before, but when I saw the picture I immediately thought "Ok that has to be a Packard of somekind". And, after a couple of minutes in Google I found what it actually was. -
Me too, and this one was the first one I could afford. Sure, I'll do a WIP thread when I get to it. Hopefully it happens later this year, but we'll see. I need to finish a couple of other projects first.
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Trumpeter's '63 Nova SS Convertible came in the mail on Friday. That will be on the bench soon and the plan is to build it factory stock. Hubley's '60 Ford Country Sedan kit arrived today. Even though it looks tiny next to the giant box of the Nova, it's also 1/25 scale. Not complete, but a very good starting point for a build, and while it wasn't cheap, it was affordable. I'm debating if I should build it also factory stock, or then if I should build it as a Mild Custom. Let's see...
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Atlantis Models has bought another lot of tooling/molds.....
W-409 replied to Dave Van's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
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Great work with the Nova, it turned out beautiful! It's hard to see from the pics, but did you have the issue where there is a gap between the firewall and the rest of the body? I just started building the Convertible version and looks like the firewall needs some modifying. The rear bumper fits a little too low, but of course that's Trumpeter's fault, not yours. Very nicely done build!
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This will be interesting! First, I really like these late '50s Eldorado Broughams even in stock form. And second, I think the one that Mr. Watson painted back in the day looks even better. I've had actually plans of building this same kit into a Mild Custom as well, so I'm taking notes how your version goes together. The start looks already very promising so keep the pictures coming.
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Why was the Supernatural 67 Impala 4 door kit discontued?
W-409 replied to GMP440's topic in Car Kit News & Reviews
Or even better, if they converted it into a four door sedan Bel Air. Well, honestly I'm not holding my breath on that one. But, a re-release with stock parts would be cool. -
This was easy ! Based on this VW, here in Finland they built a Finnish version called "Teijo" in 1975-'76. Though not very common, probably around 100 examples were made, they can still be seen at some car shows from time to time. So when I saw the picture I immediately recognized what it was, I just had to search Google for the correct year models.