dougwintz
-
Posts
339 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Content Type
Profiles
Forums
Events
Gallery
Everything posted by dougwintz
-
Thanks for the responses, guys
-
Pretty sure it's not a body mount. The dashboard - 70% due to Galaxie. 30% to builder
-
Well, the work on this continues. This is a great kit - complex, but everything fits right (Unlike the Grumpy's Nova I just finished!!). I need some help, though. Does anyone know what that circular object is on the chassis?? - picture below. I don't think it's the master cylinder because all the research i've done seems to indicate it is right on the frame? So what the heck is that thing?
-
Hi all and happy holidays. These pics show a build I hope to complete before the end of the year. I tried something new (for me) which was spraying the body with Tamiya Clear Orange over white primer. I found it to be really challenging because the clear is unforgiving if you make a mistake. If sprayed too heavily, it pools into a darker color. Really tests your patience! The hubcaps have nice engraving and if you flow some thinned black paint into them it looks pretty cool. More later.....
-
Thanks for all the supportive comments, guys. Appreciate it.
-
And I realized I had some other red (or red-ish) builds already done, so they'll be grouped together
-
Now the finished model
-
Just finished this build. It was probably one of the most difficult ones I've done because of all the fitment problems in the kit. Hood didn't clear engine. Wheels didn't fit wheel wells. Etc. So a lot of plastic carving. Here are some of the prelim stages
-
10Thumbs - I have another of those Trabants. I was thinking of slamming it, painting it a matte color - so may the injected small block will be included.
-
Go Trabant, Go!!!
-
Wow...great info. Thanks
-
Thanks for the comment, guys. . I'm all for more detail - I may check out reference photos to see where those headlight wires go.
-
I can't believe how long it took me to get around to building these models. Maybe a year! I thought they would be Winter 2015 builds. Of the bunch, the Trabant was the toughest, mostly because of the trim. With the other builds, I tried my hand at making workable hinges and it turned out ok. I used reference photos of the 1:1 cars to decide on the color schemes. Purchased some aftermarket decals for the Renault.
-
Love the brake lines - and the whole build is great
-
Thanks for the comments everybody. Greg, the colors on the Hudson are Model Master Fifties Aqua #2942 and Light Ivory #2909. (Hey, my sister lives in double bay, AU. Was married to Murray Rose.) Dave - wow you did the decal art on that Tim Flock racer and lived next to the Ms! That's cool! Stephen - the foil is kind of a pain. But I try to replicate the 1:1 versions so if they have chrome, I'm in. Taking me a while but finally figured out that prepping for the foil is a must - just like painting, if you've got bumps or debris where the foil goes - it gets picked up once you put it on. Curves are also a pain.
-
Man, that engine work is amazing!
-
Like the heater hoses
-
That IS a cool color
-
Before I start the next round of builds I took some shots of finished models. The first is the Hudson - I saw some versions in Scale Auto Enthusiast and liked this color combo. The next is the Chrysler 300. I had to paint that with Krylon to get the right color. Difficult to work with and next time out I would do the scribe lines deeper. Then finally the Tim Flock Racer. All relatively stock with some aftermarket. The last shot are my plans for the Winter
-
Thanks for the comments, guys. The slight weather on the interior is testors flat red over flat black. then a coat of dull coat. plus my grimy fingers
-
Just finished the last of the summer stash of models. Time to pick 2 or 3 more, paint them before winter sets in, and build them when the snow is surrounding the house.
-
Chris...you chose wisely
-
Wow, Mark. You hit it right on. The Chevy kit was a nightmare to fit together and yes, it does look overweight and the stance is too high, despite using the "lowering" blocks! Now it make sense with the age of the kit, and now the fact it's produced in China. Of course it couldn't be the way I built it, right? No, never, of course not
-
Thanks, Cobraman. I learn something new everytime I build something. This time, I decided I will never use bare metal foil again UNLESS i thoroughly sand and clean the trim first. Got a few bumps in that application. But, live and learn, move on to the next.
-
I decided to build a couple of 50 era cars and chose the 51 Chevy and 50 Olds. It was like a tale of two builds the Olds went together pretty well. The Chevy was one of the worst designed models I every tried to build. Fitment problems all over the place. Was glad to get that one done!
.JPG.cbdf96d89061cbec7b6c222dca475258.JPG)
