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Yes and yes... very cool, Paul.
Ian.
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Hey folks, back with another non-NASCAR vehicle project:
This time the excellent Revell ’65 Stepside. No chrome, low-profiles or carbon ceramic discs on this one, just good old sheet steel and skinny cross-plies and brakes the size of milk-bottle tops.Built straight from the box and painted in Tamiya acrylics (my own mix), great relaxing build with no vices apart from the bonnet/hood that doesn’t match the contours of the main body – apparently a common problem with this ‘family’ of molds, but I guess most folks here know that already - I didin't !. No matter I thoroughly enjoyed it. As ever please feel free to ask any questions or make any comments or criticisms.
More soon, stay tuned.
Ian.
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One of my favourite schemes aswell. Nice build, Thomas.
Ian.
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Decals finished:
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Ian, do you really think you needed to polish it? The red looks pretty good as is. What kind of paint are you using?
Thanks Mark,
The Orange is Tamiya straight from the rattle-can and dried with such a high gloss it was/is perfect, but the white dried to a satin finish, the (mixed) yellow dried on the matt side of satin aswell, so I'll need to clear & polish to get the whole' car to the same level of 'sheen'.
Over the last couple of sessions I've added the car-specific decals from the WW sheet so tomorrow I'll put all the contingencies on as well as the tire markings. Then I'll leave it alone until early next week to dry-off thoroughly before spraying the clear coats. Thanks folks for taking the time to look and/or comment.
Ian.
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Been working on other projects but the Taurus is back on the bench now.
Began decalling yesterday, using Wet Works decals and they're behaving perfectly so far.
Ian.
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Cannot add to what the rest of the lads have said... just superb.
Ian.
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Oh h*ll yes !!
Ian.
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Looks good here too, Paul !!
Ian.
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Never seen this scheme on the 037 !!, really like it, great model. So regret selling my kit a couple of years back.
Ian.
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Nicely done, Paul...
Ian.
(the one that lives on the other coast !!)
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Alongside the Chevy on the bench just now:
No polishing just yet. That'll happen over the next couple of sessions then I'll leave it all to cure for a week before masking and airbrushing the yellow dividing stripe. Thanks for taking the time to look and/or comment. More later this week or more likely beginning of next week.
AFN
Ian.
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Decals are happening, folks...
So far so good, with no tearing or rips. Need to touch-up on the 'B' pillar and where the red folds over the top of the 'door'. Just wondering why the last Slixx sheet I used behaved so disasterously and this one is behaving so well ? - talk about inconsistency !!. Ahh well on with the project... I'll let these dry overnight then tomorrow shoot a varnish coat to seal them all in before more decalling later in the week.
Ian.
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So I had a thought this morning, given how prone to tearing Slixx decals are, I decided to mitigate the (anticipated) problem by spraying the air-dam and roof blue - so if the decals do tear, at-least there's a shiny blue underneath to make patching a little easier.
Ian.
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Very smooth indeed - alongside my M/C on the bench I have the 2000/02 Taurus - want to guess which scheme it's going to be in !!
Ian.
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"Rollin', rollin', rollin'..."
Ian.
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Superb build, got to buy this kit !!
Ian.
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Good morning folks from the Land of the Long White Cloud...
So after a l-o-n-g break from car builds in general and NASCAR builds in particular I've dragged the 2003 Monte Carlo back to the bench; Not just that, but I found a 2000/03 Taurus body and rolling chassis that I'd completely forgotten about !!
To be fair, it's all Disney/Pixar's fault, went to see Cars 3 a couple of weeks ago with the kids, absolutely loved it, great movie, and of course, my nine-year-old has pulled-out all his old Disney Cars die-casts AND done a school project on Richard & Kyle Petty so absolutely no surprise that I'd re-discover my enthusiasm for NASCAR models !! - Oh yeah, and next April, we're going to Florida for our hols and staying in an apartment on DAYTONA BEACH !!
Stay tuned more soon, real life permitting.
Ian.
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First time I've seen this kit built-up, other than the hood it looks nice to me! Q: did you lower the ride hight, or is that the way this kit came? I like it!, usually kits have to be lowered to get the right look. I like this build, keep up the good work!!
No didn't lower the suspension - think that would be just 'wrong' on a Ferrari - The floor pan etc simply snuggled-in quite deep to the body shell, also explains how the hood was pushed-up to where it is now
Ian.
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After a l-o-n-g gestation period, finally finished the Esci Ferrari. Definitely not my best work but whilst 50% of that is down to my lack of skills, the other 50% is down to the poor quality of the kit itself. That said, if you want an 'affordable' 1:24 'Berlinetta' on your shelf as much as I did, then this is pretty much the only way to go unless you are lucky enough to stumble upon an Italeri or Gunze kit.
Ok, enough yada, yada, yada on to the pics:
Thanks for taking the time to look, criticise and/or comment. Not sure what my next car build will be, but the Revell 458 Italia is looking very, very tempting, but then so is the AMT/Ertl '67 Comet !!
AFN
Ian.
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Call this a 'non-update'
I mentioned that I need to respray the bumpers in 'proper' polished aluminium, well it turns-out that the AK 'Extreme Metals' paints that I now use are less than half the price in UK than they are here, so I'll load-up on them when I'm home in a couple of weeks, then finish the Ferrari when I get back here to NZ.
AFN
Ian.
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Just superb, wish I'd never sold mine now, ahhh well...
Ian.
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Day seven thru eleven:
Most of the last few days have been taken-up with polishing and buffing the body, final assembly and painting the 'shiny bits' - unfortunately somewhere in the past I'd dulled down my only bottle of Alclad 'Polished Aluminium' and of course I'd forgotten until after I started spraying so I'll have to go buy another bottle (not easy here in New Zealand) and start again !!. Also BMF'd the sills which hasn't gone at all well, partly because I was having an 'off day' and partly because the sills are so poorly defined on the kit.
I'll not give-up, I'm so close to finishing but having to go-out and buy a new bottle of Alclad just to finish the bumpers and headlights is a real PitA, ahhhh well, good job it's only a hobby, eh ?
AFN
Ian.
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Superb build & finish. Hope my ongoing project turns-out as nice as this.
Ian.
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Can't add to what the rest of guys have said... perfect finish.
Ian.