What Did You Accomplish Today? (Model Car Work)

[NOBLNG]

14 hours ago, Tom Geiger said:

Started a pair of Jeepsters today. One will be a pickup and the other will be a convertible with a backseat. Working with what I have on hand, and because i already have an interior In this color, the pickup will be red. Not sure about Jeepster two just yet.

So far I pieced together two vehicles from boxes of parts including a couple of the later Commandos. I have cleaned up two bodies this afternoon. The hoods have a scoop cut out that’s exceptionally deep and can be seen as a distortion from the top of the hood. These are sitting filled with thick CA drying.  We are on our way!

I hope you’re going to do a build thread on these! I will be a subscriber for sure.

[Tom Geiger]

40 minutes ago, NOBLNG said:

I hope you’re going to do a build thread on these! I will be a subscriber for sure.

I will!  

[NOBLNG]

I went and picked up the short block at the machine shop for my next project.

[Modlbldr]

I was having a crappy day!  So I sat down to start a new project working on a 77 GMC but got sidetracked cleaning up the mold lines and body lines on this 63 Starfire. Got this from a local friend for $15 missing the tires and wheels. The C-pillar trim has nasty mold lines around them. On the driver's side the lines are indented and on the passenger side they are proud. Makes for some delicate work. Still have a bit on the passenger side. I also worked on the lines that are proud on around the nose when they should not be. They should represent a separation between the fender and headlight surround. I nice hour of work spent on these two issues.

Hope you all are having a good day.

Later-

[Snake45]

Nice work! Drive on! 

[ChrisBcritter]

Big improvement on something that always bugged me about that kit!

[bamadon]

Today I completed my first model in 40 years. My skills need a lot of improvement but it is done and on a shelf in my office. '32 Ford Vicky box stock original in maroon with black fenders and tan interior. Needless to say I'm pretty happy with myself right now.

Don

[Rodent]

16 minutes ago, bamadon said:

Today I completed my first model in 40 years. My skills need a lot of improvement but it is done and on a shelf in my office. '32 Ford Vicky box stock original in maroon with black fenders and tan interior. Needless to say I'm pretty happy with myself right now.

Don

Awesome, what's next?

[bamadon]

3 minutes ago, Rodent said:

Awesome, what's next?

I've got an AMT t-bucket and an AMT '29 Ford I've been fooling with. One of those before I try any of the Revell kits I've been stashing.

[StevenGuthmiller]

I tried my hand at replicating a '64 Pontiac automatic transmission.

Not a very accurate representation, but with so little available to work from, this was the best that I could come up with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Tom Geiger]

I've been playing with Jeepsters.  I did a lot of Internet snooping and decided to build the pickup version with a 4 cylinder, which led to my digging through a box of Jeep junkers I have where I found several candidate engines.  I'm piecing one together now.

I also discovered that the Jeepster body has the two tone trim not there on the one color trucks.  So I carefully sanded that all off yesterday.  Cleaning up body divets. adding a few missing panel lines and should be nearing primer soon! 

[StevenGuthmiller]

Not being able to leave well enough alone, I added a few more things to the Pontiac auto.

Probably still not done!

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[64Comet404]

Over the past week, I have been playing around with the old Revell 1:32 snap kits, which were some of the first kits I built as a kid. These kits are so basic, there is very little you can do with them beyond careful painting and assembly. I was able to finish detail painting the chassis, which looks nothing like the chassis of a C1 ‘Vette,  (or the baby Bird or the full size ‘57 Fords and Chevs, to be honest!) 

[Snake45]

Finished the bodywork and paint touchup of an AMT annual '66 Mustang fastback I'm restoring. Should be able to reassemble and finish it up tomorrow. 

[89AKurt]

Recently improved my hobby space (posted back then), but for some reason didn't make enough shelving for paint.  Didn't have any room for the Splash paint I got today (oh that's the issue), so I ripped a new shelf that is slightly wider than the other ones, top in the picture.  Have more wall space, see how long before I need more shelves.
 

[StevenGuthmiller]

The Slim Jim is ready for primer. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steve

[Modlbldr]

Like always, I had an idea and decided to run with it before finishing my current project, of which I am working on the engine and have a lot more of the small details finished. (I WILL finish soon.).

I thought this 84 Square body Chevy needed a bit of shape so I set off to widen the fenders before I begin the work on scratchbuilding a lowered frame. It's kind of difficult in the photos to see how it looks but it doesn't look too bad. I started by cutting the tops of the fenders and then adding some extra plastic.

Later-

[ChrisBcritter]

On 5/7/2020 at 10:14 PM, StevenGuthmiller said:

The Slim Jim is ready for primer. 

Hmm... (taking notes and still searching for a junk Pontiac promo to mold the pan from ). How long is the finished part, Steve?

Edited May 11, 2020 by ChrisBcritter

[Mike999]

Wired and plumbed a grungy engine, to go in a grungy dirt track racer.

 

[StevenGuthmiller]

13 hours ago, ChrisBcritter said:

Hmm... (taking notes and still searching for a junk Pontiac promo to mold the pan from ). How long is the finished part, Steve?

Well, don't take this example as anything anywhere near accurate dimensions.

It's purely freehand.

 

But it's about 1 1/4".

 

 

 

Steve

[OldNYJim]

I finally managed to get my scrapbook cutter to successfully cut tiny letters so I can have more 3D looking license plates

 

Haven’t PERFECTED it yet, but cutting such small stuff on vinyl has taken a few attempts to say the least.

PS: it says “Ah! Olé!” and definitely isn’t anything to do with the fact that this is going on an everybody-has-one-lately Revell Model A kit ???

[Tom Geiger]

Two Jeepster chassis cleaned up, assembled and painted. I also have the engines assembled, drilled and in primer. Two bodies are also in primer. I had to sand off the two tone chrome trim on one of them.. lots of imperfections to fix on those old MPC bodies! 

Typical kit of that era.. bed was flat, pictures of 1:1 show ribbing so I added it with Evergreen strips. 

Edited May 13, 2020 by Tom Geiger

[Straightliner59]

1 hour ago, CabDriver said:

I finally managed to get my scrapbook cutter to successfully cut tiny letters so I can have more 3D looking license plates

Very cool, Jim. I really need to learn how to make my Cricut work, for me. The possibilities seem fairly limitless.

[Snake45]

After two days of looking, I FINALLY located my first-issue "street machine" AMT '55 Bel Air kit (pink car on box), the one with the original '55 Nomad beam front axle and injected SBC. (Yah, I know it's out again, but I knew I already owned one of the evil things.) For some reason I've been seized by the urge to build a gasser or "gassy" street freak along these lines. Maybe it's because I've been spending a lot of time trying to correct that wretched backbirth front pan on another (stock-body) copy of the kit, and have decided the best thing to do with that pan is just cut it off and throw it away. 

[Straightliner59]

8 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

After two days of looking, I FINALLY located my first-issue "street machine" AMT '55 Bel Air kit (pink car on box), the one with the original '55 Nomad beam front axle and injected SBC. (Yah, I know it's out again, but I knew I already owned one of the evil things.) For some reason I've been seized by the urge to build a gasser or "gassy" street freak along these lines. Maybe it's because I've been spending a lot of time trying to correct that wretched backbirth front pan on another (stock-body) copy of the kit, and have decided the best thing to do with that pan is just cut it off and throw it away. 

 

 

 

 

 

I dig this one!