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I'm building some more Jo-han Cadillac V-16s, and a Monogram Duesenberg is on the build pile, though I'm not doing them exactly the way I did the first time. I have a couple from back in the day I want to do over, but I don't see it so much trying to duplicate the past as to do it right. The first time I saw this in Automobile Quarterly, I feel in love, and I wanted to build a model of it. Now, it turned out all right, and the pieces for the model still exist, but over the years i've been collecting the pieces for a new version. This time, I managed to track down a proper '31 Packard kit off eBay at a reasonable price, where before, Monogram's '30 Packard as the only game in town. Evergreen styrene instead of scrounging for bits of cardboard and plastic packaging, airbrush instead of brush painting, and years of experience that I didn't have back then. Sometimes it's not about recapturing the past, but getting it closer to what you had in mind in the first place.
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I always thought this generation of Camaro was by far the best looking of the bunch. I like what you're doing with it.
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Paint recommendation
Richard Bartrop replied to Modlbldr's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
The military section is a great source for upholstery colours. They have a who range of not quite whites that are ideal for making a more authentic looking convertible top. If you don't mind a little polishing, the Sky Type S that the British used for the underside of their planes is a good match for the light gray green found on some early postwar cars. -
It looks like Atlantis got their 1/48 White tanker.
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Paint recommendation
Richard Bartrop replied to Modlbldr's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
In the military colours, the red-brown The Germans used on their tanks in WW2 is pretty close. As far as brands, I like Humbrol. -
Crate Motor Roundup
Richard Bartrop replied to Gregg's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
If you really want to get pedantic about it, "engine" has traditionally refered to any sort of mechanical device, such as a seige engine, Babbage's Difference Engine, or a rose engine. Motor refers to a device that imparts motion, such as the devices we're discussing in this thread. In modern use "engine" and "motor' are interchangeable, and most people get what you're talking about. -
The Oddest Thing...
Richard Bartrop replied to Straightliner59's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Of course gold doesn't tarnish, but of course they don't use real gold in the paint. I'm going to guess it's brass. -
The Oddest Thing...
Richard Bartrop replied to Straightliner59's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
Copper and gold paint will tarnish. I've painted things copper that ended up with greenish fingerprints all over it before I wised up about clearcoats. -
Question on making gauge bezels
Richard Bartrop replied to Duncan4114's topic in Model Building Questions and Answers
The secret to making bezels out of tubing is to cut them longer than you need, and then run them over sandpaper until you have a ring of the desired thickness. -
http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/flathead_partsdrawings_links.htm A gold mine of reference material on flathead Ford V-8s and chassis parts.
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The Figoni & Falaschi bug has bitten again
Richard Bartrop replied to Pico's topic in WIP: Model Cars
Nicely done. We could use more fancy French coachwork. -
Need a 1967 car
Richard Bartrop replied to r60man's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
1967 has the Jaguar E-type, the Lamborghini Miura, the Buick Riviera.... 1967 has a bumper crop of attractive cars. You say you like race cars, but that covers a lot of territory. If you want unusual, I think Tamiya's 1/12 Honda F1 car is a '67, and of course there's the STP turbine Indy car. Heller did a Alpine A110. -
Maintenance Done
Richard Bartrop replied to Dave Ambrose's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
The how too topics are in a much better place now. -
Iso Grifo kits.
Richard Bartrop replied to Geno's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
And it turns out there is a full resin kit of a Ghibli by SMP 24 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/996168-smp-24-07-maserati-ghibli The few that show up on eBay look to be in the neighbourhood of $300 -
If I Ran Revell....
Richard Bartrop replied to Snake45's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
We all have our pet peeves, but there's no need to go into supervillain mode. Just because it says the paint is for military models, it doesn't mean you can't use them for cars. All those flat colours are great for upholstery, and I've always found Humbrol's range of flat not quite whites to be just the thing for making a realistic looking convertible top. Besides, seeing how the military stuff takes up anywhere from half to 2/3 the kits in the shops I frequent, I'm going to say from a kitmaker's standpoint, their money is just as good. Now as for what kinds of cars to do? Obviously, licenses are going to be an issue, but I think the emphasis should be on emotion. Never mind what sold the most, what are the cars that make people go "Wow, I don't care if it's practical or not, I want one!"? A few exotics and concept cars should be in the mix, and the Japanese certainly seem to have done well with this approach. I'd look into getting the rights to do the new Chiron, the McLarens and the Koenigsegg. Some people have dumped on the Devalli, and sure, it's probably vapourware, but it looks like a giant Hot Wheels, and for that reason, I think it would do well with the younger crowd. Definitely see if I could sweet talk GM into letting Revell do the new mid engined Corvette, and I would be looking to see if I could make the numbers work for a large scale Easy click version of either that, or the new Ford GT. Yes, trucks would be part of the mix. They're not just tools anymore, they're fashion statements, and people aspire to own them, so some of the big luxo-pickups might be good kit material, and you could market it as an exotic piece of Americana outside of the US. -
Iso Grifo kits.
Richard Bartrop replied to Geno's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Sorry, when I said "the company," I meant Iso -
Iso Grifo kits.
Richard Bartrop replied to Geno's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Airfix did a 1/32 Ghibli, but I could go for that too. That is a good question. How bad is Maserati about licensing? The comnpany is gone, but I suppose it would depend on who had the rights to the name now, and how reasonable they are willing to be. -
Tamiya '60s F1 Kits?
Richard Bartrop replied to Richard Bartrop's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
Thanks, but these will do me for now. -
I've always had a very high regard for Tamiya's Formula One kits, and I have a special fondness for the pre airfoil cars. so I was wondering which ones they've done. The 1/12 scale kits are very nice, but they also eat up dollars and shelf space, so I'm focusing on the 1/20 scale kits for now. I know they did a Lotus 25 and a Honda RA272 from that era, but that's all I can think of right now. Did Tamiya do anything else from this era at this scale?
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I figured as as much. Looks like Revell is doing a lot of ICM stuff
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I had been looking at the ICM version. Thanks for the heads up.
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Iso Grifo kits.
Richard Bartrop replied to Geno's topic in General Automotive Talk (Trucks and Cars)
I'd take that over 95% of what I keep being told "the market" really wants.