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Very nice work, are you going to build another to replicate this one after it's been restored ???
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Didn't get a chance to do anything in the hobby room today, but when I got in this afternoon, I decided to dry fit the body panels to see if things lined up, the bonnet will line up better once the radiator is fitted, tommorow I am going to be detailing the dash, so that can be fitted into place, then the body can be fixed in permanently .....
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I had the same problem with the '32 Chrysler I'm building at the moment, for the first time, I tried the household bleach to remove the chrome, it did this but left behind the lacquer base that the chrome adhere's to, so it went back into the Pyrex dish and left to soak in a coat of Fairy Power spray, which over there, is branded as Dawn Power Dissolver.
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New on the forum
GeeBee replied to sensei kamikaze's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Welcome Jesus, that's some very nice models you've built there, you seem to get a very good finish using Humbrol paint, are they enamel or acrylic ?? -
A little more done today, got the chassis fixed to the body, also got the steering column and the front floor boards fitted,
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WOW !! What a difference, that turned out one real nice model, hard to believe you turned a sow's ear into a silk purse ....
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Got a little bit more done today, painted the running boards flat black, which would have been made of rubber on the real thing and got one side down in BMF, also got the front floor panel finished, Need to modify the rear lights, as they were part of the chrome sprue, which I stripped ready to Alclad, but I don't want to just paint the ends red, so they need drilling out slightly, so I can alclad them, then mix up some clear resin and add some red food dye to replicate the red lenses, also the front horns should look a little more like trumpets, so they will need drilling and grinding out before getting painted in Alclad, I've come this far, and I'm not going to spare the detail now ... Rear Lights Horns
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Pro Star and 53 ft Great Dane reefer
GeeBee replied to Dave Metzner's topic in Truck Kit News & Reviews
Can't wait ... I have one on Pre-order already !! -
Got the spare wheels finished .....
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Finally got all the wheels fitted, and they all touch the ground at the same time, so that's the chassis finished, now to start fixing on the body panels ....
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Got a little bit more done this morning, I was up early, as the post man was banging on my door with the Fujimi Porsche I won off eBay, got the spare wheel carriers polished, and got the wheel halves fitted into them, they will be assembled later, got the engine into the chassis frame, plus fitted the exhaust and got the front wheels fitted,
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Got the wheels and engine finished off today, the engine is now fixed into the chassis, also started work on the front part of the floor,
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Been feeling a bit off colour the last few days, but I managed to spend today in the hobby room, got the whitewall inserts fitted, these were molded in white, but a few broke as they were being removed from the sprue, so they had to be glued together, filled and painted flat white, they were fitted to the tyres with a few dab's of superglue, also masked up and airbrushed the gearbox, I haven't been able to find many good photo's of the engine & gearbox of this car on the internet, so I'm really just working on what colours I think the parts should be, I also got to fix in the panels that fit into the front grill,
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The Routemaster never had a Pre-Select gearbox fitted, it had a an automatic gearbox manufactured by SCG (Self-Change Gears Ltd)
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I was going to mask up the rear seat and airbrush the side panels, but that would have been a real PITA, and to be honest, it really won't be seen, the detail, i.e door handles can't be picked out in silver, as the detail is so fine, so it got brush painted in Humbrol tan, and the floor was painted in a contrasting colour, when the front seat has been fixed into place, most of the floor won't be seen, so I'm not going to get out the flocking, the front part of the floor was airbrushed, as I didn't want to cover up the detail molded in the floor. The engine cylinder head was brush painted in humbrol # 19, and the engine block got a covering of Tamiya clear, as the Createx paint is easy to rub off without a clearcoat to protect it, it still needs a few parts fitting on, and the inlet manifold and gearbox painting in metallic gunmetal/silver.
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Taken in 2010 in Turkey
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Got the Alclad done this morning, the parts were first primed with Hycote grey plastic primer, flatted down then airbrushed in gloss black, this time for the black base I used some very old Testors gloss black enamel thinned with lacquer thinners,
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That turned out really nice, I love the XJ-S, and Hasegawa did a nice job on these kits, I have the stock version and the convertible to build one day ....
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I don't know how I actually built this kit the first time around, but I couldn't have followed the instructions to the letter, I have been getting the chrome parts ready for there coat of Alclad and have been doing some dry fitting, had a quick look at the instructions ... and it seems that the windsheild frame needs to be glued to the bonnet ??? really ?? ur NO !!! it goes in the body tub and is held in place by the interior tub, Who write's these instructions ???
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Not a great done since stripping the chrome off all the shiney bits, I still need to cut them off the sprue and prime, gloss black and Alclad them, but when I first built this kit 34 years ago I remember I ended up with wonky headlamps, as the headlamp bowls fix to arms molded into the radiator grill, and both being chrome, didn't glue very well back then, well things will be a bit different on this model, as it will not have wonky headlamps, or wonky anything, so before they get there Alclad I decided the headlamp bowls would be fixed to the radiator before any paint went near them, but I needed to make sure they lined up perfectly, now the front of the radiator has a slight angle to it, and the headlamps have to line up with the rear of the radiator, as this is the part that is plumb, so I had to figure a way to do this, I then came up with the idea of fixing the radiator to a block of wood, and as the base of the rad' goes past the front crossmember of the chassis, I had to raise the block it was fixed to slightly, I simply raised it on a block of balsa wood, fixed the headlamps with liquid cement and left them to dry with a metal set square holding the bowls perfectly square and perpendicular to the rear of the radiator ... Left to dry for a day, and then it could be test fitted against the chassis, body and bonnet, it lined up perfectly as planned, It can now be painted using Alclad chrome ...
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Very nice job, love the interior, I have the very same kit to build one day ..... Yes they did, but it still has the earlier MK1 Dash and seats.
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Well over here on this little island, you can (and I did) buy the Moebius version for £44.99, plus shipping, that's around $71.00, but when the Revell version is going to be released, we have a date of 1st of March from Revell AG, and the price being advertised by some retailers is £44.99, so no real difference over here. I think the main reason for Revell AG to have this kit, is that Moebius isn't really a well known brand this side of the pond, to be honest, I only bought mine as there was a good article on in the Truck Model World magazine, but Revell AG is a lot better know, and I can see them shifting more of them over here than Mobius can.
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Waiting on the London Bus?
GeeBee replied to Dr. Cranky's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Here's a few shot of a Routemaster drivers cab, -
A bit more polishing done today ... Rear door before polishing And after being polished, this is only the 1st stage of polishing Bonnet Polished
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Waiting on the London Bus?
GeeBee replied to Dr. Cranky's topic in WIP: Model Trucks: Pickups, Vans, SUVs, Light Commercial
Thats a London Transport Routemaster bus RM2191 (reg. CUV 191C), wearing a special green livery as one of the 1979 commemorative George Shillibeer Omnibus 150th anniversary buses.