39 replies to this topic

[simonr]

Excellent work here...Porsche, there's no substitute!

[Rob Hall]

Beautiful detail work...love those cars, saw a few of the 1:1s up close last year.

[Deathgoblin]

Really outstanding work. Keep it up!

[Hippie]

thanks guys,

sorry only pictures today, been busy school is almost back and I haven't started any of the summer homework....







Thanks for looking.....

[Rider]

great looking build, lots of add-on detail, nice work.

[bryan_m]

Looking good!! i see you added some small bolts here and there, i have some brass ones here, man those little suckers are expensive! LOL but they sure make a huge difference. i have a 1/4th scale 426 hemi engine i have been workin on here and there, and i am replacing all the molded in bolts with real ones.......it really makes it look nice!

your welds are lookin very nice too!
cheers
bryan

[Dr. Cranky]

What is that texture? Fiberglass? Looks very interesting.

[bryan_m]

What is that texture? Fiberglass? Looks very interesting.

yea, is that fiberglass cloth? looks like it to me........if so, nice work! i think it would be tough to make small parts out of fiberglass cloth!

cheers
bryan

[Hippie]

thanks guys, bryan m my brothers got a 1/6 scale flathead and I've been thinking about the same thing, just it would suck to drill through all the diecast and dr. yes It's supposed to be fiber glass, not sure if its totaly perfect and your guy's opions about it would rock!

I have made a bit of progress, in the last post the tran's was done so I started paint, looking on some fourms fourm it seames micoballons where the best, but I couldn't find any so I tried tamiya texture paint, had to have it shipped all the way from hong kong!



first looks don't look to good......



but I kept going and got it kinda finished:








What ya think? it doesn't look to good to me,but your opinions would be great!! before I go and try to strip it.....

Edited by Hippie, 01 September 2012 - 06:31 PM.

[Hippie]

bit more now...





Also I said I was done on the tran's mods, supposed I was wrong here's another, I originally left this off cause I was afraid that It wouldn't fit in the car after the work, but leaving it stock kinda bothered me...



Thanks for looking!!!! and your opinions are greatly appreciated!!!

[racer27x]

I'm reluctant to criticize but I feel the texture on the transmission is excessive. The real thing is not close to that rough. Orange peel from too distant spray paint would be more correct IMHO.

[sak]

Yeah too gritty,,but that would be perfect for a cast alunimum intake or an undercoat for something rusty.

[Hippie]

thanks for your comments guys, racer27x don't worry about critisim, I crave it man, trying to get this the best i can,

about the tran's, ended up striping it, next update I'll get it finished but for now here's a bit.

also sorry about the lack of updates. been busy school started back up, for some reason I thought i was smart this year and I went and sinned up for a AP class, now all my modeling time is homework time


I worked more on the fan, build some stuff to go on top that tamiya hadn't even noted...



Then this black rubber thing was cut out from some rubber sheet.



all detailed out....

Edited by Hippie, 21 September 2012 - 06:01 PM.

[Hippie]

also got some stuff on the engine block, the cylinders in real life are all separate, cause it's air cooled...



so using a pe saw i cut them all apart...



some stuff on the front too.....

Edited by Hippie, 21 September 2012 - 06:02 PM.

[Hippie]

and I got some of the heads done, it's all rb motion .31" bolt and nuts, and matching pe washers.







as i said i was having problems whit the tran's, still working on the paint striping going kinda slow but i did work on the back, looks even cooler in real life....

[Hippie]

also found some cool pictures thought you guy's might like to see some of um'









This is the car I'm gonna build, its a different Vin than I originally posted, decided to change cars.



Thanks eveyone for looking!!, comments would be epic and criticism is nice too.....

[iderek]

as always, awesome work!! glad i came along on this build~

[Hippie]

thanks so much iderek

 

Sorry for the long wait and unfortunately I have little to show,

I don't know why but for some reason I have just given up on this, and not just this car, but all modeling in general. This was my first year in High school and the is homework hitting me hard. Kinda just slowly gave up and moved on to other hobby's that take less time. I feel kinda weird posting just to say bye, but I hate it when I go around looking at old threads then they just die out without any notice, so I figured I'd try not to be another one of those.

I do have one pic, nothing that amazing, its just that I finished it a few weeks ago and just got around to taking a picture (its the bottom of the Intake)



Sorry for ending the thread with suckish new's, but hopefully I'll pick this back up in the summer

[Daddyfink]

Nice! I love this car! 

 

My friend Pete Johnson built one using the Scale Motorsports kit and is currently building a second one!

 

http://store.scalemo...&Category_Code=

[CAL]

004 (R18) not MIA owned by Kelly Morse USA, one of the few the factory doesn't own. While it was crashed its still out there somewhere.

 

#1 in this photo

 

Edited by CAL, 18 December 2012 - 01:18 PM.