dougwintz

Here are some more pictures of the work in progress. Ready to finish the trim and livery for this one. I'm not terribly excited about the gap between the front/rear of the car, but not sure that can be avoided given the shape of the join between the two. The headlights are always tough to get clean without any glue smears. I did make a mistake there - can anyone tell what it is?

Hi. Is there a separate thread where display cases are posted? Mine are in a very small office space in the basement.

Hi. Getting to the tail end of this Stratos build. The engine is from Reji models - I did another Stratos with Alitalia livery and transplanted an engine from Fujima's Dino GTS kit.

Work in progress

"Never attempt foil when you are aggravated". AMEN. Thanks for the tip on the xacto

Hi. I started working on my second Hudson. I've been experimenting with colored, clear overcoats. For the new Hudson, I used Testor's one-stage lacquer and then sprayed Tamiya Clear Red. The result came out pretty good. Then for the hood, Tamiya Gunmetal with a coat of Tamiya Smoke on top. Again, I liked the results. My biggest challenge with this is the bare metal foil. I thought I had sanded the trim smooth but after applying the foil, I could still see some particles poking out of the trim. Aaargh!! Kind of defeats the purpose of having a nice paint job. I think my next step will be to re-apply the foil after I clean up the surface a little better. Always something to learn. I included a couple of photos of the first Hudson too.

Hi. I think I built this one 10 years ago (!) but the decals were so bad - thick, inflexible, just awful. So it sat on my shelf unfinished. Fast forward 10 years and i found this guy Michael from Indycals who had what I was looking for. And the decals were GREAT! Very thin, conformed to edges well. So I cleaned it up a bit and finished it off. I have the Citgo and Whistler versions of the kits, so I bought those decals too and looking forward to using them. Indycals - highly recommended. And no I'm not related

Sadly, it was not deliberate. I got the distributor from Teds Modeling Marketplace, I didn't pay attention to the make - I just didn't put 1 and 1 together to make 2!

Busted!

This one gave me fits on a number of fronts. I decided to use the Model Master 2 stage lacquer, which was very unforgiving. Did not go on smoothly, required a lot of sanding and respraying. Then the fitment for a lot of the Moebius parts were off. The hood was warped, and i couldn't quite get it into shape. The deck, same thing. So a lot of fiddling. In the end in came out ok. I tried to replicate a 1:1 version which you can see in the photos. Some minor aftermarkets like the distributor and the tires. I'm looking for a better set of windshield wipers when I find them I'll swap them out.

Thanks. I did a lot of research on 1:1 versions, and the colour scheme is actually based one I saw online.

Citroen Type H Mobile Kitchen Truck w/Interior Details 1/24 Ebbro

Hey...sorry guys. Somehow posted this in "On The Workbench" by mistake.

Not my usual subject for modeling, but enjoyed the build.

Had fun with this model and loved the graphics.

.....and DONE

Hi. Attached are more photos of the work in progress. So far, no fitment problems. Finishing off with decals later this week.

Hi. Here's work in progress on Tamiya's Mazda. Seems like it's taking forever, but now that the engine is in pretty good shape, the rest of it should go quick.

Hi. Here is Hasegawa's Mazda Cosmo Sport. I'm not a fan of curbside, but this was a really interesting subject. One of the mistakes that I made was not reading instructions beforehand. There are several holes in the model for different versions, and i neglected to fill them before I painted. I found a solution though, which was to take some used micro brushes, cut off the tip, and use a portion of the brush to fill the holes. Luckily, the color was a really close match to the white. Lesson learned, right? There is always something.

Hi. A couple of Alpine 110's. The Team Aseptogyl livery was challenging and fun. The decals are from Studio 27.

I did post the build in the WIP section. My instructions from HRM do have some drawings to them.

Guilty as charged

Hey Rider. Yes. Between trying to find reference photos and just staring into space trying to figure it out, it did take me a long time to decipher the instructions. For instance (as someone pointed out) I couldn't find a definitive picture showing the direction of the trumpets. Then in the HRM kit, there were all these tiny pieces that I couldn't figure out what to do with. But in a way, I guess HRM thought "hey, we figured it out - now you do the same and good luck!". I'm fine with that. I really admire the guy who did the castings the provided that engine kit. I also have a couple more HRM kits including the Porsche 917 engines. Veering off topic, I did a model of a Lancia Stratos and transplanted a Dino engine from a Fujima kit. I don't suppose anyone knows of another source for those Dino engines - I have some other Stratos and hate building curbsides.

Hi. As a matter of fact there were issues, both of which are reported elsewhere. First, the windows are over sized. Once I started thinking about it, I carefully sanded the top ha;f of the windshield being careful to leave enough of a guide for the bare metal foil trim. Then I sanded the top of the window opening on the body. I did that gradually until I felt the fit was "good enough" - not 100% flush but acceptable. I'm happy with the result. I screwed up by trying to bend the window and it snapped in half. That's when i reached out to Moebius to get another couple of windshield replacements and they were very good about that. It really helped that they were responsive. The next issue was the bumper fit. I solved that buy getting rid of the plastic piece that fits between the radiator and the bumper. Solved that. I found these issues reported elsewhere - on this board to. But, the solutions were there - just took some additional work.

Yes...that is Tamiya Pearl Green